Today: October 10, 2024
Today: October 10, 2024

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Galchenyuk to check into player assistance program after outburst during arrest

Former Arizona Coyotes player Alex Galchenyuk is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program and apologized for hurling threats at officers during his arrest earlier this month. Galchenyuk tweeted a letter on Tuesday apologizing for repeatedly using racial slurs toward an officer in training and threated to have two officers killed following a July 9 traffic stop. “I am deeply ashamed of my recent behavior and I am beyond sorry to everyone I offended and hurt,” he wrote. “It was uncalled for, it was horrific and it has ruined this great new opportunity I was given by

Galchenyuk to check into player assistance program after outburst during arrest
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From compensating travelers to the pilot retirement age, Congress takes up aviation bill

With the frenzied summer travel season in full swing and the aviation system straining to keep up, Congress is expected to vote on legislation that over the next five years will shape the agency responsible for safely managing the nation’s airspace and regulating its airlines. Lawmakers this week will fight over the Federal Aviation Administration’s rules on everything from how pilots are trained to how long they can work and whether travelers will get more compensation for canceled and delayed flights. The White House weighed in on Monday, asking House members to keep an Obama-era requirement that advertised airfares must

From compensating travelers to the pilot retirement age, Congress takes up aviation bill
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Thai election winner set to make last stand in contentious bid to become prime minister

The leader of Thailand’s Move Forward Party, which won a surprise first-place finish in May’s general election, is expected to have a last chance Wednesday to get the country’s parliament to confirm him as the next prime minister after he was rebuffed in a first round of voting. Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat fell short last week when he failed to get enough support from the non-elected Senate, whose members made clear they would not vote for him because of his party’s platform. The party campaigned with a promise to try to amend a law that

Thai election winner set to make last stand in contentious bid to become prime minister
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CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here's what you need to see and know today

Water: important always, but a life-or-death substance at this moment as the planet grapples with extreme heat. In this arresting image from Phoenix, the sun beats down on the parched earth as Associated Press photographer Ross Franklin captures Tony Berastegui Jr., 15, right, and his sister Giselle Berastegui, 12, drinking bottled water in temperatures that soared to 115 degrees. It’s a week of extremes across the world as midsummer heat and bad rain buffet parts of the planet. Here’s what’s happening related to extreme weather and the climate right now: — Whether you live in the Mediterranean or are just

CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here's what you need to see and know today
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In Ukraine, a family's ordeal to identify and honor a veteran killed in Bucha ends after 16 months

The Ukrainian veteran’s gravestone carries his photograph and birthday, but the date Roman Shadlovskyi died is a broad estimate: March 2022, the month Russian forces brutally killed both civilians and military personnel before ending their occupation of Bucha. Shadlovskyi’s body was found about three months later in a mass grave along with the remains of six other people in a forest outside the city near Ukraine’s capital. Residents and relatives gathered at a Bucha cemetery on Tuesday to give him a proper burial. “They took him on the fourth of March, but we don’t know when

In Ukraine, a family's ordeal to identify and honor a veteran killed in Bucha ends after 16 months
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Gas leaked from bad fitting at Pennsylvania chocolate factory where 7 died in blast, report says

Natural gas leaked from a defective fitting at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety investigators said Tuesday, while noting they have yet to determine the cause of the blast. The leak at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading was traced to a gas fitting that was installed in 1982 and was determined to have fractured, according to an investigative update released by the National Transportation Safety Board. The fitting, made by DuPont, had a known tendency to crack, and was added to a federal

Gas leaked from bad fitting at Pennsylvania chocolate factory where 7 died in blast, report says
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TikTok needs to do more to comply with Europe's new digital rules, official says

TikTok needs to do more to get ready for new European Union digital rules designed to keep users safe online, a top official said Tuesday. The results of a “stress test” that the popular video-sharing platform carried out at its Dublin office showed that “more work is needed to be fully ready” for when the Digital Services Act takes effect next month, European Commissioner Thierry Breton said in a statement. Breton, who oversees the 27-nation bloc’s digital policy, tweeted a silent video of himself discussing the results by video call with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew. “TikTok

TikTok needs to do more to comply with Europe's new digital rules, official says
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Facebook parent Meta makes public its ChatGPT rival LLaMA

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has built an artificial intelligence system that rivals the likes of ChatGPT and Google’s Bard but it’s taking a different approach: releasing it for free. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the company is partnering with Microsoft to introduce the next generation of its AI large language model and making the technology, known as LLaMA 2, free for research and commercial use. Much like tech peers Google and Microsoft, the social media company has long had a big research team of computer scientists devoted to advancing AI technology. But

Facebook parent Meta makes public its ChatGPT rival LLaMA
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Hornets' Miles Bridges apologizes for 'pain and embarrassment' from domestic violence investigation

Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges apologized Tuesday for “the pain and embarrassment” caused by the domestic violence investigation that kept him out of the league last season. Bridges, speaking publicly for the first time since signing a one-year, $7.9 million contract to return to the Hornets, vowed to rebuild relationships with teammates and become more active in the Charlotte community. He pleaded no contest in November to a felony charge that stemmed from accusations that he assaulted the mother of his children in front of them. The 25-year-old was sentenced to three years of probation. “I

Hornets' Miles Bridges apologizes for 'pain and embarrassment' from domestic violence investigation
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Bank of America 2Q net income jumps 19%, extending the rally for big banks

Bank of America said its profits grew 19% in its most recent quarter, the latest of the big banks to see its bottom line boosted by higher interest rates. The nation’s second-largest bank by assets said Tuesday that it posted a profit of $7.4 billion in the three months ended June 30, up from $6.2 billion in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, BofA earned 88 cents, compared with 73 cents one year ago. Analysts were expecting profit of 84 cents per share, according to a poll by FactSet. Revenue of $25.2 billion came in just

Bank of America 2Q net income jumps 19%, extending the rally for big banks
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Marcus Rashford commits to 5 more years at Man United after most prolific season of career

After the most prolific season of his career, Marcus Rashford committed himself to five more years at Manchester United on Tuesday. The England forward ended speculation about his future by signing a new long-term deal that will keep him at Old Trafford through to 2028. Rashford scored 30 goals in all competitions last season, with his form helping fill the void left by Cristiano Ronaldo’s exit in November as he established himself as a key part of a United team which qualified for the Champions League and won the English League Cup. “I joined Manchester United

Marcus Rashford commits to 5 more years at Man United after most prolific season of career
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Martin Truex Jr. 'bad at making big decisions' as he ponders NASCAR retirement

With three wins, a lead in the points standings, and a NASCAR championship push ahead, the good times are rolling again for Martin Truex Jr. So why quit now? Joe Gibbs asked himself the same question about Truex as the Hall of Fame owner tries to keep Monday’s winner at New Hampshire in the fold of his eponymous race team for one more season. The 82-year-old Gibbs playfully nudged Truex to make the call soon: Retire or give it another run at JGR. “He tells me the same thing every year, that I’m right in the

Martin Truex Jr. 'bad at making big decisions' as he ponders NASCAR retirement
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As the planet warms, increasing worry about the impact that may have on infectious diseases

People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress. Across the planet, animals — and the diseases they carry — are shifting to accommodate a globe on the fritz. And they’re not alone: Ticks, mosquitos, bacteria, algae, even fungi are on the move, shifting or expanding their historical ranges to adapt to climatic conditions that are evolving at an unprecedented pace. These changes are not happening in a vacuum. Deforestation, mining, agriculture, and urban sprawl are taking bites out of the

As the planet warms, increasing worry about the impact that may have on infectious diseases
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A closer look at Panmunjom, the famous border town where a US soldier crossed into North Korea

Low-slung buildings, blue huts and somber soldiers dot the border village of Panmunjom inside the DMZ, or demilitarized zone, the swath of land between North and South Korea where a U.S. soldier on a tour crossed into the North under circumstances that remain unclear. The soldier was on a tour of the storied border town, inside the heavily fortified 154-mile-long (248-kilometer-long) DMZ, when the crossing happened, U.S. officials said Tuesday. It remained unknown what prompted the soldier’s actions or what the motivations might have been. The soldier was believed to be in North Korean custody. The DMZ is lined with

A closer look at Panmunjom, the famous border town where a US soldier crossed into North Korea
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Rory McIlroy is laying low ahead of the British Open as he tries to end his major drought

The most telling comment from Rory McIlroy about this British Open, and his hopes of ending an astonishing nine-year drought in the majors, is that he said nothing at all. For the second straight major, McIlroy removed himself from the lineup of pre-tournament news conferences, instead offering a few vague quotes through the R&A and random interviews. The attention on him is greater than ever, on and off the golf course. He has been the strongest voice for the PGA Tour in its battle with LIV Golf, now shockingly a proposed partnership. Inside the ropes, he

Rory McIlroy is laying low ahead of the British Open as he tries to end his major drought
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G20 finance chiefs end their meeting in India without consensus on the war in Ukraine

A meeting of finance chiefs and central bank governors of the Group of 20 leading economies ended on Tuesday in India without a consensus because of differences between countries over the war in Ukraine. Following two days of talks, there was no final communique. Instead, India, as the host nation, was forced to issue the G20 Chair’s summary and an outcome document. Speaking to reporters after the meeting concluded in Gandhinagar, a city in the western state of Gujarat, India’s finance minister said the reason for the chair statement was “because we still don’t have a

G20 finance chiefs end their meeting in India without consensus on the war in Ukraine
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Spain fines Apple and Amazon $218 million for elbowing out small retailers

Amazon and Apple were fined a total of 194 million euros ($218 million) Tuesday for colluding to box out competitors by favoring sales of Apple products directly from the online retail giant, Spain’s antitrust watchdog said. Amazon and Apple reached agreements in 2018 that limited the free competition of third-party sellers who hawk Apple goods through Amazon’s platform for smaller retailers, according to Spain’s National Markets and Competition Commission, which oversees Spanish markets for antitrust violations. “The investigated behaviors could be restricting competition in the sectors of the Internet sale of electronic products, and the provision of

Spain fines Apple and Amazon $218 million for elbowing out small retailers
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A look at some Americans who crossed into North Korea over the past years

The U.S.-led United Nations Command is trying to secure the release of an unidentified American soldier who entered North Korea from the South Korean side of a border village. It’s not immediately clear what motivated the soldier to cross into North Korea during a time of high tensions as the pace of both the North’s weapons demonstrations and U.S.-South Korean joint military training have intensified in a cycle of tit-for-tat. There have been cases of Americans crossing into North Korea over the past years, including a small number of U.S. soldiers. Some of the Americans

A look at some Americans who crossed into North Korea over the past years
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Rescued Australian man and dog who were adrift 3 months in Pacific set to arrive in Mexican port

An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months will step foot on dry land Tuesday for the first time since their ordeal began. Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, 54, was aboard his crippled catamaran Aloha Toa in the Pacific Ocean about 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers) from land when the crew of the fishing boat from the Grupomar fleet spotted them, the company said in a statement. Shaddock and his dog, Bella, were in a “precarious” state when found, lacking provisions and shelter, and the

Rescued Australian man and dog who were adrift 3 months in Pacific set to arrive in Mexican port
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Ohtani ties score with 35th homer, Angels beat Yankees 4-3 in 10 innings

Even with constant questions about his future, Shohei Ohtani continues to produce at an amazing clip for the Los Angeles Angels. The two-way star tied the score in the seventh inning with his major league-leading 35th home run. That set the stage for pinch-hitter Michael Stefanic’s game-ending single in the 10th that gave the Angels a 4-3 win over the New York Yankees on Monday night. Los Angeles trailed 3-1 when Ohtani hit a two-run drive off Michael King, then made a demonstrative flip of his bat. Ohtani has homered in three straight games for the

Ohtani ties score with 35th homer, Angels beat Yankees 4-3 in 10 innings
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Lionel Messi takes to the practice field for 1st time since signing with Inter Miami

Lionel Messi jogged a lap with his new teammates, took part in a warmup drill of players making short passes in a tight circle and before long tapped his left foot at a ball that wound up in the back of an open net. Inter Miami’s new star wasted no time fitting right in. The World Cup winner and seven-time Ballon d’Or recipient as the world’s best player took part in a training session with his new Major League Soccer club for the first time on Tuesday, three days after signing a 2 1/2 year

Lionel Messi takes to the practice field for 1st time since signing with Inter Miami
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Americans increase spending modestly in June as inflation eases and the job market remains strong

Americans increased their spending modestly last month as inflation eased in many areas and the job market remains remarkably strong. Retail sales rose 0.2% from May to June, a bit smaller than what analysts were expected. The gain followed a revised 0.5% increase the previous month, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Excluding autos and gas, sales rose a modest 0.3%. Sales at grocery stores fell 0.7%, while business at clothing stores rose 0.6%. At restaurants, sales rose 0.1%. Online sales rose 1.9%. The uptick in sales follows an increase in May that pointed to an economy

Americans increase spending modestly in June as inflation eases and the job market remains strong
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1st lawsuit filed against Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern leaders stemming from a hazing scandal

A former Northwestern football player filed the first lawsuit against Pat Fitzgerald and members of the school’s leadership, seeking damages stemming from a hazing scandal that cost the former football coach his job. The player, identified in the lawsuit as John Doe, alleged Tuesday in the Cook County Court in Chicago that Fitzgerald, Northwestern University President Michael Schill, the board of trustees and athletic director Derrick Gragg enabled and concealed sexual misconduct and racial discrimination. The player, who was on the football team from 2018 to 2022, had his filing submitted by the Chicago-based Salvi Law Firm. “It wasn’t just

1st lawsuit filed against Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern leaders stemming from a hazing scandal
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Kenya doomsday cult deaths top 400 as detectives exhume 12 more bodies, with the pastor in custody

The number of people who died in connection with Kenya’s doomsday cult has crossed the 400 mark as detectives exhumed 12 more bodies on Monday believed to be followers of a pastor who ordered them to fast to death in order to meet Jesus. Pastor Paul Mackenzie, who is linked to the cult based in a forested area in Malindi, coastal Kenya, is in police custody, along with 36 other suspects. All have yet to be charged. Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha on Monday said the number of those who died has risen to 403, with

Kenya doomsday cult deaths top 400 as detectives exhume 12 more bodies, with the pastor in custody
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Bankruptcy slams the brakes on Dutch e-bike manufacturer VanMoof

Dutch bicycle maker VanMoof has been declared bankrupt, slamming the brakes on a company that won design awards for its stylish, minimalist electric bikes but struggled to meet soaring demand and fix glitches with the app powering its service. The Amsterdam-based company, started in 2009 by brothers Taco and Ties Carlier, posted a statement on its website informing clients that an Amsterdam court declared VanMoof bankrupt on Monday. The company headquarters in Amsterdam was closed Tuesday. One man parked his VanMoof outside the building to take a picture of the bike with the company logo in the

Bankruptcy slams the brakes on Dutch e-bike manufacturer VanMoof

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