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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Desperate parents begged law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire in one of the deadliest classroom attacks in U.S. history, police body camera video released Tuesday shows.“Who’s class is he in?” one parent can be heard asking. Another comes up and yells, “Come on man, my daughter is in there!” The heartbreaking videos show the agonizingly slow law enforcement response along with confusion and delays. Authorities failed to confront 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos for more than an hour after the attack at Robb…
Facebook Tweet Email Link United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned Israel about potentially listing the country’s armed forces in an upcoming UN report on sexual violence, according to the spokesperson for Israel’s mission to the UN. “I am putting Israeli armed and security forces on notice for potential listing in the next reporting cycle, due to significant concerns of patterns of certain forms of sexual violence that have been consistently documented by the United Nations,” Guterres wrote in the letter sent to Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, on Monday. The UN’s Office of the Special Representative of…
Parts of the IBM Quantum System Two are displayed at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center on June 6, 2025 in Yorktown Heights, New York.Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.Just as artificial intelligence turned the data center sector into a gold mine, quantum computing is already ramping up…
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s government said Tuesday it plans to open nine drone training centers over the next three years to teach thousands of people, including schoolchildren, skills in flying and building the machines.Drones have become increasingly common in everyday life and warfare in recent years. Lithuania’s project aims to strengthen the public’s abilities in drone control and engineering and “expand civil resistance training,” its defense and education ministries said in a statement. Lithuania, a NATO member country of about 2.8 million people on the alliance’s eastern flank, borders both Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave and Moscow-allied Belarus, and is aware…
by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 2:30 PM ET, Mon August 11, 2025 Explora Journeys is offering a series of immersive, one-day wellness programs on Grand Journeys aboard EXPLORA I and EXPLORA II. Called Ocean Wellness Retreats, the experiences include holistic wellness practices inspired by both Eastern and Western traditions.Each retreat is designed to promote inner peace and emotional renewal, combining yoga, breathwork, sound sessions and introspective techniques. Guests can enjoy practices like Surya Shakti Yoga, pranayama, sound healing, Gong Baths under the stars and guided reflection, and they are invited to attend multiple retreats throughout the voyage. The retreats “exemplify…
When Bill Dally joined Nvidia’s research lab in 2009, it employed only about a dozen people and was focused on ray tracing, a rendering technique used in computer graphics. That once-small research lab now employs more than 400 people, who have helped transform Nvidia from a video game GPU startup in the nineties to a $4 trillion-dollar company fueling the artificial intelligence boom.Now, the company’s research lab has its sights set on developing the tech needed to power robotics and AI. And some of that lab work is already showing up in products. The company unveiled Monday a new set…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Kyiv, Ukraine — Small groups of Russian troops have pierced parts of Ukraine’s defenses in its eastern Donetsk region, according to local officials and monitoring groups, adding to Kyiv’s complications as Russia attempts to encircle the key strategic city of Pokrovsk. Russian forces are making a push towards Dobropillia, the Ukrainian battlefield monitoring group DeepState reported Tuesday. The town is around 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Pokrovsk, which has been in the Kremlin’s crosshairs for months. Ukrainian officials conceded that their defenses near Dobropillia had been infiltrated by clusters of Russian forces, but stressed that…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical Solutions for Back Pain Relief.” That persistent tension in your back, hip or shoulder never seems to fully resolve despite stretching before and after workouts, foam rolling, and even visiting a massage therapist regularly. In fact, sometimes the tightness feels worse after stretching. If this situation sounds familiar, your body might not just be tight — it may be protecting itself through involuntary muscle contractions. Recognizing the distinction…
by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 2:45 PM ET, Mon August 11, 2025 Travel advisors can now price Aurora Expeditions’ voyages in six currencies: USD, CAD, EUR, GBP, AUD and NZD. Antarctica voyages have historically been priced in USD. Now, however, they can be sold in local currencies based on the agency’s registered location for trade bookings or the passenger’s country of residence for direct bookings. This shift allows the exchange rate to be locked in at the time of booking for both the deposit and final payment, avoiding currency fluctuations and giving clients a full understanding of their total trip cost…
Epic Games has just secured a win in its crusade against Apple and Google’s app store policies: The Federal Court of Australia on Tuesday ruled that Apple and Google’s engaged in anti-competitive conduct when it came to their respective app stores, ABC News reported. While Judge Jonathan Beach found that the two tech giants had abused their dominant position in the market for app distribution to limit competition, he rejected Epic’s claims that the companies had engaged in “unconscionable conduct.” Epic Games has been fighting Apple and Google’s fee structure for in-app purchases in various jurisdictions around the planet. The…