Elections
White-Powder Letters Hit Election and Senate Offices in a Nationwide Wave, Not One-Off Scares
The FBI is investigating powder letters sent to election offices in at least eight…
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Mark Masterson
Mark Masterson has written more than 1,700 articles for Live News Chat since 2022 and files most days. His beat is the news the networks on this site are carrying live: US politics, world affairs, breaking news, and the courts, with regular work on technology, sport and entertainment. Because the site exists to point readers at live coverage, most of his reporting is written within hours of the broadcast it follows, and is sourced from primary material where one exists: the filing, the transcript, the agency release, the company statement. Originally from Canada, he has worked in online publishing for over a decade. Corrections and story tips go to security@livenewschat.eu, and the standards his work is held to are set out in the Live News Chat editorial policy.
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Celebrities
A Judge Will Let Halle Berry’s 13-Year-Old Son Testify at Friday’s Restraining Order Hearing
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge will let Maceo, the 13-year-old son of Halle…
Artificial Intelligence
Seven Days of Prompts on His Wife’s ChatGPT Account Are Evidence Against the OpenAI Engineer Accused of Bugging Executives
Federal prosecutors say an OpenAI engineer planted a thumb-sized recording device behind a television…
Immigration
After Watching the Video, Houston’s DA Says an ICE Agent Ran Over a Man on Purpose
At about 7:30 on Saturday morning, surveillance cameras in a northwest Houston parking lot…
Breaking News
At Least 32 Children and a Teacher Died When a Peshawar School Roof Collapsed. It Was Pakistan’s Fourth Deadly School Roof Collapse Since May.
The roof of the Al-Khair school in Peshawar fell onto the classrooms below it…
Health
Pope Leo Has Lung Cancer After Surgery. Can He Still Make His November Trip to South America?
The Vatican says Pope Leo XIV has lung adenocarcinoma after surgeons removed a lobe…
Law & Justice
How Did a Former CVS Employee’s 2019 Lawsuit Become a $315 Million Opioid Settlement?
CVS will pay $315 million to settle the Justice Department’s case that it filled…
Elections
Trump Pardoned Two Alaska Diesel Mechanics Onstage, Men He Said Faced ’10 Years’ for Fixing an Engine
Donald Trump stood at a podium in Wasilla on Tuesday night, signed pardons for…
Gaming
Protecting Player Data in Mobile Gaming Apps
Mobile gaming is huge, but safety matters. Learn how to protect your data while…
Law & Justice
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis Gets 40 Years to Life for Tupac Shakur’s Murder, and He Would Be 101 Before He Could Be Paroled
A Las Vegas judge gave Duane 'Keffe D' Davis 40 years to life for…
Breaking News
The White House Asked ‘Wonderful Asset’ Kimberly Guilfoyle to Resign as Ambassador to Greece
Eleven and a half minutes into her first briefing as White House press secretary…
Cybersecurity
Hackers Forced Freezers to 122 Degrees at Hundreds of French Supermarkets. The Pentagon Still Has Not Said Why Its Commissary Freezers Defrosted in August.
“ALL freezers went into defrost mode.” Fort Huachuca, Arizona, describing an overnight failure at…
Government
The FDA Received Two Death Reports Tied to Bootleg ‘Reta’ After Warning 14 Sellers of the Weight-Loss Drug to Stop
“Provided her the link and sold her vials and provided recommended dosages.” An adverse…
Government
Nearly 400 Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ads Aired After a Judge’s Ban, the Same Weekend 430 Trees Were Cut at a Golf Course He Wants Rebuilt
A federal judge in Manhattan ordered the Trump administration to stop airing its taxpayer-funded…
Breaking News
Bulgaria Summons Russia’s Ambassador on Logic, Not Proof, After Drones Sink a Cargo Ship With 11 Missing
“We do not have solid and clear evidence to bring accusations against any of…
Breaking News
Who Investigates the Death of a Rider Who Fell From the Goliath Roller Coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia?
A rider fell from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia just…
Law & Justice
The Justice Department Sent Antitrust Demands to Five TV Networks for Pausing Their Coverage of Trump
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division sent civil investigative demands to ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox…
Law & Justice
Homeland Security Agents Searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Home 22 Days Before the Midterms, a Warrant the DOJ Has Not Explained
Homeland Security agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home in the Washington area on Monday…
Entertainment
Shane Gillis Dropped an F-Bomb Live on SNL, and NBC Aired It Unbleeped Before 10 PM on the West Coast
Shane Gillis said “f—ing” in a Dr. Seuss sketch on Saturday Night Live this…
Health
Pope Leo XIV Will Have Lung Surgery This Week After Doctors Found an Early-Stage Nodule
At noon on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV stood at the window of the Apostolic…
Breaking News
Twice in 27 Days, Trump Has Declared a Russia-Ukraine ‘Energy Ceasefire.’ Zelensky Calls the New One ‘News for Me.’
President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Sunday morning that Russia and Ukraine…
Breaking News
At Least 109 Migrants Are Dead After a Boat Capsized Off Djibouti, the Deadliest Shipwreck Recorded There
“This tragic shipwreck may sadly mark the first of many incidents this year.” That…
Breaking News
A Missile Killed 12 at Riyadh’s Airport. Trump Says “We May” Join Saudi Strikes on the Houthis.
A missile killed 12 at Riyadh's main airport. Trump says the US may join…
Technology
ProxyCoupons: The Best Place to Get Cheaper Proxies
Proxies get expensive at scale and prices vary widely between providers. ProxyCoupons collects verified…
Breaking News
Erie, Pennsylvania, Shooting Killed Nine Including the Gunman, Not Nine Victims
Police say a gunman killed eight people, including children, at a home on Perry…
Breaking News
Seven Hours After Trump Lifted Sanctions on Russian Diesel, Putin’s Glide Bombs Killed at Least 15 in Zaporizhzhia
Russian glide bombs killed at least 15 people in Zaporizhzhia, three of them children,…
Politics
Hurricane Isaias Makes Landfall on the Florida Panhandle as a 105 MPH Category 2 Storm
Hurricane Isaias hit near Destin, Florida, Friday night with 105 mph winds. Trump's emergency…
Breaking News
7.7 Earthquake Hits Southern Panama and Topples a Cathedral Tower
A 7.7 earthquake hit Panama's Azuero Peninsula Friday. The tsunami threat passed and the…
Immigration
An ICE Officer Fired Seven Shots Into a Car in Manhattan with a 5-Year-Old Inside, and DHS Blames the Boy’s Father
An ICE officer fired seven rounds into Oscar Belgal's car in Marble Hill with…
Celebrities
Hugh Hefner’s Widow Asks Jessica Biel to Drop a Playboy Mansion Movie. Its Director Grew Up There.
Crystal Harris asked Jessica Biel to quit Playmates. The film's writer-director, Lorraine Nicholson, spent…