Новости за 18.05.2023

By Steve Wittich After a track inspection, the track reopened for practice with almost four hours remaining. The ambient temperature was 73F, and the track temperature was 115.7F. Things were pretty quiet during the first half of the third hour of practice before more teams came out to play with 160 minutes remaining. The ambient […]

In a rare defeat for President Joe Biden on judicial nominations, Michael Delaney has withdrawn from consideration to be a 1st Circuit Court of Appeals judge.

Three showrunners break down why streaming has to change immediately and what people get wrong about AI concerns

Bones belonging to a juvenile mastodon that roamed Michigan 13,000 years ago are now on display at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, after workers unearthed it by chance last year. (May 18)(AP video: Mike Householder)

The U.S. State Department on Thursday called on Iran not to carry out the possibly imminent execution of three men that Tehran arrested during anti-government protests that spread throughout the country last year following the death of a young Iranian Kurdish woman who morality police detained for improperly wearing a hijab.

Several LGBTQ+ groups in the Los Angeles area have withdrawn from participating in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 10th annual Pride Night in solidarity with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a legendary LGBTQ+ charity and protest group that the Dodgers disinvited Monday. 

Shares of Nvidia surged 5% on no material news, with the company seen as a major beneficiary of the growth in artificial intelligence.

U.S. stocks finished higher on Thursday, with the Nasdaq Composite closing at its highest level since Aug. 25, according to FactSet as optimism over a potential debt-ceiling deal persisted. The S&P 500 SPX gained 39.28 points, or 0.9%, to 4,198.05, according to preliminary closing numbers from FactSet. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rose by 115.14 points, or 0.3%, to 33,535.91. The Nasdaq Composite COMP advanced 188.27 points, or 1.5%, to close at 12,688.84. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy... Читать дальше...

TOPEKA (KSNT)- Former Washburn wide receiver James Letcher Jr. is signing a pro contract. The Ichabod alumnus is signing with Alouettes de Montréal to play in the CFL. Letcher Jr. tallied just under 3,000 receiving yards and 29 touchdowns in five years with the 'Bods. He recently attended Chiefs rookie minicamp but did not receive [...]

Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes debate who needs a bigger Game 2 in the Western Conference Finals: LeBron or Anthony Davis?

Truist’s Foundry startup has an app that rewards users for building healthy financial habits. Dubbed “Long Game,” the mobile app gives Truist clients the chance to earn monetary rewards for their financial wellness efforts, the bank said in a news release Thursday (May 18). “Truist Long Game is rooted in behavioral economics and gamification,” the company said. […]

As Parkinson's disease remains a rapidly increasing neurological disorder globally, now researchers from Boston University and the University of New South Wales have taken a step further to minimize it by developing an AI tool.

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Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout each homered and drove in two runs to help the visiting Los Angeles Angels earn a split of the four-game series against the Baltimore Orioles with a 6-5 win on Thursday afternoon. Luis Rengifo had three hits and scored two runs and starting pitcher Tyler Anderson allowed three runs and six hits in five innings. He struck out two and walked two. Anthony Santander and Adley Rutschman each hit

In its 7-2 ruling Thursday, the Supreme Court said the late artist infringed on a photographer's copyright when he created a series of works based on an image of the pop star Prince.

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The Winnipeg Jets did not meet expectations for the 2022-23 season, and the final season presser featured some harsh words from head coach Rick Bowness, and former captain Blake Wheeler…

El Niño years are rough: They come with an increased likelihood of diseases spreading, toxic algae blooms, and drought conditions. In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers looked at how the financial toll of this cyclical global shift can persist for years and result in the loss of trillions of…

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Nominee for the First Circuit Court of Appeals has faced Senate opposition over work representing a New Hampshire prep school in a sexual-assault case.

The auditor-general and the attorney-general continued to tangle on Thursday over the status of the latter, and what Europe’s premier anti-corruption body has to say on the issue, on the back of a discussion in parliament of proposed legislation that would render the attorney-general’s office a completely autonomous agency. During a debate...

Chicken giant Perdue has teamed up with Torch & Crown Brewing Company for a beer designed specifically for beer can chicken recipes.

"At 9:28 pm Moscow time, train service on the Chistenkaya-Pochtovoye section of the Simferopol-Sevastopol route was resumed and trains are running according to the established schedule," the railway company said

The Kubuntu Focus M2 Gen 5 is a laptop with a 15.6 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel IPS LCD display featuring a 240 Hz refresh rate, an Intel Core i9-13900HX processor with 24 cores and 32 threads, and a choice of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 or RTX 4070 graphics. It’s also the latest in a line […]