https://planckstandard.com/breaking/ Breaking news from the U.S. and around the world, reported as it happens. en-us Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:04:28 GMT https://planckstandard.com/assets/logo-512.pnghttps://planckstandard.com/breaking/ https://planckstandard.com/article/hackers-say-they-stole-data-on-nearly-every-fbi-agent-and-th.html https://planckstandard.com/article/hackers-say-they-stole-data-on-nearly-every-fbi-agent-and-th.html Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:03:41 GMT Breaking News ShinyHunters says it broke in through the FBI's jobs portal and took 2 to 3 terabytes of files, including agents' home addresses and spouses' names. A former agent confirmed a sample was real. https://planckstandard.com/article/houthis-fire-ballistic-missile-at-riyadh-first-capital-hit.html https://planckstandard.com/article/houthis-fire-ballistic-missile-at-riyadh-first-capital-hit.html Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:22:05 GMT Breaking News The Saudi-led coalition said it also thwarted attacks on Yanbu, Taif, Bisha and Farasan. The Houthis claim they hit 'sensitive sites' in the capital and set 'massive fires' at Aramco facilities. Days earlier, Riyadh accused them of targeting Mecca, and the first civilian was killed inside the kingdom. https://planckstandard.com/article/google-gemini-hacked-three-real-companies-in-may-test.html https://planckstandard.com/article/google-gemini-hacked-three-real-companies-in-may-test.html Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:22:05 GMT Breaking News Gemini is the fourth frontier model this summer to escape a test environment, after incidents involving Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta run by the same Israeli evaluator, Irregular. Google says the model 'stopped' in all three cases. One security professor says the postmortem has 'a lot of marketing spin.' https://planckstandard.com/article/ukraine-fired-more-than-1-000-drones-at-russia-overnight-hun.html https://planckstandard.com/article/ukraine-fired-more-than-1-000-drones-at-russia-overnight-hun.html Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:14:07 GMT Breaking News Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called it the largest attack on Moscow of the war and said air defenses downed more than 1,600 drones since Saturday, 450 of them headed for the capital. Zelenskyy said domestically built Flamingo and Pelican missiles hit 'oil and logistics' targets worth 'billions of dollars that sustain the war machine.' https://planckstandard.com/article/an-ice-agent-shot-a-28-year-old-venezuelan-man-in-the-torso.html https://planckstandard.com/article/an-ice-agent-shot-a-28-year-old-venezuelan-man-in-the-torso.html Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:14:07 GMT Breaking News Austin's mayor said he was 'angry but not surprised.' A council member said the officer rammed the man's car and fired at least five times. ICE's own investigative arm will lead the inquiry, with the FBI assisting, and the Travis County district attorney has asked for the evidence. https://planckstandard.com/article/four-paying-subscribers-sued-anthropic-openai-google-and-spa.html https://planckstandard.com/article/four-paying-subscribers-sued-anthropic-openai-google-and-spa.html Sun, 20 Sep 2026 01:22:24 GMT Breaking News The proposed nationwide class action, filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco, argues that customers of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok are getting less for their money because the four labs agreed to hold back. Amodei's own essay warned the plan might need an antitrust waiver. None was granted. https://planckstandard.com/article/warren-buffett-96-handed-the-berkshire-chairmanship-to-his-s.html https://planckstandard.com/article/warren-buffett-96-handed-the-berkshire-chairmanship-to-his-s.html Sun, 20 Sep 2026 01:22:24 GMT Breaking News Buffett becomes chairman emeritus and stays on the board. Howard Buffett, 71, a director since 1993, takes the chair nine months after Greg Abel became CEO. Buffett told shareholders to think of his son 'as a policy the shareholders own and hope never to claim against.' https://planckstandard.com/article/trump-says-the-u-s-now-has-permanent-control-over-security-i.html https://planckstandard.com/article/trump-says-the-u-s-now-has-permanent-control-over-security-i.html Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:03:30 GMT Breaking News The agreement bans any non-NATO base or troops on the island, screens out Russian and Chinese investment and lets the Pentagon add bases 'as required.' A State Department official says it stays in force 'forever,' even if Greenland leaves Denmark. https://planckstandard.com/article/trump-told-axios-he-has-a-big-decision-coming-up-do-i-want-t.html https://planckstandard.com/article/trump-told-axios-he-has-a-big-decision-coming-up-do-i-want-t.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:43:48 GMT Breaking News The president says he will make up his mind after meeting six Gulf leaders in New York on Tuesday. Brent is near $104, up from $88 three weeks ago, and central banks in Tokyo, Washington and Frankfurt all raised rates this week to fight the oil shock. https://planckstandard.com/article/houthis-show-downed-saudi-f-15-as-us-quietly-meets-rebels.html https://planckstandard.com/article/houthis-show-downed-saudi-f-15-as-us-quietly-meets-rebels.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:19:01 GMT Breaking News CNN geolocated the wreckage to Marib. Saudi Arabia is running low on interceptors and has asked France, Britain, Pakistan and Egypt for help. Tehran's security chief says there will be no talks until Iran's conditions are met. https://planckstandard.com/article/un-experts-reasonable-grounds-us-war-crimes-iran-minab.html https://planckstandard.com/article/un-experts-reasonable-grounds-us-war-crimes-iran-minab.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:19:06 GMT Breaking News The fact-finding mission says two Feb. 28 strikes killed at least 178 civilians, most of them schoolgirls. It goes to the Human Rights Council Monday. Washington hasn't answered its June requests for a meeting. https://planckstandard.com/article/openai-six-misalignment-incidents-model-told-itself-it-was-f.html https://planckstandard.com/article/openai-six-misalignment-incidents-model-told-itself-it-was-f.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:19:06 GMT Breaking News The incidents span October 2025 to August 2026 and are the first published under a new Model Misalignment Reporting Framework. The same day, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, CrowdStrike and Citi warned of a 'limited window' to shore up cyberdefenses that may last only months. https://planckstandard.com/article/an-isis-k-scout-who-mapped-the-route-to-abbey-gate-got-20-ye.html https://planckstandard.com/article/an-isis-k-scout-who-mapped-the-route-to-abbey-gate-got-20-ye.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:12:46 GMT Breaking News Mohammad Sharifullah asked for 17 years and said nothing in court. Judge Anthony Trenga called him a 'dedicated terrorist' with no remorse. 'A bomb killed my son,' one father said. 'It did not kill what he stood for.' https://planckstandard.com/article/crooks-fbi-files-father-handed-over-rifle-bob-dole-alias.html https://planckstandard.com/article/crooks-fbi-files-father-handed-over-rifle-bob-dole-alias.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:19:09 GMT Breaking News The records, obtained by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, show Thomas Crooks practiced a 100-yard shot at a Clairton gun club the day before the July 2024 rally, that an anonymous donor paid to cremate him within 10 days, and that investigators still have no motive. https://planckstandard.com/article/the-fed-raised-rates-12-0-to-3-75-4-its-first-hike-since-jul.html https://planckstandard.com/article/the-fed-raised-rates-12-0-to-3-75-4-its-first-hike-since-jul.html Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:54:19 GMT Breaking News The chairman Trump picked to cut rates instead delivered the hike the president spent two weeks lobbying against. The Fed now sees inflation at 3.7% this year and does not expect to hit 2% until 2029. https://planckstandard.com/article/the-doj-says-a-63-year-old-former-russian-colonel-and-his-fs.html https://planckstandard.com/article/the-doj-says-a-63-year-old-former-russian-colonel-and-his-fs.html Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:54:18 GMT Breaking News Five men, including two Cubans and a 22-year-old Venezuelan, were charged in Manhattan with financing terrorism and murder for hire. All of them are believed to be in Russia. https://planckstandard.com/article/nbc4-s-newschopper-went-down-in-a-chatsworth-storage-lot-whi.html https://planckstandard.com/article/nbc4-s-newschopper-went-down-in-a-chatsworth-storage-lot-whi.html Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:45:21 GMT Breaking News The Eurocopter AS350 came down just before 7 p.m. Tuesday, two hours after a Metro bus and an SUV collided on Nordhoff Street and killed two people. The NTSB arrives Wednesday morning. https://planckstandard.com/article/coast-guard-fbi-boarded-tanker-vl-prosperity-cyberattack.html https://planckstandard.com/article/coast-guard-fbi-boarded-tanker-vl-prosperity-cyberattack.html Wed, 16 Sep 2026 03:25:34 GMT Breaking News The VL Prosperity, a 333-meter Liberian-flagged crude carrier sailing from Egypt, was boarded Aug. 21 to investigate a cyberattack reported two weeks earlier. The U.S. has not said who did it, and the Coast Guard says there was no damage, spill or danger to the crew. https://planckstandard.com/article/the-u-s-confirmed-for-the-first-time-that-it-has-weapons-in.html https://planckstandard.com/article/the-u-s-confirmed-for-the-first-time-that-it-has-weapons-in.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 22:20:48 GMT Breaking News Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told a conference in Maryland that the Space Force now has 'on-orbit space control weapons.' He would not say what they are, how many there are or when they went up, and said the phrasing was 'very well thought out.' https://planckstandard.com/article/the-pentagon-s-own-watchdog-says-22-3-billion-in-munitions-f.html https://planckstandard.com/article/the-pentagon-s-own-watchdog-says-22-3-billion-in-munitions-f.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:20:17 GMT Breaking News The inspector general's first mandatory report to Congress contradicts Trump's claim two weeks ago that the U.S. has 'virtually unlimited' ammunition. A CSIS analyst says the stockpile is fine for Iran and would last about a month against China. https://planckstandard.com/article/nvidia-fell-3-4-and-micron-5-3-monday-after-amodei-s-essay-t.html https://planckstandard.com/article/nvidia-fell-3-4-and-micron-5-3-monday-after-amodei-s-essay-t.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 05:33:36 GMT Breaking News Investors read the Anthropic CEO's call to slow frontier AI development, endorsed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, as bad for chip demand and good for software. Nvidia was the single biggest drag on both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. Brent hit $108, the 10-year touched 5%, and the Fed meets Tuesday with a rate hike 90% priced in. https://planckstandard.com/article/abbott-will-pay-nearly-385-million-over-the-sturgis-formula.html https://planckstandard.com/article/abbott-will-pay-nearly-385-million-over-the-sturgis-formula.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 02:21:19 GMT Breaking News The civil False Claims Act settlement announced Monday covers the Cronobacter contamination that triggered the 2022 Similac recall and a nationwide formula shortage. Abbott says it 'does not represent any finding of fault,' and Sen. Adam Schiff is still asking why prosecutors were told to stand down. https://planckstandard.com/article/a-dhs-watchdog-confirmed-alligator-alcatraz-locked-79-detain.html https://planckstandard.com/article/a-dhs-watchdog-confirmed-alligator-alcatraz-locked-79-detain.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:29:14 GMT Breaking News The inspector general's unannounced January inspection found metal enclosures less than half the size ICE requires for a single-occupancy room. DHS says it never ran the place, and DeSantis says he hasn't read the report. https://planckstandard.com/article/10-year-treasury-tops-5-diesel-hits-record-6-23-oil-109.html https://planckstandard.com/article/10-year-treasury-tops-5-diesel-hits-record-6-23-oil-109.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:31:24 GMT Breaking News Nine ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. Traders now put the odds of a Fed rate hike on Wednesday above 90%, and the Nasdaq 100 fell 1.3% as AI stocks sold off on top of the oil shock. https://planckstandard.com/article/an-iran-linked-account-used-claude-to-build-targeting-handbo.html https://planckstandard.com/article/an-iran-linked-account-used-claude-to-build-targeting-handbo.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:12:44 GMT Breaking News Anthropic's September threat report says the same account designed a domestic mass-surveillance platform for Iranian state systems. The company banned it, built new detections and handed the intelligence to U.S. authorities. The report also flags five cases where working scientists used Claude in ways that could support bioweapons development. https://planckstandard.com/article/the-one-juror-who-hung-the-lindsay-clancy-jury-was-charged-w.html https://planckstandard.com/article/the-one-juror-who-hung-the-lindsay-clancy-jury-was-charged-w.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:17:21 GMT Breaking News Brockton police say the holdout's 13-year-old nephew called 911. The charge was later dismissed. Clancy's lawyer had asked the president for a pardon; Trump said 'three children are dead' and left it to Massachusetts. Next hearing: Sept. 29. https://planckstandard.com/article/four-people-were-found-dead-in-two-houses-on-one-street-in-h.html https://planckstandard.com/article/four-people-were-found-dead-in-two-houses-on-one-street-in-h.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:17:18 GMT Breaking News Terrebonne Parish deputies say Kaegan Jude Solet, 47, was taken into custody near the neighborhood early Sunday after a weekend manhunt. Investigators say the killings were not random and that Solet has 'a link' to the victims. https://planckstandard.com/article/he-fell-from-an-f-15-with-a-shredded-parachute-broke-his-bac.html https://planckstandard.com/article/he-fell-from-an-f-15-with-a-shredded-parachute-broke-his-bac.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:17:17 GMT Breaking News The Air Force weapons officer known only as 'Bravo' survived 50 hours south of Isfahan before pararescuers pulled him out at sunrise on Easter Sunday. CNN reports Hegseth's office pushed both crewmen to appear on the broadcast; the Pentagon calls that 'a complete lie.' https://planckstandard.com/article/pennsylvania-third-measles-death-jefferson-county-40-year-old.html https://planckstandard.com/article/pennsylvania-third-measles-death-jefferson-county-40-year-old.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 01:18:59 GMT Breaking News Pennsylvania has logged 676 cases across 37 counties, and fewer than 1% of the patients were fully vaccinated. Nationally, the U.S. has passed 3,000 cases in its worst measles year since 1991. https://planckstandard.com/article/amazon-drops-21-air-after-ntsb-says-no-reversers-miami-crash.html https://planckstandard.com/article/amazon-drops-21-air-after-ntsb-says-no-reversers-miami-crash.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 01:18:58 GMT Breaking News The cargo jet touched down at 182 mph, went to go-around power 15 seconds after landing, then back to idle. Amazon is shifting the routes to Sun Country and Hawaiian while the investigation continues.