LOS ANGELES — A woman who was convicted after turning in two of Lady Gaga’s French bulldogs stolen in a violent robbery is suing the pop star, arguing she was never paid a $500,000 reward promised for the dogs’ return. Two months after pleading no cont…
Hong Kong scraps COVID-19 mask mandate after almost 1,000 days
Chinese territory hopes the relaxation of its last coronavirus measures will lure back visitors and boost business.
‘An addiction’: masks come off slowly in Hong Kong as habit outlasts Covid – Financial Times
‘An addiction’: masks come off slowly in Hong Kong as habit outlasts Covid Financial TimesHong Kong removes mask mandate for residents and travelers The Japan TimesFor the Covid-19 opportunists, it’s the end of a three-year windfa…
US Marshals Service Suffers ‘Major’ Security Breach That Compromises Sensitive Information
According to a spokesperson for the United States Marshals Service (USMS), the agency was hit with a ransomware attack last week that compromises sensitive information. NBC News reports: In a statement Monday, U.S. Marshals Service spokesperson Drew Wa…
Latin America Is Still Giving Putin a Pass on Russia’s War in Ukraine
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Meta Building A-Team To Create AI Personas: Mark Zuckerberg
The public battle to dominate the AI technology space kicked off late last year with the launch of Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which has since prompted tech heavyweights from Alphabet Inc to China’s Baidu Inc to announce their own offerings.
‘Railroads have just had too much power,’ Buttigieg says in Kansas City after Ohio train disaster
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday pledged to hold American freight railroads to stricter standards in the wake of a train disaster in Ohio last month and Republican criticism of the Biden administration’s respons…
Deputy commissioner highly critical of botched arrest of Kumanjayi Walker, inquest hears
Murray Smalpage tells coroner he is ‘struggling to find a reason’ for deviation from arrest plan on day Warlpiri teen was killed by Zachary RolfeFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free a…
‘No further hope’ for Tom Sizemore after brain aneurysm, actor’s family says
A representative for the Saving Private Ryan and Heat actor confirmed his family is deciding end-of-life matters, 10 days after he was hospitalisedTom Sizemore has no hope of recovery after he suffered a brain aneurysm, his family has said, confirming …
Bob Richards, 97, Pole-Vaulting Star Who Landed on Wheaties Box, Dies
Bob Richards, the only male two-time winner of the Olympic pole vault, who in the 1950s became a hero of American Cold War competition with the Soviet Union and a breakfast-table hero to millions as the first champion on the front of the Wheaties box, …