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A Norwegian soccer fan is on the attack against Norway’s “Viking row” soccer celebration because he says it’s just plain “factually incorrect.” Norway fans have taken to performing the “Viking row” whenever their national team does something auspicious on the field. And it is just like it sounds. Fans imitate rowing a boat, presumably like the Vikings did in their ancient conquests of Europe. But Norway’s own Cliff Claven, football fan Emil Anners Lappen, has started a row of another kind and refuses to join his fellow World Cup fans in the celebration. It’s ahistorical and stupid, he told Sky…

The Weekly Wrap: Europe Can Eat Our Dust Welcome back to Friday! This is the Breitbart Business Digest weekly wrap, where we take some time to dwell on the economic and financial news from the most recent seven days and then throw in a bit of history at the end. You know the deal. Let’s go. America’s Economy Is Lapping Europe’s Remember when they told us that Trump’s immigration policies and tariffs would hurt U.S. growth? Well, that’s not quite how things are working out. The International Monetary Fund, which everyone refuses to call EH-MM-FF no matter how much we…

Ten people were arrested during a huge crackdown on the open-air sex trafficking market in Los Angeles’s Figueroa Corridor. Six people linked to the local Hoover Criminal Gang, along with a motel manager, were arrested for “sex trafficking children and adults,” a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said. A 65-count superseding indictment alleges that the Hoover Criminal Gang “largely controlled sex trafficking and prostitution” along the corridor between February 2021–June 2026, with the associates and members acting “as pimps to promote and manage sex trafficking.” The six members of the Hoover…

Graham Platner has formally withdrawn his candidacy from the Maine Senate race, according to election officials — triggering the process to name his replacement on the ballot. “The Secretary of State’s Office today confirmed that a formal notice has been received from U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner,” the office said in a statement Friday. “Because the candidate officially withdrew before 5 p.m. of the 2nd Monday in July, … his name will not appear on the ballot, and his political party may replace him.” The notice comes two days after Platner publicly announced he would end his bid, and follows…

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A federal judge sentenced the online leader of a Nihilistic Violent Extremist (NVE) group to 40 years in prison. In addition, he will spend the rest of his life on court-ordered supervision for charges related to child sexual exploitation and racketeering. 19-year-old Alexis Aldair Chavez of San Antonio was also ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution. According to court documents, Chavez, who used the online profile names Zack and Zack8884, was an administrator and online leader of the “8884” network. The online network is related to a larger violent extremist group that shares common goals, including…

A patriotic Tennessee Incline Railway conductor was fired for his Independence Day message to passengers after an offended tourist reported his comments to the company.  Jack Peterson, the now-fired operator who worked at the 131-year-old attraction taking tourists up to Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, told passengers: “To the very, very few Americans in here, Happy Independence Day. To the rest of you, welcome to the greatest country on the face of the planet, and if you disagree, you can leave.”  Passenger Nathan Scherer, who was vacationing with family, filmed Peterson and posted the video to TikTok with the hashtags “racism” and “xenophobia.”…

The members should avoid vexing the US leader in the next two years to avoid breaking the bloc for good, James Stavridis has suggested NATO members should give US President Donald Trump a “timeout” for the rest of his tenure, reducing public exposure and joint endeavors to a bare minimum while working on bolstering their own military capabilities, retired US Navy Admiral and Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis has suggested.Stavridis, who often shares his views on international affairs with the media, floated the idea in an opinion piece published by Bloomberg on Friday in the aftermath of the NATO summit…

The European Commission announced Friday that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has breached the EU’s digital regulations due to addictive design elements on Instagram and Facebook that pose risks to user mental health. CNBC reports that the EU has determined that Meta violated the Digital Services Act (DSA) through its failure to adequately address risks associated with design features affecting the physical well-being of users, particularly minors and vulnerable adults. The preliminary findings, released Friday by the European Commission, focus on several features that regulators believe encourage compulsive platform use. The Commission identified specific design elements as addictive, including infinite scroll functionality…

A voluptuous Brazilian model and social media influencer has died after falling from the 27th floor of a Dubai skyscraper. The cause of the fall remains a mystery, and the death of 27-year-old Kauana Bilhar is now the subject of a police investigation, the Daily Mail reported. Bilhar had amassed an impressive online following with her modeling and travel content. According to the British tabloid, authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding her death and have not ruled out the possibility of an accident, suicide, homicide, or “femicide,” a murder classification based on gender. Her mother, Darla Bilhar, confirmed her death this…

The Disney Grooming Syndicate’s live-action remake of Moana (2016) is headed for a box office disaster after Thursday night previews generated just $4.5 million. How bad is that? Oh, it’s bad… Context: Disney’s most recent flop, The Mandalorian and Grogu, had a $12 million Thursday preview. A number of notable flops opened much higher in their Thursday night previews than Moana’s $4.5 million: The Flash — $9 million; Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny — $7.2 million; Supergirl did almost twice as much as Moana with $8.2 million. Moana only did a smidge better than Snow White (2025), which…