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Top News Stories for Saturday, December 2nd 2023
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
House Republican leadership is facing some internal backlash over their last-minute opposition to expelling former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress. Why it matters: The historic vote to expel Santos was prompted by a report from the bipartisan House Ethics Committee which alleged a "complex web" of wrongdoing by the embattled Long Islander. Beyond the Ethics Committee, Santos has also been twice criminally ...
Source: axios.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
KHAN YUNIS – Israel pounded targets in the crowded southern half of the Gaza Strip on Saturday and ordered more neighborhoods designated for attack to evacuate, driving up the death toll even as the United States and others urged it to do more to protect Gaza civilians. At least 200 Palestinians have been killed since the following a weeklong truce with the territory's ruling militant group Hamas, according ...
Source: news4jax.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
Washington — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday rejected an attempt by former President to dismiss the special counsel's 2020 election interference case against him on the grounds of presidential immunity. Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled Trump cannot be shielded from criminal prosecution after leaving office for alleged conduct during his time in office. The former president argued special counsel Jack ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
News / Pixabay Federal judge temporarily blocks Montana TikTok ban A federal judge ruled on Thursday to temporarily block Montana's ban on TikTok from coming into effect in the state. In issuing the preliminary injunction , US District Judge Donald Molloy found that Senate Bill 419 violates the US Constitution "in more ways than one" after determining that the ban "oversteps state power and infringes on the ...
Source: jurist.org
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — One fall day in 2010, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor slipped into the courtroom where she worked for nearly 25 years to take in an "amazing" sight. The first — and for 12 years, the only — woman on the high court saw three women in black robes among the nine justices. Recalling that day, O'Connor said she "saw a woman on the far right end of the bench, one on ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
Ginger Conlon at Genesys looks beyond the AI hype and dispells ten contact centre misconceptions. More than three-quarters of senior business leaders agree that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a critical part of their customer experience (CX) operations in the coming years. But it's all too easy to get distracted by the AI hype, which can impede progress when using the technology to build a competitive edge. ...
Source: callcentrehelper.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
Keeping Up With the Trump Trials: 'Tis the Season to Fight Gag Orders Fa la la la la, la la la la. Keeping up with Donald Trump's court schedule is a dizzying task, since he faces two federal trials, a criminal trial in Georgia, and two separate civil and criminal trials in New York. (Oh, and he's running for president .) To make things easier, we'll be recapping the biggest Trump trial news at the end of each ...
Source: slate.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
John Turscak, the 52-year-old inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times using a makeshift knife on the day after Thanksgiving, has been charged with attempted murder. According to corrections officers at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, where Chauvin is serving out his 22.5 years sentence for the second-degree murder of George Floyd , Turscak said he would have ...
Source: salon.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
Venezuelans will vote Sunday in a referendum to decide whether the country should create its own state within a large swath of its oil-rich neighbor Guyana – a move that has been denounced by Guyana as a step towards annexation and raised concerns of a possible military conflict between the two South American nations. The area in question, the densely forested Essequibo region, amounts to about two-thirds of ...
Source: cnn.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
A book has named Charles and Catherine as royals alleged to have discussed skin colour of Harry and Meghan's unborn son The royal race row that erupted more than two years ago, when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told Oprah Winfrey that a member of the royal family had remarked on Prince Archie's skin colour before he was born, has simmered ever since. Now it has exploded once more as the Dutch version of a new ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy. The Environmental Protection Agency said the new rule will sharply reduce methane and other harmful air pollutants generated by the oil and gas industry, promote use of ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
The actor, who plays a gay character in Apple TV+ series The Morning Show, also criticised an event organised by black lesbians, saying they were "lower than the Jews". Julianna Margulies has said she is "horrified" to have offended people after she said that black people have been "brainwashed to hate Jews". The Good Wife and ER actress released a statement apologising after the controversial comments she made ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
Buffalo Bills linebacker Von Miller turned himself in Thursday after an arrest warrant was issued for him, Dallas police said. According to the arrest warrant affidavit from the Dallas Police Department, Miller has been accused of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend. Miller, 34, turned himself in to the Glenn Heights Police Department Thursday afternoon, hours after the warrant was issued, Dallas police told CNN. ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
The launch of a 'loss and damage' fund on Thursday at the start of the United Nations COP28 summit marks a landmark moment but is only the first in a series of necessary steps in the fight for climate justice, say experts and activists. For years, climate-vulnerable countries have asked wealthier nations – who have largely amassed their riches through unbridled CO2 emissions – to take their fair share ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
As the festive season sleighs in and inflation plays Scrooge, one can't help but wonder: Are folks still decorating their homes with real Christmas trees? As per the Real Christmas Tree Board , findings from a survey covering 55 Christmas tree wholesalers indicate that nearly all of them intend to raise prices. Most wholesale price hikes range between 5% and 15%, though certain instances show 21% or ...
Source: pymnts.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend a Century of Tax Law "The winners are the rich." The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in Moore v U.S. , a case that nominally involves the right of the US government to tax a couple, Charles and Kathleen Moore, on foreign corporate profits they have yet to receive. Sounds arcane, but the case, bankrolled by the Competitive Enterprise Institute , could ...
Source: motherjones.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
DUBAI, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Governments launched new initiatives on Saturday to bolster clean energy and to wean themselves off fossil fuels at the U.N. climate summit in Dubai, where countries are grappling with how to halt the non-stop rise in planet-warming emissions. In one of the most widely supported initiatives, 118 governments pledged to triple the world's renewable energy capacity by 2030 at the U.N.'s COP28 ...
Source: reuters.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — South Korea launched its first military spy satellite into space Friday, a little over a week after North Korea claimed to put its own spy satellite into orbit for the first time as tensions rise between the rivals. Launched from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, it was the first of five spy satellites South Korea plans to send into ...
Source: npr.org
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
LAS VEGAS — As two fan bases thundered and season-long fates teetered through a goose-bump Friday night near The Strip, they played a Pac-12 football championship so hypnotic that it almost grew possible to forget the conference's impending death and the winner's impending playoff posture . It seemed almost as if a dazzling collection of athletes got done making plays back and forth and then looked up and ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
This year, there are 40 special Candle Day drops (including brand-new scents and retired favorites)! Every item on this page was chosen by a editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. As the weather outside continues to get more and more "frightful," it's the perfect time of year to bundle up indoors with fluffy blankets , warm beverages and a new holiday-scented candle . This weekend, ...
Source: womansday.com
Saturday, Dec 2nd, 2023 -
– When it came to the Middle East, Henry Kissinger wasn't pushing for peace — only for what was possible. By the time , the agreements he negotiated as United States secretary of state between Israel, Egypt and Syria stabilized borders for nearly half a century after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. His work and the pacts it produced sidelined the Soviet Union and set the U.S. as the region's chief ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom went head to head in an energetic — and at times ferocious — debate on Thursday that saw the two men spar over taxes, the Covid-19 pandemic, immigration and abortion rights. The debate, which was aired by Fox News and moderated by conservative host Sean Hannity, offered a distraction from the ongoing 2024 Republican presidential primary, while ...
Source: mcclatchydc.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Dec 1 (Reuters) - Walmart (WMT.N) said on Friday it is not advertising on social media platform X, one of the latest brands to say it has dropped the Elon Musk-owned site. "We aren't advertising on X as we've found other platforms to better reach our customers," a Walmart spokesperson said. X, formerly known as Twitter, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The platform has struggled to retain ...
Source: reuters.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Homebuyers faced a tough real estate market this year, with home prices continuing their upward march and mortgage rates reaching their highest levels in more than 20 years . Making matters worse, homes for sale were in short supply, putting more upward pressure on prices. The question is whether 2024 will deliver more of the same, or if homebuyers could see some relief next year. Housing experts provided CBS ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
These penguins take 10,000 little naps a day — seconds at a time Sleep. It's an essential biological function that has long intrigued scientists. Similar to the book Everyone Poops , most animals sleep. Scientists have studied everything from mice to fruit flies in the lab to get a better understanding of what happens when animals sleep — and why so many do it. However, gathering data on how animals ...
Source: npr.org
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
At a gathering this fall in Singapore, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry took a moment to assure his audience that the U.S. is taking climate change seriously. "I'm happy to report that the United States has stepped up under President Biden's leadership," Kerry told the crowd at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum earlier this month. Kerry often points to landmark climate legislation passed last year, the Inflation ...
Source: npr.org
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
FRIDAY, Dec. 1, 2023 (Healthday News) -- Shoppers should steer clear of any pre-cut cantaloupe if the brand is unknown, as a salmonella outbreak linked to the fruit continues to widen, U.S. health officials warned Thursday. Eighteen more illnesses have been reported since Nov. 24, the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention said in an updated health alert , and the list of stores that sold recalled products ...
Source: healthday.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging state GOP Chair Christian Ziegler to resign after news surfaced Thursday that Ziegler is the subject of a police investigation. Driving the news: The governor's remarks came hours after the Florida Trident revealed accusations of sexual battery against Ziegler — allegations that Ziegler denies. "I don't see how he can continue with that investigation ongoing given the ...
Source: axios.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
With dubstep as the soundtrack and neon lighting as the backdrop, Elon Musk handed the first Cybertrucks over to a select group of customers that included Reddit co-founder and VC fund Seven Seven Six founder Alexis Ohanian and Trousdale Ventures founder and CEO Phillip Sarofim. The livestreamed portion of the Tesla Cybertruck delivery event was a short affair — around 30 minutes. But the event still had all ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
With its aggressive interest rate hikes , the Federal Reserve has made significant progress toward bringing down inflation to its 2% goal but is prepared to raise rates further if appropriate, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday. He also did not say when the Fed might start cutting rates, though he could provide more details in a conversation that is expected to follow his speech. "Having come so far so quickly, ...
Source: usatoday.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
ATLANTA — An attorney for former president Donald Trump told an Atlanta area judge Friday that if Trump wins the 2024 presidential election, his trial on charges that he illegally conspired to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia could not proceed until after he leaves the White House. Steven Sadow, Trump's lead counsel in the sprawling Fulton County racketeering case, objected to prosecutors ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Rosana Hughes, Caroline Silva, Henri Hollis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A protester set themselves on fire Friday afternoon outside a Midtown Atlanta building, suffering critical injuries and also injuring a security guard, police and fire officials said. Atlanta police Chief Darin Schierbaum called the incident outside the Israeli Consulate building at 1100 Spring ...
Source: firefighternation.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
In a remarkable discovery that has left astronomers scratching their heads, a team led by Guðmundur Stefánsson from Princeton University in the United States has discovered an extraordinary planet. This planet, over thirteen times the mass of Earth, orbits an ultra-cool dwarf star named LHS 3154 - a star so small that it has just one-ninth the mass of our Sun. The findings, detailed in the prestigious ...
Source: universal-sci.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Amazon is enlisting the help of one of its biggest rivals to shuttle its Project Kuiper internet satellites into space. The company will use SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for three launches beginning in 2025, Amazon announced on Friday . Project Kuiper is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite program that could eventually provide users across the globe with internet connectivity. Amazon launched its first two Project ...
Source: theverge.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Already equipped with an impressive sonar system, new research reveals that dolphins have an extra ability that evolves as they mature in the space where their baby whiskers once were. The super sense may help them navigate and find hidden food sources. Dolphins' sonar ability, known as echolocation, is fairly legendary in the animal kingdom. This ability is so accurate that the mammals, which are technically ...
Source: newatlas.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
A Massachusetts airman was reportedly killed in a crash of a U.S. Air Force Osprey off of the southern coast of Japan on Wednesday, according statements from the Pittsfield Police Department and U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal. Staff Sgt. Jacob "Jake" Galliher, a 2017 graduate from Taconic High School in Pittsfield, was one of eight crew members on board the Osprey aircraft, the Pittsfield police said on Facebook . Seven ...
Source: wbur.org
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
HuffPost spoke to experts about common HIV stigmas that are perpetuated in today's society. Research shows that despite scientific research on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and availability of medical treatments, stigma and discrimination tends to be one of the biggest barriers to seeking HIV care. You may be contributing to HIV stigma ― negative attitudes, behaviors and judgments towards people living ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Cases of pneumonia in children are increasing in Ohio, leading public health officials to declare an outbreak. The Warren County Health District in Ohio released statements on November 29 and November 30 stating that they have been experiencing "an extremely high number of pediatric pneumonia cases being reported this fall season." Since August, there have been a total of 145 cases. No deaths have been reported. ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Taylor Swift 's publicist Tree Paine is fed up with Deuxmoi , the pseudonymous Instagram account that has shared unconfirmed celebrity gossip since 2020 ― including a rumor that Swift and her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn got married in secret before publicly . Paine trounced Deuxmoi Thursday on X, formerly Twitter, for giving the claim oxygen. "Enough is enough with these fabricated lies about Taylor from Deuxmoi," ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Agencies that have automatically withheld the names of crime victims will likely no longer be able to do so under a Florida Supreme Court ruling released this week. Law enforcement agencies and other officials in Tampa Bay are grappling with how to amend their policies and procedures in the wake of Thursday's sweeping Florida Supreme Court ruling on the victim rights measure known as Marsy's Law . The court ruled ...
Source: tampabay.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
JERUSALEM — Israel's military was aware of Hamas ' plan to launch an attack on Israeli soil over a year before the devastating Oct. 7 operation that killed hundreds of people, The New York Times reported Friday. It was the latest in a series of signs that top Israeli commanders either ignored or played down warnings that Hamas was plotting the attack, which triggered a war against the Islamic militant group ...
Source: military.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Melania Trump's former aide has reacted following reports a server at Trump National Golf Club was allegedly sexually harassed by a supervisor , then tricked into signing an illegal non-disclosure agreement (NDA) by a Donald Trump lawyer. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff spoke out about the Trump family's use of NDAs after Alice Bianco, who used to work at the New Jersey club, alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New ...
Source: newsweek.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Dec. 1 (UPI) -- For the ninth consecutive year, fewer than 30 people were executed in the United States in 2023 and fewer than 50 were sentenced to death as of Friday, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Death Penalty Information Center. Texas and Florida accounted for more than half of this year's 24 executions. In 2022,18 people were put to death in the United States. "As has been historically true, prisoners ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Felicity Huffman is opening about her participation in the college admissions scandal for the first time. In a new interview with ABC-7 Eyewitness News, the actress reflected on her crime of paying to have her daughter Sophia's SAT scores falsified and what drove her to do it. "People assume that I went into this looking for a way to cheat the system and making proverbial criminal deals in back alleys, but ...
Source: instyle.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
State attorney general Ken Paxton files suit despite medical consensus that vaccine prevents severe infection and death The attorney general of Texas is suing the pharmaceutical company Pfizer , alleging that it exaggerated the effectiveness of its Covid-19 vaccine and deceived the public. Ken Paxton announced the lawsuit on Thursday after filing it in Lubbock state district court in north-west Texas, the Texas ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
After more than six decades on the world's stage, during which he both brilliantly persuaded and deftly deceived the powerful and created state-to-state relationships that survive him, Henry Kissinger now belongs to the history he helped make. The only American official ever to have held all of the levers of foreign-policy making—for two years he served simultaneously as national security adviser and ...
Source: foreignaffairs.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Pfizer says it will not move to a late-stage trial of twice-daily danuglipron but believes a once-daily formulation may work Pfizer Inc.'s stock tumbled 4% premarket Friday, after the company said it would not move to a Phase 3 trial of a twice-daily formulation of a weight-loss drug after patients in an earlier study had a lot of side effects. The company PFE, +1.30% said the Phase 2b study of its oral GLP-1 ...
Source: marketwatch.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Beyoncé performs on stage during the opening night of the Renaissance World Tour in Stockholm. After weeks of teaser trailers and speculation, the long-awaited "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé " premieres globally on Friday. On Thursday, I filed into my local theater almost 40 minutes before showtime, a miracle for someone as chronically late as myself. Decked out in all black, I tried my best to ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
By Rasmeet Charya. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to stay, whether we like it or not. The pace of innovation has been very slow in the legal industry. The AI-enabled technologies are geared to drive innovation at a much higher scale and speed, undoubtedly unbundling and unfolding a huge opportunity within the legal space to enhance professional capabilities coupled with the potential to streamline legal ...
Source: legalbusinessworld.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Subscribers can gift articles to anyone CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A North Carolina family is suing American Airlines after they claim their teenage daughter found a hidden camera recording her in an airplane bathroom stall during a flight in September. The family said their 14-year-old daughter found an iPhone taped to an airplane toilet after it was placed there by a flight attendant, according to reports. The ...
Source: cleveland.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
An appeals court upheld the disorderly conduct convictions Friday of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police. Smollett, who appeared in the TV show "Empire," challenged the role of a special prosecutor, jury selection, evidence and many other aspects of the case . But all were turned aside in a 2-1 opinion from ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
MSNBC should rethink its decision to cancel the Sunday night show hosted by "the best interviewer in American news right now." At a time when there is so much criticism of major media outlets for their lack of seriousness, depth, and insight, MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan's September 6 segment with Republican presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy offered a reminder of just how powerful a television interview can be ...
Source: thenation.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
A judge sided with Daryl Hall in a court hearing Nov. 30, extending an existing restraining order which temporarily blocks fellow Hall & Oates band member John Oates from selling his share of the duo's joint venture to Primary Wave, a private music publishing and talent management company. The decision followed a hearing Thursday morning at Davidson County Chancery Court in Nashville, Tennessee, during which ...
Source: abcnews.go.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Taylor Swift went the distance for Beyoncé, traveling from Kansas City, Missouri to London for the megastar's Renaissance concert film premiere Thursday. Now, the first photo of the two together have emerged on Swift's Instagram and Beyoncé's site . Swift had the perfect caption: "Got invited to London by The Queen…✨👑✨ Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé is in theaters ...
Source: elle.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
After NHL player Corey Perry had his contract with the Chicago Blackhawks terminated on Nov. 29, rumors began swirling that Perry had an inappropriate relationship with the mom of one of his teammates, Connor Bedard. Perry and the Blackhawks' general manager denied the claims , and now, Bedard himself is responding to the rumors. "It's just a bunch of BS on the internet," the NHL 's November 2023 Rookie of the ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
It was Klete Keller's Team USA Olympic jacket that made him such an easily identifiable participant in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol . It was his status as a five-time Olympic medalist that kept his case in the media. And it was his Olympic fame that, in part, prompted the U.S. government to recommend a 10-month prison sentence, despite his remorse and cooperation, as a deterrent. But it ultimately was ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
OpenAI's GPT store will be delayed until next year, the company said in an email to people who signed up for its GPT Builder. In the email, OpenAI said that "unexpected things have been keeping us busy," which pushed back the GPT store's rollout. The company said it had planned to release the store in December, which itself is slightly later than originally promised; at its developer conference in November, ...
Source: theverge.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
MCALLEN, Texas – Texas must move that drew backlash from Mexico, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, dealing a blow to one of aggressive measures aimed at stopping migrants from entering the U.S. illegally. The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals requires Texas to stop any work on the roughly 1,000-foot (300-meter) barrier and move it to the riverbank. The order sided with a lower court ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Old Gmail accounts could be deleted as soon as today, according to Google. Google will begin purging accounts that have not been used or signed into for at least two years. That means emails, Google Drive, Google Docs, calendar entries and photos will be erased from these dormant accounts. The company announced the move in May as part of an effort to protect users from security threats. Google says forgotten ...
Source: abcnews.go.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Apple TV+ is home to some of the best shows available on any streaming service. Unfortunately, it still has a small library. And with the company's recent price increase, subscribing to this platform gets trickier when you compare it to other leading streaming services available. That said, The Wall Street Journal reports Apple is in early talks with Paramount to bundle their streaming services at a discount. With ...
Source: bgr.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) joined activists, state legislators, and others in support of their hunger strike outside of the White House on November 29, 2023. The United Auto Workers have endorsed a cease-fire, making them the largest national union to do so in a major development for labor and the larger movement for peace and justice in Palestine and Israel. active and ...
Source: inthesetimes.com
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Dec 1 (Reuters) - A Florida appeals court on Friday upheld the state's congressional map backed by Governor Ron DeSantis that a lower court had ruled violated the state constitution by diminishing some Black residents' voting power. A state judge in September ruled that the map redrawn in 2020 illegally shredded the 5th Congressional District, which had been a strongly Black district in north Florida. The new map ...
Source: reuters.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Novo Nordisk is continuing legal action against compounding pharmacies selling off-brand Ozempic which it claims are adulterated. Novo Nordisk , manufacturer of blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, announced Wednesday (29 November) that it is suing a compounding pharmacy in Florida and refiling a suit against another for selling fake semaglutide. The suit alleges that Wells Pharmacy Network and Brooksville ...
Source: pharmaceutical-technology.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate this week would strip the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of its authority to use facial recognition technology as part of its airline passenger screening program, and require the agency to get rid of data obtained through the use of facial recognition technology. The Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2023 was introduced by Sens. John Kennedy, R-La., and ...
Source: meritalk.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
TOPICS: Mary Cleave, a pioneering NASA astronaut who embarked on two spaceflights and later became the first woman to lead NASA's Science Mission Directorate, has passed away at 76. She made significant contributions to space exploration, including the deployment of the Magellan Venus spacecraft, and received multiple awards for her service. Retired NASA astronaut Mary Cleave, a veteran of two NASA spaceflights, ...
Source: scitechdaily.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Two Nevada State Police Troopers died after they were run over in a hit-and-run Thursday while checking on a motorist who appeared to be sleeping in the driver's seat on a Las Vegas freeway, officials said. The two troopers stopped at about 3:23 a.m. to check on someone who had pulled over to the side of the road on Interstate 15, according to a news release by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department . ...
Source: usatoday.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
The highly anticipated trailer to "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga," a prequel to director George Miller's Oscar-winning "Mad Max: Fury Road," has arrived. As the name implies, the movie from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures centers on the early days of Charlize Theron's warrior woman, with Anya Taylor-Joy playing the role this time. The post-apocalyptic film is the origin story for the character. The ...
Source: abcnews.go.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Wolverines living in the lower 48 U.S. states are on the Endangered Species List , reported the New York Times in November 2023. While wolverines thrive in Alaska, in the lower 48 states of the U.S., there are only about 300 that primarily live in mountain areas in the West. As the largest member of the weasel family, wolverines are often misunderstood as being mean, aggressive , and even dangerous. They are even ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
The EPA's goal to replace all lead drinking water pipes in the US within 10 years is ambitious and furthers environmental justice, water attorneys and environmental groups say, but some former agency officials worry the goal may be too costly to meet. The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced its proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements , or LCRI, which would require water utilities to replace 10% ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
A former U.S. Marine on Thursday pleaded guilty to firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in California , prosecutors said. Chance Brannon, 24, is one of three people charged in connection with the March 13, 2022, Molotov cocktail attack at the clinic in Costa Mesa. Brannon, who was an active-duty Marine at the time, said he selected the target to "scare pregnant women, deter doctors and staff from providing ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
David Kroman | The Seattle Times (TNS) SEATTLE — Even brief exposure to highway pollution could cause significant increases in blood pressure, a new study from the University of Washington has found, adding to a growing body of work correlating vehicle exhaust with negative health outcomes. The effects are near immediate: Two hours in Seattle's rush hour was enough to increase blood pressure by nearly 5 ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
FRIDAY, Dec. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new study of identical twins has provided fresh evidence that a vegan diet can vastly improve a person's heart health. Twins assigned a vegan diet for two months had significant improvements in cholesterol, insulin and body weight compared to their siblings, who ate a healthy diet that included animal protein. "Based on these results and thinking about longevity, most of ...
Source: healthday.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Google LLC has reportedly asked U.K. antitrust officials to take action against Microsoft Corp. over the way the company licenses its software to public cloud users. Reuters reported the move today. Google is said to have made the request in a letter sent to the U.K.'s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority. The news comes two months after the CMA launched a probe into the U.K. cloud market with ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Dak Prescott threw three touchdown passes and the Dallas Cowboys extended their home winning streak to 14 games, rallying for a 41-35 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night. Prescott's 12-yard pass to Jake Ferguson put Dallas in front with four and a half minutes remaining as the Cowboys (9-3) set up a rematch with NFC East rivals Philadelphia by escaping what would have been their first loss since ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
Don't want someone seeing your WhatsApp conversation? Now you can protect it with a password. Some conversations are meant to stay between you and the sender, and WhatsApp just added a feature to help your private chats stay private. Typically, access to your phone means access to all your conversations, but with Secret Code, it doesn't have to be that way. On Thursday, WhatsApp unveiled a feature called ...
Source: zdnet.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
The multicellular bots move around and help heal "wounds" created in cultured neurons. Researchers at Tufts University and Harvard University's Wyss Institute have created tiny biological robots that they call Anthrobots from human tracheal cells that can move across a surface and have been found to encourage the growth of neurons across a region of damage in a lab dish. The multicellular robots, ranging in size ...
Source: scitechdaily.com
Friday, Dec 1st, 2023 -
A week-long truce between Israel and Hamas ended Friday morning local time after the militant group was accused of violating the agreement. The Israeli military said that in the hours since, it has already struck over 200 targets in the Gaza Strip. The resumption of fighting indicates the start of a new phase of the war and raises questions about how Israel's bombardment of the besieged coastal enclave will ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Thursday, Nov 30th, 2023 -
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee authorized subpoenas Thursday for two influential conservatives with close ties to Supreme Court justices, moving forward with an investigation into the personal conduct of the justices and potential conflicts of interests. The subpoenas order billionaire donor Harlan Crow and long-time judicial activist Leonard Leo to share records that document their ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Nov 30th, 2023 -
Four months after he was rushed to the hospital because he collapsed during a workout , Bronny James has been cleared to make a full return to basketball. After a final evaluation by the staff at the University of Southern California, James — son of NBA legend LeBron James — will return to basketball practice next week and games shortly afterward, a spokesperson for the James family said Thursday. He ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Nov 30th, 2023 -
Maverick Carter, the manager and business partner of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, told federal investigators in 2021 he had bet on NBA games through an illegal bookmaker, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. The newspaper, citing federal law enforcement documents viewed by the Post, reported that Carter told agents he "could not remember placing any bets on the Lakers." Carter's admission came in ...
Source: france24.com
Thursday, Nov 30th, 2023 -
The coalition of oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia moved to blunt falling prices Thursday with plans for a fresh 1 million barrel cut to daily production, in addition to an extension of an earlier cut of equal size that was set to expire. The additional cuts are not part of a binding agreement, but according to a statement from the group, they will be made on a voluntary basis by member nations, ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Thursday, Nov 30th, 2023 -
Accused of violating kids' privacy, Facebook owner challenges FTC authority. Meta sued the Federal Trade Commission yesterday in a lawsuit that challenges the FTC's authority to impose new privacy obligations on the social media firm. The complaint stems from the FTC's May 2023 allegation that Meta-owned Facebook violated a 2020 privacy settlement and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The FTC proposed ...
Source: arstechnica.com