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Thursday, May 02, 2024

"I'm not ruling anything out, because we are facing someone who is not ruling anything out," Macron said. He added that if Russia was to "break through the front lines" in Ukraine and Kyiv requested troops, "we would legitimately have to ask ourselves this question." read more


Authorities have recovered the body of a fifth victim in the Baltimore bridge collapse five weeks ago, officials said Wednesday. read more


Student journalists covering campus protests are dealing with the unique challenges and advantages of reporting on their peers and schools. Some have faced attacks, threats of arrest, and ethical questions - all while still studying for final exams. read more


Russia has replaced Wikipedia with a state-sponsored encyclopedia that is a clone of the original Russian Wikipedia but which conveniently has been edited to omit things that could cast the Russian government in poor light. read more


Critics of the new legislation, including Rep. Jerry Nadler, of New York, say the bill sweeps too broadly and would chill constitutionally protected free speech, including legitimate criticism of Israel. read more


Nearly 26,000 children - or just over two percent of Gaza's child population - have been killed or injured in Gaza in six months of a war which has decimated the health system and severed access to education, Save the Children said. In the six months since the 7 October attacks in which 33 children were killed, more than 13,800 children have been killed in Gaza and 113 in the West Bank, and over 12,009 children have been injured in Gaza and at least 725 children in the West Bank, according to OCHA and the Ministry of Health in Gaza. UNICEF reported at least 1,000 children have had one or both legs amputated, and about 30 out of 36 hospitals have been bombed, leaving only 10 partially functioning. Israeli forces have also hit ambulances, medical aid convoys and access roads, decimating Gaza's health system and undermining access to healthcare at the time when the 1.1 million children in Gaza need it most. read more


A new Microsoft generative AI system has highlighted how advanced deepfake technology is becoming - generating convincing video from a single image and audio clip. The tool takes an image and turns it into a realistic video, along with convincing emotions and movements such as eyebrows raising. read more


The ban on acephate comes a week after a ProPublica investigation highlighted the EPA's controversial finding that the bug killer doesn't harm the developing brains of children. read more


The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Then came word that barn cats -- half of them on one farm -- had died suddenly. read more


A reporter with an Ohio television station exams the 2023 bodycam footage where officers went to a man's home in an apparent effort to help a former resident retrieve items. The footage shows the officers entering the home without a warrant, using a taser on the man and ultimately arresting him, according to the report. While all charges against the man were eventually dismissed, the reporter points out there is no indication that there is any investigation into the officers' actions by the department. read more


Finnair suspended flights to the Estonian city of Tartu after GPS signal interference prevented two planes from landing. Estonia and Lithuania have blamed Russia for jamming GPS signals in the region. read more


Wednesday, May 01, 2024

The Arizona Senate repealed an 1864 abortion law that was had been ruled enforceable by the state's Supreme Court. The Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said she will sign the bill, which passed in a 16-14 vote, with two Republicans joining Democrats. But the new law won't go into effect until Fall. read more


Violence broke out early Wednesday at the pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA, hours after the university declared that the camp "is unlawful and violates university policy." Just before midnight, a large group of counterdemonstrators, wearing black outfits and white masks, arrived on campus and tried to tear down the barricades surrounding the encampment. read more


A bee swarm delayed the start of the Major League Baseball match between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers for almost two hours. read more


Unionized workers in the US saw record raises, while nonunion workers' pay barely beat inflation over the past 12 months, the latest government data show. read more


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