Israeli Bombing of Van in Gaza City Kills Six Palestinians

These Are America's Most (And Least) Dangerous States Where you live can significantly affect your likelihood of experiencing violent crime, with reported rates varying severalfold across the United States. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, ranks every U.S. state and the District of Columbia by reported violent crimes per 100,000 residents between March 2025 and February 2026. The figures include murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, using data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Washington, D.C. and Alaska Top the Rankings Washington, D.C. recorded the nation’s highest violent crime rate at 789 incidents per...

"A Good Idea": SpaceX Jumps On Blowout Quarter, Musk Confirms Committees Discussing Tesla Merger Update (1730ET): The earnings call has seen SPCX shares extend their after-hours gains amid a tsunami of attention-grabbing comments from Elon Musk and CFO Bret Johnsen. Perhaps the most shocking was Musk saying that he sees between $500 billion and $1 trillion of annual recurring revenue by the end of 2027. Then he stepped it up further: Musk says there’s a small opportunity for SpaceX to have 20 gigawatts of AI compute online next year. Musk says he’s been spending a...

Xi Urges Immediate Opening Of Hormuz Strait For First Time, In Call With Saudi Crown Prince China's President Xi Jinping on Monday demanded the uninterrupted passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in a phone call with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, state news agency Xinhua reports. He urged the normalization of shipping traffic after about 50 days of disruption which obviously and significantly impacts Chinese oil imports. "Normal navigation through the Strait of Hormuz should be maintained, this is in the shared interests of regional countries and...