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WHCA shooting suspect’s motivations emerge: What we know 

Details about the alleged gunman at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner have started to emerge ahead of his initial court appearance Monday.   The suspect has been identified as Cole Allen, 31, a teacher and game developer who law enforcement says traveled from California to Washington, D.C. to violently disrupt the annual black-tie dinner

China blocks Meta from acquiring startup Manus as global AI rivalry deepens

In a one-line statement, China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the country's top planning agency, said it was prohibiting the foreign acquisition of Manus and had required all the parties to withdraw from the deal. It did not specifically name Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook and Instagram.

Convicted murderer sentenced in prison drug-smuggling case

Ronique Requel, 29, pleaded guilty to illegal conveyance of drugs and was given a 12-month prison sentence to be served consecutively to the life prison sentence he received in the 2023 murder case, according to a news release from the Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office.