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Top News Stories for Sunday, May 19th 2024
Sunday, May 19th, 2024 -
Oleksandr Usyk, the new undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, broke down in tears but shrugged off concerns that he might have suffered a fractured jaw while defeating Tyson Fury in a riveting battle in Riyadh . After he was taken to a local hospital for a routine MRI scan which cleared him, Usyk returned to the Kingdom Arena where he had beaten Fury on a split decision. Talking freely, without any apparent ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, May 19th, 2024 -
The world's top golfer was being booked and fingerprinted before the second round of the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, when a police officer asked an unusual question: "So do you want the full experience today?" "I don't know how to answer that," Scottie Scheffler told one of several officers who had now started to razz the Masters champion arrested early Friday in the alleged assault of another officer ...
Source: cnn.com
Sunday, May 19th, 2024 -
Rudy Giuliani was served an indictment notice during his 80th birthday party after bragging on social media that he would avoid the law officials. The notice related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona. Giuliani was served at a party on Friday night hosted by GOP operative Caroline Wren in Palm Beach, Florida, with guests taken aback by the intrusion, reports said. Arizona Attorney ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Sunday, May 19th, 2024 -
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting with Hamas raged across the north on Sunday as Israel's leaders aired divisions over who should govern Gaza after the war, now in its eighth month . Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces criticism from the two other members of his War Cabinet, with his main political rival, Benny ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, May 19th, 2024 -
Google announced a host of new AI features at this week's I/O event, with Gemini playing a bigger role in the near future. At Google's I/O 2024 developer conference, the company spent basically the entire time talking about AI (as expected). During the keynote, Google detailed how artificial intelligence would integrate with Android moving forward, with Gemini stepping into the same virtual assistant role as ...
Source: zdnet.com
Sunday, May 19th, 2024 -
ISLAMABAD (AP) — More heavy rains in Afghanistan have triggered flash floods, raising the death toll to 84 in the country's north following weeks of devastating torrents that had already left hundreds dead and missing, a Taliban spokesman said Sunday. The new round of heavy rains and floods hit four districts in Faryab province Saturday night, leaving 66 dead, five injured and eight missing. Another 18 people ...
Source: aol.com
Sunday, May 19th, 2024 -
La Trobe on Friday followed Deakin in issuing a formal directive for protesters to end their encampment Pro-Palestine students and staff at La Trobe University have called the university's directive to end their sit-in an "attack on free speech", and vowed to rally against the encampment crackdown until management meets their demands. La Trobe University on Friday followed Deakin University in issuing a formal ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, May 19th, 2024 -
Fico remains in intensive care but has 'emerged from immediate threat to his life', Robert Kaliňák tells reporters Slovakia's prime minister, Robert Fico , is out of immediate danger but remains in intensive care four days after he was shot by a gunman, the country's deputy prime minister has said. "He has emerged from the immediate threat to his life, but his condition remains serious and he requires ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, May 19th, 2024 -
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, G.O.P. efforts to ban abortion have backfired with voters in many states—and they could do so again in November. In the nearly two years since the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, support for that right has been rising. The extreme measures that anti-abortion forces have taken in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization have made ...
Source: newyorker.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Casandra "Cassie" Ventura 's husband, Alex Fine , is speaking out after surveillance footage showing her then-boyfriend Sean "Diddy" Combs physically assaulting her in 2016 was released by CNN on Friday. As Fine declared in an Instagram post: "Men who hit women aren't men. "Men who enable it and protect those people aren't men," he wrote . "As men violence against women shouldn't be inevitable, check your brothers, ...
Source: huffpost.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
The 149th running of the Preakness Stakes will take place today – Saturday, May 18 – from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The race is slated to start at approximately 6:50 p.m. Eastern and will air on NBC and Peacock. Fans have a number of options to watch the race for free, including Fubo and DirecTV Stream , which each offer a free trial. Also, Sling TV has promotional pricing if you're a new ...
Source: cleveland.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Login Search Startups Venture Security AI Crypto Apps Events Startup Battlefield Search 11:05 AM PDT • May 18, 2024 Expedia says Rathi Murthy and Sreenivas Rachamadugu, respectively its CTO and senior vice president of core services product & engineering, are no longer employed at the travel booking company. In a statement shared with Bloomberg and elsewhere , Expedia said Murthy and Rachamadugu are "no longer ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
United Automobile Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain speaks to UAW members and supporters in Warren, Michigan, on August 20, 2023 (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP) Workers at a pair of Mercedes-Benz plants near Tuscaloosa, Alabama narrowly voted against joining the United Auto Workers this week, according to a preliminary tally on Friday. As of press time, the UAW webpage had the National Labor Relations Board tally at 2,045 in ...
Source: rawstory.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
An upside-down U.S. flag has long been a sign of dire distress and versatile symbol of protest. But in January 2021, when it flew over the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, it was largely seen in connection with a specific cause: the false claim by then-President 's supporters that the 2020 election had been marred by fraud. The revelation this week about the flag flying at Alito's home was the latest ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Jan Leike, a key safety researcher at firm behind ChatGPT, quit days after launch of its latest AI model, GPT-4o A former senior employee at OpenAI has said the company behind ChatGPT is prioritising "shiny products" over safety, revealing that he quit after a disagreement over key aims reached "breaking point". Jan Leike was a key safety researcher at OpenAI as its co-head of superalignment, ensuring that powerful ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
May 18 (UPI) -- Humanitarian aid has started moving into Gaza via a temporary pier, two days after the U.S. military began construction on the floating causeway. Trucks began rolling over the pier into the Palestinian enclave Friday, U.S. Central Command confirmed on X. The aid shipments will continue to flow from multiple countries, with the Kerem Shalom overland entry point closed by Israel because of recent ...
Source: upi.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
The Israeli army said Saturday that troops had retrieved the body of hostage Ron Benjamin from the war-torn Gaza Strip after he was "murdered" during the October 7 Hamas attack. Military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Benjamin's body was recovered in the same operation that saw troops retrieve the remains of three other hostages, which was announced on Friday. Benjamin was "murdered during the October ...
Source: france24.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
May 18 (UPI) -- Boeing's first crewed space mission was delayed again Friday due to a persistent helium leak. The spacecraft now is scheduled to take off May 25 after NASA scrapped a launch set for Tuesday. The delay will give time for the team to further assess a small helium leak in the spacecraft's service module, the agency said. It is the latest in a series of delays for Boeing's Starliner mission, which is ...
Source: upi.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
DALLAS — The National Rifle Association is formally supporting former President Donald Trump , an expected endorsement that came Saturday at the group's annual convention in Dallas. The endorsement of his presidential campaign came shortly before Trump took the stage to keynote the NRA's annual meeting, a speech he used to paint a picture of President Joe Biden as trying to erode gun rights without citing ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
The bodies of three Spanish tourists and three Afghans shot dead while visiting a market in Afghanistan were transported to the capital where multiple wounded were also treated, the Taliban government said Saturday. The group was fired on while shopping in the bazaar in the mountainous city of Bamiyan, around 180 kilometres (110 miles) from the capital Kabul, on Friday. Anne-France Brill was one of the dozen ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Russia's offensive in Ukraine's northeastern border region of Kharkiv may just be the "first wave" in a wider assault, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned as he appealed to allies to send more air defence and fighter jets. Russian forces, which had made only moderate advances in recent months, launched a surprise assault in the Kharkiv region on May 10 that resulted in their biggest territorial gains ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
May 18 (UPI) -- Police on Friday said an imprisoned Oregon man was charged in connection with the deaths of three women in Portland. A grand jury this week indicted Jesse Calhoun , 39, on three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of abuse of a corpse in the second degree. Calhoun is charged in the deaths of three women, Charity Lynn Perry, 24; Bridget Leanne Webster, 31; and Joanna Speaks, 32, whose ...
Source: upi.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
The Dallas Mavericks led for just one minute during the first 44-plus minutes of Saturday's postseason game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. But down the stretch, the Mavericks were wiser and more resilient than the ultra-talented Thunder while overcoming a 17-point, third-quarter deficit. "You get to the point where you have the opportunity to close out a team, you have to take full advantage of it," Dallas ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
The "foreign agents" bill, passed by Georgian MPs earlier this week, is seen by critics as an attempt to scupper the country's integration into the EU and redirect it towards Russia. Georgia's president has vetoed a controversial bill which sparked weeks of mass protests in the country, as critics call the new legislation a "Russian law". The "foreign agents" bill passed by parliament earlier this week would ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Republican contender says US leader was 'high as a kite' during State of the Union address in March Donald Trump has repeated his demand that Joe Biden take a drug test before the United States presidential candidates debate on live television, saying the president was "high as a kite" when he made a State of the Union speech in March . This week, Mr Biden agreed to debate Mr Trump on June 27 and Sept 10. The ...
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
May 18 (UPI) -- The State Department is warning Americans traveling abroad of "the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests." The worldwide alert issued Friday warns of the potential for violence against LGBTQ+ people. "Due to the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests, the Department of ...
Source: upi.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
TIkTok and the Department of Justice want a federal court to fast-track the company's lawsuit challenging a potential ban The Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to fast-track the social media platform's lawsuit challenging a potential ban. Under a law signed by President Biden, TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance must divest TikTok's U.S. assets by Jan. 19, else the ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
To listen to the pundits inside and outside of the courtroom, the Manhattan felony case against former President Trump rests on the testimony and cross-examination of former Trump fixer Michael Cohen. I disagree. Cohen, once Trump's personal attorney, closest employee and greatest ally, left Trump's inner circle after being convicted of lying on Trump's behalf and has since become one of the former president's ...
Source: salon.com
Lionel Messi: Napkin that sealed football legend's move to Barcelona sells for £762,000 | World News
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Messi, regarded by many as the best footballer ever, eventually scored 672 goals for Barcelona, winning the Champions League four times and 10 La Liga titles. A paper napkin that sealed Lionel Messi's move to Barcelona has been sold for £762,400. It contains a pledge, written in 2000, that the player would move to the legendary Catalan club. The starting price was £300,000 ahead of Friday's online ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Seventy years after Brown v. Board, Black and white residents, in Camden, Alabama, say they would like to see their children schooled together. But after so long apart, they aren't sure how to make it happen. A mile of Alabama country road, and a history of racism, separate the two schools. At the stop sign between them, even the road's name changes. Threadgill Road, christened for a civil rights hero, becomes ...
Source: propublica.org
Friday, May 17th, 2024 -
The man convicted of breaking into top United States legislator Nancy Pelosi's home and attacking her husband with a hammer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed down the sentence for David DePape, 44, on Friday. A US jury found DePape guilty last November of the attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official. ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, May 17th, 2024 -
Since the iPhone X's introduction of OLED and Face ID in 2017, Apple's phones haven't changed their look significantly, but now The Information reports a major redesign is underway for a new "Slim" iPhone. The outlet says it could arrive in 2025 as part of the iPhone 17 refresh, with a price even higher than Apple's current most expensive model, the iPhone Pro Max. 9to5Mac reported on a rumor from Haitong ...
Source: theverge.com