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Month: September 2024

5 things to know for Sept. 30: Helene’s damage, Middle East, VP debate, Chemical plant fire, SpaceX

WKRN, CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Port workers from Maine to Texas are threatening a major strike this week that could disrupt the flow of popular products into the US. Consumers wouldn’t necessarily feel the impacts immediately, but experts say a long port strike would eventually cause shortages of chocolate, booze and fruit,

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Biden says he hopes to visit Helene-impacted areas this week if it doesn’t impact emergency response

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he will visit Hurricane Helene-impacted areas this week as long as it does not disrupt rescue and recovery operations. The White House said Vice President Kamala Harris will visit as well as soon as possible. Biden was briefed again Sunday evening about the impact of the

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Little Lava Fire holds at 11,225 acres; Bachelor Complex 50% contained; Red Fire near Crescent Lake tops 2,000 acres

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Bachelor Complex, including the Little Lava Fire, held at 50% containment this weekend, with no change in acreage reported, while the Red Fire near Crescent Lake has grown to over 2,000 acres but still 11% contained officials said Sunday. The complex consists of about 30 fires sparked by lightning Sept.

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Los koalas están en postes eléctricos, carreteras y escuelas; no es buena señal para evitar su extinción ante la pérdida de su hábitat

Paulina Nares (CNN) — Uno era un koala. El otro era un husky. Ambos estaban fuera de lugar en una cálida noche de agosto en la subtropical Brisbane, la capital de Queensland, en el noreste de Australia. Un video de seguridad doméstica captó el momento en que se miraron en un patio trasero suburbano rodeado

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California governor vetoes contentious AI safety bill

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a hotly contested artificial intelligence safety bill, after the tech industry raised objections, saying it could drive AI companies from the state and hinder innovation. Newsom said he had asked leading experts on Generative AI to help California “develop workable guardrails” that focus “on developing an empirical,

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La cápsula de SpaceX que traerá a casa a los astronautas de Boeing Starliner llegó a la estación espacial

Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Después de que su viaje de una semana se convirtiera en una estadía de meses en la Estación Espacial Internacional, dos astronautas de Boeing Starliner ahora están al alcance de la nave espacial que eventualmente los traerá a casa. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel La cápsula SpaceX Crew Dragon, elegida por la

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California governor vetoes bill to create first-in-nation AI safety measures

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models Sunday. The decision is a major blow to efforts attempting to rein in the homegrown industry that is rapidly evolving with little oversight. The bill would have established some of

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Who were the 7 high-ranking Hezbollah officials killed over the past week?

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — In just over a week, intensified Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed seven high-ranking commanders and officials from the powerful Hezbollah militant group, including the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The move left Lebanon and much of the Mideast in shock as Israeli officials celebrated major military and intelligence breakthroughs. Hezbollah had

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Cyprus president fires police chief and deputy over the embarrassing escape of a convicted killer

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus has fired the chief of police, his deputy and the acting director of the country’s central prisons complex. The move comes after the embarrassing escape of a convicted murderer while under guard during an eight-hour pass to visit family. A government spokesman posted on the social media

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Thousands told to stay home a day after chemical plant fire sent a plume containing chlorine high into the air

WANF, WXIA, CNN By Cindy Von Quednow and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of people were told to stay home with their windows shut Monday after a fire at a Georgia industrial plant caused a chemical reaction that prompted around 17,000 people to evacuate Sunday and left potentially harmful chlorine lingering in the air.

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