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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 -
Legendary trainer D. Wayne Lukas, a few months shy of his 89th birthday, wins his 15th Triple Crown race on Saturday with Seize the Grey at the Preakness. He still wakes up every morning at 3:30 to get to the barn. He still gets on the pony every day to watch his horses train. And though his operation isn't the coast-to-coast behemoth it once was as he's aged into his late 80s, D. Wayne Lukas is still the ...
Source: usatoday.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
There's been a simple question going around AI circles in recent months: "What's next?" Since the launch of OpenAI's GPT-4 in March last year, each passing month has made it clear that the ChatGPT-maker's top model set a performance bar that has been curiously difficult for competitors to clear. Big Tech giants like Google and Meta have released rival models like Gemini and Llama , which proved competitive at most. ...
Source: businessinsider.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 -
Former team members have either resigned or been absorbed into other research groups. In July last year, OpenAI announced the formation of a new research team that would prepare for the advent of supersmart artificial intelligence capable of outwitting and overpowering its creators. Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's chief scientist and one of the company's co-founders, was named as the co-lead of this new team. OpenAI said ...
Source: arstechnica.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 (AP) — Former president Donald Trump is expected to address thousands of members of the National Rifle Association in Texas a day after campaigning in Minnesota in the midst of his hush money trial. Trump has pledged to continue to defend the Second Amendment and has called himself "the best friend gun owners have ever had in the White House" as the country faces record numbers of deaths due to mass ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
The bodies of three Spanish tourists and three Afghans shot dead while on a tour in Afghanistan were transported to the capital along with multiple wounded, the Taliban government said Saturday. The group were fired on while walking through a market in the mountainous city of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, around 100 miles from the capital Kabul , on Friday evening. "All dead bodies have been shifted to ...
Source: cbsnews.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 -
PJ 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 three-point attempt after Chet Holmgren had put the Thunder in front 116-115 with a dunk on an ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
Donald Trump demanded on Friday that Joe Biden be drug tested ahead of the two presidential debates both candidates have agreed to participate in. The former president cited the incumbent's State of the Union address in March in his call for drug testing, alleging that Biden was "high as a kite" when he delivered the speech. "I just want to debate this guy, but you know – and I'm gonna demand a drug ...
Source: nypost.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 -
Since first grade, Julian Morris, 16, has changed schools six times, swinging between predominantly white and predominantly Black classrooms. None has met all his needs, his mother said. At predominantly white schools, he was challenged academically but felt less included. At predominately Black schools, he felt more supported as a Black student, but his mother, Denita Dorsey, said they didn't have the same ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, May 17th, 2024 -
David DePape, the man convicted of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and brutally attacking her husband with a hammer, was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison, the Associated Press reported . DePape, 44, was found guilty last November. He was given credit for the 18 months he's been behind bars since the October 2022 assault. In sentencing DePape, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said he took ...
Source: salon.com
Friday, May 17th, 2024 -
A more slender (and expensive) variant could be coming your way in 2025 to replace the Plus model. Just like it slimmed down the latest iPad Pro , Apple is said to be looking at making the iPhone more slender. To be more precise, the company is working on a "significantly thinner" device that may arrive as part of the iPhone 17 lineup in place of a Plus model, according to The Information . This model has been ...
Source: engadget.com