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Charges dropped against man arrested in mass shooting at Ohio festival that wounded 12
<p>Eljay Crisp-Carr, 20, spent five months behind bars before prosecutors asked to dismiss charges</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ohio">Ohio</a> prosecutors on Friday dropped charges against a man arrested in connection with the 6 June shooting at Toledo’s Old West End festival that injured 12 people.</p><p>Eljay Crisp-Carr, 20, had faced more than 50 felony charges stemming from the shooting, including 25 counts of attempted murder. He was released after spending about five months behind bars.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/30/ohio-festival-shooting-charges-dropped">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 30, 2026The Guardian World World03
How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme
<p>Cryptocurrency theft is estimated to generate half of the country’s foreign currency income</p><p>North Korea plays by its own rules. The isolated, secretive and autocratic country is largely cut off from the world’s economic system – but when it comes to generating foreign earnings it relies on some of the world’s most sophisticated hacking.</p><p>Experts, such as TRM Group, quickly attributed the extraordinary $6.3bn (£4.7bn) Binance cryptocurrency theft to TraderTraitor, an elite North Korean hacking unit that has also been known as the Lazarus Group. Though the link may not be proven yet, the pattern of behaviour is familiar.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30/how-crypto-hacking-funds-isolated-north-korea-nuclear-programme">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 30, 2026The Guardian World World04
Barcelona’s Flick praises Yamal’s ‘mentality’ after missing out on Ballon d’Or
Lamine Yamal was tipped for the Golden Ball which went to Harry Kane, but his Barca boss 'proud' of teenager's reaction.
QA Oct 30, 2026Al Jazeera English