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☆ Biden and first lady to visit Maine on Friday to mourn shooting victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A view shows the pictures of the victims of the deadly mass shooting on the altar as mourners take part in a vigil, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., October 29, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel on Friday to Lewiston, Maine, where 18 people were shot and killed at a bar and bowling alley last week, the White House said on Wednesday. Robert R. Card, 40, a U.S. Army reservist, sprayed the bowling alley and bar with gunfire in the rural Maine town. He took his own life inside a cargo trailer parked on the lot of a recycling plant where he once worked. Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington and Jarrett Renshaw in Philadelphia Editing by Dan Whitcomb and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kevin Lamarque, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Robert R, Jasper Ward, Jarrett Renshaw, Dan Whitcomb, Matthew Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Army, White, Thomson Locations: Lewiston , Maine, U.S, Maine, Washington, Philadelphia

☆ Horror and Grief: Inside Gaza’s Hospitals
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( U.S. News Staff | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +9 min

Israel has argued that Gaza’s biggest hospital, al-Shifa, conceals underground command centers for Hamas – a claim the group denies – stoking concerns the facility could be targeted. (Ali Mohmoud/AP)Oct. 23, 2023 | People injured after Israeli attacks are treated at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. (Belal Khaled/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)Oct. 23, 2023 | People injured after Israeli attacks wait for treatment at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)Oct. 17, 2023 | Wounded Palestinians wait for treatment at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City following the al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion. (Fatima Shbair/AP)Oct. 11, 2023 | A wounded Palestinian girl lies on a hospital bed waiting for treatment at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Persons: Dr, Nidal Abed, Hamas –, Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, ” Lynn Hastings, Yasser Qudih, Khan Yunis, Fatima Shbair, Israel, Ali Jadallah, Ali Mohmoud, Belal Khaled, Mustafa Hassona, Abed Khaled, Abed Zagout, Adel Hana, Hatem Moussa, MOHAMMED ABED, Khan Younis, MOHAMMED ZAANOUN, Ali Mahmoud, Hani, BASHAR TALEB, Nasser Hospital’s Organizations: Gaza Health Ministry, Associated Press, AP, Ministry of Health, United Nations, Hamas, Medical, Xinhua, Shifa, Ahli Arab Hospital, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Israeli Defense Forces, Nasser Hospital, Najjar Locations: Gaza, Israel, Egypt, Palestinian Territory, Gaza City, Khan, al, Ahli, Aqsa, Deir al, Rafah, AFP, Palestinian

☆ Blinken to Reassert in Israel Its Right to Act but Need to Minimize Civilian Casualties
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Humeyra PamukWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel on Friday to voice solidarity with its retaliation against Hamas in Gaza but also to reassert the need to minimize Palestinian civilian casualties, his spokesperson said on Wednesday. Blinken's trip, which includes a stop in Jordan, is his second to the Middle East in less than a month. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Blinken will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials and receive an update on Israel's military objectives and its plans to achieve those goals. He will pursue talks led by Egypt and Qatar on securing the release of more than 200 hostages held by Hamas, Miller said. Turkish diplomatic sources said Blinken would also visit Turkey but Miller did not confirm the additional stop.

Persons: Humeyra Pamuk, Antony Blinken, Matthew Miller, Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Miller, Israel, Joe Biden's, John Kirby, Jasper Ward, Daphne Psaledakis, Howard Goller Organizations: Israel, State Department, Hamas, White House, Washington Locations: Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Gaza, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian, Egypt, Qatar, Turkish, Turkey, Washington

CHICAGO (AP) — As the first blast of wintry weather hit Chicago, dozens of migrant families without a place to live were moved off snowy city streets and into the basement of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in a nearby suburb. The last-minute, temporary solution around 1 a.m. Wednesday, coordinated by volunteers and suburban Oak Park officials, came as Chicago has struggled to house the growing population of asylum-seekers ahead of the deep winter months. City officials have been scouting locations for winterized tents, but City Council members have criticized Johnson's administration for a lack of details. This week, the city publicized its winter efforts, including providing 16 “warming buses” at police stations during overnight hours, and winter coats for new arrivals. Last month, the city touted its partnerships with several outside organizations to provide food, clothing and hygiene items.

Persons: Brandon Johnson, ”, Annie Gomberg, Greg Abbott, They’re, tarps, Gleicy Martinez, ” Martinez, Johnson, Joe Biden, Ronnie Reese, Kathy Nolte, Good Shephard, “, Melissa Perez Winder Organizations: CHICAGO, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Republican Texas Gov, Volunteer, Wednesday, Chicago, City, Associated Press Locations: Chicago, Good, Oak, Venezuela, United States, ”, Oak Park

On Tuesday an Israeli strike at the Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza killed dozens of people according to hospital authorities, leaving a moonscape of craters. In Khan Younis, Farida Abu Azzam was taking her husband to hospital for his cancer treatment. In a shelter for displaced people in a U.N. school in Khan Younis, Salwa Najar stood by her son Majed's bedside, wiping his face. A cousin had taken them to Hilal Hospital in Khan Younis, the biggest city in the southern part of the tiny enclave. "Gaza hospitals are crowded with injured people who are filling the hospital beds," she said.

Persons: Mohammed Al, Masri, Nasr, Khan Younis, Israel, Farida Abu Azzam, Akram al, Qara, Salwa Najar, Majed's, Najar, puffy, Nahed Abu Taeema, Nidal al, Angus McDowall, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Turkish Friendship, Hospital, Nasser Hospital, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Hamas, Khan, Egypt, Khan Younis

Customers might assume that nonunion automakers, like Toyota, Tesla or Hyundai-Kia, will now be able to price their vehicles well below what the Detroit automakers can. “When the dust settles from this UAW debacle, the Detroit auto stalwarts find themselves with a bigger cost profile with competition increasing," said Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush. That means that competition for buyers is intensifying as pent-up demand from the pandemic wanes, making it difficult for any automaker to raise prices. But if the Detroit companies report lower income, Wall Street will register its disappointment, and stock prices could fall. “You either raise your labor costs to meet what the UAW is getting or you risk the unionization drive.”

Persons: Stellantis, ”, Jonathan Smoke, pare, Dan Ives, Natalie Knight, Ram, Knight, Smoke, Shawn Fain, Fain, Art Wheaton, wouldn’t, Wheaton, Tesla, ” Wheaton Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, Detroit’s, General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Detroit, GM, Cox Automotive, UAW, Chrysler, Jeep, Cox, automakers, Detroit automakers, Cornell University, U.S Locations: United States, U.S, Stellantis, Detroit

☆ A Meteoric Career, Cut Short, Still Burns Bright
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Travis Diehl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A heavy irony hangs over Michael Richards’s work: The artist known for images of pilots, airplanes, wings and targets died, age 38, in the Sept. 11 attacks. He had spent the night in his studio on the 92nd floor of the World Trade Center’s north tower. But it’s likely that, had he lived, we would still be discussing Richards’s sculpture. In his handful of active years, he was beloved by curators and peers, and found consistent institutional support. Dread Scott, an artist and friend of Richards’s, recalled their conversations ranging over “W.E.B.

Persons: Michael Richards’s, Nari, Kerry James Marshall, Dread Scott, Richards’s, Du Bois, Wu Tang Clan, Richards, Rodney King Organizations: Trade, Bronx Museum, Arts, Jan Locations: Nari Ward, Brazil

☆ Woman shouting 'You're all going to die' shot by police in Paris metro
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Paris police shot and critically wounded a woman wearing a hijab who was behaving in a threatening manner and shouted "Allahu Akbar" and "You're all going to die" in a metro station on Tuesday morning, Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said. [1/2]Police stand outside the Bibliotheque Francois Mitterand metro and regional train station, where officers shot and injured a woman wearing a hijab after she shouted "Allahu Akbar" and "You're all going to die", in Paris, France, October 31, 2023. "This person refused to comply with summons and police fired their weapons," Nunez said, adding the situation had been "extremely threatening." The woman turned out not be in possession of explosives at the time she was shot, Nunez said. The metro station, on the RER C line, was evacuated after the incident, police said.

Persons: Allahu Akbar, Laurent Nunez, Olivier Veran, Lucien Libert, Nunez, Le Parisien, Tassilo Hummel, Dominique Vidalon, Michel Rose, Sudip Kar, Ingrid Melander, John Stonestreet, Ed Osmond, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Paris police, Bibliotheque, Police, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Israel, Gaza

☆ Woman Shouting 'You're All Going to Die' Shot by Police in Paris Metro
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS (Reuters) -Paris police shot and critically wounded a woman wearing a hijab who was behaving in a threatening manner and shouted "Allahu Akbar" and "You're all going to die" in a metro station on Tuesday morning, Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said. The fully-veiled woman was shot at the Bibliotheque François-Mitterrand station. "This person refused to comply with summons and police fired their weapons," Nunez said, adding the situation had been "extremely threatening." The woman turned out not be in possession of explosives at the time she was shot, Nunez said. The metro station, on the RER C line, was evacuated after the incident, police said.

Persons: Allahu Akbar, Laurent Nunez, Olivier Veran, Nunez, Le Parisien, Tassilo Hummel, Dominique Vidalon, Michel Rose, Sudip Kar, Ingrid Melander, John Stonestreet, Ed Osmond, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: PARIS, Paris police, Bibliotheque Locations: Paris, France, Israel, Gaza

Palestinians walking among the rubble in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City on Monday. As the Israeli tanks started rolling near Gaza City on Monday, the whispers began to spread — terrifying in their specificity, terrifying in their vagueness. I don’t want them to go through this.”Israel has warned for weeks that civilians in northern Gaza, including those in Gaza City, should evacuate south to avoid the violence. The New York Times has verified that the video was filmed this morning south of Gaza City on Salah Al-Din Road. “They call us directly and they warn us, telling us to leave and evacuate now, but the bombardments are relentless,” Ms. ElSayed told Al Jazeera.

Persons: Motaz, hunkered, Salah Al, Youssef Al Saifi, Hamda, Mr, Israel, ” Bilal Assabti, “, Daniel Hagari, Jamal Azzam, ”, Assabti, “ We’ve, Youmna ElSayed, ElSayed, Ms, Al Jazeera, Christoph Koettl, Neil Collier Organizations: Credit, New York Times, Times, Turkish Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Al Locations: Tel, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian, Turkish, “, ”, Al Jazeera

Palestinians conduct search and rescue operations at the site of Israeli strikes on a residential building, in the central Gaza Strip October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The United States has made "real progress" in the last few hours in negotiations to secure a safe passage for Americans and other foreigners who wish to depart the Gaza Strip, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday. So far, traffic at Rafah has reopened one way allowing aid trucks to go slowly into Gaza. "We would hope that any agreement to get any individuals out would also unlock the possibility of American citizens or their families and other foreign nationals coming out," Miller said. "We're working with various parties to try to facilitate their departure from Gaza.

Persons: Ahmed Zakot, Matthew Miller, Miller, Qataris, Israel, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk, Daphne Psaledakis, Jasper Ward, Chris Reese, Howard Goller Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, United, U.S . State Department, Thomson Locations: Gaza, United States, U.S, Rafah, Egypt, Jasper

☆ Woman Is Accused of Fatally Poisoning Boyfriend With Antifreeze for Inheritance
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A North Dakota woman has been accused of fatally poisoning her boyfriend with antifreeze in what the authorities say may have been a plot to claim part of his $30 million inheritance. The woman, Ina Thea Kenoyer, 47, of Minot, N.D., was charged with murder on Monday in the Sept. 5 death of Steven Edward Riley, Jr., 51, her boyfriend of 10 years. Ms. Kenoyer was being held at the Ward County Detention Center in Minot, a city roughly 110 miles north of the state’s capital, Bismarck. She was set to appear in court on Wednesday; it was unclear if she had a lawyer. On Sept. 4, emergency workers were called to the couple’s home in Minot, where Mr. Riley was found unresponsive, according to an affidavit prepared by Erin Bonney, an officer with the Minot Police Department, and filed in Ward County District Court on Monday.

Persons: Ina Thea Kenoyer, Steven Edward Riley , Jr, Kenoyer, Riley, Erin Bonney Organizations: N.D, Detention, Minot Police Department Locations: Dakota, Minot, Ward, Bismarck, Ward County

Several times we've had to set up surgical spaces in the corridors and even sometimes in the hospital waiting areas," said Doctor Mohammed al-Run. Gaza's Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra said the main generators for both the Indonesian Hospital and for al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, could be switched off late on Wednesday. Last week, the Indonesian Hospital nearly ran out of fuel and had to cut electricity in much of the facility. Indonesian Hospital has about 250 patients at present, Masry said. Because it is close to frontlines in northern Gaza, the hospital has received many of those caught in Israel's bombardment and advance, he said.

Persons: we've, Mohammed al, Sobi Skaik, Nasser, Khan Younis, Elon Musk, Shlomo Karhi, Musk, Sobhi Abu Zaid, Moaeen, Ashraf al, Qidra, Jonathan Conricus, Gaza's, Masry, Beit, Nidal al, Angus McDowall, Janet Lawrence Organizations: Indonesian Hospital, Health, Turkish Friendship Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Israel's, Nasser Hospital, Gaza's Health, Shifa, Indonesian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: GAZA, Gaza, Indonesian, Israel, Khan, Gaza City, frontlines, Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun

The government in the predominantly Muslim republic said that the outburst had been calmed and vowed to prevent further clashes. Russian aviation authorities said that the airport, in Makhachkala, the republic’s capital, would reopen on Tuesday. Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, said on Monday that Mr. Putin had been receiving reports about the events in Dagestan. Some people in the videos held Palestinian flags and carried signs opposing the war in Gaza, and some chanted “God is great” in Arabic. The local authorities in Dagestan blamed “extremist” outlets administered by “Russian enemies” for inciting the unrest.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, Dmitri S, Peskov, “, ”, Sergei Melikov, Ilya Ponomaryov, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Aric Toler Organizations: The New York Times, Red Wings, The Times, Telegram, Kremlin Locations: Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russian, Tel Aviv, Russia, Kremlin, Israel, North Caucasus, Ukraine, Gaza, ”, Caucasus, Khasavyurt

☆ US to evict Gabon, Niger, Uganda and Central African Republic from trade program
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Ken Cedeno Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he intends to end the participation of Gabon, Niger, Uganda and the Central African Republic in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade program. Biden said he was taking the step because of "gross violations" of internationally recognized human rights by the Central African Republic and Uganda. He also cited Niger and Gabon's failure to establish or make continual progress toward the protection of political pluralism and the rule of law. "Despite intensive engagement between the United States and the Central African Republic, Gabon, Niger, and Uganda, these countries have failed to address United States concerns about their non-compliance with the AGOA eligibility criteria," Biden said in a letter to the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Biden said he intends to terminate the designation of these countries as beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under the AGOA, effective Jan. 1, 2024.

Persons: Janet Yellen, Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, Walter E, Ken Cedeno, Biden, Jasper Ward, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Africa, Food Security, Food Systems, Washington Convention Center, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Rights, Central African, U.S . House, Representatives, Thomson Locations: Washington ,, Gabon, Niger, Uganda, Central African Republic, United States, U.S, Washington

☆ US to Evict Gabon, Niger, Uganda and Central African Republic From Trade Program
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he intends to end the participation of Gabon, Niger, Uganda and the Central African Republic in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade program. Biden said he was taking the step because of "gross violations" of internationally recognized human rights by the Central African Republic and Uganda. He also cited Niger and Gabon's failure to establish or make continual progress toward the protection of political pluralism and the rule of law. "Despite intensive engagement between the United States and the Central African Republic, Gabon, Niger, and Uganda, these countries have failed to address United States concerns about their non-compliance with the AGOA eligibility criteria," Biden said in a letter to the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Biden said he intends to terminate the designation of these countries as beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under the AGOA, effective Jan. 1, 2024.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Jasper Ward, Matthew Lewis Organizations: WASHINGTON, Central African, U.S . House, Representatives Locations: Gabon, Niger, Uganda, Central African Republic, United States, U.S, Washington

☆ US says Israel must protect civilians in Gaza, stop Jewish settler violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Doina Chiacu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

In a round of television interviews, Sullivan said Washington was asking hard questions of Israel, including on issues surrounding humanitarian aid, distinguishing between terrorists and innocent civilians and on how Israel is thinking through its military operation. Sullivan also said Netanyahu has a responsibility to "rein in" extremist Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. "It is totally unacceptable to have extremist settler violence against innocent people in the West Bank," he said. The militants also took more than 200 hostages from Israel, who are believed to be in Gaza. Medical authorities in the Gaza Strip, which has a population of 2.3 million people, say 8,005 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's campaign to obliterate the Iran-backed militants.

Persons: Khan Younis, Mohammed Salem, Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden's, Sullivan, Washington, Israel, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Doina Chiacu, Jasper Ward, Mary Milliken, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, White House, IDF, Israel Defense Forces, CNN, Israeli, West Bank, CBS, U.S, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, White, U.S, Iran, United States

☆ Iran does not want Israel-Hamas conflict to spread, foreign minister says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks to an emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Sunday said Iran does not want war to "spread out" following the Oct. 7 attack by Palestinian militants of Hamas on Israel that killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians. "We don't want this war to spread out," Amirabdollahian said during an appearance on CNN. Amirabdollahian on Sunday dismissed claims directly connecting Iran to the attacks, calling them "baseless." Amirabdollahian said linking Iran to any attack in the region, if U.S. interests are targeted, without providing proof, is "totally wrong."

Persons: Hossein Amirabdollahian, Mike Segar, Amirabdollahian, Al, Antony Blinken, Jasper Ward, Marguerita Choy, Grant McCool Organizations: Iranian, United Nations General Assembly, REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian, Hamas, CNN, United, United Nations, Pentagon, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Thomson Locations: Israel, U.N, New York City, U.S, Iran, Gaza, Palestine, Al Aqsa, Iraq, Syria, United States, Washington

The Al Shifa hospital was lit up in Gaza City on Tuesday. But to the Israeli military, it is a threat, and, perhaps, a target. Among Al Shifa’s current patients are about 130 newborns who were orphaned just as they were born, according to doctors at Al Shifa. Born premature, they were placed in incubators in Al Shifa’s neonatal intensive care unit. Video A doctor treating premature babies at Al Shifa Hospital said that many of the newborns were now orphaned.

Persons: Al Shifa, Al, ”, Daniel Hagari, Salama Marouf, Israel, Hagari, Dawood Nemer, “, I’ve, Tamir Kalifa, The New York Times Al Shifa’s, Al Shifa’s, obstetricians, Bisan, Mohammed Al, Masri, Ghassan Abu Sittah, —, ” Iyad Abuheweila, Isabel Kershner Organizations: Agence France, Shifa, The New York Times, Population, Al Shifa Hospital, Reuters, Al, CNN Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, Al, —, Tel Aviv, Israel, Hamas’s, British, Palestinian, Lebanese

☆ Punt, morass and kick: Jets edge Giants 13-10 in OT
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/104] Oct 29, 2023; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) on the field before the game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsOctober 30 - Greg Zuerlein converted the game-tying and game-winning field goals for the New York Jets to stun the host New York Giants 13-10 in overtime on Sunday in rain-soaked East Rutherford, N.J. Zach Wilson finished 17-for-36 passing for 240 yards and one touchdown. The Jets and Giants combined for 24 punts, the most in an NFL game in at least 20 years. On the Jets' opening drive, Thibodeaux stripped Zach Wilson of the ball and Jihad Ward recovered to set the Giants up at the Jets 19-yard line.

Persons: Aaron Rodgers, Vincent Carchietta, Greg Zuerlein, Zuerlein, Graham Gano, Zach Wilson, Garrett Wilson, Allen Lazard, Jackson, Tommy DeVito, Tyrod Taylor, DeVito, Saquon Barkley, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Jihad Ward, Jermaine Johnson's, Gano Organizations: New York Jets, New York Giants, MetLife, The Jets, Giants, Jets, New, NFL, Jihad, Breece, Thomson Locations: East Rutherford , New Jersey, USA, East Rutherford, N.J, New Jersey

☆ San Diego temporarily solved its water crisis by turning ocean water into fresh water. But desalination won't work everywhere.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The largest desalination plant in the US is in San Diego. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn the early 1990s, San Diego was dying on the vine, starved of water in a series of yearslong droughts. At the last minute, a miracle saved San Diego — rain and snow in the desert replenished aquifers, saving the city from intense cutbacks. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe desalination plant produces potable water for San Diego county. With these easier options on the table, it's even more staggering that cities such as San Diego have pushed desalination efforts through.

Persons: —, Diegans, Jeremy Crutchfield, Claude, Bud, Lewis, It's, Crutchfield, Diego, Reed Kaestner, Robert Glennon, Frank Ward, Ward, Michelle Peters, Michael Hanemann, Glennon, Peters, Reed Kaestner, Hanemann, Allen J, Schaben Organizations: Service, Water Authority, Western, Getty, University of Arizona, Street Journal, New Mexico State University, Arizona State University, Water Locations: San Diego, Lewis Carlsbad, United States, Colorado, seeping, Mississippi, San Diego County , CA, Encina, San Diego County, Orange County , California, Carlsbad, Orange, California, Diego, San Diego county, Los Angeles, Columbia

☆ I got run over by a train – twice
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sarah de Lagarde had to have an arm and a leg amputated after two London Underground trains hit her. Her daughter now takes public transport and de Lagarde says she's "sick to my stomach" every time. The train departed and crushed my right arm. AdvertisementAdvertisementA second train came into the station and crushed my right leg below the knee. Beyond that, how can I give money to Transport for London when they have taken no responsibility and offered no financial compensation?

Persons: Sarah de Lagarde, She'd, Lagarde, —, Sarah de Lagarde's, Tori Ferenc, It's, it's, Nick Dent, Sarah De Lagarde, Sarah Hope, Dent, Elizabeth Organizations: London, Service, Transport, TfL, High Barnet Locations: Madeira, London, High

☆ Biden to deploy federal agencies to monitor the risks of AI - Politico
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will issue an artificial intelligence executive order as soon as Monday, Politico reported on Friday. Citing a draft of the order, Politico reported that Biden will deploy numerous federal agencies to monitor the risks of artificial intelligence and develop new uses for the technology while attempting to protect workers. Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Joe Biden, Biden, Jasper Ward, Sandra Maler Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Politico, Thomson

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — They were banned under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin but commonplace under later Kremlin leaders. Now, after less than a century, official attitudes about abortion in Russia are changing once again. Although abortion is still legal and widely available, new restrictions are being considered as President Vladimir Putin takes an increasingly socially conservative turn and seeks to reverse Russia's declining population. In 2012, the number of “social reasons” for allowing abortion between weeks 12 and 22 was cut to just in the case of rape. He also moved to restrict abortion pills, which are approved to be taken to end a pregnancy in the first 10 weeks.

Persons: —, Josef Stalin, Vladimir Putin, ”, Lina Zharin, we’re, Michele Rivkin, natalist ”, Rivkin, Fish, Mikhail Gorbachev's, Boris Yeltsin, Lyubov, ” Rivkin, Tatyana Golikova, Mikhail Murashko Organizations: Kremlin, Orthodox Church, University of North, Abortion, Conservative, Russian Association of Population, Health, Russian Association for Population, Development, Health Ministry Locations: TALLINN, Estonia, Russia, Kaliningrad, University of North Carolina, Chapel, —

“There is no time to mourn — more death is on the way,” Mr. Mansour said. “The answer to the killing of Palestinian civilians is not the killing of Israeli civilians,” Mr. Mansour said. Mr. Mansour, the Palestinian representative, also directly responded to a speech the Israeli foreign minister, Eli Cohen, made at the U.N. Security Council this week. Mr. Cohen called for Israeli hostages to be brought home, but “for millions of Palestinians, there is no home to go back to,” Mr. Mansour said. “For thousands, there is no family left to embrace.”“He told you how horrible it was to kill civilians,” Mr. Mansour continued, “just before justifying the killing of Palestinian civilians by the thousands.

Persons: Riyad Mansour, —, ” Mr, Mansour, ”, Gilad Erdan, Erdan, Mr, Eli Cohen, Cohen, “, Dennis Francis of Trinidad, Jordan, Ayman Safadi, ” Anushka Patil Organizations: United Nations, United Nations General Assembly, Palestinian, Islamic, . Security, Arab Locations: Gaza ., Israel, Gaza, Islamic State, Iran, Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago, Jordan

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