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A June ranking of the top nonprofit US news sites by traffic shows The Conversation leading by far, followed by the Salt Lake Tribune and ProPublica (Joshua Benton/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/nonprofi

Nonprofit news sites are built to generate impact — but these are also generating audiences
In markets large and small, these nonprofit news organizations are achieving traffic numbers that many commercial outlets would envy. Here's our first monthly ranking of the top 25 nonprofit news sites in the United States.

The US filed a civil complaint in the Northern District of Texas to claim over $2,400,000 in stolen Bitcoin (BTC) funds seized by the Dallas FBI earlier this year from a ransomware group known as ‘Hors.’
https://dailyhodl.com/2025/07/29/us-go

US Government Looking To Claim $2,400,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) Seized From Hackers by FBI - The Daily Hodl
The United States (US) government is seeking to claim $2,400,000 in stolen crypto previously recovered by the Dallas FBI.

Secure Energy Transactions Using Blockchain Leveraging AI for Fraud Detection and Energy Market Stability
Md Asif Ul Hoq Khan, MD Zahedul Islam, Istiaq Ahmed, Md Masud Karim Rabbi, Farhana Rahman Anonna, MD Abdul Fahim Zeeshan, Mehedi Hasan Ridoy, Bivash Ranjan Chowdhury, Md Nazmul Shakir Rabbi, GM Alamin Sadnan
https://arxiv.or…

Secure Energy Transactions Using Blockchain Leveraging AI for Fraud Detection and Energy Market Stability
Peer-to-peer trading and the move to decentralized grids have reshaped the energy markets in the United States. Notwithstanding, such developments lead to new challenges, mainly regarding the safety and authenticity of energy trade. This study aimed to develop and build a secure, intelligent, and efficient energy transaction system for the decentralized US energy market. This research interlinks the technological prowess of blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) in a novel way to solve lon…

https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/armenian-national-extradited-united-states-faces-federal-charges-ransomware-extortion
Four members of the Ryuk gang have been indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Portla…

Armenian National Extradited to the United States Faces Federal Charges for Ransomware Extortion Conspiracy
An Armenian national extradited from Ukraine to the United States faces federal charges for his role in Ryuk ransomware attacks and extortion conspiracy targeting companies throughout the United States, including a technology company operating in Oregon.

This is amusing. In a story about Laufey’s upcoming concert in North America, it states that 400,000 tickets were sold and that’s the same as 80 of the big arena in Reykjavík.
Unmentioned: this is the equivalent of every person in Iceland buying a ticket!
https://icelandmonitor.mb…

A major achievement for Laufey
Leifur Björnsson, head of exports at the Iceland Music Office, says the demand for tickets to Laufey Lín’s upcoming concert tour in the United States and Canada is almost without precedent in Icelandic music history.

This is crazy.
At U.S. request, France jails Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of ransomware conspiracy
https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/10/at-u-s-request-france-jails-…

At U.S. request, France jails Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of ransomware conspiracy
A court in Paris has jailed Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of involvement in a hacker group’s extortion activities. The 26-year-old was arrested on June 21 at Charles de Gaulle airport at the request of the United States, which has charged him with conspiracy to commit computer fraud. According to American investigators, Kasatkin acted as an accomplice in a hacker group’s ransomware attacks on roughly 900 companies, including two federal institutions, between 2020 an…

A June ranking of the top 25 local public radio/TV websites in the US based on traffic shows MPR at the top, followed by LAist and Oregon Public Broadcasting (Joshua Benton/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/these-pu

These public radio stations have built online audiences that’ll help them survive federal cuts
They may have been born on the airwaves, but these public media stations compete on the web as well. Here's our first monthly ranking of the top 25 local public media websites in the United States.

After over 130 yrs of providing food to America, ranging from #Pineapples to #Pears to #Peaches to #PetFoods, modern marketing

Del Monte Foods files for bankruptcy, seeks buyer
The company was founded in 1886 and employs 2,780 people. Del Monte has four plants, two in the United States and two in Mexico.