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Sunday, May 19th, 2024 -
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk became the world's first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 24 years by beating British fighter Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh. Usyk defeated Fury by split decision late on Saturday night, knocking down his opponent in the ninth round, before eventually earning a narrow win on two scorecards. Two judges favored Usyk, 115-112 and 114-113, while the third gave it to Fury, ...
Source: npr.org
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 -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under mounting pressure from his own War Cabinet and his country's closest ally over postwar plans for Gaza, even as the war with Hamas shows no sign of ending. On Saturday, Benny Gantz , a member of the War Cabinet and Netanyahu's main political rival, said he would leave the government on June 8 if it did not formulate a new war plan including an international, Arab ...
Source: france24.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 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newly released video appears to show Sean "Diddy" Combs beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. The video was aired by CNN Friday six months after the R&B singer filed a lawsuit that set off a wave of similar cases and public allegations against one of the most influential music moguls of the past three decades. Here is a look at the key ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
D Wayne Lukas worked his way to Seize the Grey after his horse won the Preakness Stakes and kept getting interrupted by well-wishes offering congratulations. "I think they're trying to get rid of me," Lukas said. "They probably want me to retire. I don't think that'll happen." Not when the 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer keeps winning big-time races. Seize the Grey ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan's Triple ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Login Search Startups Venture Security AI Crypto Apps Events Startup Battlefield Search 8:00 AM PDT • May 18, 2024 A new crop of early-stage startups — along with some recent VC investments — illustrates a niche emerging in the autonomous vehicle technology sector. Unlike the companies bringing robotaxis to city streets, these startups are taking their tech off-road. Two recent entrants ...
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 -
The US military has begun moving aid ashore in Gaza, as the UN says truck convoys by land remain the most efficient way of getting aid in From Hamas issued a statement on Friday saying the US -built pier off the Gaza Strip is no alternative to opening all land crossings under Palestinian supervision, adding that they reject any military presence on Palestinian land. Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari says Mr Benjamin was "brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Mefalsim Intersection, and his body was kidnapped to Gaza". The body of an Israeli hostage who was captured by Hamas militants while on a cycling trip has been recovered from Gaza, the Israeli military has said. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Ron Benjamin, 53, was riding his bike ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
The first crewed launch of Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft has been delayed again, to May 25, this time because of a helium leak in the service module. NASA had set the liftoff for May 21 after scrubbing a May 6 launch but the helium leak was discovered on Wednesday. While the agency said the leak in the craft's thruster system was stable and wouldn't pose a risk during the flight, "Boeing teams are working ...
Source: npr.org
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
In May 2016, near the zenith of its political sway, the National Rifle Association endorsed Donald Trump for president in a symbolic but forceful show of support for a Republican whose commitment to gun owners was still largely unknown. The group then spent more than $30 million to help elect Trump that November. Trump arrives here Saturday for the NRA's annual convention having proven himself a reliable ally of ...
Source: cnn.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 -
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an exclusive interview with AFP on Friday he expects Russia to step up its offensive in the northeast and warned Kyiv only has a quarter of the air defences it needs to hold the front line. Russian forces, which made only moderate advances in recent months, launched a surprise assault in Kharkiv region on May 10 that has resulted in their biggest territorial ...
Source: france24.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
An imprisoned Oregon man was indicted Friday in connection with the deaths of three women whose bodies were found "under suspicious circumstances" last year in the Portland area, authorities announced Friday. Jesse Calhoun, 39, was indicted by a grand jury this week on three counts of murder in the second degree and three counts of abuse of a corpse in the second degree, the Multnomah County District Attorney's ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
DALLAS — P.J. Washington Jr. made two free throws before an intentional miss with 2.5 seconds left, lifting the Dallas Mavericks to a 117-116 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night and into the Western Conference finals for the second time in three seasons. Washington was fouled by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on a 3-point attempt after Chet Holmgren put the Thunder in front, 116-115, with a dunk ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Salome Zourabichvili says bill contradicts constitution but ruling party is expected to override her action in coming days Georgia's president has vetoed a "foreign agents" bill that has split the country and appealed to the government not to overrule her over a law she said was "Russian in sprit and essence". Salome Zourabichvil followed through on her stated intention to use her veto on Saturday although the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Former President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will have a special request for President Joe Biden before the two candidates meet on stage next month for the first of two scheduled debates. Trump spoke to a crowd of supporters at a Republican fundraiser in St. Paul, Minnesota, Friday night and discussed his upcoming debate with Biden after the two candidates agreed to face off on June 27 and September 10. "I ...
Source: dailywire.com
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 -
Trump's former fixer gave damning testimony – and he'll return to the stand on Monday as the trial moves towards a close Donald Trump's criminal trial is drawing to a close, with two looming questions: what will the jury decide, and how will America react? After weeks of testimony from witnesses including the porn star Stormy Daniels , National Enquirer boss David Pecker and former senior Trump aide Hope ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man who broke into the home of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seeking to hold her hostage and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. The attack on Paul Pelosi, who was 82 at the time, was captured on police body camera video just days before the 2022 midterm elections and sent shockwaves through the political world . He suffered two head ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, May 17th, 2024 -
With the iPhone 16 announcement expected four months from now, reports for the upcoming iPhone 17 are already here. According to The Information , Apple has big ideas for at least one of the newest iPhone 17 models, as plans for a redesign have just leaked. The publication says Apple is testing "different designs for the slimmer iPhone, including an aluminum chassis and a smaller hole and pill-shaped cutout for its ...
Source: bgr.com