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Man Convicted of Nonviolent Crime Can Own Gun, U.S. Court Rules – The New York Times

  1. Man Convicted of Nonviolent Crime Can Own Gun, U.S. Court Rules  The New York Times
  2. US cannot ban people convicted of non-violent crimes from owning guns-appeals court  Reuters
  3. U.S. appeals court rejects lifetime gun ban for nonviolent criminals  The Philadelphia Inquirer
  4. Court Weakens U.S. Ban on Gun Possession by People Convicted of Serious Crimes  The Wall Street Journal
  5. Feds Can’t Ban Non-Violent Criminals From Owning Guns, Court Rules  The Daily Beast
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2 dead in shooting after high school graduation ceremony in Virginia capital – The Associated Press

2 dead in shooting after high school graduation ceremony in Virginia capital  The Associated PressView Full Coverage on Google News

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How to develop artificial super-intelligence without destroying humanity – podcast

Sam Altman, the founder of the revolutionary application Chat-GPT, is touring Europe with a message: AI is changing the world and there are big risks, but also big potential rewards

In a recent episode, the Guardian’s UK technology editor, Alex Hern, brought us an eye-opening conversation with Geoffrey Hinton, often known as the godfather of artificial intelligence. He raised the alarm that the technology was in danger of evolving faster than our ability to control it, to the extent it could become an existential threat.

Now Hern is back to present the other side of the growing debate on AI and to describe an encounter with another of the field’s leading thinkers, Sam Altman. He tells Michael Safi that Altman and Hinton agreed on one thing: AI could pose an enormous risk to the world. But from there they diverge – Altman believes those risks can be managed, regulated and ultimately harnessed towards a future where the health, education and societal benefits of artificial intelligence are truly transformative.

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Why is it so smoky? Canada wildfires spark air-quality alerts in north-east US

Hazy skies hung over north-eastern US a day after the midwest received a similar alert from the Environmental Protection Agency

Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. Wind has carried smoke from the fires southward, triggering airquality alerts throughout the United States.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday issued a poor air-quality alert for New England, a day after parts of Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota received a similar advisory. Last week, US officials as far south as Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania reported being affected by the wildfires.

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Tucker Carlson Posts First Installment of New Show on Twitter – The New York Times

  1. Tucker Carlson Posts First Installment of New Show on Twitter  The New York Times
  2. Tucker Carlson releases first episode on Twitter: ‘We’re grateful to be here’  The Hill
  3. Tucker Carlson calls Ukraine’s Jewish leader ‘rat-like’ in new Twitter show  The Independent
  4. Tucker is Back!  San Angelo LIVE!
  5. Tucker Carlson Floats Theory Ukraine Blew Up Dam in His First Twitter Show  Newsweek
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China has closed unofficial ‘police stations’ in Britain, UK minister says

Security minister, Tom Tugendhat, said an investigation of the sites did not reveal any illegal activity

The UK security minister, Tom Tugendhat, has said China has closed its reported “police service stations” at sites across Britain, and that an investigation did not reveal any illegal activity by the Chinese state at these sites.

Britain has previously said reports of undeclared police stations in the country were “extremely concerning” and that any intimidation on British soil of foreign nationals by China or other states was unacceptable.

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‘We torment others’: the dark side of South Korean school life

Government vows to end school violence as experts say bullying methods have become more malicious

Clutching an iron hair curler radiating scorching heat, a schoolgirl torments a classmate in a desolate school gymnasium.

The curler sizzles raw flesh, as the camera pans to show scars on the victim’s body.

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Russia accused of floundering in lies at UN after claiming Ukraine behind dam destruction

Security council meeting discusses disaster as US, UK and French representatives call for an investigation

Russia’s UN envoy was accused of floundering in a “mud of lies” after he claimed at an emergency session of the security council that Ukraine destroyed Kakhovka dam in a “war crime”.

Sergiy Kyslytsya, the Ukraine envoy to the UN, said it was typical of Russia to blame the victim for its own crimes, pointing out Russia has been in control of the dam for more than a year and it was physically impossible to blow it up by shelling. He said the dam was mined by the Russian occupiers and they blew it up. He accused Russia of “floundering again in the mud of lies”.

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Spanish motorcycle rider Raul Torras Martinez dies at Isle of Man TT races

  • Experienced TT competitor had taken part in 21 races
  • 46-year-old’s death is 267th fatality in history of event

Spanish motorcycle rider Raul Torras Martinez died in a crash during the Isle of Man TT races on Tuesday night, organisers said in a statement.

They said the 46-year-old was killed during the first Supertwin race and on the third and final lap between the 16th and 17th mile markers.

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Missouri Executes Michael Tisius After Jurors Waver on Death Sentence – The New York Times

  1. Missouri Executes Michael Tisius After Jurors Waver on Death Sentence  The New York Times
  2. Missouri man Michael Tisius set to be executed today despite appeals from former jurors  CBS News
  3. Editorial: A miscarriage of justice in the making  St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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