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A US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the government punished the company in a row over military use of its technology. Anthropic infuriated Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth in February by insisting its technology should not be used for mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons systems. In his esponse, Trump ordered every government agency to stop using Anthropic’s products, while Hegseth labelled the company a “supply chain risk” to national security. “The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics,” Judge Rita Lin…

One of Jerry Sandusky’s accusers is expected to recant his testimony after previously claiming the former Penn State football assistant coach sexually abused him. Sandusky, 82, was convicted in 2012 on 45 of 48 counts related to his sexual abuse of 10 boys from 1994 to 2009, though more than 30 have come forward accusing him of abuse. Charges included involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault and endangering the welfare of children. He was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison. One of the alleged victims, known as Victim 10, claimed prosecutors coached him to steer his testimony during…

A Nigerian national, Oluwasegun Baiyewu, has been sentenced to 95 months (7 years and 11 months) in prison in the United States for laundering more than $3.1 million in proceeds from various fraud schemes targeting US citizens. The US Department of Justice said Baiyewu, 40, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced on Thursday for his role in a money laundering conspiracy involving business email compromise, romance and unemployment insurance fraud schemes. The department disclosed this in a statement posted on the website of its Office of Public Affairs on Friday. According to court documents, Baiyewu led a conspiracy involving at least…

Lindsay Clancy is “scared” and “nervous” as she waits for the jury to determine whether she should be found criminally responsible for killing her three kids in January 2023, according to her lawyer. Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, shared the update about his client’s headspace while leaving the Plymouth County Superior Court on Thursday, August 27. Despite Clancy’s concerns, Reddington said that he feels confident the jury will find her not guilty. “I think that they have to weigh all of this evidence, and I believe that the government ultimately has not proven their case,” he said, according to the…

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has directed the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) to repair damaged sections of the Benin-Asaba Highway in Delta State within 14 days. Mr Umahi gave the directive on Thursday during an inspection of the Asaba axis of the Second Niger Bridge access road, where he expressed concern over the condition of sections around Ubulu-Okiti and Onicha-Ugbo and the hardship faced by motorists. The directive comes amid worsening conditions on the highway, with motorists and passengers reportedly spending days trapped in traffic. A Vanguard report on Wednesday stated that some motorists spent up to…

The NIPSS experience, as recounted in this memoir, serves as a cautionary tale about what happens when leadership development becomes divorced from its foundational principles. An institute that cannot treat its participants — distinguished professionals in their own right — with respect and dignity cannot credibly claim to be developing leaders for the nation. When the pursuit of knowledge is subjugated to the exercise of petty authority, everyone loses. I recently received two books by award-winning PR practitioner and PRNigeria publisher Yushau A. Shuaib – MNI Versus MNIPR in NIPSS: Tackling Institutional Bullying and AI in Crisis Communication in Nigeria.…

Solana validators have approved a proposal to double the network’s annual disinflation rate, reducing future SOL issuance.According to finalized voting results, the proposal received 67% support, with 25.16% voting against and 7.84% abstaining. Overall participation reached 60.7% of eligible stake.The proposal, known as SGP-0002 or Double Disinflation, increases Solana’s annual disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, while leaving the network’s long-term inflation target of 1.5% unchanged.Under the new schedule, Solana is expected to reach its 1.5% terminal inflation rate in about 2.8 years, compared with roughly 5.7 years under the previous schedule, Solana Compass reported. The change would result in…

NewsNation senior national correspondent Brian Entin remains confident that Savannah Guthrie and her family will receive the answers they’ve been searching for in the wake of their mother Nancy Guthrie’s mysterious disappearance. “I really still feel that there’s going to be a resolution and that [detectives are] going to solve it. I just know through my sources how many people are working behind the scenes,” Entin, 41, exclusively shared with Us in a new cover story focused on Nancy’s disappearance. “With other cases that go cold, they might have one detective that looks into it every once in a while,…

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has apologised for the recent strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) chapter at Abia State University (ABSU), describing the industrial action as avoidable. Mr Otti said this on Thursday during a public lecture organised as part of activities to mark the 35th anniversary of the state’s creation, held at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia. The theme of the lecture was “The Rise of a New Abia”. The governor said the strike occurred, despite his earlier approval of the union’s demands, blaming bureaucratic delays for the failure to implement the decisions promptly.…

Why does sudden death sometimes appear to pick the good ones — even those, like Dotun, who had just observed the physical exercise recommended for medical fitness? Why would it take a patriotic journalist, a gentleman, and a friend, while bandit kingpins, terrorist commanders, and others who inflict misery on innocent citizens continue to roam? On the afternoon of Tuesday, 25 August, I exchanged messages with Dotun Oladipo — respected journalist, former president of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), and publisher of The Eagle Online. I sent him a report on the unfolding political rivalry in Katsina State…