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The man accused of punching a woman no less than seven times in the face because she did not tell him “Good morning” has been found dangerous and will be detained for 120 days. “When people say good morning to you, you should say ‘Hi,’ you crazy (expletive),” Ian Atkinson allegedly said to his alleged victim, a 59-year-old woman who at the time prosecutors say was watering her shrubs on Balsam Street in Dorchester after getting home from an overnight shift on July 13. Atkinson, 33, of Dorchester, appeared Tuesday morning in municipal court in Dorchester for a dangerousness hearing....

First son Hunter Biden’s legal team was accused of pulling a dirty trick late Tuesday to block the release of damning evidence ahead of his expected guilty plea to federal charges of tax evasion and weapons crimes. The drama began in the morning when the House Ways and Means Committee filed an amicus brief to Delaware US District Judge Maryellen Noreika arguing that the 53-year-old had benefited from “political interference which calls into question the propriety of the investigation” into alleged crimes including money laundering, felony tax evasion and failure to register as a foreign agent. The filing included testimony...

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US intelligence officials have warned that Russia is building a drone-manufacturing facility in country with Iran’s help that could have a significant impact on the war in Ukraine once it is completed. Analysts from the Defense Intelligence Agency told a small group of reporters during a briefing on Friday that the drone-manufacturing facility now under construction is expected to provide Russia with a new drone stockpile that is “orders of magnitude larger” than what it has been able to procure from Iran to date. When the facility is completed, likely by early next year, the new drones could have a...

Trevor Reed, the former US Marine who was wrongfully detained in Russia for nearly three years before being released in a prisoner swap, was injured while fighting in Ukraine, a source familiar with the matter told CNN Tuesday. Reed, who was freed in a prisoner swap in April 2022, was transported to a hospital in Kyiv and was evacuated to Germany for medical care, the source said. The circumstances around Reed’s injury in combat were not immediately clear. “We are aware that Trevor Reed was injured while participating in fighting in Ukraine,” State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said...

Lloyd Austin "urged Minister Gallant to address extremist settler violence against Palestinian civilians,' says Pentagon US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged Israeli authorities to curtail settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. During his telephone call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Austin 'urged Minister Gallant to address extremist settler violence against Palestinian civilians and continue the Israeli Ministry of Defense's effort to improve economic opportunities for Palestinians in the West Bank," the Defense Department said in a statement. Austin also 'called for Palestinian leaders to condemn terrorism and take active steps to prevent violence," and further emphasized...

Welcome to my guide on how to navigate the oh so exciting world of AI with ChatGPT, an Artificial Intelligence created by OpenAI. Let's break down the basics in this easy-to-understand guide for some of us older Freepers who don't feel like slaying another dang dragon. ## Prompts A prompt is simply a question or statement that you give to ChatGPT. The AI then responds based on what you said. It's like starting a conversation with a friend. For example, you might ask, "What's the weather like today?" or tell it, "Tell me a joke." For some fun, try asking...

The Biden administration approved $400,000 in additional military help for Ukraine Tuesday, marking the 43rd time the US has sent weapons from its own stocks to the war-torn country. The latest package will include more air defense munitions, artillery, Javelins and other anti-armor weapons, 32 Stryker armored vehicles “and other equipment to help Ukraine counter Russia’s ongoing war of aggression,” the White House said in a statement. The munitions will be used in Patriot air defense and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, known as NASAMS. The package will also include Hornet drones, Hydra-70 aircraft rockets, tactical air navigation systems and...

On Monday, as much of the country stewed in bubbling heat, a boiling milestone was hit — a buoy in Florida registered a jaw-dropping 101.1 degrees Fahrenheit water temperature. This was on the heels of the same buoy in Manatee Bay registering 100.2 degrees on Sunday. For perspective, the average hot tub temperature is 100-102 degrees F...

It’s “We the people,” not we the AI. Computer language models are under the impression that the US Constitution — written way before the Internet in 1787 — is an AI-generated document. The explanation is simple, according to Edward Tian, creator of AI writing catcher GPTZero, a service that also found the biblical book of Genesis to be 88% computerized. “The US Constitution is a text fed repeatedly into the training data of many large language models,” he told Ars Technica. “As a result, many of these large language models are trained to generate similar text to the Constitution and...

(Daily readings from the USCCB)“You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?” They said to him, “We can.” He replied, “My chalice you will indeed drink, but to sit at my right and at my left, this is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” Matthew 20:22–23Saint James was the brother of the beloved disciple John and the son of Zebedee and Salome. Jesus called both James and John while they were working with their father, mending their fishing...

Chelsea Clinton sat inside a waiting room Thursday at the Napa County Health and Human Services Agency. But it wasn’t a bare and boring area like those typical of government offices. Instead, it was bright and playful, complete with rows of books and language-related material to explore. Clinton, the former first daughter and vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, was there to celebrate the success of the special pilot project that had helped transform that stark waiting room into something beneficial to children and families. “We so fundamentally believe that every child and every parent and other caregiver of young...

A single flea bite has cost a Texas man both of his arms and part of his feet, his family said. Michael Kohlhof was rushed to a San Antonio emergency room last month after losing feeling in his toes and suffering from what his family initially believed to be severe flu symptoms, his mother wrote in a GoFundMe. Soon after, the 35-year-old man went into septic shock and was rushed into the ICU. Within 24 hours, Kohlhof was put on a ventilator, dialysis, antibiotics, vasopressors and numerous IV medications to keep him alive as his organs began rapidly failing. “By...

COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong, At first, I questioned why you were more pro-Putin than the media. But given your reliable forecasting and being renowned for your sources, I kept an open mind. Whilst it is becoming clear that Putin has been going after the people who wanted to nuke and totally invade Ukraine, the media seems to overlook that agenda of invading all of Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin disagreed with Putin on only protecting the Donbas. Igor Girkin, who advocated the invasion of Ukraine, was also arrested. The press even tried to pretend that China’s Xi warned Putin not to use nuclear...

Johnny Lujack was one of the faces of Notre Dame’s golden age, the second of three Irish players to win the Heisman Trophy in the 1940s and the quarterback of three national championship teams. “Even by Notre Dame standards, you always felt he was larger than life,” said John Heisler, who has written a dozen books on the history of the storied program where he was once was an associate athletic director. “Part of that comes with winning the Heisman Trophy, part comes from being a quarterback at Notre Dame and part comes from the sheer force of his personality.”...

MOSCOW, July 25. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will voice his assessment of the modern international relations system and will present some initiatives, Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov told reporters Tuesday. "The president will make a big statement, will provide his assessment of the state of the international relations system, including the establishment of a new world order, based on the principle of multipolarity and equality of all sovereign states," the Kremlin representative said.

Former first lady Michelle Obama is continuing the work she started in the White House to promote and improve children's health and nutrition. In an essay for Oprah Daily published Thursday, Obama recalled how her early years as a parent often meant feeding her young children delivered and prepared foods out of convenience. "Grabbing prepared foods becomes simpler than cutting up carrots. Ordering delivery is sometimes all you have energy for," she wrote. "I still remember taking one of my girls for a well-child visit and having the doctor tell me that all those simple choices I was making were...

Former President Donald Trump leads Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) by nearly 30 points in Iowa as the Florida governor’s support continues to wane, according to a National Research Inc. survey conducted for American Greatness. The poll published on Tuesday shows that 42 percent of likely Republican Iowa caucusgoers support Trump, placing him 27 points ahead of DeSantis at 15 percent.DeSantis has lost six points of support compared to when he pinged at 21 percent in a July 5-6 survey from the pollster, while Trump has dropped two points. Overall, DeSantis’s support has dwindled 11 percent since the first poll conducted...

A 2020 Fauci-influenced research paper intended to throw cold water on the “lab leak” theory of COVID-19 origins is facing mounting demands for retraction after newly unveiled messages revealed primary researchers felt compelled to write it despite their belief in the likelihood of the theory...