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Phone trail leads to suspect's arrest in former RMS intern's death

A 26-year-old man, Jared Kulo Oduor, was arrested Friday night in the Lakisummer area after months of surveillance. He is being held at Muthaiga Police Station and is expected to be arraigned at the Makadara Law Courts on Monday. File image of former RMS intern Derrick Omanga Tom, 25, who went missing in Karen on December 5, 2025. PHOTO | COURTESYEight months after the body of 25-year-old digital marketing manager Derrick Omanga Tom was found dumped near the Roysambu roundabout, detectives have made a significant breakthrough.A 26-year-old man, Jared Kulo Oduor, was arrested Friday night in the Lakisummer area after months of surveillance. He is being held at Muthaiga Police Station and is expected to be arraigned at the Makadara Law Courts on Monday.The arrest is linked to the sale of Omanga’s missing phone.Months of digital tracking and physical trailing have finally netted a key suspect in the death of Derrick Omanga.Oduor was arrested Friday night in Lakisummer. Detectives say he is the man who sold Omanga’s phone six days after the young man vanished.That phone had been sold to a third suspect, who was arrested earlier in Kangeta village, Meru County. The Meru suspect led investigators to Oduor.Detectives are triangulating phone data from before, during and after Omanga’s death. They are also reviewing CCTV footage from the hours leading up to the killing to determine whet...

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Google News — Business

OpenAI to end model access to Cursor after acquisition by Elon Musk's SpaceX

OpenAI to end model access to Cursor after acquisition by Elon Musk's SpaceX CNBCOur decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX OpenAIOpenAI’s Cursor Termination Turns Model Supply Into a Competitive Weapon forkast.newsWe’re speaking with OpenAI to resolve this: Cursor CEO on access cutoff | Recently, Cursor was acquired by Musk | Inshorts InshortsAnthropic keeps Claude in Cursor as OpenAI pulls out over SpaceX deal CryptoRank

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Google News — Business

FDA approves daraxonrasib for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer - News-Medical

FDA approves daraxonrasib for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer News-MedicalFDA Approves Drug for Pancreatic Cancer in Milestone for Treatment of Deadly Disease WSJFDA Approves RASONQUE™ (daraxonrasib) Pancreatic Cancer Action NetworkRevolution Medicines (RVMD) Falls as Investors Appear to Take Profits After FDA Approval Quiver QuantitativeGroundbreaking treatments offer hope in fight against cancer THIRTEEN

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Citizen Digital

Goons torch vehicle in Linda Mwananchi convoy in Migori

What followed was a running battle as the team condemned what it described as yet another attempt on their lives, insisting they would not back down. A photo collage of the Linda Mwananchi convoy and one of the vehicles torched in Awendo on August 29, 2026. Photo/CourtesySiaya Governor James Orengo and the Linda Mwananchi team were attacked in Migori on Saturday after tear gas was discharged in the middle of a rally.What followed was a running battle as the team condemned what it described as yet another attempt on their lives, insisting they would not back down.The incident came as the Wiper Patriotic Front team pitched camp in Taita Taveta for a charm offensive campaign, where they rallied Kenyans to vote out President William Ruto in the 2027 polls.Scenes witnessed on Saturday during a Linda Mwananchi rally in Migori Town showed Governor Orengo and his entourage addressing supporters before chaos erupted.A white Land Cruiser Lexus is seen snaking through a cloud of tear gas as Governor Orengo and his team are quickly whisked away from the chaotic scenes.Their supporters on the road are also seen scampering for safety, in what was yet another reported attack on the Linda Mwananchi convoy in Nyanza.Orengo, who addressed supporters in a local dialect, condemned the attack, insisting that Linda Mwananchi would remain strong.In Awendo, another vehicle that was part of the Linda M...

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The Straits Times

US deports far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos back to UK

British far-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos is pictured after his arrest by federal immigration agents at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.LOS ANGELES - British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported back to his home country, the United Kingdom, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said on Aug 29.The deportation on Aug 28 came a day after Yiannopoulos, 41, was arrested at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).A DHS spokesperson said he “chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws” after legally entering the country in May 2019.Yiannopoulos, who has called for stricter immigration enforcement than the Trump administration has carried out, including ICE checkpoints at supermarket entrances, did not appear for an immigration hearing and was issued a final order of removal on July 22, according to DHS.The celebrity news site TMZ.com, which broke the news of his arrest, suggested that Yiannopoulos, who has close ties to the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, was in New Orleans ahead of the musician’s scheduled performance there on the night of Aug 28.Yiannopoulos was a vocal supporter of Donald Trump during his 2016 campaign and often espoused anti-Islamic and anti-immigrant rhetoric.In a June 2025 post on the social media platform X, he wrote: “We have got to deport millions and millions and millions of people. Without that, nothing else matters.” REUTERS

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