Musk in control of Twitter, fires CEO; 8 dead in Oklahoma fire; Capitol rioter gets 7 years

Two individuals conversant in the deal say that Elon Musk is in control of Twitter and has ousted the CEO, chief monetary officer and the corporate’s chief lawyer. The individuals wouldn’t say if all of the paperwork for the sale, initially valued at $44 billion, had been signed or if the deal has closed.

Police say they’ve discovered eight individuals dead in a burning home in Oklahoma in what they’re investigating as a murder case. The fireplace was reported Thursday afternoon in Broken Arrow, the biggest suburb of Tulsa.

President Joe Biden will solid his midterm election poll this weekend in his house state of Delaware, the place in-person early voting begins Friday.

European Union lawmakers and member nations have reached a deal to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel automobiles and vans by 2035.

A venomous king cobra which escaped from a Swedish zoo terrarium six days in the past has been situated contained in the constructing the place it lived however has not been recaptured.

The Georgia prosecutor investigating doable unlawful election interference in the 2020 election has urged the Supreme Court to not stand in the best way of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s testimony to a grand jury.

A Tennessee man who dragged a police officer right into a mob of rioters in the course of the U.S. Capitol assault has been sentenced to greater than seven years in jail. Albuquerque Cosper Head declined to deal with the courtroom on earlier than U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced him on Thursday to seven years and 6 months of imprisonment adopted by three years of supervised launch.

The New York Post fired an worker on Thursday for a collection of ‘vile’ postings that appeared on the newspaper’s web site and Twitter feed. The postings included requires the assassinations of political leaders, and violent and racist statements falsely attributed to Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor.

In sports activities, the Ravens rallied previous the slumping Bucs, the Bengals’ high wideout is hobbling, the World Series begins Friday, the Mavericks’ All-Star guard had an enormous recreation and the Bruins received in the return of Brad Marchand.

With Election Day lower than two weeks away, efforts are already underway in courtrooms throughout the nation to sow doubt over the result. Since the beginning of this 12 months, greater than 100 election lawsuits have been filed, largely by Republicans.

An impartial authorities watchdog says President Joe Biden’s chief of employees violated the legislation by retweeting a political message on his official Twitter account.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied having any intentions of utilizing nuclear weapons in Ukraine however described the battle there as half of alleged efforts by the West to safe its world domination.

A brand new U.S. protection technique says China stays the best safety problem for the United States regardless of Russia’s ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

The U.S. economic system grew at a 2.6% annual fee from July by September, snapping two straight quarters of contraction and overcoming excessive inflation and rates of interest simply as voting begins in midterm elections in which the economic system’s well being has emerged as a paramount subject.

Average long-term U.S. mortgage charges topped 7% for the primary time in greater than twenty years this week.

The European Central Bank has made one other outsized rate of interest hike aimed toward squelching out-of-control inflation, transferring on the quickest tempo in the euro foreign money’s historical past.

Hawaii officers are warning residents of the Big Island to organize for the chance that the world’s largest energetic volcano could erupt given a current spike in earthquakes on the summit of Mauna Loa.

Elon Musk is telling Twitter advertisers he’s shopping for the platform to assist humanity. He says he doesn’t need it to change into a “free-for-all hellscape” the place something will be mentioned with no penalties.

San Francisco is a foodie heaven with loads of Michelin-starred eating places. And San Franciscans love canine. So it would come as no shock that an entrepreneur has determined to mix the 2 passions, creating what’s believed to be the primary restaurant completely for man’s greatest pal.