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Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
You may never miss a product discount again with the improved AI Mode for searching. In recent years, Google Search's shopping features have evolved to make Search a one-stop shop for consumers searching for specific products, deals, and retailers. Shoppers on a budget can scour Search's Shopping tab during major sale events to see which retailer offered the best deal and where. But often, consumers miss out on a ...
Source: zdnet.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His work has been recognized by national Edward R. Murrow awards, the June L. Biedler prize for cancer journalism, and more. You can reach Angus on Signal at angus.08. The cancer diagnosis former President Joe Biden received ...
Source: statnews.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Forty-two members of the opposition write to Pentagon's Inspector General to raise conflict of interest concerns over SpaceX's potential involvement in anti-missile project A group of 42 Democrats has written to the Pentagon's Inspector General demanding an investigation after it was reported that Elon ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for sufficient humanitarian aid to be allowed into war-ravaged Gaza , where humanitarian agencies say a total blockade has sparked critical food and medicine shortages. Israel has, under massive pressure from the U.S. and other allies, started to , but it has not eased its military operations, and aid agencies say the amount of humanitarian goods entering the strip is nowhere near ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
House Republicans on Wednesday are set to try to push President Donald Trump's massive tax and immigration package across the finish line, hoping to conquer internal divisions and tee up a vote that would send Trump's sprawling agenda to the Senate. The House Rules Committee worked through the night on the legislation, trying to push the bill past a procedural test that would allow for a final vote. Lawmakers were ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey is set to have her first appearance in federal court Wednesday on assault charges stemming from immigration officials' attempt to arrest the Newark mayor outside a detention facility. The interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba, charged McIver, a twice-elected member of Congress, this week with two counts of assaulting, resisting and ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the constitutional provision that allows people to legally challenge their detention by the government is actually a tool the Trump administration can use in its broader crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border. She called habeas corpus "a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their rights." Noem, testifying ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
la nueva vejez Los ictus leves tienen consecuencias graves, si no se atienden a tiempo Los llamados ataques isquémicos transitorios pueden acabar provocando un deterioro cognitivo tan pronunciado como el que sigue a un ictus completo, según una nueva investigación. Hace 10 años, Kristin Kramer se levantó temprano un martes por la mañana porque uno de sus perros tenía ...
Source: nytimes.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
May 21 (UPI) -- A federal judge late Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to maintain custody of migrants being deported to South Sudan and other third-party countries in case the court finds their removal illegal and directs that they be returned to the United States. Judge Brian Murphy issued his order in response to an emergency request filed Tuesday by lawyers who stated they have evidence that a Myanmar ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
New AI solution helps organizations scale AI in private, on-prem environments to unlock new value from data in collaboration with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA, is providing an AI solution built on Dell Technologies infrastructure with NVIDIA AI Enterprise software. This helps organizations – particularly those within regulated industries or those with substantial investments in on-premises infrastructure ...
Source: aithority.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
The United States Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to revoke the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) granted to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants, paving the way for their deportation. The court reverses a San Francisco-based district judge's March order to block Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's decision to remove temporary protected status from some 348,000 ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper and actor Kid Cudi is expected to testify at the Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking trial, taking the witness stand either Wednesday or Thursday to tell the jury about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs ex-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie. Cassie testified last week that Combs was enraged when she left him for a period of time in 2011 and began dating Cudi, whose legal name ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
SAN FRANCISCO — Fortnite — the free-to-play game that made stars of streamers, served as a virtual stage for Travis Scott and Ariana Grande, and fueled optimism for the metaverse — is once again available on iPhones in the United States. The game reappeared in Apple's App Store for iPhones and iPads on Tuesday, nearly five years after Apple and Google banned Fortnite from their mobile app stores. ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
Speed: 0.5x Speed: 1x Speed: 1.5x Speed: 2x 🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. Walmart has responded to President Donald Trump 's suggestion that the company should fully absorb any cost rises that arise because of his tariffs. In a statement to USA Today , Walmart spokesperson Joe Pennington said: "We have always worked to keep our prices as low as possible and we won't stop. We'll ...
Source: newsweek.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
The number of flights permitted at Newark Liberty International Airport is being reduced amid rising delays, the Federal Aviation Administration announced on Tuesday. Passengers have experienced delays of up to five hours as the airport struggles with technology outages, air traffic control staffing , and runway construction. With runway construction continuing daily until June 15, Newark will be limited to 28 ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, who oversees the jail where last week, announced Tuesday that she is suspending her reelection campaign, just hours after fielding tough questions from local leaders at a tense city council meeting. "I am temporarily suspending my re-election campaign. I cannot spend a moment putting politics over your needs," Hutson said in a statement posted on social media. The sheriff's ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
May 21 (UPI) -- The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his testimony last year to Congress, according to a report Tuesday. House Republicans have accused Cuomo, who is currently a mayoral candidate for New York City, of lying to the House Oversight Committee about nursing home deaths in the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, two people ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
At Google I/O 2025, the company shared more about how Android XR will be integrated into the smart glasses form factor, including practical Gemini features. Google I/O 2025 , like the few years before it, dove deep into AI and the various ways it's being integrated across the Search giant's products and services. Among the recipients is Android XR, Google's extended reality operating system that underpins the ...
Source: zdnet.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
SUNSET PARK, New York — In a city where waterfront development typically means towering glass boxes filled with luxury condos and designer boutiques, the Latino environmental justice group UPROSE has fought for years to create new jobs in sustainable manufacturing, renewable energy and urban agriculture along the banks of New York Harbor. So when Norwegian energy company Equinor began proposing a massive ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
The Senate unexpectedly passed the No Tax on Tips Act in a unanimous vote Tuesday, giving weight to the prospect of eliminating federal income tax for cash tips, which picked up political traction during Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Here's what's in the bill and what it could mean for you. The "No Tax on Tips Act" proposes amending the Internal Revenue Code to exempt "cash tips" — which include tips ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
Japan's farm minister has resigned after a gaffe about receiving free rice from supporters drew public fury in a country experiencing soaring prices of the staple. Taku Eto's comment, which many Japanese saw as out of touch with economic realities, came at a seminar Sunday for the Liberal Democratic Party, which leads a struggling minority government. The gaffe could be further trouble for the party before a ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily restored Rep. Laurel Libby's ability to vote while she appeals a censure order for identifying a high school transgender athlete in a critical social media post. Libby was censured in February by Democrats in the Maine House for a social media post that sparked the state's ongoing conflict with the Trump administration over transgender athletes participating in girls sports. ...
Source: wbur.org
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
A suspected suicide bomber targeted a schoolbus in southwestern Pakistan killing at least four children and two adults on Wednesday, in an attack the government accused India of backing. The bus driver and his assistant were among those killed in the attack in Khuzdar district of Balochistan province, on the way to a school that caters to the children of army personnel and civilians living in the area. Prime ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The head of American chipmaker Nvidia praised President Donald Trump 's move to modify U.S. curbs on the export of artificial intelligence chips to China , saying Wednesday that the Biden-era controls were a "failure" that had cost his and other U.S. companies billions of dollars in sales. Under former President Joe Biden , the United States rolled out a three-tiered system of export curbs on ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
!DOCTYPE html> , a bacterium found aboard the Tiangong station that appears to be well adapted to conditions there. It is microscopic and rod-shaped, can create spores, and may have evolved to survive hundreds of miles above our planet's surface. This bacterium, never before seen on Earth, was detected on China's Tiangong space station . It has been named Niallia tiangongensis , and it inhabited the cockpit ...
Source: wired.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
You may have heard the story of Randy Gardner, the boy who once stayed awake for 11 days and 24 minutes , or more than 264 hours. Although Gardner exhibited physical, mental and emotional degeneration and faced severe insomnia decades later, he's alive in his 70s today . Gardner's 11-day experiment didn't kill him, but anyone who's experienced total sleep deprivation knows how ugly things can get. The symptoms of ...
Source: cnet.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
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Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 -
May 21 (UPI) -- The European Union has announced it is lifting sanctions on Syria to support the civil war-torn country's economic recovery. The EU's chief diplomat, Kaja Kallas, announced the decision by the European Council, which directs the 27-member bloc's political agenda, on Tuesday. "We want to help the Syrian people rebuild a new, inclusive and peaceful Syria," Kallas, the EU's High Representative for ...
Source: upi.com
After another call with Putin, it looks like Trump has abandoned efforts to mediate peace in Ukraine
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
After a two-hour phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on May 19, US president Donald Trump took to social media to declare that Russia and Ukraine will "immediately start negotiations" towards a ceasefire and an end to the war. He did, however, add that the conditions for peace "will be negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be". With the Vatican, according to Trump, "very interested in hosting ...
Source: theconversation.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
In shift away from universal access, new studies of Covid boosters will be required for people under 65 Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Lizzy Lawrence leads STAT's coverage of the Food and Drug Administration. She was previously a medical devices reporter. You can reach Lizzy on Signal at ...
Source: statnews.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
NFL owners voted on Tuesday to allow players in the league to participate in the flag football competition at the upcoming 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The proposal said that no more than one player from each team could participate in the event – which is making its Olympic debut as a sport in the City of Angels – as well as providing support for those players involved, including injury protection ...
Source: cnn.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Take It Down Act into law on Monday, a significant step in regulating the nonconsensual sharing of intimate images, including AI-generated deepfakes . The legislation aims to protect individuals from the harmful effects of such content, which has been increasingly prevalent in the digital age with the expansion of artificial intelligence. "This legislation is a powerful ...
Source: cnet.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
Biotech Co. Plans to Comply with 23andMe's Current Policies, But What Comes Next? Regeneron Pharmaceuticals plans to buy the majority of 23andMe's assets, which include the genetics and ancestry data of millions of consumers. (Image: Regeneron, 23andMe) Biotechnology firm Regeneron Pharmaceuticals intends to purchase most assets of bankrupt genetics testing firm 23andMe, pending approval from regulators and the ...
Source: govinfosecurity.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
The Senate has voted to advance the GENIUS Act, a bipartisan bill that would establish the first federal framework for regulating cryptocurrencies pegged to real-world assets, known as stablecoins. Amid interparty disagreement over the bill, 16 Democrats nonetheless joined their Republican colleagues to support the motion. The agreement breaks a two-week logjam after Democrats secured an agreement addressing ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
The world could see hugely damaging sea-level rise of several meters or more over the coming centuries even if the ambitious target of limiting global warming to 1.5C is met, scientists have warned. Nearly 200 countries have pledged to try to keep the planet's warming to 1.5C, but the researchers warn that this should not be considered "safe" for coastal populations. They drew their conclusion after reviewing the ...
Source: bbc.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The United States sent 68 immigrants from Honduras and Colombia back to their countries Monday on the first government-funded flight of what the Trump administration is calling voluntary deportations. In the northern Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, 38 Hondurans, including 19 children, disembarked from the charter flight carrying $1,000 debit cards from the U.S. government and the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
Drug manufacturers will now have to commit to the new pricing model to avoid regulatory action in the US. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it is "taking immediate steps" to implement a recent Executive Order (EO) by President Donald Trump that is set to overhaul the pricing framework of prescription medicines in the country. Based on a "most favoured nation" pricing model, Trump's policy ...
Source: pharmaceutical-technology.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
Elon Musk spent a record amount of money on the 2024 election to help get President Donald Trump elected. Now he says he'll be pulling back. "In terms of political spending, I'm going to do a lot less in the future," Musk told Bloomberg's Mishal Husain at the Qatar Economic Forum. When asked why that was, Musk said he sees no immediate need to spend. "I think I've done enough," Musk said. "Well, if I see a reason ...
Source: cnn.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
May 20 (UPI) -- FDA officials have warned the American public to not eat, sell or serve cucumbers grown and distributed by two Florida companies after a salmonella outbreak in more than a dozen states. A total of 26 individuals across 15 states as of Friday were infected in an outbreak with the Salmonella Montevideo strain, officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday in a release . Officials ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Former FBI director James Comey says that he's still a bit bewildered over how a seemingly innocent Instagram shot of shells arranged in the sand led to allegations by Donald Trump among others that he was calling for the president's assassination and to an interview with the Secret Service. "It's been a bit of a distraction, honestly," Comey said with a weary laugh Monday night during an ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Giving Trump $400m Boeing jet was his team's idea not Qatar's, report claims The U.S. approached Doha about buying or leasing one of its 747s before aircraft was offered as a 'donation', it is claimed, contradicting president's version of events President Donald Trump's administration originally ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
A federal appeals court will allow a U.S. district judge's order for the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a wrongfully deported Venezuelan man from El Salvador to move forward, part of the mounting pressure from the court system to get the executive branch to follow due process in its immigration enforcement efforts. On Tuesday, Judge Stephanie Gallagher cited the 4th Circuit's ruling and ordered ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
Union claims Epic Games replaced actors' work by using AI to generate Darth Vader's voice without notice Hollywood's actors' union filed an unfair labor practice charge against Epic Games on Monday, alleging the company replaced actors' work by using artificial intelligence to generate Darth Vader's voice in Fortnite without notice. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
Later this year new episodes of the children's show will be shown on Netflix as well as PBS and the PBS Kids app on the same day. Netflix and Sesame Street have agreed a deal that will bring the children's show to the streaming platform's wider audience after President Trump cut federal funding for the free-to-air TV network Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Later this year, new episodes will be shown on Netflix ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
SAN DIEGO (AP) — One person was arrested following reports of a possible bomb threat on a Hawaiian Airlines flight set to take off from San Diego International Airport, leading to the evacuation of the plane, officials said. The Airbus A330 bound for Honolulu had just pushed back from the gate around 8:45 a.m. Monday when "a flight attendant informed the flight's captain that a passenger reported a possible ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS NEW YORK (AP) — Levi Strauss is set to finally part ways with Dockers — inking a deal to sell its brand once credited with propelling the popularity of "Casual Fridays" to Authentic Brands Group. In an announcement Tuesday, the denim giant said it had agreed to sell Dockers to Authentic for up to $391 million. The transaction will start at an initial value of $311 million, ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
As U.S. House Republicans seek to ban states from passing laws to regulate AI, state AGs, including in New Mexico, push back. This story was originally published by Source New Mexico. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez recently signed onto a letter backed by 39 other attorneys general opposing efforts by U.S. House Republicans to restrict states for the next decade from passing laws related to ...
Source: route-fifty.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Naomi Biden lashes it as a 'bunch of unoriginal, uninspired lies written by irresponsible self promoting journalists out to make a quick buck' Joe Biden's granddaughter has ripped a new book on the former president's reported hidden physical and mental decline in the White House as "political fairy ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
A seventh day of significant severe weather is expected Tuesday, including in an area that was hit hard by thunderstorms and deadly tornadoes Friday. Several new rounds of storms are anticipated from the Mid-Mississippi Valley region east to the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The Midwest is on the northern end of the threatened zone, and the Deep South on the southern periphery. A strong tornado threat is ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
Shares in China's Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world's largest electric vehicle battery maker, surged as much as 18% on its first day of trading in Hong Kong, shrugging off geopolitical uncertainties. On Tuesday, CATL shares opened at 296 Hong Kong dollars ($37.8), well above the subscription price of 263 Hong Kong dollars ($33.6) in a stock listing that raised $4.6 billion last week. Its shares rose ...
Source: cnn.com
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 -
The Chicago Sun-Times is being roasted online after it confirmed that a freelancer used AI to generate a summer reading list made up of real authors and fake books. The newspaper called it "a learning moment for all of journalism." Meanwhile, the paper's union said it was "deeply disturbed" by what it called "this slop syndication." Chicago Sun-Times confirmed AI was used to generate list of real authors ...
Source: cbc.ca
Monday, May 19th, 2025 -
Washington — A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration's efforts to take over the U.S. Institute of Peace, finding that the moves led by the White House's Department of Government Efficiency were made by leaders who were illegally installed and lacked the legal authority to dismantle the organization. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled in favor of several institute board members and its ...
Source: cbsnews.com