In connection with the deadly drone strike in Jordan earlier this year that killed three US service personnel and injured dozens more, two men have been accused in federal court in Boston. Prosecutors in Massachusetts announced Monday that Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, 42, a dual U.S.-Iranian national from Natick, Massachusetts, and Mohammad Abedininajafabadi, also known as Mohammad Abedini, 38, of Iran, were accused of conspiring to export electronic components to Iran in violation of U.S. export laws. Abedini was also accused of giving material assistance to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a foreign terrorist group. Prosecutors said that the individuals planned to circumvent U.S. sanctions and provide the Iranian government with drone navigation technology that was utilized in th...

In an effort to go around the terms of the two firms' contract, CrowdStrike sought Monday night to dismiss Delta Air Lines' lawsuit on the July cybersecurity failure that resulted in canceled flights and stranded passengers. The cybersecurity service claims that Delta is currently attempting to circumvent a provision in the agreement between CrowdStrike and Delta that limits CrowdStrike's liability and caps damages. In its filing, CrowdStrike further contended that Georgia law prohibits Delta from turning a contract violation into a tort. First, according to CrowdStrike, Delta's attempts to pursue tort claims for the economic harm it alleges to have sustained are specifically barred by Georgia's economic loss rule. According to Delta, the firm lost almost $500 million in delayed flights, r...

Speaking to young leaders, Vice President Kamala Harris will urge them to "stay in the fight" as President-elect Donald Trump gets ready for his second term. Speaking to students and other young community leaders in Prince George's County, Maryland, Harris will reveal that she has received tens of thousands of letters in recent weeks from individuals all around the nation expressing their opinions on the election. "There is a common theme among these letters. According to White House transcripts, she intends to state that while there is disappointment, there is also resolve for the future. The event is being attended by a number of Maryland Democrats, including Sen.-elect Angela Alsobrooks, Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, and Gov. Wes Moore. After the election, "many people have come up to me, tell...

The accused Gilgo Beach serial murderer was charged with murder again on Tuesday, increasing the total number of alleged victims to seven, all of whom were women who were killed close to New York City. According to court documents, a hair belonging to suspect Rex Heuermann's wife or daughter was discovered close to victim Valerie Mack's left wrist. Mack is 24 years old. Heuermann's estranged wife is not regarded as a suspect in any of these killings, and their daughter would have been four years old when Mack was killed. Heuermann has entered a not guilty plea to the murders of six women whose bodies were discovered on Long Island's southern shore. Prior to the discovery of her skeletal remains in November 2000, Mack was employed as an escort. Numerous victims were prostitutes who supposed...

Washington Two U.S. officials who were familiar with the classified briefings told NBC News that the FBI has warned a few U.S. lawmakers that the Chinese Communist Party is trying to fabricate stories to paint them negatively due to their support for Taiwan and hawkish views of Beijing. Due to the sensitive nature of the briefings, the U.S. officials asked not to be named. They claimed that one of the false narratives being spread by the CCP and referenced in FBI briefers is that these senators are supporting Taiwan because they accepted bribes from Taiwan. One of the two U.S. officials told NBC News that the CCP is attempting to discredit congressional support for Taiwan's democracy by portraying it as corrupt and not in the best interests of the American people. It won't function. The...

The accused Gilgo Beach serial murderer was charged with murder again on Tuesday, increasing the total number of alleged victims to seven, all of whom were women who were killed close to New York City. According to court documents, a hair belonging to suspect Rex Heuermann's wife or daughter was discovered close to victim Valerie Mack's left wrist. Mack is 24 years old. Heuermann's estranged wife is not regarded as a suspect in any of these killings, and their daughter would have been four years old when Mack was killed. Prior to the discovery of her skeletal remains in November 2000, Mack was employed as an escort. Heuermann has entered a not guilty plea to the murders of six women whose bodies were discovered on Long Island's southern shore.Numerous victims were prostitutes who supposedl...

After developing an exceptional level of trust with a Chinese individual who was prohibited from entering the country due to national security concerns, Prince Andrew of Britain has become embroiled in an alleged spying case. The British High Court ruled in a written ruling Thursday that the younger brother of King Charles III, who was embroiled in a scandal, was ready to engage in business dealings with the suspected spy. The court referred to the Chinese person as H6. He can now be identified as Yang Tengbo after the court on Monday overturned an anonymity order that had protected his identity. Judges Charles Bourne, Stephen Smith, and Stewart Eldon stated Thursday that Yang had been the target of the highest levels of national security investigation in the United Kingdom, and that Briti...

Cleveland Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who had just won a landslide reelection in 2018, contemplated a presidential run on a populist platform that targeted the large number of working-class Midwest voters who had defected from the Democratic Party to Donald Trump. Brown did not participate in the White House campaign. Six years later, he is about to lose his job after losing his campaign for a fourth term in the Senate. He will not be holding an elected seat for the first time since 1992 and for the second time since 1974. Meanwhile, Brown and the Democrats are already facing existential issues as Trump prepares to return to the White House next month. While just retaining two Senate seats in Michigan and Wisconsin, the GOP also lost one in Pennsylvania. Trump won Ohio by a landslide in ...

Washington The short-term funding bill's content was originally scheduled to be made public over the weekend by House Speaker Mike Johnson. On Monday, he then anticipated it. He now anticipates receiving it on Tuesday. Johnson, R-La., and House leaders continued to work on a bipartisan stopgap package to keep funding flowing into 2025 with fewer than four days left before the government shuts down. Following a press conference on Tuesday, Johnson informed reporters, "We're almost there." We do anticipate receiving texts today. He said the law, which includes catastrophe relief and $10 billion in farmer assistance, will keep the government functioning until March 14. He stated that in order to prevent a shutdown, he anticipates adhering to the 72-hour period between text release and a vo...