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Sadie Hutton, founder and co-CEO of Freeway, the UK-based crypto platform that halted withdrawals on Sunday.Screenshot: Freeway / YouTubeFreeway, a UK-based crypto platform that promised annual returns up to a mind-boggling 43%, halted withdrawals on Sunday, according to a notice published to the company’s website. Freeway’s native cryptocurrency, which goes by the ticker FWT, plummeted 74% following the announcement and, to top it all off, the Freeway website appears to be scrubbing the names and photos of some…

As more and more people distance themselves from the artist formerly known as Kanye West, an anti-Semitic group unabashedly showed their support for Ye with a banner that hung over the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles on Saturday. Oren Segal, vice president of ADL Center on Extremism, shared a photo on Twitter showing seven people delivering a Nazi salute as they stand near a banner which reads, “Kanye is right about the Jews.” Another sign read, “Honk If You Know.” The Anti-Defamation League considers the white supremacist…

Authorities had been looking for Anthony Graziano and his teenage daughter Savannah for nearly 24 hours when his Nissan Frontier pickup was spotted Tuesday morning near Barstow.Graziano was a suspect in the killing of his estranged wife, and authorities had issued an Amber Alert for his daughter, fearing for her safety.San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies located the pair near the junction of Highways 395 and 58 and gave chase. It was the beginning of a 70-mile pursuit punctuated by wild gunfire that ended with both…

A man suspected of killing his wife and abducting his 15-year-old daughter in Fontana was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies Tuesday after a high-speed pursuit ended on Interstate 15 in Hesperia, authorities said.Anthony Graziano, 45, was involved in a shootout with deputies as he fled in a white pickup, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies opened fire on the truck at the end of the pursuit, shooting Graziano and a female passenger, believed to be his daughter, Savannah Graziano, said…

The federal government on Thursday announced a program targeted at undoing the racist road and highway development of past decades. The Department of Transportation established a $1 billion grant fund called “Reconnecting Communities” as a pilot initiative. The money is set to be distributed over the course of five years, with $195 million made directly available to grant applicants in 2022.“Transportation can connect us to jobs, services, and loved ones, but we‘ve also seen countless cases around the country where a…