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NEW DELHI (AP) — A private plane carrying a senior state official crashed in western India on Wednesday, killing all… NEW DELHI (AP) — A private plane carrying a senior state official crashed in western India on Wednesday, killing all five people on board, aviation authorities said. The Learjet 45 was en route from India’s financial capital of Mumbai to Ajit Pawar’s home city Baramati when it crash-landed and burst into flames in an open field near the runway, 254 kilometers (159 miles) from Mumbai. Television footage showed smoke rising from the wreckage. Local media cited poor visibility as a…

Amazon is cutting about 16,000 jobs in the latest round of mass layoffs for the tech industry. Beth Galetti, a senior vice president at the ecommerce company, made the announcement Wednesday in a blog post. The cuts follow a round of job cuts in October, when Amazon laid off 14,000 workers. Galetti said U.S.-based staff would be given 90 days to look for a new role internally before being offered severance pay, outplacement services and health insurance benefits.– This is a developing story. Check back for updates. In: Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by…

When Connecticut lawmakers exited the state Capitol at the end of the 2025 session, they left behind some unfinished business, particularly around the state’s plan for regulating companies’ use of artificial intelligence, ensuring data privacy and establishing consumer protections around emerging technologies. For a second year in a row, legislators were unable to agree on the direction of state AI policy, with pro-regulation lawmakers in the state Senate and the more regulation-shy Lamont administration disagreeing over the best course of action. In the months since, the question of what Connecticut should do about AI has only become more pressing. In…

A third round of “No Kings” protests is coming this spring, with organizers saying they are planning their largest demonstrations yet across the United States to oppose what they describe as authoritarianism under President Donald Trump.Previous rallies have drawn millions of people, and organizers said they expect even greater numbers on March 28 in the wake of Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, where violent clashes have led to the death of two people. “We expect this to be the largest protest in American history,” Ezra Levin, co-executive director of the nonprofit Indivisible, told The Associated Press ahead of Wednesday’s announcement.…

WASHINGTON — Rap superstar Nicki Minaj is pledging hundreds of thousands of dollars to help fund new $1,000 tax-advantaged investment accounts for her fans’ newborns, as part of a program the Trump administration is launching this year, The Post has learned. Minaj will join President Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and others for a Trump Accounts summit on Wednesday touting the program’s tax-deferred retirement accounts for children. The “Super Bass” hitmaker’s contributions could mean investments between $150,000 and $300,000 to her fans to help set up baby “Barbz” accounts, though the final number is in flux, sources said. She’s expected…

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the top Democrat on the committee, is expected to ask Rubio if the Maduro raid was worth it, given the cost of staging U.S. forces in the region and the fact that the remainder of Venezuela’s leadership is still intact. “Maduro’s vice president — now the interim president— has taken no steps to diminish Iran, China or Russia’s considerable influence in Venezuela. Her cooperation appears tactical and temporary, not a real shift in Venezuela’s alignment. In the process we’ve traded one dictator for another,” Shaheen will say, according to her prepared remarks. Shaheen will accuse the…

The furniture retailer announced that it will shut seven of its stores in China starting Feb 2, according to a statement posted on its official WeChat account on Jan 7.The closure will affect locations including suburban Shanghai, Guangzhou, and several second-tier cities such as Nantong, Xuzhou and Harbin.The store shutdowns coincide with Ikea’s strategic pivot in China, as the retailer plans to shift from scale expansion to targeted growth in major markets such as Beijing and Shenzhen, while boosting online sales, Reuters reported.According to its statement, Ikea currently operates about 40 stores in mainland China and has recently opened five…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — After three previous losses in Australian Open quarterfinals, Jessica Pegula defeated Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 7-6 (1) on Wednesday to advance to the final four at Melbourne Park for the first time. It marked Pegula’s 14th win in her past 15 matches against fellow American opponents, continuing her strong run of domestic […] Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

On paper, Tuesday night’s matchup between the Shaker and CBA boys basketball teams was the best of the season in boys hoops thus far. On one side you had Shaker, the defending Class AAA state champions, ranked 11th in the state. On the other you had CBA, 11-0 this season, ranked 6th in the state. Both teams were unbeaten in Suburban Council play. Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

What began as a low-key town hall turned frightening Tuesday night when an unidentified man approached U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and sprayed her with an unknown substance before a security officer subdued him. I was at the event and can report that the attack elicited numerous gasps. I also felt a wave of fear that Minnesotans were set to witness more political violence. Omar, a DFLer from Minneapolis and co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, for years has been the target of verbal attacks by President Trump. But last month that escalated when the president not only called Somali Americans…