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The NYPD will pay $13 million to settle allegations of widespread brutality at George Floyd protests in 2020. An image from citizen cellphone video compiled in a class action lawsuit alleging NYPD misconduct during George Floyd protests in the summer of 2020. An image from citizen cellphone video compiled in a class action lawsuit alleging NYPD misconduct during George Floyd protests in the summer of 2020. An image from citizen cellphone video compiled in a class action lawsuit alleging NYPD misconduct during George Floyd protests in the summer of 2020. Complicating this, the NYPD brought in officers from specialized units that more typically handle terrorism or riot situations, Cohen said.

Persons: George Floyd, Elena Cohen, Cohen, Mott, Plaintiff Dara Pluchino, Pluchino, Wylie Stecklow, Gideon Orion Oliver, Beldock Levine, Hoffman, Mott Haven kettling Organizations: Service, NYPD, New, Cohen & Green, Barclay Center, Police, Barclay, Force, Research, Human Rights Watch Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York City, York City, Mott Haven, Bronx, Queens , New York, Brooklyn

☆ Biden's age is his 'superpower' in 2024, Jeffrey Katzenberg says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Nandita Bose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Katzenberg, in a telephone interview, described Biden as "energetic" and "effective," and suggested Republican attacks on his age will backfire. "President Biden's age is, in fact, his superpower," Katzenberg said. Some Democrats expect such attacks on Biden's age and family will increase in 2024. Former Disney executive Katzenberg's opinion is likely to be reflected in Biden's campaign in the months to come. Biden's campaign had four members on the payroll and spent a total of $1.1 million in the first three months since launch.

Persons: Jeffrey Katzenberg, Joe Biden, Biden, Katzenberg, Nikki Haley, Ted Cruz, Kamala Harris's, Biden's, Donald Trump, Simon Rosenberg, Barack Obama, Reid Hoffman, it's, Nandita Bose, Trevor Hunnicutt, Heather Timmons, Michael Perry Organizations: Republican, Republicans, Trump, Democratic, Disney, Katzenberg, Linkedin, Biden, Fund, Thomson Locations: U.S, Washington

☆ Microsoft goes beyond OpenAI, makes Meta's new A.I. model available to Azure customers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

But Microsoft is making clear that it's not strictly an OpenAI shop when it comes to generative AI. On Tuesday at its Inspire conference, the company said it's making Meta's new AI large language model, dubbed Llama 2, available on its Azure cloud computing service. Meta said in a blog post that Microsoft is its "preferred partner" for its Llama 2 software, which is available for free for companies and researchers. "Meta and Microsoft share a commitment to democratizing AI and its benefits and we are excited that Meta is taking an open approach with Llama 2," Microsoft said. Llama 2 will also be available through Amazon Web Services and Hugging Face, a popular service used by AI researchers.

Persons: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman Organizations: Microsoft, Inspire, Companies, Meta, Amazon Web Services, OpenAI Locations: OpenAI

"High level, we want this to become something like your personal AI friend," said developer Div Garg, whose company MultiOn is beta-testing an AI agent. The race towards increasingly autonomous AI agents has been supercharged by the March release of GPT-4 by developer OpenAI, a powerful upgrade of the model behind ChatGPT - the chatbot that became a sensation when released last November. GPT-4 facilitates the type of strategic and adaptable thinking required to navigate the unpredictable real world, said Vivian Cheng, an investor at venture capital firm CRV who has a focus on AI agents. OpenAI itself is very interested in AI agent technology, according to four people briefed on its plans. There are at least 100 serious projects working to commercialize agents, said Matt Schlicht, who writes a newsletter on AI.

Persons: Siri, Alexa, Tony Stark's, Kanjun Qiu, Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, Qiu, OpenAI, Vivian Cheng, CRV, Aravind Srinivas, Jarvis, Yoshua Bengio, Satya Nadella, Apple's Siri, it's, Google, Edward Grefenstette, Jason Franklin, WVV Capital, Hesam Motlagh, Matt Schlicht, Anna Tong, Jeffrey Dastin, Kenneth Li Organizations: Microsoft, Google, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, Reuters, FTC, OpenAI's, Financial Times, Amazon, Alexa, Investors, WVV, Google Ventures, Entrepreneurs, Thomson Locations: Silicon, Jarvis, GPT, Cognosys, San Francisco, Palo Alto

☆ MLB roundup: Rockies stun Yanks in bottom of 11th
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY SportsJuly 17 - Alan Trejo hit a walk-off homer in the 11th inning, C.J. Cron hit a grand slam, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the New York Yankees 8-7 in Denver on Sunday. Cabrera and Gleyber Torres each had two hits for New York in the rubber game of a three-game series. Robert finished with three RBIs, and Andrew Benintendi added three hits, three runs and an RBI for the White Sox. Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals, who took two of three games for their second straight series win.

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☆ A.I. is a $1 trillion investment opportunity but will be 'biggest bubble of all time,' CEO predicts
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Emad Mostaque, founder and CEO of Stability AI, speaks during the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Artificial intelligence will be the biggest bubble of all time, according to the CEO of open-source AI company Stability AI. Speaking with UBS analysts on a call last week, Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque said of artificial intelligence: "I think this will be the biggest bubble of all time." "I call it the 'dot AI' bubble, and it hasn't even started yet," he said. Stability AI is the company behind Stable Diffusion, one of the other more popular generative AI tools aside from OpenAI.

Persons: Emad Mostaque, hasn't, chatbot, Google Bard, Microsoft Bing, Mostaque, Reid Hoffman Organizations: Bloomberg Technology Summit, UBS, Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mostaque, Google, Microsoft Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S

☆ Google's top AI researchers, including all the authors behind a landmark paper, have left for competitors. Here's where they are now.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Thomas Maxwell | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Top AI researchers have been leaving for startups where their work can have more impact. That frustration over Google's slow movement has been corroborated by other former Google researchers who spoke to Insider. Niki Parmar left Google Brain after five years to serve as a cofounder and CTO of Adept, though in November, she left to found a stealth startup. Lukasz Kaiser left Google Brain after working there for more than seven years to join OpenAI in 2021. Sharan Narang, another contributor to the T5 paper, left Google Brain in 2022 after four years there.

Persons: it's, Llion Jones, OpenAI's, ChatGPT, Sundar Pichai, Bard, Daniel De Freitas, Noam Shazeer, Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever, OpenAI, Ashish Vaswani, Niki Parmar, Jakob Uszkoreit, Aidan Gomez, Nick Frosst, Lukasz Kaiser, Kaiser, Illia Polosukhin, Meena, De Freitas, Romal Thoppilan, Character.AI, LaMDA, Elon Musk, Character.ai, Winni Wintermeyer, Thoppilan, Alicia Jin, BERT BERT, BERT, Jacob Devlin, Colin Raffel, Raffel, Sharan Narang, He's, Azalia Mirhoseini, Anna Goldie, Mirhoseini, Goldie, Claude, DeepMind Mustafa Suleyman, Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind, Suleyman, Reid Hoffman Organizations: Google, Bloomberg, New York Times, Microsoft, Street Journal, Neural Networks, OpenAI, YouTube, Elon, UNC Chapel Hill, Meta, Anthropic, Society Locations: ChatGPT, Character.AI, DeepMind

Writing for a comedy seriesJeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri in "The Bear." Chuck Hodes/FXBill Hader, "Barry" — Wow"Christopher Storer, "The Bear" – "System" — WINNERMekki Leeper, "Jury Duty" — "Ineffective"John Hoffman, Matteo Borghese, Rob Turbovsky, "Only Murders in the Building" — "I Know Who Did It"Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, "The Other Two" — "Cary & Brooke Go to an AIDS Play"Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Jason Sudeikis, "Ted Lasso" — "So Long, Farewell"

Persons: Jeremy Allen White, Chuck Hodes, Bill Hader, Barry, Christopher Storer, Mekki Leeper, John Hoffman, Matteo Borghese, Rob Turbovsky, Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Cary, Brooke Go, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

☆ Inflection A.I.'s Reid Hoffman: A.I. is the new industrial revolution, the 'cognitive revolution'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailInflection A.I. 's Reid Hoffman: A.I. is the new industrial revolution, the 'cognitive revolution'CNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman in Sun Valley, Idaho to talk his A.I. investments, the future of the A.I. space and more.

Persons: Reid Hoffman, Julia Boorstin Organizations: LinkedIn Locations: Sun Valley , Idaho

☆ A little-known Russian spy agency left feces in the suitcases of diplomats as its calling card, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A mysterious Russian spy agency left unsettling calling cards for US targets, the Journal reported. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. The Russian Department for Counterintelligence Operations, or DKRO, is a secretive organization that operates under the FSB, Russia's security agency. They know us extremely well," Dan Hoffman, a former Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Moscow, told the Journal. American officials told the Wall Street Journal the DKRO was likely behind the arrest of Gershkovich, who has now been imprisoned in Russia for more than 100 days.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, They've, Dan Hoffman, Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Trevor Reed, Whelan, Reed Organizations: Service, Wall Street Journal, Russian Department for Counterintelligence Operations, Central Intelligence Agency, Wall Street, Journal, American Locations: Russian, Wall, Silicon, American, America, Moscow, Russia

[1/2] Activists take part in a tribute to the victims of the August 3, 2019 Walmart shooting in El Paso, at Ponder Park in El Paso, Texas, U.S., August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File PhotoCompanies Walmart Inc FollowJuly 7 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday sentenced a white supremacist to 90 consecutive life terms in prison for a 2019 shooting in which he killed 23 people and wounded 22 others at a Texas Walmart while targeting Hispanics, the El Paso Times newspaper reported. The shooter still faces Texas state charges that could result in the death penalty. Just before the assault, the shooter posted on the internet a manifesto that declared, "This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas. He's going to be serving 90 consecutive life sentences."

Persons: Jose Luis Gonzalez, David Guaderrama, Patrick Crusius, Genesis Davila, Thomas Hoffman, Alexander Hoffman, Prosecutors, Joe Spencer, Spencer, Daniel Trotta, Brad Brooks, Paul Thomasch Organizations: Walmart, REUTERS, Texas Walmart, El Paso Times, U.S, District, Dallas Morning News, AK, Thomson Locations: El Paso, El Paso , Texas, U.S, Texas, Hell, Dallas, Romanian

☆ Shooter who killed 23 at Texas Walmart awaits federal sentence
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Activists take part in a tribute to the victims of the August 3, 2019 Walmart shooting in El Paso, at Ponder Park in El Paso, Texas, U.S., August 3, 2021. Crusius pleaded guilty in February to 90 counts including 23 counts of hate crime resulting in death under a plea agreement that allowed him to avoid the federal death penalty. Even with the plea agreement, the judge conducted proceedings where witnesses poured out their emotions, expressing hatred for the shooter while revealing their own personal grief. Just before the assault, the shooter posted on the internet a manifesto that declared, "This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas. At the time of the guilty plea in February, Spencer told reporters, "There are no winners in this case.

Persons: Jose Luis Gonzalez, David Guaderrama, Patrick Crusius, Crusius, Genesis Davila, Thomas Hoffman, Alexander Hoffman, Prosecutors, Joe Spencer, Spencer, Daniel Trotta, Mark Porter Organizations: Walmart, REUTERS, U.S, District, Dallas Morning News, AK, Thomson Locations: El Paso, El Paso , Texas, U.S, Texas, Hell, Dallas, Carlsbad , California

El Paso, Texas CNN —The mass shooter who killed 23 people at an El Paso Walmart in one of the deadliest attacks targeting Latinos in modern US history was sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms by a federal judge on Friday. Defense lawyer Joe Spencer told the court Crusius took responsibility for the harm he had caused and that his rampage was due to severe mental illness. Wearing an “El Paso Strong” T-shirt, the girl struggled to speak between sobs as she described her terror and enduring pain. Your tears mean nothing to me,” Karla Romero, whose mother was killed, told Crusius at one point. “He was not a racist like you.”Hoffman’s father, Alexander Hoffman, was killed in the 2019 shooting.

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July 5 (Reuters) - Survivors of a 2019 massacre at a Texas Walmart that killed 23 people and wounded 22 others addressed the white nationalist shooter directly at a sentencing hearing on Wednesday, including one young victim who reportedly told him, "I want you dead." The shooter, Patrick Crusius, 24, who admitted to targeting Hispanics, will also be allowed to address the court. The shooter also faces prosecution from the state of Texas that could result in the death penalty. The shooter, wearing a blue prison jumpsuit, glasses and shaggy long hair, showed no emotion and avoided looking at victims, reporters said. At the time of the guilty plea in February, Spencer told reporters, "There are no winners in this case.

Persons: David Guaderrama, Patrick Crusius, Crusius, Genesis Davila, Davila, Thomas Hoffman, Alexander Hoffman, Raul Moya, I've, it's, Joe Spencer, Spencer, Daniel Trotta, Matthew Lewis, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: Texas Walmart, U.S, District, Dallas Morning News, AK, Thomson Locations: Texas, El Paso, Hell, Romanian, Carlsbad , California

☆ U.S. not expected to slip into recession until end of 2024, Citi Private Bank says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailU.S. not expected to slip into recession until end of 2024, Citi Private Bank saysRobert Hoffman of Citi Private Bank gives his predictions for Fed rate hikes and says he sees a "strong rebound" from small and mid-cap companies in the U.S.

Persons: Robert Hoffman Organizations: U.S, Citi Private Bank Locations: U.S

☆ The best way to curb fear around A.I. is exposure, says Inflection A.I.'s Reid Hoffman
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe best way to curb fear around A.I. is exposure, says Inflection A.I. 's Reid HoffmanReid Hoffman, Inflection A.I. co-founder, joins 'Tech Check' to talk the A.I. space, apprehension around the tech and more.

Persons: Reid Hoffman Reid Hoffman Locations: A.I

☆ Inflection AI raises $1.3 bln in funding from Microsoft, others
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

June 29 (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup Inflection AI said on Thursday it had raised $1.3 billion in funding from a clutch of investors including Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Bill Gates. The funding comes less than two months after the company, founded by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, released its chatbot, Pi. Similar to OpenAI's popular ChatGPT, Pi uses generative AI technology to interact with users through dialogues, allowing people to ask questions and share feedback. Hoffman, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and NVIDIA (NVDA.O) also participated in the latest funding round, the company said. Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru Editing by Vinay DwivediOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, Hoffman, Eric Schmidt, Niket, Vinay Dwivedi Organizations: Microsoft, LinkedIn, Google, NVIDIA, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoJune 29 (Reuters) - Inflection AI, a startup backed by several Silicon Valley heavyweights, said on Thursday it had raised $1.3 billion from investors including Microsoft and Nvidia, amid a boom in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. Inflection released its chatbot Pi last month. Pi uses generative AI technology, similar to ChatGPT, to interact with users through dialogues, allowing people to ask questions and share feedback. Palo Alto, California-based Inflection AI has about 35 employees. Nvidia (NVDA.O), which has stepped up its AI investments recently, Hoffman, Bill Gates and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt also participated in the latest round, Inflection said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Google DeepMind, Mustafa Suleyman, Reid Hoffman, Pi, Suleyman, OpenAI, Hoffman, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, Niket, Krystal Hu, Vinay Dwivedi, Conor Humphries Organizations: REUTERS, Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, LinkedIn, Collision, Thomson Locations: Alto , California, Greylock, Bengaluru, Toronto

☆ PGA Tour and LIV Golf: Newly obtained document details framework agreement between the sport’s leading organizations
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —On June 6, a shocking announcement was made by the PGA Tour sending reverberations around the golf world. On Monday, multiple news outlets started to circulate the framework agreement that had been quietly made by those groups. CNN has since obtained a copy of the framework agreement. The document was sent to Congress on Monday, according to a source with knowledge of the framework agreement. Lawmakers are inviting Monahan, Al-Rumayyan and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman to testify at the hearing.

Persons: LIV, ”, ” PIF, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, “ NewCo, OWGR’s criterial, LIV Golf, Jay Monahan, Yasir Al, Keith Pelley, Monahan, Greg Norman, Patrick Cantlay, Rory McIlroy, Charley Hoffman, Peter Malnati, Webb Simpson Organizations: CNN, PGA, Public Investment Fund, LIV Golf, US Department of Justice, PGA Tour, Wall Street, Investigations, Rocket, “, Management, TOUR’s Locations: Saudi, NewCo, Al, Detroit

☆ MLB roundup: Astros win finale with Dodgers in 11 innings
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

Astros rookie right-hander Hunter Brown gave up one run on three hits over six innings, Ryan Pressley (2-2) earned the win and Seth Martinez collected his first career save. Dodgers starter Tony Gonsolin gave up four runs on five hits over five innings. Starter Bailey Ober gave up three runs and five hits and struck out eight in six innings. Pete Alonso had three RBIs via a two-run single in the third and a homer in the seventh, while Francisco Lindor also went deep for the Mets. Padres starter Seth Lugo (3-4) gave up three runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and no walks in five-plus innings.

Persons: Jeremy Pena, Jose Abreu, Alex Bregman, Corey Julks, Bregman, Hunter Brown, Ryan Pressley, Seth Martinez, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Will Smith, Tony Gonsolin, Gonsolin, Yency Almonte, Willson Contreras, Louis, Paul Goldschmidt, Marcus Stroman, Lars Nootbaar's, Matthew Liberatore, Jake Woodford, Jordan Hicks, Royce Lewis, Lewis, Donovan Solano, Bailey Ober, Griffin Jax, Jhoan Duran, Zach McKinstry, Michael Lorenzen, Brendan White, Carlos Correa, Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, Jeff Hoffman, Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor, Anthony Santander, Kyle Bradish, Felix Bautista, Cal Raleigh, Harrison Bader, Gerrit Cole's, Anthony Volpe, John King, Jose Trevino, Bader, Yerry Rodriguez, Ezequiel Duran, Volpe, Oswaldo Cabrera, Michael King, Adolis Garcia, Corey Seager, Jonah Heim, Leody Taveras, Cavan Biggio, Yusei Kikuchi, George Springer, Rickey Henderson, Kikuchi, Luis Medina, Tony Kemp, Matt Olson, Olson, Raisel Iglesias, Kevin Newman, Matt McLain, Chris Sabo, Owen Miller's, Miller, Trevor Stephan, Joey Wiemer, Elvis Peguero, Devin Williams, Cleveland, Luis Robert Jr, Robert, Kutter Crawford, Jesse Scholtens, Crawford, Adam Duvall's, Justin Turner, Eury Perez, Perez, Dontrelle Willis, Jonathan Davis, Luis Arraez, Ezequiel Tovar, Austin Gomber, Justin Lawrence, Shohei Ohtani, Eduardo Escobar, Taylor Ward, Ketel Marte, Patrick Bailey, Evan Longoria, Davis, Blake Sabol, Marte, Tyler Glasnow, Jose Siri, Taylor Clarke, Harold Ramirez's, Drew Waters, Glasnow, Pete Fairbanks, Colin Poche, Yandy Diaz, Siri, Maikel Garcia, Daniel Lynch, MacKenzie Gore, Jeimer Candelario, Joey Meneses, Tim Hill, Candelario, Meneses, Gore, Seth Lugo Organizations: Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Astros, Houston, Dodgers, Los Angeles, Cardinals, Cubs, Chicago, Tigers, Minnesota, Detroit, Twins, Phillies, Mets, Philadelphia, Orioles, Mariners, Baltimore, Santander, Cal, Yankees, Rangers, Texas, Blue Jays, Athletics, Cavan, Toronto, Oakland, Braves, Reds, Cincinnati, Brewers, Milwaukee, Cleveland, White Sox, Red Sox, Boston, Marlins, Pirates, Miami, Pittsburgh, Rockies, Angels, Colorado, The Rockies, Diamondbacks, Giants, Arizona, J.D, Rays, Royals, Tampa Bay, Kansas City, Nationals, Padres, Washington, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles, London, Chicago, New York, Seattle, Atlanta, Cleveland, Los, Denver, San Francisco, St . Petersburg, Fla, Kansas, San Diego

☆ Russia mercenary threat revives concern over nuclear arsenal security
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

To be sure, U.S. officials say they do not see an immediate threat to the security of Russia's strategic and tactical weapons. "We have not seen any changes in the disposition of Russian nuclear forces," said a National Security Council spokesperson in response to questions from Reuters. U.S. intelligence agencies said in their 2023 Annual Threat assessment that "Russia's nuclear material security ... remains a concern despite improvements to material protection, control, and accounting at Russia's nuclear sites since the 1990s." Russia’s nuclear arsenal is the world’s largest, estimated in 2022 at 5,977 warheads by the Federation of American scientists, compared to an estimated 5,428 held by the U.S. “This has always been a super-high (U.S.) intelligence collection priority and the command and control of nuclear weapons in Russia,” said Hoffman.

Persons: Wagner, Alexander Ermochenko WASHINGTON, group's, Wagner's, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin's, Marc Polymeropoulos, you’re, Ramzan, Kadyrov, Daniel Hoffman, Dmitry Peskov, Hoffman, “, Putin, ”, Jonathan Landay, Don Durfee, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Southern Military District, REUTERS, CIA, National Security, Reuters, Federation of, U.S, Thomson Locations: Rostov, Don, Russia, Moscow, Washington, Europe, Eurasia, U.S, Washington . U.S, Ukraine, United States

☆ Harsh New Fentanyl Laws Ignite Debate Over How to Combat Overdose Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Jan Hoffman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Three teenage girls were found slumped in a car in the parking lot of a rural Tennessee high school last month, hours before graduation ceremonies. Two were dead from fentanyl overdoses. The third, a 17-year-old, was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. Two days later, she was charged with the girls’ murders. Prosecutors cited a Tennessee law that permits homicide charges to be brought against someone who gives fentanyl to a person who dies from it.

Persons: Prosecutors, ”, Mark E, Davidson Locations: Tennessee, Fayette County, Tenn

☆ Russia Targets Kyiv and Lviv in Overnight Strike: Live Updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Victoria Kim | Cassandra Vinograd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

On a sloping hillside, two men who died hundreds of miles apart were buried next to each other. Bohdan Didukh, 34, was killed by a mine last week on the front lines of the Zaporizhzhia region of southern Ukraine, where the first stages of Ukraine’s counteroffensive have begun. Image Olena Didukh, lower center, and Oksana Didukh, right, the wife and mother, respectively, of Ukrainian soldier Bohdan Didukh, mourn during his funeral in Lviv, Ukraine. Image Grave diggers following the burial of Bohdan Didukh and Oleh Didukh. Credit... Brendan Hoffman for The New York TimesAt the cemetery, Olena Didukh, the wife of Bohdan Didukh, fainted momentarily, overwhelmed by grief and the afternoon sun.

Persons: Bohdan Didukh, Oleh Didukh, Peter, Paul, Olena, Oksana Didukh, Brendan Hoffman, Olena Didukh, Kateryna Havrylenko, “, ”, Daria Mitiuk Organizations: Paul Garrison Church, The New York Times, Catholic Locations: LVIV, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Lviv, Russia, Zaporizhzhia

☆ Digging Up Old Graves to Make Room for Newly Fallen Soldiers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Megan Specia | Brendan Hoffman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For close to 15 months, the bodies of fallen soldiers have steadily filled up a hillside military cemetery in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Now, the old, unmarked graves of those killed in past wars are being exhumed to make way for the seemingly endless stream of dead since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. And they said they were bracing for more deaths as the fighting grew more intense during Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Among the settlements reclaimed, she said, was the village of Piatykhatky, confirming Russian reports over the weekend. While the recapture of Piatykhatky, in the Zaporizhzhia region, is evidence that Ukraine’s forces continue to advance, it is not a significant military breakthrough.

Persons: ” Hanna Malyar Locations: Ukrainian, Lviv, Ukraine, Russia, Piatykhatky, Zaporizhzhia

☆ MLB roundup: Royals erase 6-run deficit, stun Angels
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Bobby Witt Jr. led Kansas City's comeback with two-run hits in both the seventh and eighth innings as the Royals plated three in each frame to tie the game. Aroldis Chapman (2-2) earned the win, striking out three in the ninth as the Royals snapped a 10-game losing streak. Snell (3-6) allowed two hits and three walks while equaling his season high with 12 strikeouts. He worked six innings and allowed one run on four hits, with no walks and four strikeouts. Christian Walker added a two-run homer and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a solo shot for the Diamondbacks, who have won two straight games following a three-game slide.

Persons: Samad Taylor, Salvador Perez, Taylor, Scott Sewell, Read, Samad Taylor's, Bobby Witt Jr, Brandon Drury, Shohei Ohtani, Aroldis Chapman, Zach Remillard, Elvis Andrus, Ty France snared Andrus, grounder, Jake Burger, Andrew Benintendi, Andrus, Tayler Saucedo, Paul Sewald, Remillard, J.P, Crawford, Blake Snell, Josh Hader, LaMonte Wade Jr, Davis, Brandon Crawford, Alex Wood, Bobby Miller, Miller, Alex Kirilloff, Ryan Jeffers, Brent Headrick, Joey Wentz, Zack Short, Justin Steele, Nico Hoerner, Mike Tauchman's, Steele, Josh Jung, Dane Dunning, Jonah Heim, Corey Seager, Dunning, Trevor Richards, Daulton Varsho, Joey Wendle, Bryan De La Cruz, Luis Garcia, Jeimer, Chad Kuhl, Kyle Schwarber, Cristian Pache, Andrew Vasquez, Jeff Hoffman, Ken Waldichuk, Wade Miley, Joey Wiemer, Miley, Peter Strzelecki, Hoby Milner, Elvis Peguero, Trevor Megill, Blake Perkins, Rowdy Tellez, Carlos Santana, Matt Olson, Bryce Elder, Ryan McMahon, Albies, Elder, Connor Seabold, Mike Moustakas, Will Benson, Jonathan India slugged, Hunter Greene, Yainer Diaz, Jose Altuve, Altuve, Paul Goldschmidt, Louis, Brendan Donovan, Jordan Walker, Dylan Carlson, Donovan, Brandon Nimmo, Luis Guillorme, Brett Baty, Jake McCarthy, Corbin Carroll, Christian Walker, Lourdes Gurriel Jr, Andres Gimenez, Steven Kwan, Amed Rosario Organizations: Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Kauffman, Royals, Kansas, Angels, White Sox, Mariners, Chicago, Seattle, nab, Padres, Rays, San Diego, Tampa Bay, Giants, Dodgers, Los, longtime National League West, Los Angeles, Tigers, Minnesota, Twins, Detroit, Cubs, Orioles, Baltimore, Rangers, Blue Jays, Texas, Toronto, Marlins, Miami, National League East, Washington, Phillies, Athletics, Philadelphia, Oakland, Brewers, Pirates, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Braves, Rockies, Atlanta, Colorado ., Reds, Astros, Houston, The Reds, Cardinals, Mets, Diamondbacks, Cleveland, Guardians, Thomson Locations: Kansas City , Missouri, USA, Snell, Tampa, Francisco, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Arlington , Texas, Colorado, Cincinnati, New York, Arizona, Phoenix

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