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US Charges Google Employee With Pocketing Millions From Insider Trading Bets On Polymarket Authored by Stephen Katte via CoinTelegraph.com, US authorities have charged a Google employee with allegedly using information from the company to make bets on Polymarket and profit $1.2 million. The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it unsealed charges against Google software engineer Michele Spagnuolo, accusing him of accessing unreleased internal information at Google and placing 25 bets worth $2.7 million on markets related to the most searched individuals on Google in 2025. Prosecutors said Spagnuolo owned the Polymarket account “AlphaRaccoon”, which...

Nearly Half Of NYC Homeless Deaths Due To Drugs Or Alcohol: Study Nearly half of all deaths among New York City's homeless population in the most recent fiscal year were connected to drug use or alcohol abuse, according to a new city report. A homeless man sits in the cold in Manhattan on Dec. 27. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Of the 634 people experiencing homelessness who died between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, 285 lost their lives to drug addiction, overdoses, or alcoholism. The figures come from the annual...

No More Mandatory ESG Fees For Dairy Farmers, USDA Rules Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has ended environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives in a dairy program that is funded by dairy farmers. The update applies to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Program, also known as the Dairy Checkoff Program. The program funds research, promotion, and nutrition activities aimed at strengthening markets for American dairy. However, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, set up through the program, has pursued "extensive ESG initiatives, including greenhouse-gas...