Nation

New York

Trump took in $1.2B last year from crypto

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses.

Mere startups when he took the oath of office, the new ventures have now eclipsed in revenue much of his vast property portfolio that took him decades to accumulate.

New York

Couple scaled Empire State, then arrested

NEW YORK — A daredevil couple scaled the Empire State Building’s antenna Wednesday and unfurled a banner about “the power of love” and peace, apparently as part of an audacious, high-altitude marriage proposal — soon followed by their arrest.

The Russian climbers, who go by Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, were the subject of the 2024 Netflix documentary “Skywalkers: A Love Story.”

World

Greece

Wildfires kill father, son

THESSALONIKI — Authorities urged residents of two villages in central Greece to evacuate Wednesday as more than 135 firefighters and 25 aircraft battled a wildfire, a day after a forest fire in northern Greece killed a father and his 12-year-old son.

Firefighters on Wednesday identified a body found inside a home destroyed by the fire the previous day as that of the boy.

Brazil

Whale sightings surge

RIO DE JANEIRO — Sightings of humpback whales off Rio de Janeiro’s coast are surging as they recover from decimation due to commercial whaling, prompting an acceleration in the demand for whale-watching excursions to spot the huge marine creatures during their annual migration.

The species’ population has jumped from about 2,000 to about 35,000 in approximately 40 years, said Enrico Marcovaldi, co-founder of the Humpback Whale Project.