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Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Hathaway Chairman After More Than 50 Years, Hands Reins to His Own Son

The 96-year-old investor becomes chairman emeritus and installs eldest son Howard as chairman, nine months after ceding the CEO job to Greg Abel.

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POLITICS · WASHINGTON

House GOP Rams Through Funding Bill 217-212, Setting Up a Senate Showdown Over Health Care

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WORLD · PARIS

Macron Orders Emergency Shield for France's Power Grid and Defense Plants as Russian 'Hybrid' Attacks Surge

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US · PROVIDENCE

UMass Dartmouth Freshman Stabbed to Death After Nightclub Dispute Spills Into Providence Parking Lot

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US · LAPORTE COUNTY, IND.

Indiana Trooper Dodges Gunfire, Sparks Hours-Long Manhunt That Ends With Suspect Dead in a Basement

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US · BOSTON

Appeals Court Slaps Down Trump's Fast-Track 'Third Country' Deportations

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ARCTIC POWER PLAYYESTERDAY

Trump Says US Locks In 'Permanent Control' Over Greenland Security in New Deal With Denmark

The agreement bans non-NATO bases on the island and screens out Russian and Chinese investment, ending months of Trump threats to seize Greenland outright.

MIDDLE EAST

Houthi Rebels Storm Toward Yemen's Oil Fields as Red Sea Chokepoint Falls Under Rebel Control

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WORLD · UKRAINE

Russian Bombs Bury City Workers Under Rubble as Sumy Apartment Block Torn Apart

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EUROPE

Russia Votes in a Rigged Election as War Comes Home in a 350-Drone Storm

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The WeeklyObserver

Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Hathaway Chairman After More Than 50 Years, Hands Reins to His Own Son

House GOP Rams Through Funding Bill 217-212, Setting Up a Senate Showdown Over Health Care

Macron Orders Emergency Shield for France's Power Grid and Defense Plants as Russian 'Hybrid' Attacks Surge

US News

UMass Dartmouth Freshman Stabbed to Death After Nightclub Dispute Spills Into Providence Parking Lot

Indiana Trooper Dodges Gunfire, Sparks Hours-Long Manhunt That Ends With Suspect Dead in a Basement

Appeals Court Slaps Down Trump's Fast-Track 'Third Country' Deportations

World

Trump Says US Locks In 'Permanent Control' Over Greenland Security in New Deal With Denmark

Houthi Rebels Storm Toward Yemen's Oil Fields as Red Sea Chokepoint Falls Under Rebel Control

Russian Bombs Bury City Workers Under Rubble as Sumy Apartment Block Torn Apart

Russia Votes in a Rigged Election as War Comes Home in a 350-Drone Storm

Celebrity & Entertainment

Carrot Top Hospitalized After Suicide Attempt, Cancels Vegas Weekend Shows

BTS Sends Vegas Into a Frenzy as iHeartRadio Music Festival Kicks Off With Cardi B, Zara Larsson

Ed Sheeran Returns to Stage Today With No Opening Act — and a Protest Waiting Outside

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi Welcome Second Child Through Adoption

Trump Signs Sweeping New Russia and Iran Sanctions Bill Into Law, Threatens 100% Tariffs on Oil Buyers

Trump's Shadow Army Floods Airwaves With $150 Million Blitz to Save the Senate

Civil Rights Coalition Sues to Keep Armed Federal Agents Away From the Polls

AI Cloud Startup Nscale Files for IPO at Up to $35 Billion Valuation — With a $1 Billion Loss to Match

Gates Foundation Bets $1 Billion on AI — But Even Its Own Teachers Are Worried

Oil Tankers Cash In as Hormuz War Pushes Charter Rates Past $1 Million a Day

CoreWeave Bleeds Cash Just to Keep the AI Lights On — Stock Sinks as $3.7B Debt Binge Gets Priced

Sports

Jeremiah Smith Breaks Ohio State's All-Time Receiving Record in Just 32 Games as Buckeyes Bury Kent State 59-3

Sha'Carri Richardson and Gabby Thomas Headline Record-Smashing Night at Athlos London

Colby Covington Shuts Out Belal Muhammad, Khamzat Chimaev Dominates Gilbert Burns as Hulk Hogan's Wrestling League Delivers Fireworks