The Daily Populous

Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets.

The prohibition extends to services supporting prediction markets, like virtual private networks, that could allow consumers to disguise their location and get around the ban.

"This Minnesota law turns lawful operators and participants in prediction markets into felons overnight," said CFTC Chairman Michael Selig. »

Rep. Thomas Massie lost his primary election to a Republican challenger after more than a year of clashing with President Donald Trump on everything from spending to the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

open image in gallery Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, lost his primary to a Trump-backed primary challenger ( AP ).

And already, Trump is using Massie’s primary as fuel for the next step of his primary. »

Vladimir Putin is facing mounting pressure over Ukraine’s escalating attacks on Moscow, which he has been able to largely insulate from the war until now.

The strikes are a blow to the Kremlin, which has sought to protect Moscow from more than four years of war.

Strikes that cause considerably more material damage, and higher costs on the Russian economy and ability to conduct its war effort. »

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — When Australian farmer Rhys Smoker announced he’d found a live frog in a bag of lettuce, his housemates didn’t believe him.

AP AUDIO: Lettuce introduce you to the live frog found in this grocery store salad bag AP correspondent Ed Donahue reports something different, that is also green, was found in a salad bag.

Woolworths said the frog in the salad was an isolated incident and there had been no other similar cases reported. »