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A satellite identifies tank tracks in the dirt, and a mall security camera catches the moment a bomb in Gaza detonates. While journalists' access to the war in Gaza is limited, a flood of video from all sorts of sources documents what is — and isn't — going on. That means combing through an endless supply of video posted on sources like X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, Instagram, Telegram and Facebook. Sometimes images from video games are passed off as real, but experts can usually spot them. Satellite images, video and photos helped The Washington Post track where Israeli forces went during their initial incursion into Gaza.

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☆ Guns rights and domestic violence protections collide at US Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Andrew Chung | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

A group among hundreds of supporters of gun control laws rally in front of the US Supreme Court as the justices hear the first major gun rights case since 2010, in Washington, U.S. December 2, 2019. The law at issue makes it a crime for a person under a domestic violence restraining order to have a gun. And in this case, many gun rights groups and conservative or libertarian legal scholars support Rahimi's challenge, while many liberal and gun safety organizations oppose it. The Supreme Court will hear an appeal by President Joe Biden's administration of a ruling by the 5th U.S. It also emphasized that a gun's presence gun substantially increases the chances that a domestic violence incident turn deadly.

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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — An inquiry that began Tuesday into New Zealand’s worst mass-shooting will examine — among other issues — the response times of police and medics and whether any of the 51 people who were killed could have been saved. The inquiry represents the first time authorities will outline the details of how they responded to the March 2019 shooting. One of the issues under examination is whether an emergency door in the Al Noor mosque was functioning at the time of the shooting — and if not, why not. Farrant gave evidence that the shooting began at 1:40 p.m. at the Al Noor mosque, where 44 people were killed, and the first emergency calls began about a minute later. Ambulance staff entered the Al Noor mosque at 2:15 p.m., Farrant said, and began removing victims eight minutes later.

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☆ Inquiry into New Zealand's deadliest shooting opens with memorial to victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Lucy Craymer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Women react as the national anthem is played during the national remembrance service for victims of the mosque attacks, at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand March 29, 2019. Armed with high-capacity semi-automatic weapons, Brenton Tarrant, 32, killed 51 people and injured dozens when he opened fire in two mosques on March 15, 2019, in Christchurch. Tarrant released a racist manifesto shortly before the attack and streamed the shootings live on Facebook. Before the first witness appeared, a video was played with photos and memories of all those who died. The start of the inquiry was then dedicated to the events on the day and how emergency services responded.

Persons: Edgar Su, Brenton Tarrant, Tarrant, “, Brigitte Windley, Windley, ”, Lucy Craymer, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Facebook, New, Thomson Locations: Hagley, Christchurch , New Zealand, Australian, Christchurch, New Zealand

☆ Inquiry into New Zealand's deadliest shooting to start on Tuesday
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Lucy Craymer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Farid Ahmed, survivor of the Christchurch shootings where her wife Husna was killed, is joined in prayer with his neighbours, during his visit to offer thanks for their support, in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWELLINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - A coroner's inquiry into the death of 51 Muslim worshippers in 2019 in New Zealand’s deadliest shooting will start on Tuesday, hoping to establish what happened after the attack started and make recommendations to prevent deaths in the future. Armed with high-capacity semi-automatic weapons, Australian Brenton Tarrant, 32, killed 51 people and injured dozens when he opened fire on Muslim worshippers on March 15, 2019, in Christchurch. Tarrant released a racist manifesto shortly before the attack and streamed the shootings live on Facebook. A Royal Commission of Inquiry in 2020 found that security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the perceived threat of Islamist terrorism before the massacre.

Persons: Farid Ahmed, Husna, Edgar Su, Brenton Tarrant, Tarrant, ” Tarrant, Lucy Craymer, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Facebook, New, Coroners, Royal Commission of, Thomson Locations: Christchurch, Christchurch , New Zealand, New, New Zealand

☆ UK housing market challenging but rate pause offers hope -RICS
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) house price balance, which measures the difference between the percentage of surveyors seeing rises and falls in house prices, edged down to -69 after August's sharp drop to -68. Echoing other gauges of British house prices, RICS' latest figure was the weakest since February 2009 and was below the median forecast of -63 in a Reuters poll of economists. Britain's housing market boomed during the coronavirus pandemic as demand for homes with more space surged, but it has been a victim of the BoE's run of 14 interest rate hikes, which began in December 2021. "Although the decision to pause monetary policy tightening a few weeks ago provided a glimmer of relief for the market, interest rates are likely now set to remain on hold for a prolonged period," Parsons said. The weak state of the housing market has hurt companies such as building materials supplier Travis Perkins (TPK.L), which on Wednesday downgraded its annual profit forecast by as much as 27%.

Persons: Henry Nicholls, RICS, Tarrant Parsons, Parsons, Travis Perkins, William Schomberg, Kylie MacLellan Organizations: REUTERS, Bank, Royal Institution, Chartered Surveyors, Thomson Locations: London, Britain

ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker's wife is seeking to sell the Atlanta house that the football great listed as his residence when he ran for U.S. Senate last year as a Republican. Julie Blanchard, whom Walker married in 2021, has owned the house and 1.5 acre (0.61 hectare) lot for more than 20 years. Democrat Raphael Warnock beat Walker by about 3 percentage points in a December 2022 runoff, ensuring Democrats a majority in the Senate. Such an exemption lowers property taxes and is only supposed to be available if a person is using a house as a primary residence. A financial disclosure statement filed during the Senate race showed the Atlanta house was being used as a rental property as recently as 2021.

Persons: — Herschel, Julie Blanchard, Walker, It's, Democrat Raphael Warnock, Westlake Organizations: ATLANTA, U.S, Senate, Republican, Democrat, University of Georgia, NFL Locations: Atlanta, Buckhead, Georgia, Westlake , Texas, Fort Worth, Tarrant County , Texas, Texas

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☆ Bosses Push Back on Workers Who Resist Office Returns: ‘They Will Need to Show Up’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Gretchen Tarrant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Bosses Push Back on WFH Die-Hards: ‘They Will Need to Show Up’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Gretchen Tarrant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Al Pacino is a new dad again at 83
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Actor Al Pacino and girlfriend Noor Alfallah have welcomed a baby boy, a representative for Pacino told CNN. Pacino, 83, and Alfallah, 29, a film producer, named their child Roman Pacino. When news broke earlier this month that Pacino was set to become a father again, his friend and fellow actor Robert De Niro, who at 79 welcomed his seventh child last month, shared his excitement. “Go Al, God bless him,” De Niro said. Pacino’s most recent feature film credit was 2021’s “House of Gucci,” in which he played Aldo Gucci opposite Adam Driver and Lady Gaga.

Persons: Al Pacino, Noor Alfallah, Pacino, Roman Pacino, Beverly D’Angelo, Jan Tarrant, Robert De Niro, ” De Niro, Gucci, Aldo Gucci, Adam Driver, Lady Gaga, ” costarring Logan Lerman Organizations: CNN, Amazon

☆ ‘It’s Not My Responsibility’ to Save the Office Economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Gretchen Tarrant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Burned Out, Doctors Turn to Temp Work
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Gretchen Tarrant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ UK housing market improves but slowdown seen as rates rise-RICS
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Suban Abdulla | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

RICS' house price balance, which measures the difference between the percentage of surveyors seeing rises and falls in house prices, increased to -30 last month from -39 in April. However, analysts are forecasting another slowdown for the housing market with markets largely expecting the BoE's Bank Rate to peak at 5.5% later this year, up from 4.5% now. Britain's housing market staged a recovery earlier this year after former prime minister Liz Truss's "mini-budget" caused turmoil in financial markets in September and sent the cost of fixed mortgage rates sharply higher to above 6%. Britain's biggest mortgage lender, Halifax, on Wednesday said house prices dropped by 1.0% year-on-year in May, the first annual decline since 2012. Some mortgage lenders, including Halifax and Nationwide Building Society have ramped up their fixed mortgage rates in response to the rise in borrowing costs in financial markets.

Persons: RICS, Tarrant Parsons, Liz Truss's, BoE, Suban Abdulla, William Schomberg Organizations: Bank of England, Royal Institution, Chartered Surveyors, Nationwide, Nationwide Building Society, Thomson Locations: April's, Halifax

☆ Actor Al Pacino, 83, expecting his fourth child
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] 2019 Hollywood Film Awards - Photo room - Beverly Hills, California, U.S., November 3, 2019 - Al Pacino poses backstage with his Hollywood Supporting Actor Award for "The Irishman." REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File PhotoLONDON, May 31 (Reuters) - Oscar winner Al Pacino is expecting his fourth child at the age of 83, a representative for the actor confirmed on Wednesday. It added that Pacino had been linked to Alfallah, 29, since April last year. A representative for Pacino confirmed the actor and Alfallah were expecting a baby, without giving further details. Earlier this month, fellow Oscar winning actor Robert De Niro, Pacino's co-star in several films including most recently "The Irishman," confirmed he had welcomed his seventh child at the age of 79.

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☆ Al Pacino, 83, expecting child with Noor Alfallah
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Hollywood actor Al Pacino is set to become a father again at the age of 83, with his 29-year old partner Noor Alfallah expecting a child, according to multiple reports. Al Pacino (second right) pictured with his children in February 2020. Anton James Pacino (left), Olivia Pacino (second left), and Julie Marie Pacino (right). Pacino won the Academy Award for Best Actor for 1992’s “Scent of a Woman,” and has also received multiple nominations throughout his career. At the age of 79, actor Robert De Niro has recently welcomed his seventh child.

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☆ Community college is on the rise for Gen Z as high tuition rates and job opportunities encourage them to skip 4-year degrees
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Community college enrollment rose this spring for the first time in a decade. Another route becoming more prevalent among the cohort is opting for community college instead of four-year undergraduate degrees. But according to a report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, community college enrollment rose 0.5% in spring 2023. The drastic difference in cost is pushing many toward the two-year community college degrees. PMG, a global advertising company, offers a partnership with the local community college, Tarrant County College.

☆ Here’s the Math on How Super Commuters Make It Work
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Frank Croasdale | Gretchen Tarrant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A super commuter used to mean someone who trekked at least 90 minutes to work each way, often five days a week. But with more companies embracing hybrid work, the new super commuter is one of the many people who now live hundreds of miles or multiple states away from where they work. They commute fewer days but even longer distances.

☆ Generative AI Is Already Changing White-Collar Work as We Know It
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Gretchen Tarrant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

As ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence programs infiltrate workplaces, white-collar jobs are transforming the fastest. That professional and office work is changing so fast is according to a panel of executives who addressed thousands of professionals and job seekers at Tuesday’s WSJ Jobs Summit. The biggest workplace challenge so far this year across industries is how to adapt to the rapidly evolving role of AI in office work, they say.

☆ The Math Behind the New Super Commute
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Gretchen Tarrant | Photographs Philip Cheung For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A new breed of commuter is going to great lengths—and doing a lot of number crunching—to pull off living and working in far-apart places. A super commuter used to mean someone who trekked at least 90 minutes to work each way, often five days a week. But with more companies embracing hybrid work, the new super commuter is one of the many people who now live hundreds of miles or multiple states away from where they work. They commute fewer days but even longer distances.

☆ Lunch Doesn’t Have to Be a ‘Heart Bomb’: Build a Better Sandwich
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Gretchen Tarrant | Madison Conte | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sandwiches are often unhealthy. But they don’t have to be. Wall Street Journal readers weighed in by the hundreds on this week’s article, which reported that the sandwich is a key culprit behind Americans’ excessive consumption of sodium, sugar and saturated fat. Many offered advice on how to make a better sandwich, and some offered specific recipes. Others defended the decadence as a much-needed source of joy.

☆ UK house prices slide further but market pessimism eases: RICS
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Suban Abdulla | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) house price balance, which measures the difference between the percentage of surveyors seeing rises and falls in house prices, fell to -48 in February from -46 the previous month - the lowest reading since April 2009. While Thursday's survey still showed the housing market firmly in decline, some measures indicated that a more stable picture was emerging in 2023, RICS said. Tarrant Parsons, senior economist at RICS, said he expected housing market activity to remain subdued over the coming months. "Given the ongoing weakness in demand, house prices remain on a downward trajectory, and are expected to see further falls through the first half of the year at least," Parsons said. In contrast, another lender, Nationwide, last week said house prices dropped by the most in more than 10 years in February.

☆ More than 300 passengers were forced to stay on a plane for almost 7 hours after it diverted for a medical emergency
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jetstar passengers were forced to stay on a plane for close to seven hours on Sunday. The flight from Bangkok to Melbourne diverted due to a passenger's medical emergency. The Jetstar flight from Bangkok to Melbourne landed in Alice Springs, in Australia's Northern Territory, at about 7.20 a.m. on Sunday. The 320 passengers on flight JQ30 had to wait on the plane for almost seven hours because the airport didn't have "customs processing facilities," Jetstar said in a statement. One passenger, Paul Tarrant, told ABC that the plane had issues with its air conditioning and the entertainment system was turned off.

☆ The Truth About the Four-Day Workweek, From People Who Have Tried It
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Gretchen Tarrant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

More companies are experimenting with the four-day workweek, and workers who have tried it are divided on how fruitful an abbreviated schedule can be. Hundreds of WSJ readers responded to our story about companies trying the four-day week with their own experiences of how reducing their regular work schedule by one day worked out for them.

A Texas woman who was reported missing this month and whose empty car was later found in a remote area has been found dead, officials said Thursday. Friends of Kelley reported her missing on Jan. 11 after not having heard from her for several days, the sheriff's office has said. The sheriff’s office has said Ferguson is also known as Kevin Brown, and online jail records list Ferguson as being married. The sheriff's office said the case was an ongoing homicide investigation. On Thursday, the Tarrant County medical examiner's office positively identified the remains found in Grand Prairie, the sheriff's office said.

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