Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance launched legal action against the US government on Tuesday after it passed sell-or-ban legislation targeting the short video app. TikTok argues that the law signed by president Joe Biden in April that forces its Chinese owners to divest in nine months violates the First Amendment of the US Constitution. According to the lawsuit, TikTok said "for the first time in history, ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Parts of the U.S. Midwest and South were bracing for hazardous weather on Wednesday, as the National Weather Service placed portions of six states under tornado watches early in the morning. The states affected were Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois and Tennessee. The watches are widest in Arkansas and Kentucky, with multiple counties under a tornado watch until 6 a.m. CDT. Some states have only a ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Red Hat has launched Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI), a foundation model platform that enables users to more seamlessly develop, test and deploy generative AI (GenAI) models. RHEL AI brings together the open source-licensed Granite large language model (LLM) family from IBM Research, InstructLab model alignment tools based on the LAB (Large-scale Alignment for chatBots) methodology and a community-driven ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
DALLAS – After more than a century, Boy Scouts of America is rebranding as Scouting America , another major shakeup for an organization that once proudly resisted change. Founded 114 years ago, the Texas-based organization has recently been mired in turmoil over a flood of sexual abuse claims and bankruptcy. Now, the organization is leaning into a more inclusive message as girls have been joining throughout ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Tuesday condemned a "ferocious surge of antisemitism" in the United States following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel and said people were already forgetting the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. Speaking at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Days of Remembrance, Biden tied the anti-Jewish sentiment that led to the Nazi effort to exterminate Jews directly to ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Panera Bread is discontinuing its controversial, highly caffeinated Charged Sips range that was linked to at least two wrongful death lawsuits in the US. The sandwich and coffee chain is phasing out the three drinks and replacing them with other beverages in the next two weeks, Bloomberg first reported, citing a company memo. Business Insider has approached Panera for confirmation. Panera told Bloomberg that the ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
The Google Pixel 8a is a budget-friendly phone with powerful performance and AI features like the higher-end Pixel 8 series. Google, one of the leading names in the technology world, has finally unveiled the Google Pixel 8a , the newest member of the long-awaited Pixel 8 series. It was introduced as a phone equipped with both budget-friendly and productive artificial intelligence capabilities. Despite being in the ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
WASHINGTON – When Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her plans to oust Mike Johnson from the speakership, the conservative agitator committed to follow through on her threats and call a vote on the speaker's future. But it's been more than a month since then and Greene, R-Ga., has yet to force a House vote on removing Johnson, R-La., despite her repeated statements that she will do so – whenever that is. ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) decreased to 7.18% from 7.29%. Refinance demand increased to 5% for the week, although it was still 6% lower than the same week one year ago. Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home rose 2% for the week but were still 17% lower than the year-earlier week. A sign advertising a home for sale is ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
The Boston Celtics continued to put on a show in the NBA Playoffs , dominating the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-95 in Game 1 of their second-round series. Star wing Jaylen Brown scored 32 points in front of the home crowd at the TD Garden as the No. 1 seed Celtics showed why they are considered a favorite to win it all this season. Boston finished with an NBA-best 64-18 regular season record to earn the top seed. A Game ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
created a secret AI model for US spy agencies that is not connected to the internet. William Chappell, its strategic missions and technology CTO, told Bloomberg that Microsoft spent 18 months working on the model, which is "air-gapped" so it's secure and can only be accessed by the US government. Chappell told the outlet that the model based on GPT-4 is now live, can answer questions, and will be able to write ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
UK-based autonomous vehicle (AV) technology startup Wayve announced on Tuesday (7 May) that it had raised $1.05bn in a funding round led by SoftBank Group . The funding will be used to boost the development of its Embodied AI technology, which Wayve has claimed can learn from human behaviour. The Series C funding round also included Nvidia as a new investor and returning investor Microsoft . ...
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INDEPENDENCE, Missouri — A Missouri man is accused of strangling his ill wife to death in her hospital room, reportedly telling investigators he did it because he could not care for her anymore and he could no longer afford to pay her medical bills. Ronnie Wiggs, of Independence, was overheard by medical staff at Centerpoint Medical Center saying "I did it, I killed her, I choked her," according to a charging ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Kim Ki Nam, one of the longest-serving North Korean officials who served all three generations of its leaders cementing their political legitimacy and heading the propaganda apparatus for the dynastic state, has died, official media said on Wednesday. North Korea leader Kim Jong Un visited the bier of Kim at 2 a.m. on Wednesday to pay tribute "with bitter grief over the loss of a veteran revolutionary who had ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
"New car smell" is a beloved benefit of buying a new vehicle. However, at least part of that scent could be due to toxic carcinogens released by flame retardants, a new study says. Flame retardant chemicals added to seat foam and other car components pollute the cabin air inside all personal vehicles, according to findings published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Further, these chemicals are ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing an anti-abortion group and nearly a dozen pregnancy centers in the state for false and misleading statements promoting an unproven procedure they claim can reverse the effects of the abortion pill. James alleges in the civil suit filed Monday that Heartbeat International and 11 of the anti-abortion pregnancy centers linked to it have engaged in fraud, deceptive ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Australia may have shivered through its coldest April since 2015, but the rest of the world continued to break heat records for the 11th month in a row. The global average temperature for the last 12 months — May 2023 to April 2024 — has once again reached a new record, at 1.61 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average, according to data released by the European Union's Copernicus ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
AstraZeneca is withdrawing its highly successful , citing the availability of a plethora of new shots that has led to a decline in demand. The vaccine — called Vaxzevria and developed in partnership with the University of Oxford — has been one of the main Covid-19 vaccines worldwide, with more than 3 billion doses supplied since the first was administered in the United Kingdom on January 4, 2021. But ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Mike Grier was so elated over winning the NHL draft lottery on Tuesday night, the San Jose Sharks general manager dispensed with tradition by coming out and stating exactly who he expects to select with the No 1 pick: Boston University center Macklin Celebrini. Where past GMs in Grier's position have kept their choice under wraps until they step to the podium on draft day, Macklin's abilities and ties to San Jose ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A Midwestern candy company has issued a massive recall due to the risk of salmonella tainting some of its products. Palmer Candy Company of Sioux City, Iowa, is recalling "white coated confectionary items" because they could be contaminated with salmonella, the company announced this week. The products are sold in bags, pouches, tubs and other retail packaging. Brand names ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Mounting evidence suggests adding just a spoonful of olive oil to your diet each day can have powerful health benefits . A new study from the US suggests this includes protection against dementia. While healthy 'Mediterranean' diets in general tend to include a dash of olive oil, the researchers claim the ingredient itself stands out for its beneficial qualities. "Typically, people who use olive oil for cooking or ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
GEORGE – Nearly 40 construction workers were still missing Wednesday in the rubble of a building that collapsed in South Africa on Monday as rescue teams continued to search for survivors for a third day in the wreckage of the unfinished five-story apartment complex. Seven workers have been confirmed dead, while authorities in the city of George on South Africa's south coast released new information on the ...
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
In a surprise new song , rapper Macklemore praises college students across the US who are protesting Israel's war in Gaza, vowing that he will not vote for President Joe Biden come November. The song, released Monday, is titled "Hind's Hall" in reference to the new temporary name pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University gave to a building they occupied on campus . With its release, the ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
After being notified by Boeing that some company employees failed to complete specific inspections on some 787 Dreamliners but reported the checks as having been completed, essentially falsifying inspection records, the Federal Aviation Administration has opened a formal investigation. The inspections verify there is adequate bonding and grounding of the fasteners connecting the wings to the ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! Judge Aileen Cannon said there are too many complicated legal rules and deadlines surrounding the use of classified evidence in public criminal trials that need to be considered ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
May 7, 07:27 PM Russian officials on Tuesday said an American soldier being held in Vladivostok will remain in jail for at least two more months while authorities review the theft charges against him. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black , who has served in the Army since 2008, was arrested by Russian police on May 2 after traveling from his South Korean base to the Russian city, which sits near the country's ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
More info promised sometime before the end of March 2025. While the past few months have included plenty of informed speculation about the so-called Switch 2 , Nintendo hasn't given even a bare hint that the system is in the works. That changed at least somewhat last night, as Nintendo President Shinto Furukawa shared on social media that "we will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Several factors contributed, including a change correcting the way medical education expenses are accounted for in MA rates. It's now projected that the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be able to pay 100% of total scheduled benefits until 2036, five years later than reported last year, finds an annual Medicare Trustee report . At that point, the fund's reserves will become depleted, and continuing program income ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Major U.S. equities indexes were mixed and little changed on Tuesday. The S&P 500 edged 0.1% higher, keeping a streak of positive sessions dating back to the middle of last week amid renewed anticipation that the Federal Reserve could lower interest rates in the next few months. The Dow also eked out a gain of around 0.1%, but the tech-heavy Nasdaq slipped 0.1%. FMC Corp. Leads S&P 500 on Revenue Guidance Shares of ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
The 24-year-old won the beauty pageant last year and represented the US at the Miss Universe competition in November. Competition organisers say they are reviewing plans for "the transition of responsibilities to a successor". The current Miss USA has said she is relinquishing her title to prioritise her mental health. Noelia Voigt, 24, won the beauty pageant last year and represented the US at the Miss Universe ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
May 7 (UPI) -- The United States and its allies on Tuesday sanctioned and indicted Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a Russian national accused of leading the Russia-based LockBit ransomware group that extorted hundreds of millions in ransom payments from victims worldwide. The Biden administration on Tuesday announced Khoroshev's sanctions, indictment and a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to his ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
If you've ever wondered what it would look like to fall into a black hole, then NASA's new black hole simulation is sure to mesmerize you. The simulation shows what happens as the viewer approaches the black hole, eventually falling into the "point of no return." You can see the video for yourself below. It was created using the Discover supercomputer at NASA's Center for Climate Simulation. This particular version ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
UPDATE—May 7, 2024: This article has been updated to reflect additional information about Disney's outlook and direct-to-consumer entertainment segment, as well as more recent share price values. Shares of entertainment and media conglomerate The Walt Disney Company ( DIS ) fell Tuesday amid concerns about weakness in its outlook for the fiscal third quarter after the entertainment giant reported a net loss ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
A recent analysis of a sperm whale's vocalizations suggests variations in 'clicks' represent a kind of alphabet that forms the basis of a complex communication system. Members of the conservation initiative Project CETI discovered series of clicks less than 2 seconds in length act as codas – basic units ( phonemes ) of cetacean speech. The highly social mammals have previously been heard identifying ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
The company's new advertiser tool can help you get more out of a single product image. Social media feeds are an ideal place to advertise, and a well-executed campaign can help businesses grow significantly -- but creating them is a lot of work. Meta's new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools aim to help make curating the perfect ad easier. On Tuesday, Meta unveiled new generative AI ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. says she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word "computer" means. Hochul, a Democrat, made the extemporaneous comment Monday while being interviewed at a large business conference in California to discuss expanding economic opportunities in artificial intelligence for low-income communities. "Right now, we have ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Alzheimer's disease may be inherited more often than previously thought Genes that increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's might be a separate form of the disease, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine . Scientists previously knew there were two forms of Alzheimer's disease — familial and sporadic. As the name suggests, genetic mutations cause the familial type . Familial types ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
BEIJING — A knife attack at a hospital in southwestern China on Tuesday killed two people and injured 21 others, authorities said. No motive was given for the attack at Zhenxiong County People's Hospital in Yunnan province. The suspect is a male from a village in the same county, a Zhenxiong police statement said. The injured were being treated, it said. A witness told Red Star News, an online outlet, that he ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence company behind the popular image generator DALL-E, on Tuesday announced the launch of a new tool aimed at detecting whether digital images have been created by AI. Authentication has become a major concern in the fast development of AI, with authorities worried about the proliferation of deep fakes that could disrupt society. According to the company, OpenAI's ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Tesla has until July 1 to comply with the data request about its Autopilot recall. The federal government has given Tesla quite the homework assignment. The electric automaker has until July 1 to reply to a massive data request from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is investigating the efficacy of Tesla's massive Autopilot recall , following at least 20 crashes post-recall. Tesla ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
KYIV — Ukraine's security services said Tuesday that they had foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other top military and political figures. Two Ukrainian colonels accused of participating in the plot have been arrested on suspicion of treason. The Ukrainian domestic intelligence agency, the SBU, said in a statement that the plot had involved a network of agents — ...
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Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan , a Republican, is bucking his party and endorsing President Joe Biden over Donald Trump in this year's election. "This November, I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass," he wrote in an opinion piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Duncan wrote that the GOP can't rebuild until it rebukes Trump, who he ...
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Florida is once again giving back some of the tax money it collects to residents. As usual, the annual "sales tax holidays" are going into effect — periods during which sales tax isn't levied on certain types of spending. New this year: A one-year elimination of the tax on residential property and flood insurance premiums. House Bill 7073 , signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, had support from ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
A group of 13 conservative US federal judges are vowing to not hire Columbia University law students or undergraduates because of how the school has handled pro-Palestinian demonstrations on its campus in recent weeks. The judges sent a letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik and the dean of Columbia's law school Gillian Lester , on Monday, outlining their position and describing the Manhattan campus as ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Thirteen years after the rule was supposed to be finalized, on Monday federal banking regulators again proposed a rule governing incentive-based compensation practices at financial institutions. The proposed rule was issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The National Credit Union Administration is expected to sign ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Disgraced Theranos founder's release date moved up, prison records show Theranos founder and convicted felon Elizabeth Holmes has had more time cut from her prison sentence, after her original release date was slashed by nearly two years last summer. Holmes, 40, was originally ordered to serve more than 11 years behind bars after she was found guilty in January 2022 of four counts of fraud and conspiracy for ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
T here aren't many easier ways to jump a level of fame than by joining a feud. For centuries, audiences have been captivated by juicy spats, from Capulets vs. Montagues to Hatfields vs. McCoys. But modern-day internet culture in particular thrives on bad blood. Studies have found that social media algorithms reward anger and animosity . Users, as a result, have normalized parasocial relationships and invasive ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday said abortion rights advocates can proceed with lawsuits against Alabama's attorney general over threats to prosecute people who help women travel to another state to terminate pregnancies. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson denied Attorney General Steve Marshall's request to dismiss the case. The groups said Marshall has suggested anti-conspiracy laws could ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
A group of 95 people filed a lawsuit in Illinois on Monday alleging they were sexually abused as children in juvenile detention centers across the state for over two decades. The 186-page suit, filed in the Illinois Court of Claims, alleges state employees "sexually abused Claimants and/or negligently allowed or failed to prevent sexual abuse of Claimants while they were children in the legal and physical custody ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Scientists believe that Venus once looked a lot more like Earth. How it evolved from that point to where it is today is a question with deep implications, not just for our own planet's future, but for the search for life outside the Solar System. Now, researchers think they have solved a significant piece of the puzzle: the mystery of Venus' missing water. "Venus has 100,000 times less water than the Earth," ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
FLORIDA – A new initiative launched in 20 states, including Florida and Georgia, aims to gain an understanding of cancer disparities and other health conditions among black women. It also said breast cancer kills Black women at a 40% higher rate than white women. ACS said Black people have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial or ethnic group. Imagine 100,000 black women from 20 states ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a government agency that protects bank customers from losing their deposits, fostered a toxic workplace rife with harassment and bullying that mostly targeted women or people from underrepresented groups, according to a new report . The findings about the FDIC's workplace culture comes after the Wall Street Journal published a November investigation that alleged male ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
DES MOINES, Iowa — A Tennessee-based sanitation company has agreed to pay more than half a million dollars after a federal investigation found it illegally hired at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities in Iowa and Virginia. The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday that Fayette Janitorial Service LLC entered into a consent judgment, in which the company agrees to nearly ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Paris — Ukrainian double European champion weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko was killed in the war against Russia, the Ukrainian weightlifting federation announced Monday. Pielieshenko, 30, won European gold in 2016 and 2017, and narrowly missed out on a medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics where he came fourth in the 85kg category. "It is with great sadness that we have to tell you that the heart of the great ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
About 42 million US adults have been impacted by identity theft, according to a 2023 survey from analytics firm Gallup. Perhaps as a result, identity fraud ranked as respondents' top ongoing concern — more so even than violent crime. It's a problem that's getting worse, thanks in part to increasingly powerful AI tools that are easily accessible to cybercriminals . The good news is that these tools ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday told Kristi Noem to "stop digging herself in a hole" after the South Dakota governor suggested that President Joe Biden 's dog Commander be put down. (Watch the video below.) Noem turbocharged a rocky rollout of her new book, " No Going Back ," by defending a passage in which she described shooting her 14-month-old dog Cricket over behavioral problems. She went further in an interview ...
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MELBOURNE – A woman accused of serving her ex-husband's family poisonous mushrooms pleaded not guilty in an Australian court on Tuesday to three charges of murder and five charges of attempted murder. Erin Patterson, 49, appeared briefly in Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court by video link from a Melbourne prison, where she has been held since her arrest in November last year. She is accused of killing her ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Denver Nuggets star point guard Jamal Murray has come under criticism after he was spotted throwing a heat pack onto the court during the reigning champions' 106-80 playoff loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday . While on the bench toward the end of the second quarter, Murray could be seen throwing the heat pack while the Timberwolves were on offense. The object landed near the basket with several ...
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San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama entered the NBA with the most hype of any player since LeBron James in 2003. And he's lived up to every bit of it. The 20-year-old center took home the league's Rookie of the Year award on Monday after averaging 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 3.6 blocks, 1.8 3-pointers and 1.2 steals a game. No player in NBA history had averaged more than those combined ...
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