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Israel-Hamas war: Doctors visiting Gaza stunned by the war’s toll on Palestinian children
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel’s war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned.One toddler died from a brain injury caused by an Israeli strike that fractured his skull. His cousin, …
Children’s author Kouri Richins hit with new charges alleging earlier attempt to kill her husband
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a children’s book about grief, now faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging him weeks earlier on Valentine’s Day.Kouri Richins, 33, is accused of killing her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their …
Earliest version of Mickey Mouse set to become public domain in 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films and books that will become public domain as the year turns to 2024. In a moment many close observers thought might …
A Florida man who shot down a law enforcement drone faces 10 years in prison
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of shooting down a law enforcement drone being used at a business near his Florida home could be sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Wendell Doyle Goney, 52, of Mount Dora, pleaded guilty Thursday in Ocala federal court to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, according …
Don’t expect quick fixes in ‘red-teaming’ of AI models. Security was an afterthought
BOSTON (AP) — White House officials concerned by AI chatbots’ potential for societal harm and the Silicon Valley powerhouses rushing them to market are heavily invested in a three-day competition ending Sunday at the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas. Some 3,500 competitors have tapped on laptops seeking to expose flaws in eight leading large-language …
European stocks rally at the open and bund yield turns positive on report of joint European Union spending
European stocks enjoyed an unusually strong open on Tuesday after a weak Wall Street finish, after a report the European Union will consider jointly issuing bonds to finance energy and defense spending. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, +0.81% gained over 1% in early action, as the French CAC 40 PX1, +1.75% gained 2.5%, the German …
ResortSuite Named a Winner of the 2021 ISPA Innovate Award in Technology
ResortSuite was named a winner of the 2021 ISPA Innovate Award in the technology category for the company’s ResortSuite MOBILE property-branded app solution. I am humbled that out of all of the incredible innovations that came out last year, that ResortSuite MOBILE was selected as one of the ISPA Innovate Award winners by the ISPA …
Stocks gain altitude after jobless claims slide below 1 million but Dow industrials pressured by Cisco shares
Stock benchmarks were cutting early declines midday Thursday, as first-time claims for unemployment benefits receded much more rapidly than anticipated, but investors appeared somewhat hesitant to push stocks much further near records amid a stalemate over a fresh coronavirus aid package. What are major benchmarks doing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.08% traded 38 …
Dow up over 300 points as investors snap up beaten down stocks, S&P 500 nears all-time high
Stocks rose Tuesday, with shares of cyclical companies continuing to outpace previously highflying tech stocks, while the S&P 500 approached its all-time closing high from February, nearly completing a round trip from its pandemic-induced plunge earlier this year. What are major indexes doing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.59% rose 305 points, or 1.1%, …
Trump’s idea on changing Social Security funding has the potential to break an impasse on much-needed reforms
President Trump has proposed a dramatic change to how Social Security is financed. But Trump’s controversial proposal to fund Social Security with income taxes rather than payroll taxes opens the door to reforms that both Democrats and Republicans might support. On Aug. 8, President Trump issued an executive order that would temporarily defer the collection …