Posted on August 27, 2024
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| Tobi Tarwater
A Tennessee congressman who reps the district where six people were killed in a school shooting Monday is under fire over a family Christmas photo showing him and kin proudly holding assault rifles.
Republican Rep. Andy Ogles, his wife and two of their three kids posed with the weapons as they stood in front of a decorated Christmas tree and smiled for the camera in 2021. The wife and daughter held assault rifles, a particularly deadly weapon that Monday’s killer, Audrey Hale, toted during her Nashville rampage.
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Posted on August 27, 2024
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| Valentine Belue
Hackers left some students and instructors at the University of California, Irvine reportedly vomiting and in tears after they posted gory videos of human and animal mutilation to student-run groups on a social media platform.
According to the Orange County Register, the gory videos left the college community spiraling on Jan. 9, with some students allegedly needing to be hospitalized following the incident.
Alina Kim, who helped coordinate the hacking response by the student-run Discord group, told the Register that “some things I’ve seen I definitely cannot unsee.
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Posted on August 27, 2024
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| Tobi Tarwater
Sage Steele is an American television anchor who is best known for hosting the ESPN and ABC weekend show NBA Countdown. On the ESPN network, Sage is the lead host of SportsCenter On The Road.
Since 2016, she has co-hosted the Miss America event on ABC.
She was named one of the most prominent sports anchors of all time when she received the Anita Aldrich Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University in 2011.
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Posted on August 26, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
In a world of infallible artificial intelligence, computers could do most of our work for us. They could diagnose our illnesses in a second. Robots and autonomous vehicles could shop and deliver our groceries. Systems could ensure we don’t break our budgets. AI could operate our transit — planes, trains and cars — without human assistance, and even make our dinner.
That’s the vision of many AI enthusiasts. But the current reality is that while there has been progress, humans are still required to do most jobs.
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Posted on August 26, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
September 21, 2012
How costly is the decision to drop out of high school? Consider a few figures about life without a diploma:
$20,241 The average dropout can expect to earn an annual income of $20,241, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (PDF). That’s a full $10,386 less than the typical high school graduate, and $36,424 less than someone with a bachelor’s degree.
12 Of course, simply finding a job is also much more of a challenge for dropouts.
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Posted on August 26, 2024
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| Tobi Tarwater
Abraham D. Juste, commonly known as Da’Vinchi, is a socialite, musician, and actor of American and Haitian descent. Da’Vinchi has a $2 million net worth as of 2022. Since he was a young child, he has desired to become an actor.
His work on the well-known television programs BMF, All American, and Grownish is what made him most well-known. He is a very promising young actor, and many girls have crushes on him.
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Posted on August 26, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
Getty ImagesElon Musk at a Halloween PartyElon Musk has dissolved Twitter's board of directors - cementing his control over the social media platform.
The multi-billionaire will be its chief executive after buying the company last week, ending months of back and forth over the $44bn (£38.3bn) deal.
He has moved quickly to put his mark on the firm, which is used by politicians and journalists around the world.
The reforms he is contemplating include changes for how Twitter verifies accounts, as well as job cuts.
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Posted on August 26, 2024
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| Chauncey Koziol
Garland Boyette was an American middle linebacker who died on Tuesday, April 19, 2022.
He played for the Houston Oilers from 1966 through 1972 along with Willie Lanier of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Boyette grew raised in Orange and attended Wallace High School.
Boyette went undrafted out of college but was nevertheless picked by the St. Louis Cardinals, where he spent two seasons before departing to play in the Canadian Football League.
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