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The mother of a Seattle liquor store robber who was shot and killed by cops has demanded an apology after a mock tomb stone for her son was spotted in a precinct break room. Damarius Butts, 19, was killed while fleeing a robbery at a downtown convenience store on April 20, 2017. He tried to steal beer, before officers chased him and exchanged gunfire. But now, a video has captured a glimpse of a small gray mock tombstone on the shelf in the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct break room, with his name inscribed on it and the date he...

While discussing artificial intelligence with civil rights leaders and consumer protection experts, Vice President Kamala Harris gave a concise explanation for the technology. “AI is kind of a fancy thing — first of all, it's two letters — it means artificial intelligence,” Harris said Wednesday during the AI roundtable. “It's about machine learning. And so the machine is taught.” The vice president talked about the inherent risks tied to AI and how the Biden administration should regulate the rapidly advancing technology as the White House and Congress ramp up efforts to tackle national security concerns related to the field. Link...

The incident occurred in the Valladolid municipality of Tudela where at least 10 police vehicles and dozens of officers were dispatched to a property to detain a woman suspected of jihadist activities. As the result of a search carried out in the detainee’s home, explosives were discovered according to the Guardia Civil. She is said to be a foreigner who has strong ties to Spain and was confirmed by the force as having alleged links to jihadism. Today’s operation was carried out jointly by officers from the Madrid and Valladolid Information Service commands of the Guardia Civil. They conducted several...

Greece and Türkiye agreed on Wednesday (Jul 12) to resume talks and confidence-building measures as they hailed a new "positive climate" in ties after more than a year of tensions between the historic foes. The two North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies have been at odds for decades over a range of issues including where their continental shelves start and end, energy resources, overflights of the Aegean Sea, and ethnically split Cyprus. Last year, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan halted bilateral talks in a dispute over airspace violations and after accusing Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of pressuring the United States...

Archaeologists working in Peru have uncovered a 3,000-year-old sealed corridor dubbed “the condor’s passageway” that likely leads to other chambers inside what was once a massive temple complex pertaining to the ancient Chavin culture. Located around 190 miles (306 km) northeast of Lima, the Chavin de Huantar archeological site is among the culture’s most important centers, thriving from around 1,500-550 B.C. The Chavin are well-known for their advanced art, often featuring depictions of birds and felines. They date back to the first sedentary farming communities in the northern highlands of the Peruvian Andes, more than 2,000 years before the Inca...

A Michigan hair salon owner says anyone who does not identify as either a man or woman is "not welcome" at her business and should instead go to a pet groomer — a statement that sparked outrage from the LGBTQ+ community. "If a human identifies as anything other than a man/woman, please seek services at a local pet groomer," a now-deleted Facebook post from Studio 8 Hair Lab read. "You are not welcome at this salon. Period. Should you request to have a preferred pronoun used please note we may simply refer to you as ‘hey you.’" A Michigan hair...

Billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday he thinks China is interested in a cooperative international framework on artificial intelligence, from conversations he had when he visited China a few weeks ago. Musk made the remarks in a Twitter Space event with two U.S. congressmen, Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Mike Gallagher. "China is definitely interested in working in a cooperative international framework for AI regulation," Musk said. He added that he has advocated for artificial intelligence regulations and oversight, including in his meetings in China. The remarks came on the same day that Musk launched his long-teased artificial intelligence startup,...

Automated real-time fact-checking is the future, but current AI still has a long way to go towards achieving it, say Joel Skadiang and Jaga Naidu from independent fact-checking platform Black Dot Research.In an era of rapidly advancing technology, large language models (LLMs) have emerged as powerful tools capable of generating human-like text and transforming various industries. LLMs, a form of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, are computerised language models that have been pre-trained on large textual datasets. With these large databases at their disposal, these language models are capable of generating detailed text based on simple user prompts, capturing much of...

Just published my first ebook “The Combesville Dome 1888”. It is a story of a group of people who live in 2188. The Dome program is a recreational form where people can spend a weekend living their lives in a different era, completely cut off from the rest of the outside world. Not bad for an 82 year old, first time author, even if I do say so myself.

Remember this report when the lights go out! Alex Jones warns of the Deep State’s push to frame the ‘Right Wing’ for impending false flag attacks it will launch on the power grid in order to collapse society and blame dissenting citizens.The Infowars founder also issues a dire warning to outspoken patriots as well as the minions of the globalists as both will become targets when things begin to fall apart.Learn more here:https://www.infowars.com/posts/learn-the-nwo-plan-to-collapse-humanity-before-they-black-out-the-power-grid-and-blame-it-on-the-right/https://www.infowars.com/posts/false-flag-attack-against-power-grid-is-imminent-learn-why/https://www.infowars.com/posts/emergency-alert-globalists-planning-to-launch-false-flag-cyber-attack-on-power-grid/https://www.infowars.com/posts/false-flag-alert-media-homeland-security-warn-right-wing-extremists-or-russia-set-to-attack-power-grid/

'Rich' stepson of billionaire Titan sub victim moans about not being able to 'get laid' Brian Szasz, the stepson of British billionaire Hamish Harding who was killed on the Titan sub, has come under fire for moaning about not being able to "get laid" despite his huge inheritance. logoNewsletters LOGINREGISTER UK US Find us on FacebookFollow us on Twitter HOME NEWS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT OPINION FINANCE TRAVEL TECH LIFE & STYLE US NEWSUK NEWSWORLD NEWSPOLITICSROYALSSCIENCESPACE NEWSWEATHERWEIRD NEWSHEALTH HomeNewsUS News 'Rich' stepson of billionaire Titan sub victim moans about not being able to 'get laid' Brian Szasz, the stepson of British billionaire...

In 2019, the California State Board of Education approved highly controversial changes to the state’s health and sex education framework including teaching children about bondage, anal sex, pederasty, sex trafficking, sexual orientation and transgender and non-conforming students, the Globe reported. Notably, California has the nation’s lowest literacy rate, and the California State Board of Education is focused on teaching inappropriate sex to young children.

A Florida State Senator who represents Jacksonville is urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to call another special session on property insurance this summer with the single goal of creating savings and benefits for homeowners. “Governor, come home and take care of your state. We all know that he’s running for president, but we have real problems, real issues, and the crisis with property insurance,” Davis said. On average, Floridians are shelling out $6,000 a year on property insurance while the average price for the rest of America is about $1,700. News4JAX Viewer Kelly Morgan is feeling the pinch and said her...

@RepThomasMassie FBI Director Wray admits the government has been working in conjunction with financial institutions like Bank of America to mine personal data such as gun purchase records for law abiding citizens, with no warrants or subpoenas involved.

Diversity activists are accusing the entertainment industry of “corporate blackface” and running out of “White guilt” after a number of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) executives at top entertainment and media companies suddenly stepped down or were forced out of their roles. Between June 20 and July 3, at least five executives overseeing DEI initiatives at leading entertainment companies including Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery, left their posts. All the outgoing execs are Black women. An LA Times story published Tuesday linked the high-profile exits to the backlash against “wokeness” by conservative politics and pundits, as many speculate whether...

In the absence of official scrutiny of Washington’s spending spree on Ukraine, The Grayzone conducted an independent audit of US funding for the country. We discovered a series of wasteful, highly unusual expenditures the Biden administration has yet to explain. During a recent discussion with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, touted her organization’s push to guarantee transparency for US taxpayer funds sent to Ukraine. “We are involved in funding efforts at ensuring judicial integrity, which is intrinsically important to building Ukraine’s democracy and its integration plans to...

Allan Lichtman – famous for correctly predicting the outcome of every U.S. presidential election since 1984 (barring 2000) – says Donald Trump is now the mainstream in the Republican Party, and no other GOP presidential hopeful stands a chance of winning the party’s nomination.The American University professor, himself a fierce critic of Trump, said ex-MAGA rival Ron DeSantis was an “abysmal candidate” who lacks Trump’s appeal and personal charm.Lichtman was clear that other candidates, sometimes described as standard-bearers of the “Republican mainstream”, had no chance – and were no longer the mainstream. “Here’s another mistake that all the commentators make…...

Joseph Chebet, renowned for his achievements in the 1999 New York and Boston marathons, which earned his home country of Kenya international acclaim, died at 52 on Friday. Chebet passed away after being hospitalized for three days following a short illness, his brother Ben Chebet told Kenya’s Daily Nation.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 11 announced new proposed rules for lead paint in a bid to prevent hundreds of thousands of children from being exposed to the toxic substance. Officials predict that the rule will reduce lead exposures for 250,000 to 500,000 children younger than the age of 6 each year, the agency said in a statement. The mandate would enhance the EPA’s regulations under section 402 of the Toxic Substances Control Act, which would revise the standards for how much lead dust can be on floors, window sills, and other locations in older buildings. “The...

The US Secret Service is seeking a driver who killed one pedestrian and injured at least two others while fleeing a police traffic stop near the National Mall in Washington DC. The shocking incident occurred shortly before 1.30pm on Wednesday, when uniformed Secret Service agents attempted to pull over a vehicle near 17th Street NW and Constitution Avenue NW, an agency spokesman told DailyMail.com. Lt. Paul Mayhair of the Secret Service Uniformed Division said federal agents with the division tried to pull over the vehicle after spotting its expired registration. 'The suspect indicated that they would stop the vehicle, but...