Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore will sit out a second straight WNBA season to continue her push for criminal justice reform January 23, 2020, 1:37 AM 2 min read MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore will sit out a second straight WNBA season to continue her push for criminal justice reform. Moore told The […]
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Large numbers of Iowans traditionally break for a candidate in the last week; this year, with four candidates knotted up at the top, many voters are not expected to decide until caucus night. The Buttigieg campaign’s ground game is designed to present undecided caucusgoers who enter their precincts with tightly knit cells of Buttigieg supporters.
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Health officials said Wednesday they are actively monitoring 16 people who came into close contact with the traveler to China who became the first U.S. resident with a new and potentially deadly virus January 23, 2020, 1:12 AM 2 min read SHORELINE, Wash. — Health officials said Wednesday they are actively monitoring 16 people who
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Daniel Craig, who played James Bond in Spectre, also filmed in Austria for the film A man who suffered “career ending injuries” during filming for the James Bond movie Spectre has settled a high court damages claim. Terry Madden, of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, said his legs were crushed when a
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWATCH: This deepfake software can map celebrity faces on to anyone “We are already at the point where you can’t tell the difference between deepfakes and the real thing,” Professor Hao Li of the University of Southern California tells the BBC. “It’s scary.” We are at the
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Seventeen big cats rescued from circuses in Guatemala have been given a new home at a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa. The team from Animal Defenders International moved the lions and tigers after persuading the Guatemalan government to enforce a 2018 ban on animals in circuses. The animal conservation and protection group said the tigers
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Thanks to the increasing sophistication of so-called deepfake video technology, it is getting easier and easier to turn yourself into somebody else on screen. At this year’s Davos summit, Jaewoo Seo of technology firm Pinscreen alters his face to resemble a succession of celebrities: K-pop singer Jennie, US actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith, footballer
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Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has met with Maryland lawmakers to discuss allowing sports betting at a new stadium in the state By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press January 23, 2020, 12:44 AM 3 min read ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder met with Maryland lawmakers to discuss allowing sports betting at a new
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WASHINGTON — Hours into the first long night of President Trump’s impeachment trial on Tuesday, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont kept checking his watch. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts sipped hot water — one of two drinks allowed in the chamber — to warm up. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota jotted down notes. And Senator
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The cellphone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was hacked in what appeared to be an attempt by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to “influence, if not silence” the newspaper’s reporting on the kingdom, two U.N. human rights experts said Wednesday. The U.N. experts called for an “immediate
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