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Seattle Police Chief Resigns 4 Days After Deadly Festival Shooting Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes on Thursday sent his letter of resignation to Mayor Katie B. Wilson, four days after a fatal shooting at a food festival, the mayor's office and Seattle Police Department announced. Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson (C) and Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes (L) attend the vigil for victims the day after a shooting at Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle food festival, in Seattle on July 27, 2026. Lindsey...

Has Iranian Crude Become Irrelevant To Global Oil Supply? Submitted by Tsvetana Paraskova Of OilPrice.com The reinstated U.S. blockade on Iranian oil exports is effectively preventing Tehran from exporting oil, making Iran’s oil volumes irrelevant for global oil market balances, Bob McNally, president of Rapidan Energy Group, told CNBC on Thursday. The U.S. brought back the blockade in the Gulf of Oman aimed at preventing Iran from exporting its oil after the ‘deal to make a deal’ collapsed in July and hostilities in the Middle East returned. The blockade, which the U.S. had...

"Massive Culling" Imminent For Alt Managers, Soros Fund CEO Warns Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Dawn Fitzpatrick says overallocated LPs, frozen distributions, and mounting margin-call risk are converging into a sector-wide shakeout. Such will eventually separate survivors from the casualties. I used Claude to source data on private credit and equity funds, sources disclosed at the end. In July 2024, I penned an article entitled “Private Equity: Why Am I So Lucky,” which began with: “Lately, I have been getting many questions about investing in private equity. Such is common during raging bull markets, as individuals seek higher rates...