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Binance resumes withdrawals for some cryptocurrencies after heist

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Binance said Sunday it had resumed withdrawals for some major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereal after more than $6 billion in assets were stolen from the cryptocurrency exchange.

Binance is the world's largest crypto exchange by daily trading volumes. News of the hacking attack, which is thought to be the biggest-ever crypto heist, caused the prices of most major cryptocurrencies to fall sharply on Friday.

However, the company has offered reassurances it would cover 90% of the losses from the attack using company funds to buy tokens to replenish a large portion of what was stolen.

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An embattled Karen Bass is fighting tooth and nail to keep her mayorship in LA. It might be too late

With affordability a major election issue, the incumbent is trying to ward off her democratic socialist challenger At the end of 2022, the four largest US cities – New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston – all had Black mayors. It was a historic alignment made possible by the aftereffects of the Black Lives Matter civil rights movement and the unprecedented wave of protests following the killing of George Floyd in 2020. Six years on, only one of those mayors remains: the embattled Karen Bass of Los Angeles , who is facing a strong challenge from a…

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Heidi Klum reveals a giant severed hand as 2026 Halloween costume

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1 dead, 8 injured in Alabama shooting after football game, police say

At least one person was killed and at least eight others were injured in a shooting after a football game at Birmingham, Alabama, law enforcement said. At least one person was detained in connection with the shooting, the Birmingham Police Department said. "Shortly after 7:50 p.m., multiple shots rang out in the 400 block of Grayman Avenue West, officers responded and located multiple gunshot victims," Officer Darrell Freeman said during a press conference.