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The world's most powerful space telescope arrives at its observation post 1 million miles from Earth, a month after it lifted off on a quest to behold the dawn of the universe. (Jan. 24)

Big Tech has long faced accusations that it's a detriment to society, and Google thinks it can address those criticisms more directly. Axios' Ina Fried says the internet pioneer has hired James Manyika as the company's first Senior VP of Technology and Society. As Google told Engadget, the McKinsey Global Institute director will help explore tech's impact on society and shape the firm's points of view on subjects including AI, the future of work, sustainability and other areas that could make a significant difference. Читать дальше...

A stowaway from South Africa spent 11 hours in the nose wheel of a cargo plane that landed in Amsterdam.

"Where? Have I just got sandwich on my head?"

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House Democratic Conference Chairman Hakeem Jeffries has been enjoying a tax break that cuts the property tax on his Brooklyn condo to $213 a year, according to newly revealed records.

I'm making a mast head float similar in size and shape as a Baby bob for my Capri 14.2 out of pink foam with a layer of fiberglass and epoxy. Before I join the two halves, I plan to remove all but about an inch of the foam for weight reduction. Do you agree that removing the foam creating a hollow float will have little effect on the buoyancy of the float versus leaving the foam in the float?

A 67-year-old man went to a hospital for swelling in his groin and was diagnosed with a hernia, but doctors instead found a uterus and other genitalia.

Farah Damji fears Katie Price would be targeted by fellow lags looking to make a name for themselves if she gets sent to prison and cell life would be "too dangerous"

(Reuters) - The Biden administration is readying a U.S. export rule used against Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei that could curb Russia's access to global electronics supplies if President

Clippers have signed Luke Lisko, a 2004 born centre from Michigan State, for the 2022-2023 season. Lisko was part of the elite level Little Caesars minor hockey program out of Detroit, Michigan. In 106 games in his last two seasons with the program, Lisko scored 31 goals adding 42 assists for 72 points. In the […]

The race for the Calder Trophy is getting tight at the top. It's looking like a two-man show between Lucas Raymond and Trevor Zegras.

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The Biden administration has yet to release December border crossing numbers that Customs and Border Protection has circulated internally for at least 10 days, raising concerns on Capitol Hill that the White House is concealing damaging information about the severity of the border crisis.

Organizations that embrace security and automation as part of a cloud adoption strategy show a better number of better business outcomes.

Airstream is teasing a travel trailer that could making towing so much easier. The RV manufacturer revealed a concept that propels itself, saving fuel or electric range that would be lost in towing. Perhaps even cooler is the fact that you can park the thing by remote control.

The government also needs to decide that if income from cryptos is treated as business income, whether it should be categorised as a speculative or non-speculative transaction.

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The European Parliament has betrayed Europe’s citizens by ignoring years of public calls for a ban on exports of live animals and of vulnerable animals within the European Union in its recommendations on animal transport today. Romana Šonková, Compassion in World Farming´s representative in Czechia, said: “These recommendations do very little to better protect animals from the often horrific, and sometimes deadly, conditions they have to endure during transport within the EU or when exported to Third countries every year. Читать дальше...

Washington Correspondent for the New Yorker Jane Mayer discusses her new reporting that asks whether Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, poses a threat to the Supreme Court

McNeil allegedly opened fire on two NYPD officers, killing 22-year-old Jason Rivera and seriously wounding 27-year-old Wilbert Mora

The spike in asylum claims and border crossings come after a Canadian policy was lifted in November that returned arrested asylum seekers back to the U.S.

1. Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Affirmative Action In Admissions At Harvard, North Carolina  CBS Boston
2. Justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions  Yahoo News
3. A timeline of lawsuits challenging admissions policies at Harvard and UNC  The Boston Globe
4. Supreme Court to consider landmark challenge to Harvard and UNC affirmative action policies  CNN
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Dr Duff described being pinned to a cell floor by three officers and said police had spoken about her in a ‘really dehumanising way’.