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Top News Stories for Saturday, September 14th 2024
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
PHOENIX – Arizona's Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions officially is being repealed Saturday. The western swing state has been whipsawed over recent months, starting with the Arizona Supreme Court deciding in April to let the state enforce the long-dormant 1864 law that criminalized all abortions except when a woman's life was jeopardized. Then state lawmakers voted on a bill to repeal that law once ...
Source: news4jax.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
Donald Trump wanted to spend this week attacking one of Democratic rival Kamala Harris' biggest political vulnerabilities. Instead, he spent most of the week falsely claiming that migrants are eating pets in a small town in Ohio and defending his embrace of a far-right agitator whose presence is causing concern among his allies. Trump's repeated parroting of unfounded social media rumors about Haitian migrants in ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
Following its Oversight Board's recent concerns over risking users' freedom of expression through the use of AI-editing tools , Meta has decided to make its once-clear labels on AI content edited or altered using AI tools less prominent across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. This makes it more difficult for users to determine which images and videos are original and which have been modified. Beginning next week, ...
Source: mediapost.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
Mortgage rates for September 14, 2024, remain near 5.70%, according to Zillow data. Rates have dropped around half a percentage point since August. As the Fed lowers its benchmark rate, mortgage rates should trend down in 2024 and 2025. Mortgage rates have dropped substantially in recent weeks. This time last month, average 30-year mortgage rates were 6.19%, according to Zillow data. Now, they're around a ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
The United States and its allies are once again considering expanding the capabilities they provide to Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion. Listen to this article · 4:46 min Want to stay updated on what's happening in Ukraine? , and we'll send our latest coverage to your inbox. Ukraine has asked to use Western long-range weapons to strike deeper into Russia for months. It argues that it needs ...
Source: nytimes.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
At the heart of the Boeing strike that began Friday is a story about what happens when penny-pinching executives lose the plot and it falls to workers to get everyone back on track. Last year, Boeing didn't make a profit. In fact, the plane maker has lost money every year since 2018, when a series of deadly crashes and near-disasters left its reputation and finances in the gutter. If Boeing were any other business ...
Source: cnn.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
Apple just announced its iPhone 16 series, and there are some pretty big updates for both software and hardware. Here are the features that pro users will care about. Apple announced four new iPhones (among other things) at the " It's Glowtime " event on September 9th. Designed from the "ground up" for Apple's AI, we have the base model to the most souped-up: the iPhone 16 , the iPhone 16 Plus, the iPhone 16 Pro, ...
Source: zdnet.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
Boar's Head announced Friday that its Jarratt, Va. deli meat manufacturing plant, found to be the source of a deadly outbreak of listeria infections, will be closed indefinitely. Boar's Head added that it also believes it has located the source of contamination. "Our investigation has identified the root cause of the contamination as a specific production process that only existed at the Jarratt facility and was ...
Source: medicalxpress.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
More than 100 election officials across eight swing states in the U.S. presidential race have engaged in partisan election denial in recent years, raising fears they could try to turn the November result in favor of Republican nominee Donald Trump , according to a report released Friday. The 88-page report , produced by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), details the election denial history of 102 county and ...
Source: rawstory.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
If you worked a side hustle or freelanced this year and you haven't paid taxes on the money you earned, listen up. An important IRS deadline is coming up. By midnight on Sep. 16, you're required to pay estimated taxes on any untaxed income you earned from June through the end of August. If you missed the other two previous estimated tax deadlines in April and June, paying by Monday can help you avoid ...
Source: cnet.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. . SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew is beginning its fifth day in orbit, having marked a few record-setting milestones on a historic journey — including the world's first commercial spacewalk. Conducting a spacewalk is nothing new. NASA has been carrying out the endeavors in outer space since 1965, when the Gemini program debuted the capability for the United ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
Can artificial intelligence technology help fix difficult problems? It's a generic question that you see more of these days, and the answer is typically no. But a new study published in the journal Science is hopeful that large language models may actually be a useful tool in changing the minds of conspiracy theorists who believe incredibly stupid things. If you've ever talked with someone who believes ridiculous ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
For the millions of Americans currently receiving Social Security benefits , the COLA (cost-of-living adjustment) isn't just about how much more they'll get from their monthly checks. It's also about whether the increase will help them to get their everyday essentials. Every year, typically in October, the Social Security Administration adjusts the monthly payment for recipients to account for inflation. ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
News / Pixabay Georgia judge dismisses three charges in Trump election interference case A judge in Georgia's Fulton County dismissed three charges in the state's election interference case against Donald Trump and others on Thursday, citing a conflict with federal law. Judge Scott McAfee found that Counts 14, 15, and 27 in the state's indictment must be dropped because an 1890 US Supreme Court ruling preempts ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
China's legislature passed a policy which will see retirement age raised for both men and women for the first time since the 1950s as it tries to tackle a shrinking and ageing population. China will begin raising the retirement age for the first time in more than 70 years as the 1.4bn-strong country faces a shrinking and ageing population. China's legislature, known as the Standing Committee of the National ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
A Kremlin cyber operations unit has been embedded in RT since last year and has gone to global lengths to spread Russian propaganda, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The State Department on Friday said Russia's state-owned RT news agency has expanded operations to become a sophisticated, mainstay arm of the Kremlin's military intelligence nexus, and helped deploy a covert fundraising operation for body ...
Source: nextgov.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Thirty years ago, a new law transformed the way the United States recognizes and combats gender-based violence. The Violence Against Women Act, signed by President Bill Clinton on Sept. 13, 1994, was the first federal legislative package to designate domestic violence and sexual assault as crimes and require a community-coordinated response to violence against women. It was the "most critical" piece of legislation ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
The mpox vaccine used in the U.S. has been added to the World Health Organization's ( WHO ) prequalification list, the first time one has received this approval. The WHO declared mpox to be a "public health emergency of international concern" in August as cases across Africa continue to surge. At least 14 African countries have reported mpox outbreaks this year, with more than 17,000 suspected cases across the ...
Source: newsweek.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Shares of Trump Media jumped Friday after majority shareholder Donald Trump said he has no plans to sell his stake. "I'm not selling," said the Republican presidential nominee, who will be free to start cashing in his nearly 57% stake in less than a week when a lockup agreement expires. "I have absolutely no intention of selling," Trump said. Trump Media shares rose by as much as ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
The Miami Dolphins don't play again until Sept. 22. But that layoff won't prevent – and might even fuel – speculation about the football future of their injured quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa . The Pro Bowler suffered what was at least the third concussion of his five-year NFL career in Thursday night's 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills and exhibited the same "fencing" response that he displayed when he was ...
Source: usatoday.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Sept. 13 (UPI) -- China's Securities Regulatory Commission and Ministry of Finance Friday fined accounting giant PwC $62 million and suspended the company for six months for allegedly enabling financial misdeeds by the Evergrande Group real estate developer. China's Ministry of Finance said in a statement that PwC "knew Evergrande made material misstatements in its financial statements for the years 2018-2020" as ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia, accused of being one of the world's most brutal crime lords, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he fomented America's deadly fentanyl crisis through his alleged leadership of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel . Zambada, 76, was ordered held pending trial at a brief arraignment in federal court in Brooklyn, where he is charged with 17 counts of drug trafficking, firearms offenses, and money ...
Source: usatoday.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
State media issued pictures of Kim Jong Un inspecting centrifuges which are critical to developing weapons-grade uranium for nuclear bombs. North Korea has given a rare insight into the heart of its secretive nuclear weapons programme which produces fuel for atomic bombs. Images released by the country's state news agency (KCNA) showed - for the first time - the centrifuges at the centre of a uranium enrichment ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more . The two NASA astronauts who piloted the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner capsule — and were left behind on the space station as the beleaguered spacecraft returned to Earth — took questions on Friday for the first time in weeks. Butch Wilmore, a ...
Source: cnn.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Justin Timberlake took a plea deal in his DWI case — and warned others against driving while intoxicated. Timberlake pleaded guilty to driving while impaired, a noncriminal traffic violation, his lawyer Edward Burke Jr. said in a press conference after court. CNN reported the judge initially said the agreement was "surprisingly favorable" to Timberlake. The judge ordered Timberlake to volunteer for 25 ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
It'll soon become easier to hail a self-driving ride -- if you live in Austin or Atlanta. Uber and Waymo , the driverless arm of Google's parent company Alphabet, are teaming up to bring the robotaxi service to the two cities via the Uber app. Starting in 2025, Uber will manage and dispatch Waymo's fleet of fully autonomous, all-electric Jaguar I-Pace vehicles, so you can choose a ride without a driver when ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
T his week, Apple announced that its devices will have two new health-related capabilities: your Apple Watch will soon be able to tell if you have sleep apnea, and your AirPods Pro 2 can now double as hearing aids for those who need them. Jeff Williams, chief operating officer at Apple, told TIME in his first interview about the new health features that while Apple began providing health-related capabilities ...
Source: time.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
A Delaware judge ruled Thursday that the defamation lawsuit filed against the right-wing cable channel Newsmax by voting machine company Smartmatic should proceed to trial later this month, NBC News reported . Judge Eric Davis rejected Newsmax's attempt to squash the case and barred a pre-trial settlement, instead inviting a jury to decide whether the network defamed Smartmatic by airing falsehoods about the 2020 ...
Source: salon.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden said former President Donald Trump's new campaign promise to scrap income taxes on overtime pay is "as fake as his tan." Trump's spokesman accused the Oregon Democrat of "disrespecting hard-working Americans." Trump has already vowed not to collect taxes on workers' tips or on seniors' Social Security, among other proposals aimed at working-class voters. Senate Finance ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday. The viral sequence was uploaded Friday to the GISAID database, which makes genetic sequences of viruses publicly available for research and study. It shows that the virus is closely related to the strain that has been infecting dairy cattle ...
Source: cnn.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
A top Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official says the agency retains authority to remove cannabis-infused foods and drinks from the market, though that level of enforcement action is rare and is most commonly executed by local law enforcement. During a hearing before the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health on Tuesday, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods James Jones was repeatedly pressed on the ...
Source: marijuanamoment.net
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
TWO RIVERS, Wis. — Authorities in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, provided updates on the search for Elijah Vue, a 3-year-old who has been missing since Feb. 20. At a press briefing, Chief Ben Meinnert of the Two Rivers Police Department shared significant developments. "It is with a heavy heart that I announce to you today, those remains were identified as Elijah Vue. With that news, and following this briefing, the ...
Source: wpbf.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
A military court in Congo handed down death sentences Friday to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of participating in a coup attempt. The defendants, most of them Congolese but also including a Briton, Belgian and Canadian, have five days to appeal the verdict on charges that include attempted coup, terrorism and criminal association. Fourteen people were acquitted in the trial, ...
Source: wpbf.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Donald Trump has said he will mass deport migrants in a small Ohio town that has been rocked by baseless claims its Haitian influx are eating pets. "We're going to start with Springfield," Trump said on Friday, adding the town had been "destroyed" by immigration. Springfield officials say the debunked claim of pet-eating has sent shockwaves through its community, and led to violent threats that have shut schools. ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
A special prosecutor announced Friday that Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones will not be charged over efforts to overturn Donald Trump 's electoral defeat in the 2020 presidential election. Peter Skandalakis, who leads the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, a judicial agency that assists prosecutors across the state, said in a statement that he considered the matter closed. Jones was among a slate of 16 alternate ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
On September 12, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a proposed order which, if entered by the court, will ban a student loan servicer from servicing federal student loans and require it to pay $120 million—$20 million in civil money penalties and $100 million in redress for harmed borrowers—for what is described as "wide-ranging student lending failures" resulting in ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
CEO Marc Benioff said he doesn't want "bolt-on" AI, but Agentforce does connect to many other Salesforce services. Salesforce has made its latest push into the AI space with Agentforce — a platform for deploying generative AI in areas such as customer support, service, sales, or marketing. It will be available on Oct. 25. At a press briefing on Sep. 12, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff emphasized that Agentforce ...
Source: techrepublic.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Sept. 13 (UPI) -- A Florida health official is raising alarms about the safety of the newest versions of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, advising against their use despite endorsements from federal health agencies and other medical experts. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, appointed to the post by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, "advises against the use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines" for adults over 65, the most at-risk ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- One third of cinnamon products tested by Consumer Reports contained elevated levels of lead, the watchdog agency warned Thursday. The finding follows concerns about metals in foods after tainted cinnamon applesauce poisoned hundreds in 44 states last year, most of them children. In the new study, Consumer Reports tested 36 cinnamon products and discovered high ...
Source: healthday.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
BETA This is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Microsoft Reveals New Windows Security Update Plans Kate O'Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. It's been nearly two months since the CrowdStrike outage caused Microsoft Windows machines across the globe to crash. CrowdStrike itself has already examined why the incident happened , with Microsoft also publishing its own analysis soon afterwards. While ...
Source: forbes.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Artificial intelligence has been the topic of conversation in recent years, growing quickly in different sectors and making progress in solving difficult problems. AI is quickly creating value for many organizations through risk management, automation, reducing human error, analyzing large volumes of data, generating insights, etc. Through technological leaps and mass investment, AI has also become a ...
Source: isaca.org
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Buffalo fans cheered so loudly in Hard Rock Stadium that Bills coach Sean McDermott was asked if it was a home game. It wasn't. But Buffalo certainly gave fans who made the trip to South Florida plenty to celebrate Thursday night. James Cook caught a touchdown pass and ran for two scores and the Bills routed Miami 31-10, with Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa leaving early because ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
United says SpaceX's Starlink Wi-Fi service will be added to all its planes in the coming years United Airlines reached a deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to provide free Wi-Fi service on all its planes through SpaceX subsidiary Starlink, a broadband satellite service. The airline on Friday said it plans to begin adding Starlink's high-speed internet to planes starting next year and will add it to its entire fleet of ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
By On September 17 Earth will be treated to a "supermoon." If you believe the hype, the full moon will appear huge in the sky and will be so bright you will be able to drive at night without headlights. I would advise against that. While it's technically true that the moon will appear bigger and brighter than usual, in practical terms, you almost certainly won't notice the difference. There is, however, a bonus ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday called the Australian government "fascists" over plans to crack down on misinformation online. Social media companies could face fines up to 5% of their global revenue if they enable the spread of misinformation, under a law proposed Thursday by 's Labor government. Tech platforms would be required to establish codes of conduct for how to stop dangerous misinformation from ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
NEW YORK, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- More than 5 million Americans in treatment for depression could benefit from therapy with psilocybin -- the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," a new study finds. The study, published Thursday in Genomic Press, involved researchers from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of California-Berkeley. Prior studies upheld the ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Vodafone and Three have rejected claims by the UK's competition watchdog that their proposed merger would lead to higher prices for millions of mobile users. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has "provisionally concluded" the deal would weaken competition between mobile networks. It has particular concerns that customers who are least able to afford mobile services would be most affected. The findings are ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
An Alaska Airlines jet which was taking off from Nashville International Airport in Tennessee was forced to abort take-off to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest Airlines plane, according to officials. The incident happened just after 9 a.m. on Thursday when Alaska Airlines Flight 369, a Boeing 737 MAX 9 with 182 people on board, was rolling down the runway to take off for a flight to Seattle, Washington. ...
Source: bnonews.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Joking around with a Trump supporter at a Sept. 11 event this week, the president put on a "Trump 2024" hat for a few seconds. The pictures took on a life of their own. No, it wasn't A.I. But it was no endorsement, either. A smiling President Biden really did wear a Trump hat — for about five seconds — while visiting firefighters for an event commemorating the Sept. 11 attacks. The unlikely moment, ...
Source: nytimes.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Man reportedly attacked pro-Israel demonstrator, who then allegedly pulled out gun and shot assailant A man was shot and sustained life-threatening injuries on Thursday in Newton, Massachusetts , after he tackled a pro-Israel demonstrator. During a news conference on Thursday evening, Marian Ryan, the Middlesex district attorney, said that the incident took place at about 6.40pm on Thursday evening. A small group ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Sep 12th, 2024 -
Sept. 12 (UPI) -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday announced that former FBI official Tom Donlon will become interim police commissioner, replacing Edward Caban, who resigned amid a federal investigation. In a video statement Adams said, "I'm taking immediate action in appointing Tom Donlon as interim police commissioner." Donlon ran the FBI's National Threat Assessment Center and the FBI-NYPD Joint ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Sep 12th, 2024 -
DETROIT — Joe Schmidt, the Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Detroit Lions win NFL championships in 1953 and 1957 and later coached the team, has died. He was 92. The Lions said family informed the team Schmidt died Wednesday. A cause of death was not provided. One of pro football's first great middle linebackers, Schmidt played his entire NFL career with the Lions from 1953-65. An eight-time All-Pro, he ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Thursday, Sep 12th, 2024 -
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected Donald Trump's request to halt postconviction proceedings in his hush money criminal case, leaving a key ruling and the former president's sentencing on track for after the November election. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan cited the postponement last week of Trump's sentencing from Sept. 18 to Nov. 26 in denying ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Sep 12th, 2024 -
Driving the news: JPMorgan Chase had been monitoring and tracking junior banker hours for years, but for the first time in August, it began to consider 80 hours a weekly limit, Axios has confirmed. At Bank of America, junior bankers will, starting next Monday, log their hours and workloads daily instead of weekly so that senior managers have better awareness of when someone is nearing 80 hours — a metric that ...
Source: axios.com
Thursday, Sep 12th, 2024 -
U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May 2022 failed to establish command at the scene and had insufficient training to deal with what became one of the nation's deadliest classroom attacks, according to a federal report released Thursday. The review by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Professional Responsibility is the first to specifically ...
Source: nbcnews.com