Новости за 18.07.2024

AFTER a door panel on an Alaska Airlines-operated Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet blew off midair in January, Anneke Palmerton learned the carrier had canceled her flight to Orlando as well.

1. Surging California wastewater readings signal ‘very high’ COVID levels  San Francisco Chronicle
2. COVID reaches 'very high' level in CA, CDC wastewater data show; COVID on the rise in LA County  KABC-TV
3. COVID-19 cases on the rise in many states, including Minnesota  KSTP
4. For COVID, Summer Is the New Winter  Scientific American
5. Covid-19’s back. Should you be worried?  CNN

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A public inquiry examining Britain's response to the COVID-19 outbreak will issue its first report on Thursday, focusing on how well prepared the nation was for handling such a pandemic.

The president has not made such remarks publicly, and has vowed previously he will stay in the presidential race until November

Edwin Cordero, 36, died at the Metropolitan Detention Center, where his lawyer said conditions were “awful.”

Sean Snyder, the son of legendary Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder, is heading to Oklahoma State, the school announced Wednesday.

The new chair of Hong Kong’s leading media professional group says she lost her job at The Wall Street Journal after she refused her supervisor’s request to withdraw from the election for the leadership post. Reporter Selina Cheng says her supervisor told her that her job was eliminated due to restructuring, but she believes her association role is the real reason. Dow Jones publishes the newspaper and confirms it made “some personnel changes” but refused to comment on individuals. Hong Kong journalists... Читать дальше...

Girl found dead in Andhra was assaulted after being lured with biscuits

The gun assault on the former president has been a common topic at the Aspen Security Forum.

"I think it's important to HELP EACH OTHER and invite each other to places that help our souls grow !!!" Spears argued.

Theater

• Watermill Theatre’s “The Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale” celebrates the magical world of Middle-earth as Frodo embarks on his perilous journey to the dark realms of Mordor. Book and lyrics are by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus, with music by Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman, Finnish folk band Värttinä and Tony Award winner Christopher Nightingale. From July 19-Sept. 1 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, 800 E. Grand. Tickets: $41+. Visit chicagoshakes.com.

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The Office of Local Government has launched a public inquiry after discovering widespread dysfunction in Liverpool City Council, leading the minister to suspend the council.

1. Apple says its OpenELM model doesn’t power Apple Intelligence amid YouTube controversy  9to5Mac
2. Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI  WIRED
3. Apple Trained Its AI on YouTube Transcripts Without Permission, Report Says  CNET
4. Major tech firms trained AI using stolen YouTube content: Report  NewsNation Now
5. YouTube creators surprised to find Apple and others trained AI on their videos  Ars Technica

MMA Fighting

TAMPA — Jake Paul is still interested in a rematch against Nate Diaz under MMA rules, but that offer may be a little less enticing now that Diaz is embroiled in his own legal melee.

James Michael Cline, the finance executive who founded the Fandango movie ticketing service in 2000 and remained with the company until 2011, died Tuesday morning of an apparent suicide in Manhattan after jumping from the 20th floor of the Kimberly Hotel. He was 64. The NYPD said in a statement that officers responded to the […]

Waiting until next year’s budget simply forces the taxpayer to stump up for billions of dollars in wasteful spending on projects that are already destined to be wound up.

Bayern Player & Staff Discussion

President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday while holding campaign events in Nevada, the White House said. It comes after powerful Rep. Adam Schiff, who is running for a California Senate seat, became the latest House Democrat to call on President Biden to end his reelection efforts. Weijia Jiang has the latest.

The daughter of Dubai's ruler has apparently announced her divorce on social media.

Forsberg, 32, told the Daily Mail that he is lonely in the United States without his family and that he didn’t “want to be without my daughters.”

A suburban Cook County woman was identified as Illinois’ first human case of the West Nile virus this year, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Wednesday.

During the meeting, the sides also touched upon the current aspects of further expansion of the bilateral cooperation in various areas, the ministry added

The families of American hostages held by Hamas pleaded for help from both political parties at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, as they marked the grim milestone of 285 days since the U.S. citizens were taken captive.

The US military's mission to deliver aid to Gaza using a temporary pier has ended, with shipments now being redirected to an Israeli port, said a senior American officer on Wednesday. This change follows issues with the pier, which has frequently detached from the shore due to bad weather since its installation in mid-May, reducing its operational time.