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Gunmen kill 3 border guards in an attack in restive southeastern Iran

State-run media are reporting that gunmen have killed three border guards and wounded one other person in restive southeastern Iran

News|Technology

Tech companies commit to fighting harmful AI sexual imagery by curbing nudity from datasets

Several leading artificial intelligence companies pledged Thursday to remove nude images from the data sources they use to train their AI products, and committed to other safeguards to curb the spread of harmful sexual deepfake imagery

Tech companies commit to fighting harmful AI sexual imagery by curbing nudity from datasets
Crime|News|US|World

Jury awards $6M to family members of Black Lives Matter protester killed by a car on Seattle freeway

A jury in Seattle has awarded $6 million to the famly members of a Black Lives Matter protester who was struck and killed by a car on a closed interstate highway

Economy|News|US|World

New York City lawmakers approve bill to study slavery and reparations

New York City lawmakers have approved legislation to study the city’s significant role in slavery and consider reparations to descendants of enslaved people

New York City lawmakers approve bill to study slavery and reparations
Education|News

Florida school district must restore books with LGBTQ+ content under settlement

A school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement with students and parents

Florida school district must restore books with LGBTQ+ content under settlement
Business

Air Canada urges government to intervene as labor dispute with pilots escalates

Canada’s largest airline and business leaders are urging the federal government to intervene in labor talks with its pilots in hopes of avoiding a shutdown

Air Canada urges government to intervene as labor dispute with pilots escalates
Business|News|Travel

Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet braked to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest plane

Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet aborted a takeoff in Nashville to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest Airlines plane

Business|News|Technology|US

It took 50,000 gallons of water to put out Tesla Semi fire in California, US agency says

The National Transportation Safety Board says California firefighters had to douse a flaming battery in a Tesla Semi with about 50,000 gallons of water to put out flames after a crash

It took 50,000 gallons of water to put out Tesla Semi fire in California, US agency says
Sports

South Alabama gives new coach Major Applewhite first victory with 87-10 romp over Northwestern State

Gio Lopez threw three touchdown passes and Fluff Bothwell ran for 143 yards and two scores — in the first half — as South Alabama steamrolled FCS-member Northwestern State 87-10, setting the school’s scoring record and giving new coach Major Applewhite his first victory

Crime|News|US|World

1 person shot during scuffle at pro-Israel rally in Boston suburb, authorities say

A pro-Israel rally in the Boston suburb of Newton turned violent when a passerby was shot during a scuffle after confronting the group of demonstrators

Celebrity|Europe|News|Sports

David Beckham among soccer dignitaries attending ex-England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson's funeral

David Beckham and former England coach Roy Hodgson are among the soccer dignitaries attending the funeral of Sven-Goran Eriksson in the Swedish manager’s small hometown of Torsby

David Beckham among soccer dignitaries attending ex-England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson's funeral
Economy|Finance|News

Russian central bank hikes rates to fight inflation fuelled by military spending

Russia’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by a full percentage point to 19% to combat high inflation as government spending on the military strains the economy’s capacity to produce goods and services and drives up workers’ wages

Russian central bank hikes rates to fight inflation fuelled by military spending
Asia|Crime|News|World

Gunmen kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year

Gunmen have killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan, the Taliban said Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year

Crime|Education|Europe

Ex-European lawmaker and wife charged with influence peddling and corruption in Poland

Prosecutors in southern Poland have charged a former European Parliament lawmaker and his wife with corruption and influence peddling as part of a larger probe into irregularities in the operations of a private university in Warsaw

Asia|Crime|News

IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year

The Taliban say gunmen have killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan

IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year
Crime|Europe

In Denmark, a man is suspected of 86 counts of reckless driving. He filmed it himself.

Police in Denmark say a 29-year-old man faces a whopping 86 preliminary charges for reckless driving

In Denmark, a man is suspected of 86 counts of reckless driving. He filmed it himself.
Crime|Europe|Health|News

Austrian woman is found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19

A woman in Austria has been found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19 in 2021, her second pandemic-related conviction in a year, according to local media

Austrian woman is found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19
Crime|News

Former employee of troubled Wisconsin prison pleads guilty to smuggling contraband into the prison

A former employee at a troubled Wisconsin prison has pleaded guilty to smuggling contraband into the maximum-security prison

Crime|News|US

Man convicted of killing 4 at a Missouri motel in 2014

A man has been convicted of killing four people at a Missouri motel, nearly 10 years after the shootings happened

Business|News|Technology|US

A strike at Boeing extends a new era of labor activism long in decline at US work places

Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job at at Boeing factories near Seattle and elsewhere early Friday after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike

A strike at Boeing extends a new era of labor activism long in decline at US work places
Africa|Business|Economy|Europe|World

Germany signs agreement with Kenya to bring in skilled workers and plug labor market gaps

German and Kenyan officials have signed an agreement to promote the recruitment of skilled Kenyan workers who can fill gaps in Germany’s labor market, and to facilitate the repatriation of Kenyans who don’t have the right to stay in Germany

Germany signs agreement with Kenya to bring in skilled workers and plug labor market gaps
Americas|Crime|News|US|World

US man sentenced to prison in Bermuda after pleading guilty to smuggling $1 million worth of drugs

A U.S. man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for smuggling drugs into Bermuda

Crime|News|US

A man pleads guilty in a shooting outside then-US Rep. Zeldin's New York home

Authorities say a 20-year-old gang member has pleaded guilty in a drive-by shooting that wounded two rival gang members in front of the New York home of then-U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin

Crime|News|US

Maryland woman is charged with vandalizing property during protests over Netanyahu's visit to DC

A Maryland woman has been arrested on a charge that she vandalized federal property in Washington, D

Crime|News|Sports

Colorado Buffaloes football field damaged by man driving crashed pickup, police say

A man accused of being involved in several hit-and-run crashes and then driving onto the football field at the University of Colorado has been arrested

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