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Top News Stories for Sunday, May 19th 2024
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 -
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 -
Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs will not be prosecuted after newly released video from 2016 showed him kicking, hitting and dragging then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura , the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a statement released on social media Friday night. The office's statement went on to call the footage "disturbing and difficult to watch" but explained that Combs would not be charged with assault or ...
Source: usatoday.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
(NBC News) — Seize the Grey ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid by going wire to wire to win the Preakness on Saturday, giving Lukas his seventh victory in the race, one short of the record held by good friend Bob Baffert . The strapping grey colt took advantage of the muddy track just as Lukas hoped he would, pulling off the upset in a second consecutive impressive ...
Source: wfla.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Login Search Startups Venture Security AI Crypto Apps Events Startup Battlefield Search 6:31 AM PDT • May 18, 2024 Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here's a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn't cover on their own. By the way, TechCrunch plans to ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
A no-holds-barred campaign by Mercedes management convinced a majority of workers at its Alabama factory complex to vote against forming a union. In addition to anti-union videos and mailings, captive-audience meetings, firings, and an onslaught of pressure from state politicians and even a local pastor, the winning move was to fire the company's U.S. CEO and replace him with a vice president who promised to care ...
Source: truthout.org
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 -
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 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 -
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 -
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 -
The NBA Playoffs continue to roll along, and in the Western Conference, the Dallas Mavericks will take on the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6 of their semifinal series tonight – Saturday, May 18. The game is slated to tip off at 8 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. Fans have a number of options to watch the game for free if they don't have cable. That includes Fubo and DirecTV Stream , which each offer a free trial. Also, ...
Source: cleveland.com
Saturday, May 18th, 2024 -
Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili has vetoed the "foreign influence" bill that has sparked unprecedented protests in the country and warnings from Brussels that the measure would undermine Tbilisi's European Union aspirations. But Zourabichvili's veto on Saturday is likely to only delay the proposed legislation, not block it. The parliament can override the veto with an additional vote. "Today I set a veto ...
Source: aljazeera.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 -
Friday was the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education that formally struck down state-enforced racial segregation of public schools as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. An assessment of Brown 's legacy in the Washington Post, based on new public opinion research, made three salient points on how people view its impact today: (1) Retroactive ...
Source: nymag.com
Friday, May 17th, 2024 -
The hammer-wielding man who brutally attacked Paul Pelosi , husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in their San Francisco home was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley came close to siding with the U.S. Probation Office, which recommended a 25-year punishment against David ...
Source: nbcnews.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