The group that successfully sued Harvard to end affirmative action in university admissions last year is now threatening to investigate whether schools are complying with the new rules and to file lawsuits if it believes that they are not. The group, Students for Fair Admissions, has focused on three universities — Princeton, Yale and Duke — where [there were notable declines in Asian American enrollment](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/us/affirmative-action-ban-campus-diversity.html) this year compared with the last year, which the group said defied expectations. On Tuesday, Students for Fair Admissions sent letters to the schools questioning whether they were complying with the rules laid out by the Supreme Court. Princeton, Duke and Yale also saw minor differences in Black and Hispanic enrollment in the first class of students admitted since the court struck down race-conscious admissions.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A longtime CIA officer who drugged, photographed and sexually assaulted more than two dozen women in postings around the world was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday after an emotional hearing in which victims described being deceived by a man who appeared kind, educated and part of an agency “that is supposed to protect the world from evil.” [Brian Jeffrey Raymond](https://apnews.com/article/cia-sexual-harassment-abuse-spying-b13751329992a21c29fa34cbbf6889f2), with a graying beard and orange prison jumpsuit, sat dejectedly as he heard his punishment for one of the most egregious misconduct cases in the CIA’s history. It was chronicled in his own library of more than 500 images that showed him in some cases straddling and groping his nude, unconscious victims. “It’s safe to say he’s a sexual predator,” U.S. Senior Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said in imposing the full sentence prosecutors had requested. “You are going to have a period of time to think about this.”
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Eli Collins, a vice president of product management at [Google DeepMind](https://www.wired.com/tag/deepmind/), first demoed generative AI video tools for the company’s board of directors back in 2022. Despite the model’s slow speed, pricey cost to operate, and sometimes off-kilter outputs, he says it was an eye-opening moment for them to see fresh video clips generated from a random prompt. Now, just a few years later, Google has [announced plans](https://blog.google/products/youtube/made-on-youtube-2024/) for a tool inside of the YouTube app that will allow anyone to generate AI video clips, using [the company’s Veo model](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/google-unveils-veo-a-high-definition-ai-video-generator-that-may-rival-sora/), and directly post them as part of [YouTube Shorts](https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-shorts-challenges-tiktok-with-music-making-ai-for-creators/). “Looking forward to 2025, we're going to let users create stand-alone video clips and shorts,” says Sarah Ali, a senior director of product management at YouTube. “They're going to be able to generate six-second videos from an open text prompt.” Ali says the update could help creators hunting for footage to fill out a video or trying to envision something fantastical. She is adamant that the Veo AI tool is not meant to [replace creativity](https://www.wired.com/story/picture-limitless-creativity-ai-image-generators/), but augment it.
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Snapchat is reserving the right to put its users’ faces in ads, according to terms of service related to its “My Selfie” tool (formerly “AI Selfies”), which allows users and their friends to create AI-generated images trained on their selfies. Users have the option to opt out of this by toggling off a “feature” in the app called “See My Selfie in Ads,” but according to 404 Media’s testing this feature is on by default.
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It’s not that you “found the Musk fanboys,” it’s that sexual assault jokes are neither funny nor acceptable.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills Tuesday to crack down on the use of artificial intelligence to create [false images or videos in political ads](https://apnews.com/article/california-ai-election-deepfakes-safety-regulations-eb6bbc80e346744dbb250f931ebca9f3) ahead of the 2024 election. A new law, set to take effect immediately, makes it illegal to create and publish deepfakes related to elections 120 days before Election Day and 60 days thereafter. It also allows courts to stop distribution of the materials and impose civil penalties. “Safeguarding the integrity of elections is essential to democracy, and it’s critical that we ensure AI is not deployed to undermine the public’s trust through disinformation -– especially in today’s fraught political climate,” Newsom said in a statement. “These measures will help to combat the harmful use of deepfakes in political ads and other content, one of several areas in which the state is being proactive to foster transparent and trustworthy AI.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills Tuesday to crack down on the use of artificial intelligence to create [false images or videos in political ads](https://apnews.com/article/california-ai-election-deepfakes-safety-regulations-eb6bbc80e346744dbb250f931ebca9f3) ahead of the 2024 election. A new law, set to take effect immediately, makes it illegal to create and publish deepfakes related to elections 120 days before Election Day and 60 days thereafter. It also allows courts to stop distribution of the materials and impose civil penalties. “Safeguarding the integrity of elections is essential to democracy, and it’s critical that we ensure AI is not deployed to undermine the public’s trust through disinformation -– especially in today’s fraught political climate,” Newsom said in a statement. “These measures will help to combat the harmful use of deepfakes in political ads and other content, one of several areas in which the state is being proactive to foster transparent and trustworthy AI.”
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The [Secret Service](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/secret-service) has [launched a probe](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74882jq39vo) into an X post by [Elon Musk](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/elon-musk) in which he tweeted that “no one is even trying” to kill [Kamala Harris](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/kamala-harris) or [Joe Biden](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/joe-biden). The tech billionaire deleted the post on his X platform and passed it off as a “joke.” However, the [White House](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/white-house) did not find it funny and instead called it “irresponsible.” “Violence should only be condemned, never encouraged or joked about,” the White House said in a statement. Now the Secret Service is involved.
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The first thing people saw when they searched Google for the artist Hieronymus Bosch was an AI-generated version of his *Garden of Earthly Delights*, one of the most famous paintings in art history. Depending on what they are searching for, Google Search sometimes serves users a series of images above the list of links they usually see in results. As first spotted by a user on [*Twitter*](https://x.com/ItsTheTalia/status/1835092917418889710?ref=404media.co), when people searched for “Hieronymus Bosch” on Google, it included a couple of images from the real painting, but the first and largest image they saw was an AI-generated version of it.
New York City on Tuesday reached a $175,000 settlement with a Staten Island police officer who said he had been a victim of retaliation for giving traffic tickets to people with connections to the upper echelons of the Police Department. [The officer, Mathew Bianchi, filed a lawsuit against the city last May](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/nyregion/mathew-bianchi-nypd-traffic-tickets.html). The suit said that he had been transferred out of his precinct’s traffic unit after Jeffrey Maddrey, then the chief of patrol and now the department’s highest-ranking uniformed officer, asked that he be punished. Officer Bianchi had issued a ticket to a woman with whom Chief Maddrey was said to be friends, according to the suit. “This settlement is a vindication for our client, allowing him to close this chapter and continue his service with the N.Y.P.D.,” John Scola, Officer Bianchi’s lawyer, said on Tuesday. “We hope that Officer Bianchi’s courage and this decisive outcome will inspire other officers to come forward as whistle-blowers.”
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Ohio state police will conduct daily sweeps of schools in [Springfield](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/jd-vance-false-conspiracy-haitian-immigrants-john-kirby.html)after authorities have been forced to investigate “at least 33” bomb threats that led to evacuations and temporary building closures, [Ohio](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/31/ohio-passes-bill-to-ensure-biden-will-appear-on-states-general-election-ballot.html) Gov. Mike DeWine said Monday. “We want to make sure, as school continues this week in Springfield, that parents have confidence that the school is in fact safe,” the [Republican](https://www.cnbc.com/republicans/) governor said at a press conference. Each bomb threat has been a hoax without “any validity at all,” DeWine said.
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[Sean Combs, known as Diddy](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/sean-combs-subject-federal-criminal-investigation-rcna160196), was arrested on Monday, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation. Diddy's attorney, Marc Agnifilo, issued a statement saying, "We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office."
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Long before his bleak final years, when he struggled with mental illness and lived mostly on the streets, Victor Carl Honey joined the Army, serving honorably for nearly a decade. And so, when his heart gave out and he died alone 30 years later, he was entitled to a burial with military honors. Instead, without his consent or his family’s knowledge, the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office gave his body to a state medical school, where it was frozen, cut into pieces and leased out across the country. A Swedish medical device maker [paid $341](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25112182-gentinge-invoice) for access to Honey’s severed right leg to train clinicians to harvest veins using its surgical tool. A medical education company [spent $900](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25112281-victor-honey-nbl-invoice) to send his torso to Pittsburgh so trainees could practice implanting a spine stimulator. And the U.S. Army [paid $210](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25112312-victor-honey-army-invoice#document/p7/a2586369) to use a pair of bones from his skull to educate military medical personnel at a hospital near San Antonio. In the name of scientific advancement, clinical education and fiscal expediency, the bodies of the destitute in the Dallas-Fort Worth region have been routinely collected from hospital beds, nursing homes and homeless encampments and used for training or research without their consent — and often without the approval of any survivors, an NBC News investigation found.
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The richest man in the world, who also happens to be a U.S. defense contractor, is being criticized on social media on Sunday after questioning why people aren't trying to assassinate Vice President [Kamala Harris.](https://www.rawstory.com/kamala-harris/) [Trump](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-news/) over the weekend was tackled by his own Secret Service after an individual was reportedly spotted hiding on the former president's golf course behind a bush with an AK-47. Authorities say they fired at the man, who was later apprehended and is being questioned. A graphic designer posted a question, "Why they want to kill Donald Trump?" Elon Musk, who owns the social media company that he renamed from Twitter to "X," posted a controversial statement in response. "And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala," Musk wrote with a "thinking face" emoji. The comment did not go over well.
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Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio has warned students to be on high alert after someone threatened to shoot Haitians on campus, according to officials. All events and activities scheduled for Sunday have been canceled. An alert sent to students on Saturday night said the college was taking “extreme precautions” after an email threatened a shooting on campus on Sunday, targeting Haitian members of the community. “All students, faculty and staff should exercise extreme precaution and be alert to all your surroundings,” the university [said](https://www.wittenberg.edu/alert) in the alert. “If you see anything suspicious or have information about the threat, contact Wittenberg Police Division immediately at the emergency line.” The alert added: “The Springfield Police Division will increase patrols on-campus tomorrow. If you are on or near campus, prepare for additional instructions or a lockdown if we learn more from the ongoing investigation. All activities are canceled on Sunday, Sept. 15.”
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**Former Bungie chief legal officer Don McGowan credits Sony’s discipline for pushing Bungie to focus on new player acquisition and running Destiny 2 like a business, shedding light on behind-the-scenes changes at the studio.** Destiny 2 has seen a whirlwind of changes recently, and according to former Bungie chief legal officer Don McGowan, much of that is thanks to Sony’s influence. In a new post on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7240718454641606656/), McGowan didn’t hold back his thoughts, saying that Sony has pushed Bungie to make much-needed adjustments to how it handles its flagship game, [Destiny 2](https://thegamepost.com/destiny-2-revenant-dungeon-release-date-contest-exotic/).
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The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board Thursday canceled an upcoming use-of-force training for its enforcement officers, after learning a former Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright in 2021 was contracted to lead it. The agency had contracted with Kim Potter to have her “tell her story” and train its officers on the ramifications of using force, along with ways to avoid it, said spokesperson Brian Smith. The officers are responsible for enforcing liquor, cannabis and tobacco laws at businesses licensed to sell those products. Potter — who shot Wright, an unarmed Black man, after mistaking her gun for her Taser — served 16 months in prison for second-degree manslaughter before [she was released in 2023](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/minnesota-officer-who-fatally-shot-daunte-wright-freed/).
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I just watched a video where she was talking about being stabbed in the belly with a machete by a child soldier right after her pregnant teacher was cut open in front of her by soldiers who wanted to know if the teacher’s baby was a girl or a boy.
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Getting your game noticed is a tricky business when you have to punch through the noise of the [more than 10,000 new Steam games](https://steamdb.info/stats/releases/) releasing each year. Young Horses, the developer of Bugsnax and Octodad, have found itself in an even trickier spot: Thanks to Google, people are expecting a Bugsnax sequel that doesn't exist. "We are not working on a Bugsnax sequel right now and I need AI bs to stop telling kids we are based on a wiki ideas fanfic," Young Horses co-founder and president [Philip Tibitoski tweeted](https://x.com/PTibz/status/1834555767220732011) earlier today. It turns out, through the wonders of algorithmic search result curation, Google's featured snippets have been informing people that Bugsnax 2 will be releasing in October 2024, despite the fact that neither Young Horses or any other developer are making it.
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Ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who performed with Beyoncé and was seen by many as a trailblazer, has died at the age of 29. A spokesperson announced her death on her [personal Instagram page](https://www.instagram.com/p/C_3WuKCxYQM/?igsh=MThmNXRiNTMxdno2dg%3D%3D) and in a statement her family said she was an "unforgettable inspiration to everyone who knew her or heard her story". The cause of death has not been given. DePrince made a remarkable journey from suffering as an orphan in war-torn Sierra Leone to numerous accolades in the world of international dance. [Her family said](https://www.facebook.com/1542383134/posts/10233087723565548/?mibextid=WC7FNe\&rdid=SEz3Q1SRdkVlBdVn) her death had been "sudden", adding: "Michaela touched so many lives across the world, including ours." Tributes have been pouring in, including from others in the ballet community.
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday seized about $3 million from bank accounts belonging to social media platform X and satellite-based internet service provider Starlink, both companies controlled by [tech billionaire Elon Musk](https://apnews.com/hub/elon-musk). The move by [Justice Alexandre de Moraes](https://apnews.com/article/brazil-x-elon-musk-shutdown-moraes-supreme-court-twitter-70fdaeef282e1ac7d649b99cf8241b42) was aimed at collecting funds that are equivalent to the amount that X owes to the country in fines. The bank accounts of the two companies have since been unfrozen. Legal analysts have questioned de Moraes’ prior decision to freeze Starlink’s bank account to pay for cases related to X. While Musk owns both X and SpaceX, which operates Starlink, the two companies are separate entities.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio —The woman behind an early Facebook post spreading a harmful and baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating local pets that helped thrust a small Ohio city into the national spotlight says she had no firsthand knowledge of any such incident and is now filled with regret and fear as a result of the ensuing fallout. “It just exploded into something I didn’t mean to happen,” Erika Lee, a Springfield resident, told NBC News on Friday. Lee recently posted on Facebook about a neighbor’s cat that went missing, adding that the neighbor told Lee she thought the cat was the victim of an attack by her Haitian neighbors.
McEntee's videos always feature the Project 2025 chief of HR sitting down at a table in a restaurant eating while making pithy racist and offensive observations, typically about gender ideology and diversity equity and inclusion, that Trump supporters can't help but enthusiastically devour. In his latest viral take, McEntee poses a question about abortion access in red states that came up during Tuesday night's presidential debate. "Can someone track down the women Kamala Harris says are bleeding out in parking lots because Roe v. Wade was overturned?" he asks. "Don't hold your breath." McEntee asked, and women answered. Many made video responses to McEntee telling their own stories. One particularly powerful video from Carmen Broesder with account name [@geekynerd*removed*carmen](https://www.tiktok.com/@geekynerd*removed*carmen) was shared by [WordClown](https://www.instagram.com/wordclown/?utm_source=ig_embed\&ig_rid=a213e535-1098-4111-b862-f5d3319e319c)and [AGirlHasNoPresident](https://www.instagram.com/agirlhasnopresident/) on Instagram and received nearly five million views
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A Coney Island bar owner said he was told his problems with the NYPD could be resolved if he hired and paid the police commissioner’s brother. The bar owner alleged it was a worker in the mayor’s office who allegedly tried to help arrange the deal. “I felt it was like I got an ultimatum. It’s like either you gonna get with this - or you gonna get shut down,” bar owner Shamel Kelly told NBC New York. Shamel Kelly said it was associate director Ray Martin of the mayor's Office of Entertainment and Nightlife who first told him he could pay the police commissioner's brother to help get better treatment from the NYPD.
The Springfield City School District closed one middle school and evacuated two elementary schools Friday morning, according to school officials. Perrin Woods and Snowhill Elementary students were evacuated from their buildings to a different district location after receiving information from the Springfield Police Division, school district officials said. The district is in the process of a controlled release to dismiss students to their parents. Roosevelt Middle School also closed today before the beginning of the school day in relation to unspecified information the district received from the police division. Some parents who were arriving at Roosevelt with their students were turned away, according to reports.
California firefighters had to douse a flaming battery in a Tesla Semi with about 50,000 gallons (190,000 liters) of water to extinguish flames after a crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. In addition to the huge amount of water, firefighters used an aircraft to drop fire *removed*ant on the “immediate area” of the electric truck as a precautionary measure, the agency said in a preliminary report. Firefighters said previously that the battery reached temperatures of 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit (540 Celsius) while it was in flames. The [NTSB sent investigators](https://apnews.com/article/tesla-semi-fire-ntsb-investigation-battery-00f0d86ed17ee03ab169df6e7ee66c4d) to the Aug. 19 crash along Interstate 80 near Emigrant Gap, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) northeast of Sacramento. The agency said it would look into fire risks posed by the truck’s large lithium-ion battery.
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PS5 Pro’s price reveal causes gaming PC retailers in Japan to go all out on competitive deals - AUTOMATON WEST
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As someone who switched from a console to pc gaming this generation, and started out with a cheap ass pc with meh specs, it will be more than good enough for most people just starting out in PC gaming.
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PS5 Pro’s price reveal causes gaming PC retailers in Japan to go all out on competitive deals - AUTOMATON WEST
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It came out much later here than it did in the US, and you still can’t buy it directly from Valve - you have to go through an authorized third party. But I have seen the Asus ROG Ally in electronic stores. I’ve only seen the Steam Deck at one place, and I think that store has an arrangement to sell it exclusively. I haven’t been out looking in a few months, though.
A school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement reached Thursday with students and parents who sued over what they said was an unlawful decision to limit access to dozens of titles containing LGBTQ+ content. Under the agreement the School Board of Nassau County must restore access to three dozen titles including “And Tango Makes Three,” a children’s picture book based on a true story about two male penguins that raised a chick together at New York’s Central Park Zoo. Authors Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson were plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the district, which is about 35 miles (about 60 kilometers) northeast of Jacksonville along the Georgia border. The suit was one of several challenges to book bans since state lawmakers last year passed, and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law, legislation making it easier to challenge educational materials that opponents consider pornographic and obscene. Last month six major publishers and several well-known authors filed a federal lawsuit in Orlando arguing that some provisions of the law violate the First Amendment rights of publishers, authors and students.
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“You can buy a gaming PC for 120,000 yen.” Japanese people have been seeing an increasing number of advertisements worded this way in the past few days. But what else costs 120,000 yen? A PlayStation 5 Pro, as recently revealed by Sony. The announcement of the PS5 Pro’s steep price tag has caused significant dissatisfaction both in the US and Europe, where the console will set gamers back $700 and €800 respectively. But much like European gamers, Japanese players are faced with paying even more for the console than people in the US. The 119,980-yen price point is equivalent to over $840, based on recent conversion rates. To make matters worse, Sony recently hiked the price of standard PS5 console models in Japan. On September 2, the suggested retail price jumped from 66,980 yen (about $463) to 79,980 yen (about $552). Apart from severe backlash across social media, this decision caused the console to sell out all over the country in the days leading up to the price increase and even gave the Xbox a boost in sales.
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Luckily, that deal is fine.
https://x.com/jasonschreier/status/1834359607621238858?s=46&t=EUtgwMByNj4sQbVP9INV-Q
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PS5 Pro too costly for you? Sony will soon start selling refurbished PS5 consoles for a fraction of the price
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This console generation has turned me into a PC gamer.
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In a week when Xbox fans were hoping to hear a response from Microsoft to the PS5 Pro, the software giant is making a third round of gaming layoffs instead. [650 employees at Microsoft’s gaming business are being laid off](https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/12/24242695/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-650-employees), part of continued cuts at Xbox after Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Microsoft cut 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox jobs earlier this year and then [shuttered four studios](https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24151814/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-strategy-changes-arkane-tango) it acquired as part of its $7.5 billion Bethesda acquisition in May. Thankfully, *Hi-Fi Rush* studio Tango Gameworks was eventually saved from Microsoft’s shutdown after Krafton, the South Korean publisher behind *PUBG: Battlegrounds* and *The Callisto Protocol*, acquired the Japanese studio from Microsoft instead.
The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive, the video-game publishing division of Megan Ellison’s Annapurna studio, resigned this month following a dispute with its owner, according to people familiar with the situation. Annapurna Interactive President Nathan Gary and his team had been negotiating with Ellison, the daughter of billionaire Larry Ellison, to spin off the video-game division as an independent entity, said the people, who spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to share the information with the press. When Ellison pulled out of the negotiations, Gary and other executives resigned and were followed by around two dozen other staffers.
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The morning after former President Donald Trump repeated racist claims about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, some Haitian families are keeping their children home from school for their safety, according to an area activist. Those who allowed their children did so, but with heavy hearts. “She [my niece] was scared, but I told her to go, that God would protect,” said one Haitian resident, who asked that she not be identified publicly for fear of reprisal. “We’re all victims this morning,” said the woman, who moved to Springfield six years ago. “They’re attacking us in every way.” Aside from the anxiety caused by Tuesday night’s debate, the woman also said her cars have been vandalized twice in the middle of the night. She woke up one morning to broken windows and another to acid thrown on the vehicle. She’s added cameras to her driveway and tried to report the incidents to the police to no avail.
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A Republican U.S. House candidate in Maryland repeatedly opposed a state law to remove marriage as a defense for certain classes of rape and sexual assault, stating that under such legislation, “You just pat them in the wrong way, they take it sexually inappropriately.” Neil Parrott, who served in the Maryland House of Delegates for 12 years, is running for a third time for the 6th Congressional District. Parrott and Democrat April McClain Delaney are vying for the Western Maryland House seat vacated by Rep. David Trone, who unsuccessfully ran [in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.](https://19thnews.org/2024/05/alsobrooks-trone-maryland-senate-primary/) In [2020](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0590?ys=2020RS), [2021](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0147?ys=2021RS) and [2022](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0153?ys=2022RS), Parrott was consistently among the small group of lawmakers who voted against attempts to repeal Maryland laws prohibiting defendants from being prosecuted for second-degree rape and fourth-degree sex offenses if the victim was married to the accused person or was incapacitated during the assault.
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Tesco has lost a high-profile “fire and rehire” case in the UK’s supreme court over proposals by the supermarket to let some staff go and re-employ them on lower pay. The [dispute with the shopworkers’ union Usdaw](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/22/usdaw-union-right-to-challenge-tesco-fire-and-rehire-supreme-court)began in 2021 and centred on moves to use firings or the threat of dismissal to remove retention payments awarded years earlier to some workers at distribution centres. The UK’s highest court ruled that [Tesco Stores Ltd could not terminate the employment contracts of staff](https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2022-0133-judgment.pdf) to stop them receiving the retention payments and then rehire them on new contracts without the top-up. The case has been closely watched because it raises wider questions about the practice of “fire and rehire” and an employer’s right to terminate a contract by giving notice to the employee and then re-employing them on less generous terms.
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Junior doctors in India's Kolkata are defying a court order to continue protests against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in the city. The discovery of the body of the 31-year-old woman on 9 August had [sparked nationwide outrage](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93pqq9r5n4o). A hospital volunteer was arrested for the crime, which is now being investigated by a federal agency. While protests have died down in other parts of India, doctors in Kolkata say they will hold firm until their demands are met. Protesters have set up camp outside the state's health department headquarters, voicing five key demands: justice for the victim, the removal of senior police officials, and enhanced security for health workers, among them.
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The New York Police Department has tossed out hundreds of civilian complaints about police misconduct this year without looking at the evidence. The cases were fully investigated and substantiated by the city’s police oversight agency, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, and sent to the NYPD for disciplinary action. They included officers wrongfully searching vehicles and homes, as well as using excessive force against New Yorkers. In one instance, an officer punched a man in the groin, the oversight agency found. In another, an officer unjustifiably tackled a young man, and then another officer wrongly stopped and searched him, according to the CCRB. The incident involving the young man was one of dozens of stop-and-frisk complaints the NYPD dismissed without review this year — a significant development given that the department is still under federal monitoring that a court imposed more than a decade ago over the controversial tactic.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to reconsider its ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the last two known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Without comment, seven members of the court on Tuesday turned away [the request](https://apnews.com/cb616bdc1f57c269b3cec63baecf0008) by 110-year-old Viola Fletcher and 109-year-old Lessie Benningfield Randle to rehear [its June ruling](https://apnews.com/b7a4c83514ce79640a8490d49efb9006) that upheld a [decision by a district court judge in Tulsa](https://apnews.com/article/tulsa-race-racist-massacre-lawsuit-faa7f699092b40c7ea568f0e8459c979)to dismiss the case. Justice James Edmondson would have reheard the case and Justice Richard Darby did not vote. Fletcher and Randle survived the massacre that is considered one of the [worst single acts of violence](https://apnews.com/hub/tulsa-race-massacre)against Black people in U.S. history.
The father of the 11-year-old boy killed last year when a minivan driver struck his school bus spoke at Tuesday’s Springfield City Commission meeting, again pleading with the community to stop using his son’s name as part of hateful statements toward Haitian immigrants. Nathan Clark, Aiden Clark’s father, stood next to his wife Danielle at a packed City Commission meeting, urging people to cease using his son to further their political views. “I wish that my son, Aiden Clark, was killed by a 60-year-old white man. I bet you never thought anyone would say something so blunt, but if that guy killed my 11-year-old son, the incessant group of hate-spewing people would leave us alone,” Clark told the city hall forum. “The last thing that we need is to have the worst day of our lives violently and constantly shoved in our faces, but even that’s not good enough for them. They take it one step further. They make it seem that our wonderful Aiden appreciates your hate, that we should follow their hate.”
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Which literally just had a surprise price hike last week where I am that makes it cost more than my rent. The fourth price hike.
The greedy price hikes were why I had decided not to get a PS5 in the first place, and this price took me right back to that.
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The wife of a California inmate will receive $5.6 million after being sexually violated during a strip search when she tried to visit her husband in prison, her attorneys said Monday. After traveling four hours to see her husband at a correctional facility in Tehachapi, California, on Sept. 6, 2019, Christina Cardenas was subject to a strip search by prison officials, drug and pregnancy tests, X-ray and CT scans at a hospital, and another strip search by a male doctor who sexually violated her, a lawsuit said. "My motivation in pursuing this lawsuit was to ensure that others do not have to endure the same egregious offenses that I experienced," Cardenas said.
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Seeing all the clips of Astro Bot was making me really want a PS5, despite the big price hike we got just last week where I am, then I saw this price and my desire for any PS5 curled up and died again.
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Ex-[Sony Computer Entertainment Europe](https://www.eurogamer.net/companies/scee) president Chris Deering does not believe recent layoffs across the games industry have been a result of corporate greed. Instead, workers who have lost their jobs should "drive an Uber" or "go to the beach for a year" until employment settles. Deering was a guest on games writer [Simon Parkin's podcast My Perfect Console](https://www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole), where the pair discussed games industry layoffs. "I don't think it's fair to say that the resulting layoffs have been greed," said Deering. "I always tried to minimise the speed with which we added staff because I always knew there would be a cycle and I didn't want to end up having the same problems that Sony did in Electronics."
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Ex-[Sony Computer Entertainment Europe](https://www.eurogamer.net/companies/scee) president Chris Deering does not believe recent layoffs across the games industry have been a result of corporate greed. Instead, workers who have lost their jobs should "drive an Uber" or "go to the beach for a year" until employment settles. Deering was a guest on games writer [Simon Parkin's podcast My Perfect Console](https://www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole), where the pair discussed games industry layoffs. "I don't think it's fair to say that the resulting layoffs have been greed," said Deering. "I always tried to minimise the speed with which we added staff because I always knew there would be a cycle and I didn't want to end up having the same problems that Sony did in Electronics."
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I’m replacing my phone soon, and I’ve anyway decided that when I get a new phone, I’m not installing that cursed app on it. That’s how I’m finally going to cut myself off from it and be done.
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The former boyfriend of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who killed her by setting her on fire, has himself died from burns sustained in the attack, a Kenyan hospital official has said. Dickson Ndiema ambushed the marathon runner as she returned home from church more than a week ago, before dousing her with petrol and setting her ablaze. Local administrators said the two had been in conflict over a small piece of land in north-west Kenya, where Cheptegei lived and trained. Ndiema died on Monday night at the intensive care unit where he had been admitted with more than 30% burns on his body.
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Prominent conservatives are blaming recent immigration from Haiti after a woman in Ohio was arrested for allegedly eating a cat. The only problem? The woman has lived in America for the past six years. The allegations arose over the weekend after right-wing users on social media discovered that a 27-year-old woman was charged last month with injuring animals, prohibitions concerning companion animals, and disorderly conduct. The woman, Canton resident Allexis Telia Ferrell, reportedly “stomped on the cat’s head to kill the animal before eating it in a residential area in front of multiple people” on Aug. 16, according to [Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-woman-facing-charges-after-allegedly-killing-cat-eating-it-front-witnesses).
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Father of Georgia school shooting suspect told investigators he purchased gun as holiday present for son, sources say
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He has, in fact, been arrested.
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His father bought it for him as a present, which is legal, as I pointed out, because minors can own guns in Georgia.
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Musk's Starlink backtracks and says it will comply with judge's order to block X in Brazil
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Here’s a pretty good explanation: https://www.engadget.com/social-media/brazil-bans-x-for-refusing-to-comply-with-supreme-court-order-230247980.html
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For anyone wondering about Georgia’s gun control laws:
-No background checks
-No purchase permit laws
-K-12 teachers are allowed to carry
-No red flag laws
-No bans on high capacity magazines
-No secured gun storage required
-Open carry / no concealed carry permit required
-No ghost gun regulations
-People with assault or violent misdemeanors can carry guns
-Colleges and universities must allow guns on campus
-Minors can possess rifles and shotguns
But Brian Kemp is urging all Georgians to pray for the safety of those in the classroom!!
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Karine Jean-Pierre shuts down "ridiculous" Fox News question accusing Harris of faking an accent
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It really was a ridiculous question and I’m glad she didn’t entertain it.
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Jfc, the story gets worse. Somehow.
Daughter storms out of father’s rape trial after court hears he kept nude pictures of her
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What got me was the one guy who said it wasn’t rape because “It's his wife, he does what he likes with her." Tf kind of reasoning even is that?!
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A Prominent Accessibility Advocate Worked With Studios and Inspired Change. But She Never Actually Existed. - IGN
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So that one guy created THREE different identities?! Wtf.
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Shein sues Temu over copyright infringements as legal feud heats up.
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The way I laughed just reading the first paragraph.
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Does he seem for even a split second like someone who can handle being temporarily inconvenienced?
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If you think for one minute I like Elon Musk, I invite you to check out all the negative articles, including this one, that I’ve posted about that piece of shit. I’d love for him to lose every red cent he’s got. I’ve hated him since before it was cool.
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DC gym sparks controversy with decision to put cameras in men's locker room | FOX 5 DC
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Why on earth would they put cameras in locker rooms?! That vague “safety and security” Is not going to cut it as an acceptable reason.
This wouldn’t fly as a reason to put cameras in women’s locker room, and it shouldn’t fly as a reason to put on in men’s, either.
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The thing is, selling off the amount of Tesla stock that he’d need to to pay off the debt would cause Tesla stock to plummet, leaving him significantly less wealthy and putting Tesla in danger. So even though he technically has the money to pay them, he functionally doesn’t.
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CEO is one of the rare jobs where you can completely fail at your job and be richly rewarded for it.
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The S not only hobbled Xbox; it’s risking hobbling the entire generation. The only thing that’s honestly saved that from happening is that the Xbox isn’t doing well this generation, so devs can decide to put off releasing on Xbox until they can finagle it to work, or just not bother. Instead of insisting on parity, they should have said games would run but might not have all the features, and said the X was the full premium experience.
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Narcissists will never blame themselves for their screw ups.
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Huh, that’s strange. Let me put it up now; thanks!
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Game Science Is Reportedly Making Content Creators Promise Not To Discuss Feminism, Politics For Black Myth: Wukong Codes
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“GLHF has confirmed that the “Do’s & Don’ts” document was sent to Reinier and at least one other content creator by Hero Games, a developer and publisher that co-published Black Myth: Wukong according to a LinkedIn post from the company. Hero Games is also a major shareholder in developer GameScience, and as of a 2021 press release was the largest external shareholder of the company.
Reinier sent GLHF a copy of the email sent to content creators and we can confirm that it was sent from a company email address associated with Hero Games. The email signature also contained a Discord username, and the account associated with the sender is listed as a Hero Games employee on their profile in the official Black Myth: Wukong Discord server.”
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Game Science Is Reportedly Making Content Creators Promise Not To Discuss Feminism, Politics For Black Myth: Wukong Codes
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Here’s the Forbes article: The Black Myth: Wukong ‘No Feminist Propaganda, No COVID-19 Discussion’ Email Is Real
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Game Science Is Reportedly Making Content Creators Promise Not To Discuss Feminism, Politics For Black Myth: Wukong Codes
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Game Science Is Reportedly Making Content Creators Promise Not To Discuss Feminism, Politics For Black Myth: Wukong Codes
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Good to know you like censorship.
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I thought the headline alone was bleak, then I read the article and saw the reason there’s a shortage is it’s just not profitable enough for the drug company to make it.
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Thoughts Around KBin's Current Status and the Importance of Community Migration Features
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You’ve highlighted what is definitely a major problem with the Fediverse - all it takes for you to lose all the hard work you’ve done building up a community is the person running a server to pull the plug with no warning.
I loved kbin social - I started out on there, and only moved over to lemmy because it was getting too erratic and it was impossible to find out what was going on. Being able to move is a great thing, but if you miss your window to move, you’re SOL.
Admins definitely need to be willing and able to have the reins over to someone else if it’s getting to be too much, or to at least let people know in advance if they’re planning to shut down. Communication is key.
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A manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris' voice, raising concerns about AI in politics
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Here’s a direct link to the tweet, but I’m not sure if you can watch the video without an account anymore: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1816974609637417112?s=46&t=EUtgwMByNj4sQbVP9INV-Q
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A manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris' voice, raising concerns about AI in politics
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No voice actors, no writers…the future you’re envisioning for gaming completely sucks.
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I'm not talking about what is currently available. I'm talking about the future in gaming.
So am I. Where are the future voice actors who wolud voice the major roles going to come from if the jobs they depend on to start out and get their foot in the door/build up their resumes at the beginning of their careers are gone?
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Aren’t those minor roles exactly how people get their start in voice acting and start building up their resumes? Actors have to have a place to get their start, too.
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Legit, I did not know this until I read this article, either.