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☆ Uber, Facing Sexual-Assault Litigation, Pushes Plan That May Curb Suits
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Jessica Silver-Greenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It has been a decades-long dream of corporate America: making it harder for aggrieved customers, workers and others to file lawsuits against companies seeking compensation for alleged injuries, mistreatment and other harms. Now Uber, the giant ride-hailing company that has been a magnet for such litigation, is pitching a plan that could fulfill that fantasy, at least in one state. The company is seeking to place a measure on Nevada’s ballot that would drastically limit the amount of money that lawyers could collect when they brought successful lawsuits. If the measure passes, it will make it less attractive — and in some cases financially impractical — for plaintiffs’ lawyers to file such suits.

Locations: America

☆ New England Patriots win first game without Bill Belichick in over 24 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The New England Patriots won their first game in over 24 years without legendary coach Bill Belichick in charge, beating the Carolina Panthers 17-3 in their opening preseason game on Thursday. Third-year quarterback Bailey Zappe played a larger role, before rookie QB Joe Milton III finished the game. Milton III throws a pass to teammates Terrell Jennings in the second half against the Panthers. The last time New England won without Belichick on the sidelines was on January 2, 2000, when the Pete Carroll-led Patriots beat the Baltimore Ravens 20-3 in Foxborough. During his time with the team, Belichick won six Super Bowl titles and is famed for his pairing with legendary quarterback Tom Brady.

Persons: Bill Belichick, Jerod Mayo, Drake Maye, ” Maye, ” Mayo, Maye, Bailey Zappe, Joe Milton III, Milton III, JaQuae Jackson, Terrell Jennings, Jaiden Tripi, Mayo, Milton, “ He’s, it’s, you’ve, ”, Belichick, Pete Carroll, Tom Brady Organizations: CNN, New England Patriots, Carolina Panthers, Patriots, NFL, Panthers, Getty, England, Baltimore Ravens Locations: Milton, England, Foxborough

☆ Harvard grad and Olympic gold medalist: The top 3 lessons I've learned about resilience and success
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Angela Ruggiero | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

I grew up in Southern California in the 80s and 90s, where my dad introduced my brother, my sister and me to the surprisingly big ice hockey scene there. I went on to be a member of the U.S. Women's Hockey team in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010. Watching them, I've thought a lot about what it was like to come back from my own critical injury. With both injuries, I had to go to physical therapy in order to return to hockey. I learned to be emotionally resilientI don't think my trajectory, in sports and in business, would have been possible without the lessons I learned from my physical therapy.

Persons: Simone Biles, Suni Lee, I've Organizations: International Olympic, Athletes ', IOC, Women's Hockey, Harvard, University of Minnesota Locations: Southern California, Paris, U.S, Tokyo

☆ London stabbing: Security guard disarms attacker after girl and woman attacked
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —A security guard said he tried to save an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman as they were attacked by a man wielding a knife in London’s Leicester Square, one of the busiest tourist destinations in the English capital. London’s Westminster Police said a man, believed to be the only suspect, had been arrested after the attack on Monday morning. Abdullah said he and the two others had given first aid to the girl before police took over. “I just saw a kid getting stabbed and I just tried to save her. The London Ambulance Service said it was called to the scene at around 11.36 a.m. Monday morning (6.36 a.m.

Persons: Abdullah, “, ” Abdullah, ” Organizations: London CNN, London’s Westminster Police, PA Media, London Ambulance Service, Westminster Police, National Police Chiefs ’ Council, Wales Locations: London’s Leicester, London’s, England

☆ 2 People Stabbed in London’s Leicester Square
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Megan Specia | More About Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two people were stabbed in London’s Leicester Square, a tourist hot spot, on Monday, the police said. The victims, an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman, were taken to a hospital, Westminster police said in a post on social media. In a later update, the police said that the girl would require hospital treatment but that her injuries were not life threatening and that the woman suffered more minor injuries. The episode came exactly two weeks after a deadly knife attack in Southport, near Liverpool, that led to the death of three young girls and injured eight other children and two adults. In the days after the stabbings in Southport, false information about the identity of the attacker, including that he was an undocumented migrant, spread rapidly online and ignited a series of violent riots around Britain.

Organizations: Westminster police Locations: London’s Leicester, Westminster, Southport, Liverpool, Britain

☆ Myanmar: Hundreds of fleeing Rohingya reportedly killed in drone strikes as fears mount of ethnic cleansing
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Avery Schmitz | Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Renewed fears of ethnic cleansing against the stateless Rohingya Muslim community are mounting after reports that hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed by drone strikes while fleeing violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state last week. Witnesses and Rohingya activists told CNN that a series of drone strikes on August 5 hit civilians fleeing fighting and violence in their villages in Maungdaw, northern Rakhine. The displaced families had been waiting to cross the river to Bangladesh at the time of the attack, they said. Forced recruitment of Rohingya men and boys is stoking religious tensions between the Rohingya Muslim and Rakhine Buddhist communities, the report said. “Ethnic Rohingya and Rakhine civilians are bearing the brunt of the atrocities that the Myanmar military and opposition Arakan Army are committing,” said Elaine Pearson, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

Persons: Rohingya, “, ”, –, …, Orla Murphy, Hasan, Rehman Asad, Mohammad Elias, Elias, ” Elias, Elaine Pearson Organizations: CNN, Arakan Army, AA, Myanmar, United Nations, International Court of Justice, Free Rohingya Coalition, Resource Management, Sans, MSF, “, ” CNN, Bangladesh’s Border Guard Force, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch Locations: Rakhine, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Ma, Maungdaw, Myanmar’s, Muangdaw, Lwin, Rohingya, Cox’s Bazar, Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, “, Buthidaung, Arakan, Asia

☆ An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 has struck the Los Angeles area, the USGS says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 struck the Los Angeles area shortly after noon on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. People reported feeling it strongly across the Los Angeles area. The Los Angeles Fire Department said it received no initial reports of damage or injuries as it checks infrastructure citywide. "Having lived through the Northridge earthquake (magnitude 6.7 in 1994), today's tremor made me flash back to what we know are lifesaving rules during an earthquake: drop, cover, and hold on. It struck on the first school day for the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Persons: Kathryn Barger, John Marshall Organizations: U.S . Geological Survey, Los Angeles Fire Department, National Weather Service, Los Angeles Unified School District Locations: Los Angeles, U.S, San Diego, San Joaquin Valley, LA, California, Highland, Los Feliz

☆ Families of Brazilian plane crash victims gather in Sao Paulo as experts work to identify the dead
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

SAO PAULO — Families of victims of an airliner crash in Brazil are gathering Sunday at a morgue and hotels in Sao Paulo as forensics experts work to identify the remains of the 62 people killed in the accident. Brazilian media said another four people were identified at the Sao Paulo morgue, which did not confirm the information. Metsul, one of Brazil’s most respected meteorological companies, said Friday there were reports of severe icing in Sao Paulo state around the time of the crash. Sao Paulo state government said 26 families have already attended the morgue for identification efforts, with more expected on Sunday. The ATR 72, which is built by a joint venture of Airbus in France and Italy’s Leonardo SpA.

Persons: Danilo Santos Romano, Humberto de Campos, e Silva, Voepass, Ratinho Júnior, Liz Ibba dos Santos, Luna, Tânia Azevedo, Tiago, “, ”, Lito Sousa, ” Sousa, Marcelo Moura, Italy’s Leonardo Organizations: SAO PAULO —, Sao, Guarulhos, Airlines, ” Police, American Eagle, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, U.S . Federal Aviation Administration, Associated Press, Airbus, Aviation Safety Network Locations: Brazil, Sao Paulo, Paulo, Vinhedo, Portuguese, Paraná, Venezuelan, Nepal, Guarulhos, Cascavel, Brasilia, France

South Korea’s military says North Korea is again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward the South, adding to a bizarre psychological warfare campaign amid growing tensions between the war-divided rivals. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday that the winds could carry the balloons to regions north of the South Korean capital, Seoul. North Korea last flew balloons toward the South on July 24, when trash carried by at least one of them fell on the South Korean presidential compound, raising worries about the vulnerability of key South Korean facilities. The balloon contained no dangerous material and no one was hurt, South Korea’s presidential security service said. Experts say North Korea hates such broadcasts because it fears it could demoralize front-line troops and residents.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim Organizations: Korea’s, Chiefs, Staff, Seoul City Hall, South Korean Locations: North Korea, Seoul, Gyeonggi, Pyongyang, South Korea, Korea, Washington, United States, Japan, China, North Korean, Russia

☆ USS Georgia: Lloyd Austin orders submarine to Middle East, accelerates arrival of strike group ahead of anticipated Iran attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Austin ordered the submarine into the waters of the Middle East, the Pentagon said. The Israel Defense Forces reported Sunday evening that around 30 rockets were launched from Lebanon, though some fell into open areas and no injuries were reported. Austin also ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to accelerate its transit to the Middle East, the Pentagon said. The Lincoln strike group consists of the carrier, which operates with stealth F-35C fighter jets, as well as several destroyers. The USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group has been operating in the waters of the Middle East for several weeks, giving the US a formidable presence in the region.

Persons: Lloyd Austin, Austin, Yoav Gallant, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt Organizations: CNN, US, Pentagon, USS, Navy, Israel Defense Forces, Lincoln, USS Wasp Locations: Israel, USS Georgia, Italy, Iran, Lebanon, Tehran, Gaza, Lebanese, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands

☆ Lack of worker heat protections despite rising temperatures leave patchwork of guidelines, put workers in danger
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Robert Ilich | Nic F. Anderson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Esteban Wood still remembers the time a 74-year-old Mexican farmer in Homestead, Florida, collapsed on the job from extreme heat. Such outdoor workers include lifeguards, transportation employees, ironworkers, agricultural workers and letter carriers. States like California, Colorado, Minnesota and Washington, have some heat protections for workers but they are not uniform or sweeping. For example, Minnesota’s protections only apply to indoor workers while California’s heat protections include both indoor and outdoor workers. The government must implement wage protections alongside heat protections, said Dr. Kristina Dahl, a principal climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Persons: CNN — Esteban Wood, Wood, Jose Delgado, Delgado, Bill, Greg Abbott, Rob DeSantis, Ana Gonzalez, ’, ”, Mario Tama, El Paso, Collyn Peddie, Travis, Peddie, Brian Renfroe, Eugene Gates Jr, Biden, Renfroe, Kristina Dahl, Dahl, it’s, ” Dahl, ” Veronica Carrasco, Carrasco, ” Carrasco Organizations: CNN, Texas Gov, Florida Gov, AFL, El, Carriers, Union of Concerned, Department of Labor, US Postal Service, Occupational Safety, Health Administration Locations: Homestead , Florida, Florida, Texas, Coachella , California, California, Coachella, California , Colorado , Minnesota, Washington, Houston, San Antonio, Houston’s, United States, Phoenix , Arizona, U.S, Honduran, Dallas, Honduras

☆ Hezbollah fires rockets into Israel as threat of Iran attack looms
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Jeremy Diamond | Irene Nasser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Haifa, Israel CNN —Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets toward northern Israel on Sunday night, as Israeli forces remain on high alert for potential retaliation from Iran and its proxies following the assassination of a top Hamas leader last month. About 30 rockets were launched from Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said, adding that some fell into open areas and no injuries were reported. “IDF forces are deployed and prepared in high readiness. Austin has ordered a guided-missile submarine to the Middle East and accelerated the arrival of a carrier strike group to the region ahead of an anticipated Iranian attack against Israel, the Pentagon said in a statement Sunday evening. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Israel will send a delegation to the talks.

Persons: Israel CNN —, Ismail Haniyeh, “, Daniel Hagari, Barak Ravid, Austin, Yoav Gallant, Ravid, Gallant, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Yahya Sinwar, Joe Biden Organizations: Israel CNN, National News Agency, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, CNN, Pentagon, UN Security Council Locations: Haifa, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, Ma’aroub, Tehran, United States, Qatar, Egypt, Israeli

☆ Large geological feature known as the ‘Double Arch’ and the ‘Toilet Bowl’ collapses in southern Utah
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

PAGE, Ariz. — A large geological feature in southern Utah known as the “Double Arch,” the “Hole in the Roof” and sometimes the “Toilet Bowl” has collapsed, National Park Service officials said Friday. The popular arch in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area fell Thursday, and park rangers suspect changing water levels and erosion from waves in Lake Powell contributed to its demise. Michelle Kerns, superintendent of the recreation area that spans the border of Utah and Arizona, said the collapse serves as a reminder to protect the mineral resources that surround the lake. The arch was formed from 190 million-year-old Navajo sandstone originating in the late Triassic to early Jurassic periods. The recreation area encompasses nearly 2,000 square miles and is popular among boaters and hikers.

Persons: Lake Powell, Michelle Kerns, ” Organizations: National Park Service, Recreation Area Locations: Utah, Glen, Lake, Arizona

☆ Man arrested in fatal road rage incident is charged in murder of beloved Detroit neurosurgeon found dead in his home
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A man arrested in May after he was accused of fatally punching a 67-year-old driver in a road rage incident has now been charged in the murder of a beloved Detroit neurosurgeon found dead in his home last year. Desmond Burks, 34, was charged this week with first-degree murder, felony murder, larceny and other crimes in the April 2023 shooting of Dr. Devon Hoover. The murder rocked the community, and many people including former patients, family members and friends expressed their shock and grief. A Facebook page titled “Justice for Dr. Devon Hoover” was inundated with memories of the doctor. When authorities charged Burks in Hoover’s death, he had already been in jail on a second-degree murder charge in the death of Reda Saleh.

Persons: Desmond Burks, Dr, Devon Hoover, Hoover, Devon Hoover ”, Kym Worthy, ”, Burks, ” Worthy, Worthy, James E, White, “, Reda Saleh, Saleh Organizations: Authorities, Rover, Police Locations: Detroit, Indiana, Wayne, Hoover’s

☆ U.S. decries reported sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners after graphic video aired on Israeli TV
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Aurora Almendral | Aurora Almendral Is A London-Based Editor With Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Allegations of the sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners by members of the Israeli military are “horrific,” the United States has said, after a graphic video broadcast on Israeli news added fuel to mounting criticism of the U.S. ally’s conduct in the war in Gaza. “We have seen the video, and reports of sexual abuse of detainees are horrific,” Miller said, adding that the reports should be “fully” investigated by the Israeli government. “There ought to be zero tolerance for sexual abuse, rape of any detainee, period,” he added. “No circumstances, however exceptional, can ever justify torture or ill-treatment.”Israeli soldiers load naked Palestinian prisoners onto a bus in a photo sent to NBC News by Mustafa Barghouti, Palestinian Legislative Council member. Matan Golan / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty ImagesWhile the arrest of the reservists had brought this case to wider attention, B’Tselem argued that the abuse of Palestinian detainees is systemic in Israeli prisons.

Persons: Matthew Miller, “, ” Miller, Karine Jean, Pierre, mistreating, Sde Teiman, B’Tselem, ”, Alice Jill Edwards, ” Edwards, Mustafa Barghouti, Teiman, Matan Golan, Hanoch Milwidsky, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, ” Netanyahu, hasn’t Organizations: State, ”, NBC News, Haaretz, Israel Defense Forces, Force, United Nations, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority, West Bank, Israel, IDF, NBC, Getty, Likud Locations: United States, Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Jerusalem, Mustafa, Ramallah, Beit

☆ Columbia University exec's New York apartment building vandalized with red paint and crickets
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The Brooklyn, New York, apartment building of Columbia University’s chief operating officer was vandalized with red paint and crickets, police said. The Brooklyn, New York, apartment building of Columbia University’s chief operating officer was vandalized Thursday with red paint and crickets, police said. A preliminary investigation determined that two people threw red paint inside the building’s vestibule and unleashed a box containing crickets and mealworms, police said in a statement. Several other people involved caused “damage to the front of the building by throwing paint on the building and sidewalk,” according to police. Photos released by police showed red paint splattered across the sidewalk and on the wall of the building.

Persons: Cas Holloway, Holloway, Ben Chang, “, ” Chang, Cas, ”, Kathy Hochul, Anne Pasternak, Taylor Pelton, Kimberly Panicek Trueblood Organizations: Columbia University’s, The New York City Police Department, NYPD, Ivy League campus, NBC, Manhattan, Attorney’s, Columbia University, ” New York Gov, Brooklyn Museum Locations: Brooklyn , New York, Columbia, Orange, Israel, York, NBC New York, “, New York, U.S

☆ Many dozens of Rohingya, including children, killed in drone attack while fleeing Myanmar, witnesses say
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead and injured relatives. Four witnesses, activists and a diplomat described drone attacks on Monday that struck down families waiting to cross the border into neighboring Bangladesh. Three of the witnesses told Reuters on Friday that the Arakan Army was responsible, allegations the group denied. One witness, 35-year-old Mohammed Eleyas, said his pregnant wife and 2-year-old daughter were wounded in the attack and later died. He was standing with them on the shoreline when drones began attacking the crowds, Eleyas told Reuters from a refugee camp in Bangladesh.

Persons: Mohammed Eleyas, Eleyas, “, ” Organizations: Arakan Army, Reuters Locations: Myanmar, Bangladesh, Rakhine, Arakan, Maungdaw

Debris in the wake of Debby in Canisteo, N.Y.. Ann Farkas walks through her damaged home in Canisteo, New York, after Tropical Storm Debby swept through the area. Debby was downgraded to a tropical depression late Thursday afternoon and was a post-tropical cyclone on Friday, the National Hurricane Center said. There have been at least nine deaths related to Debby, most in vehicle accidents or from fallen trees. Jaqi Kincaid, hit by flooding last month in Lyndon, Vermont, said the previous storm knocked out her garage and well, so they have no water.

Persons: Debby, Woodhull, Craig Ruttle, Stephanie Waters, Timothy Martin, ” John Anderson, “ It’s, ”, Anderson, Cliff Moss, Stacey Urban, Urban, ” Urban, Ann Farkas, what’s, ” Farkas, Jack Wheeler, Fred, Kathy Hochul, Josh Shapiro, Randy Padfield, Bob Rossman, ” Rossman, “, Rossman, Phil Scott, Hurricane Beryl, Joe Biden, Rick Dente, Jaqi Kincaid, ” Kincaid Organizations: Fire, Wellsville Sun, Tropical, New York Gov, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Emergency Management, National Guard, National Hurricane Center, Gov Locations: East, Florida, Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, New England, Quebec, Steuben County, Jasper, Addison, Canisteo, N.Y, Woodhull, Andover, Allegany County, Wellsville, Canisteo , New York, Tioga County, Padfield, Potter County, ”, In Ohio, Gulf Coast of Florida, South Carolina, Vermont, Lyndon, Hurricane, Dente’s, Barre , Vermont, Lyndon , Vermont

CNN —Alleged Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, in a statement released by his attorney, reiterated the claim he was “ambushed” and “kidnapped” by a son of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán and hand-delivered to US authorities. In a room with a table topped with fruit, Zambada said, Joaquín Guzmán gestured for the cartel boss to follow him to a dark room nearby. He said he was driven to a landing strip and forced onto a private plane, where Joaquín Guzmán removed his hood and bound him to a seat using zip ties. One version has Joaquín Guzmán duping Zambada to orchestrate their arrest, US law enforcement officials have told CNN. Zambada is expected to be transferred to New York from Texas, one official told CNN.

Persons: Ismael “ El, ”, “, Joaquin “ El, Zambada, El Chapo, El, –, Joaquín Guzmán, Ovidio Guzmán López, Security Rosa Icela Rodriguez, – “, ” Zambada, Joaquín, gestured, Guzmán Organizations: CNN, Ismael “ El Mayo ” Zambada, Security, U.S, US Locations: Sinaloa, Brooklyn, El, Mexico, El Paso , Texas, United States, “, ”, Culiacan, Zambada, Chicago, New York, Texas

☆ What We Know About the Plane Crash in Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A passenger plane carrying 61 people crashed on Friday outside São Paulo, Brazil. The plane crashed in the yard of a home, but it did not hit any residences and no injuries were reported among people on the ground, officials said. Here is what we know about the crash:The plane was on its way to São Paulo. It was headed east to Guarulhos airport, just outside São Paulo. For about a minute, the transponder reported losing altitude at a rate of between 8,000 feet and 24,000 feet per minute, the company said.

Persons: São, São Paulo Locations: São Paulo, Brazil, Cascavel, Guarulhos

☆ US and coalition personnel sustained minor injuries in Friday drone attack in Syria, official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Several United States and coalition personnel were treated for minor injuries after a drone attack in Syria on Friday, a US defense official said, amid heightened tensions in the Middle East. Personnel were treated for minor injuries, including smoke inhalation, but none were “seriously hurt,” the official said Saturday. All were stable as of Tuesday, a defense official said. US officials have long blamed Iran-backed militia groups for attacks on troops in Iraq and Syria. Between October 17 and January 29, there were more than 150 attacks on US personnel in Iraq and Syria.

Persons: “, Al, Ismail Haniyeh Organizations: CNN, US Defense Department Locations: United States, Syria, Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Tehran, Jordan

☆ Samsung recalls over 1 million electric ranges due to fire hazard
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Samsung has issued a recall for over 1 million slide-in electric ranges due to fire hazard after the company received reports that its front knobs could be unintentionally activated by people or pets, and resulted in 250 blazes. Since 2013, Samsung received over 300 reports of the "unintentional activation" of the range's front-mounted knobs by humans or pets. Samsung is offering free knob locks or knob covers as a remedy to the issue. Further, some Samsung ranges with Wi-Fi connectivity can send users a notification via the Samsung SmartThings app to warn when a burner is activated. The company is also participating in a CPSC “Joint Gas and Electric Range Knob Working Group” along with other major brands to improve knob safety standards.

Persons: ” Organizations: Samsung, U.S . Consumer Product Safety, ” Samsung, Gas Locations: U.S, ”

☆ Ukraine unleashes large drone attack on Russian airfield as Kyiv's offensive continues
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian drones struck a key military airfield in Russia's Lipetsk region, forcing authorities to declare a state of emergency in another Russian region this week in the face of Kyiv's ongoing cross-border offensive. All are receiving the necessary assistance," Artamonov said in a later Google-translated Telegram update, without detailing the state of those who had suffered injuries. Kursk was still reporting missile danger alerts as of Friday, according to Google-translated Telegram updates from regional Governor Alexei Smirnov, who said the local situation remained "difficult." Moscow has continued its own advances, with a Russian missile hitting a supermarket in the town of Kostiantynivka in the front-line Ukrainian region of Donetsk on Friday. At least 10 people were killed and 35 others were injured as a result, according to Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko in a Google-translated Telegram update.

Persons: Ukraine —, Su, Igor Artamonov, Artamonov, Alexei Smirnov, Ihor Organizations: Ukraine's, Staff, Command, Lipetsk, CNBC, Google, Internal Locations: Russian, Kostyantynivka, Donetsk, Ukrainian, Russia's Lipetsk, Lipetsk —, Ukraine, Lipetsk, Kursk, Belgorod, Kyiv, Moscow, Kostiantynivka

☆ Container explodes on cargo ship at China's key Ningbo port
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

An aerial photo is showing containers at Beilun Port in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China, on April 11, 2024. BEIJING — A hazardous goods container exploded Friday on a cargo ship in China's high-traffic Ningbo port, Taiwanese vessel owner Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. told CNBC in a statement. State-owned port operator Ningbo-Zhoushan said the ship was docked at the Beilun 2 container terminal, according to a post on Chinese social media. The port operator and Yang Ming both said the cause of the incident was not yet clear. Ningbo-Zhoushan is China's second-highest traffic port, located in eastern China's Zhejiang province.

Persons: Yang, Zhoushan, Yang Ming, Ruxandra Iordache Organizations: Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp, CNBC, YM, Shanghai Locations: Port, Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China, BEIJING, Liberia, Zhoushan, China's Zhejiang, Shanghai, Singapore

☆ Antiaging enthusiasts are getting $16,500 injections to make their knees young again
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

For now, here's what we know — and what we don't know — about stem-cell therapy for knees. Bryan Johnson flew to the Bahamas to get MSC stem cells injected into his knees, hips, and shoulders — for about $16,500 per joint. Plus, even Sampson warns that young donor stem cells should not be seen as a quick fix or a panacea. Done with proper medical oversight, some studies have found no adverse effects from stem-cell treatments for various conditions. Botched stem-cell treatments can cause infection, blindness, and excessive cell growth, which can trigger the formation of tumors.

Persons: —, Bryan Johnson, Johnson, hasn't, Josh DeAngelis, Rasul Chaudhry, Chaudhry, Steven Sampson, Chaundhry, Sampson, Peyton Manning, Patrick Smith, George Kittle, Hulk Hogan, TJ Dillashaw, Rafael Nadal, Jack Nicklaus, I've, it's, Paul Knoepfler, he's, It's, Mattias Bernow, we'll, Knoepfler Organizations: Service, Business, MSC, Oakland University, NFL, FDA, UFC, ESPN, CNN, UC Davis School of Medicine Locations: Bahamas, Panama

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