A Las Vegas jury found former South Side Compton Crips gang leader Duane Keith Davis, 63, guilty of the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. The jury deliberated about three hours. The case relied heavily on Davis's own repeated confessions to investigators and interviewers over years — confessions that went unpursued until his 2023 arrest. Davis was accused of instigating the shooting, not pulling the trigger. Shakur, born in 1971 in East Harlem, rose to fame in the early 90s with lyrics serving as sharp commentary on systemic racism and police brutality. He was 25 when he died. Las Vegas police faced heavy criticism for bungling the investigation and failing to pursue crucial leads, including a member of Shakur's entourage who claimed he could identify the shooters — a witness who died weeks later in a separate shooting. "We've been waiting 30 years to grieve properly," Shakur's cousin Zayd Akinyela told reporters. Flash floods in Nepal and Tibet have killed more than 1,000 people, with over 4,400 missing across both sides of the border. The unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud, and debris struck last Wednesday. More than 40 bridges are destroyed, forcing rescuers to rely on helicopters while India and China send prefabricated truss bridges. The swollen Trishuli River keeps changing course unpredictably, turning dry areas into flood zones overnight. US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned, the latest departure from a defense department in sustained turmoil. Driscoll — an Iraq war veteran, tech investor, and former JD Vance adviser — had been serving as a key negotiator on the Russia-Ukraine war and was a driving force behind cutting red tape for military drone and counter-drone development. His exit follows the April ousting of Army Chief of Staff Randy George and the June resignation of Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of US forces in Europe and Africa. The departures track months of leak investigations, budget disputes, and friction with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. A 17-year-old North Carolina girl has been charged with three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy for recording a live stream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and disseminating the attackers' white-supremacist writings. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neill said aiding and abetting charges under North Carolina law carry the same penalties as committing the attack. The girl's name was not released. The US trade regulator and 22 states have sued Amazon, alleging the company "secretly and systematically overcharged" advertisers to the tune of $20 billion, driving up costs on groceries and essential goods for consumers. Amazon called it a "misguided lawsuit." Separately, a divided Supreme Court permitted Trump to continue building a $400 million White House ballroom despite legal challenges. US health officials excluded two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from their counts; RFK Jr. suggested the deaths were "fabricated" while the CDC said it was reviewing them. The highest-ranking US military officer stated the military has no plans to send troops to midterm polling sites. In the Grand Canyon, flash flooding killed at least two people — likely triggered by compounding climate factors including local drought, recent wildfires, and Pacific Ocean warming. Scientists have long warned the climate crisis will create stronger extremes and destructive shifts between wet and dry conditions. On a lighter note, 91-year-old Dale Sanders became the oldest person to complete the 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail, reporting 71 falls along the way.
