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Engineer killed inside plane fuel tank after heavy machinery collapsed on him at London’s Heathrow Airport: report
An aircraft technician was killed in a plane’s fuel tank when some heavy machinery collapsed on top of him while he was carrying out maintenance work at London’s Heathrow Airport, according to a report. Georgie Buxton, 23, died earlier this month – just two years after starting his technician role at Virgin Atlantic, the Sun…
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Major Hurricane Genevieve roars in the Pacific as Fausto weakens to a tropical storm near Hawaii
Major Hurricane Genevieve was roaring in the Pacific Ocean far from land Monday evening at the same time that the weakening Tropical Storm Fausto was bringing large surf to Hawaii. Genevieve was briefly a Category 5 hurricane early Monday, the first in the East Pacific region in two years, the National Hurricane Center said. It was…
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Sherrill knew voter-roll bombshell was coming when she called Trump a liar, DOJ official says: ‘Shame on you’
The Justice Department’s top Civil Rights official accused New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill of criticizing President Donald Trump’s election integrity claims even though she already knew her administration was about to disclose a major voter registration problem. In his July 16 address, Trump accused China of acquiring sensitive voter data and said US intelligence agencies hid…
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California’s first tiny home megaproject ignites fury in idyllic beach town
New plans for a controversial ADU housing project in Southern California were released in hopes of gaining community support after serious doubt. The developer of the massive ADU project called Chalcifica is planning on building the homes in the Pacific Beach neighborhood of San Diego. New plans were revealed following an initial backlash from the…
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NYC could get soaked by more than 4 inches of rain from ‘unusually powerful’ summer storm
When it rains, it pours. New York City could get drenched by more than four inches of rain as an “unusually powerful storm” is set to get underway Tuesday, according to forecasters. The Big Apple is under a flood watch from Tuesday morning until Wednesday morning as rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected to…
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Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem
Ever so slowly, the crackdown on harmful sexual deepfakes is taking hold. Over the past few months, US law enforcement officials have seized deepfake hosting websites, while the EU and UK have drawn up plans to ban “nudify” apps by the end of the year. Despite this, large tech companies are still pushing millions in…
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‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson rips apart film, says she’d be ‘ashamed to have written’ script
Emily Wilson, whose translation of Homer’s “The Odyssey” published in 2017 served as inspiration to Christopher Nolan when crafting his blockbuster adaptation of the nearly 2,800-year-old poem, has some thoughts on the film. In a biting missive for the London Review of Books, the British American classicist dissected Nolan’s work with a scalpel so sharp…
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ First Reactions Praise New Installment as ‘Best’ in the Tom Holland Series
Initial reactions to “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” are in after the new installment from Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios and Pascal Pictures had its Los Angeles premiere Monday evening, and some are even praising the superhero movie as the “best” in the Tom Holland series. The highly anticipated sequel comes nearly five years after “Spider-Man: No…
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White House fires back after John Mellencamp mocks Trump’s Gulf of America during concert
The White House is hitting back after John Mellencamp took direct shots at President Donald Trump’s Gulf of America. Mellencamp paused his Saturday night show Holmdel, N.J. to mock Trump’s executive order to rename the “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America.” On Monday, Davis Ingle, WH Spokesman, shared a statement with Fox News Digital. “Nobody…
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Hero shop owner who foiled Navy SEAL’s bomb plot at ‘No Kings’ protest
A shop owner is being hailed as a hero for his actions that foiled a possible attack during a “No Kings” protest. Gerry Vandenberg, a former U.S. Navy SEAL who purchased powerful explosives to attack law enforcement during the “No Kings” rally in California last year, was found guilty on Monday. The 49-year old man,…