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Music and films are now largely digital-only - does the lack of a disc for GTA 6 mean gaming is going the same way? [TheTopNews] Read More.60 mins ago - Om Malik, Whose Blog Shaped How Silicon Valley Saw Itself, Dies at 59
Gigaom, which he started in 2001, established him as a leading voice in the tech world and signaled a shift in how the media covered the industry. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Man Who Faked Death to Escape Rape Charges Dies for Real in Utah Prison
Screengrab via STV News A convicted sex offender who faked his own death to escape rape charges and sparked a yearslong international manhunt died in a Utah prison Thursday after serving time for rape convictions. Nicholas Rossi was serving a sentence of at least 10 years after being convicted in 2025 in two sexual assault cases. According to the Utah Department of Corrections, the inmate was taken to hospital where he died from “complications of an existing medical condition after choosing to discontinue medical treatment.” The Utah inmate was serving a sentence of at least 10 years after being convicted in 2025 in two sexual assault cases. Richard Piatt, a spokesperson for the Utah Department of Corrections, told the Associated Press that Rossi’s victims and family had been notified of his death but declined to provide further details about Rossi’s medical condition, though Rossi had appeared in court in a wheelchair and using oxygen during proceedings. Rossi’s case drew international attention after authorities alleged he staged his own death in 2020 to avoid prosecution. An online obituary falsely claimed he had died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma on Feb. 29, 2020, but investigators in Rhode Island, along with his former lawyer and a former foster family, questioned whether he had actually died. He was eventually located in Scotland in 2021 while receiving treatment for Covid-19 after hospital staff recognized his distinctive tattoos, including a Brown University crest tattoo, despite Rossi never attending the school. After his arrest, Rossi insisted he was an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight and claimed he was the victim of a conspiracy. Investigators alleged he had used at least a dozen aliases over the years in an effort to avoid detection before he was extradited to Utah in 2024. Authorities first identified Rossi in 2018 through a decade-old DNA rape kit and later prosecutors heard testimony from two victims who claimed he had stolen money and assaulted them. At his sentencing hearing last October, Rossi was sentenced in October, but maintained his innocence.The post Man Who Faked Death to Escape Rape Charges Dies for Real in Utah Prison first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Trump Claims New U.S. Passports Say ‘Welcome, But Be Good’ for Some Reason
Kyle Mazza/TheNews2/Cover Images (Cover Images via AP Images President Donald Trump posted an image of a new U.S. passport design and claimed that the document says, “Welcome, but be good.” The image of the passport does not appear to feature those words. The more notable takeaway, however, is that a welcome message/admonition would make sense on a U.S.-issued visa to foreign nationals, but not a passport, which can only be held by U.S. citizens and certain nationals already living in the U.S. The president posted the image on Friday afternoon. One of the pages in the passport shows him with his hands on a table, leaning forward. In April, The Bulwark reported that the U.S. State Department had initiated a “radical redesign” of the U.S. passport. However, the one unveiled then features a different image of Trump, that of his second inaugural portrait. In his second term, Trump has put his name or image on a whole host of things, most notably the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Last month, a judge ordered Trump’s name removed from the building. Two weeks ago, crews took the name off, but before doing so, they put up a tarp to hide the removal from the public. Trump also put his name on the U.S. Institute of Peace, national park passes, and banners with his face on them around Washington, D.C., including ones at the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Interior. The president also named a class of battleships after himself and said he would help design them. “The U.S. Navy will lead the design of the ships, along with me because I’m a very aesthetic person, alongside our partners in American industry,” Trump said in December.The post Trump Claims New U.S. Passports Say ‘Welcome, But Be Good’ for Some Reason first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Chuck Todd Warns Trump He Could Be Forcing a Key GOP Senator to Switch Parties
Screenshot via YouTube. Former NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd warned President Donald Trump on Friday that he could soon be facing a major defection within his own party. Trump attacked Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) in a speech earlier in the day, a clip of which Todd shared, along with making the case that she could soon start caucusing with the Senate Democrats. “The more Trump goes after Murkowski, the more likely the real number Dems will need to take control of the Senate is ‘3’ not 4 — as she has hinted at before, she can decide to caucus with the other side if she chooses,” Todd argued, noting that the GOP only has a slim 4-vote majority at the moment. “And if a Dem (Peltola)wins the AK Senate seat, it would be on brand for her to say, ‘my state has indicated they want a Dem senate….’” Todd added. The more Trump goes after Murkowski, the more likely the real number Dems will need to take control of the Senate is “3” not 4 — as she has hinted at before, she can decide to caucus with the other side if she chooses. And if a Dem (Peltola)wins the AK Senate seat, it would be… https://t.co/vDzHncXbOF — Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) June 26, 2026 Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) currently holds a lead in the polls over two-term incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK). Alaska holds open jungle primaries, so all the candidates on the ballot compete together in the primary, with the top four advancing to a ranked-choice general election. Peltola became the first Democrat since 1972 to win Alaska’s statewide House seat in 2022, but subsequently lost reelection in a narrow contest in 2024. Trump has long attacked Murkowski after the Alaska Republican voted to impeach him following the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. In 2022, Trump endorsed a GOP candidate to take down Murkoski, but she survived the challenge and is now only one of two GOP Senators left who defied him – the other is Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who is up for reelection this year. While speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s 2026 Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton, Trump attacked Murkowski for not supporting his voter ID bill – the SAVE Act. “We have a few Republicans who are fighting it. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. You should… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Top Texas Republican Declares Separation of Church and State ‘Should Have No P...
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick declared that separation of church and state “should have no power” over Americans during a Friday appearance from the White House’s Oval Office. Appearing alongside Patrick were, among others, Senior Advisor to the White House Faith Office Paula White-Cain, Dr. Phil McGraw, Dr. Ben Carson, and President Donald Trump, to receive an official presentation of the recent Religious Liberty Commission report. As of Friday, Texas became the first state in the nation to officially require that public school students read sections of the Bible. “No president in our history has stood more for God than this president,” said Patrick on Friday. He continued about the Religious Liberty Commission: The overwhelming majority of our witnesses said that they were attacked and punished, and what was used against them was one phrase that’s not in the Constitution, and that phrase is “separation of church and state.” The left has used that one phrase, that was one line out of one of hundreds of letters by Thomas Jefferson, to batter and hammer people of faith for the last 70 to 80 years, and this report will speak very clearly that we want to be sure Americans understand that they cannot be attacked by that phrase any longer. After listing some of the report’s recommendations along with fellow commission members, Patrick chimed in again: Again, the separation of church and state is not in the Constitution, and from this day forward, if anyone says that to you, and they’re in public office or serve in any agency at any official capacity, they have to point out exactly where you have violated the Constitution because you have not. And from this day forward, that phrase should have no power over people of all faiths ever again in America. Watch the full clip above via Newsmax.The post Top Texas Republican Declares Separation of Church and State ‘Should Have No Power’ Over Americans first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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