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TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - A Shadow Hills resident tells News 4 Tucson that she witnessed three people being detained during a SWAT operation on Friday night. According to an unconfirmed report by a neighbor, another person shot himself in the head. This comes after a SWAT situation occurred in the Shadow Hills neighborhood on Feb. 13. A man and a woman were detained at the house, and a third person was detained in a traffic stop, according to sources close to the investigation. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said the SWAT operation was in connection with the Nancy Guthrie investigation....

As Elon Musk tries to sweep his Mars ambitions under the rug like an embarrassing teenage phase, he’s now shifting focus to the Moon — with no less eye-brow raising ideas. According to new reporting from the New York Times, Musk told employees at xAI — his AI company recently acquired by SpaceX — that it needs to construct a factory on the Moon to churn out AI satellites. And to launch the satellites into space, he says, it needs to build an enormous electromagnetic catapult. Sci-fi readers already know where this is going: Musk is thinking about building a...

As the hype builds for the reported $1.5 trillion IPO of Elon Musk’s SpaceX later this year, there will be plenty of critics who argue the company’s marketing has more hot air than one of its rockets. It has been claimed by some that the IPO will be worth more than the top seven companies currently listed on the London Stock Exchange – including century-old giants such as Shell, HSBC and AstraZeneca – combined. And yes, sure, there is probably an element of wishful thinking in these reports, as there often is with Musk. But SpaceX also has the potential...

Elon Musk just became the first person ever worth $800 billion or more after his rocket maker SpaceX acquired his artificial intelligence and social media company xAI. Forbes estimates that the deal, which values the combined company at $1.25 trillion, boosted Musk’s fortune by $84 billion, to a record $852 billion. Before the deal, Musk owned an estimated 42% stake in SpaceX worth $336 billion, based on a tender offer launched in December that valued the privately-held rocket maker at $800 billion. He also owned an estimated 49% stake in xAI worth $122 billion, based on a private fundraising round...

Florian Philippot characterized the situation with the search and investigation concerning the social network as a "disgrace for France"PARIS, February 4. /TASS/. Elon Musk will be arrested the second he steps foot in France, Leader of France’s Patriots party Florian Philippot wrote on his page on X, commenting on the April 20 summons issued for the billionaire by the French prosecutor’s office. "It is obvious that Elon Musk should throw the French court summons for questioning on April 20 in the trash. He absolutely should not go there. France under ‘Euromacronist’ occupation is no longer a country governed by the...

Informant calls O'Keefe the most evil person on earth. Wished that it was O'Keefe who was killed instead of Charlie Kirk. Said he wants to see Donald Trump, Jr. in jail. Wrote a book with a picture of O'Keefe on the cover with a bullet hole in his chest.

As the Iranian uprising continues to escalate, it’s been reported that hundreds of protesters have been killed by the regime’s security forces.The internet, phone signals and lighting have been cut, and it’s feared the killings are intensifying behind the blackout.Yet the Iranian people have increasingly poured onto the streets to confront the regime’s murder and torture squads. There’s never been such a mass display of raw courage in the teeth of such vicious repression.If the regime does fall, this will be a seismic event, reshaping the region and world politics. The insurrection might be the most consequential global event so...

A Missouri woman on Thursday receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds complained about only being able to buy "real food" with the program, according to St. Louis TV station KMOV. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Wednesday the approval of a waiver request from Missouri and five other states to restrict the purchase of candy, sugar-sweetened drinks and other items after Oct. 1, 2026. Hannah Moore complained to KMOV reporter John Kipper in a story that the restrictions were "not even cool."

More than 400 employees of the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) accused Gov. Tim Walz of failing to act on widespread fraud warnings and retaliating against whistleblowers. The Minnesota Department of Human Service Employees account, which says it consists of more than 480 current staff members at the Minnesota DHS, wrote on X that Walz is "100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota." "We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud but no, we got the opposite response. Tim Walz systematically retaliated against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression, and did his...

A precious baby girl with beautiful blue eyes was killed by her mother after she tossed her into a shed that drops into a river, a court heard. Halo Branton, a 10-month-old from Hudson, New York, was found dead underneath drainage pipes on March 10, 2024 on General Electric’s Schenectady campus. The helpless baby was found unresponsive after her mother, Persia Nelson, then 24, left her for dead, according to prosecutors. Halo died from exposure and hypothermia. Nelson, now 26, appeared in court Wednesday in Schenectady wearing a white top and black blazer as closing arguments wrapped up in her...

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- An investigation is underway after a baby was found at the Penn Station subway station in Manhattan on Monday morning. An anonymous tip led police to the child at the station on W. 34th Street and 7th Avenue just before 9:30 a.m. The baby girl, described as a newborn, was found wrapped in a blanket at the bottom of a staircase leading to the 1/2/3 train platform. The baby was taken to a local hospital by police and was said to be conscious and alert. Her condition was described as stable. New York City Transit President...

HBO host Bill Maher had some harsh words for the co-hosts of “The View” on Monday. While interviewing actress and talk show host Drew Barrymore on his “Club Random” podcast, Maher admitted he doesn’t think that the five women who host the ABC show are the best spokespeople for the female perspective. “And I like everyone, but I don’t know if they’re really at this moment the best advertisement for women,” he told the actress. The topic came up when “The Drew Barrymore Show” host told Maher to visit New York City and be a guest on her show, which...