‘First casualty of the fusion wars’: Killing of MIT’s top nuclear scientist Nuno Loureiro sparks online speculation | World News

The killing of Nuno Loureiro, a leading nuclear fusion scientist and director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, has shocked the global scientific community and fuelled a wave of online speculation about possible motives. Loureiro, 47, was shot and killed at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 15, 2025. Police have confirmed the…

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Two Haitian immigrants charged in $7 million SNAP fraud scheme | World News

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have charged two Haitian immigrants in connection with what they describe as a large-scale scheme to traffic millions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through two small retail stores in Boston. The charges were announced in a federal indictment unsealed in mid-December 2025.According to the indictment, Antonio Bonheur,…

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‘This guy fled India’: Shri Thanedar under fire for ‘pushing H-1B agenda’ at bipartisan hearing

Indian-origin Democratic Congressman Shri Thanedar came under fire for speaking about the H-1B visa issue at a bipartisan hearing on AI. At the hearing, Thanedar asked the witnesses, company representatives who came for the AI hearing, on how many immigrants are there in their companies and how Trump’s crackdown on immigration affected the functioning of…

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