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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Sunday was supposed to be one of the busiest days of the year for travel in the United States, and Indianapolis was no exception. AAA predicted that nearly 70.9 million travelers would travel 50 miles or more from home for the holiday. That’s up 5% from last year and up 8% from 2019, making it the biggest travel weekend ever for the Fourth of July weekend. Additionally, the Transportation Security Administration predicted its employees would screen more than 3 million people at 434 airports across the country on Sunday. Indiana University graduates Ben La Kier and Max…

Northwestern College in south suburban Oak Lawn, formerly known as Northwestern Business College, more than a century old, permanently closed Saturday, according to a notice on its website. The message about the abrupt closure said the “difficult decision” to cease operations was made by the college administration “after careful analysis of its current and projected financial situation.” “Northwestern College has provided highly skilled professionals to the Chicago area for more than 122 years, and while we are saddened by the need to end our educational mission, we will uphold our legacy in the thousands of graduates who have been a…

A motorcyclist died from suspected heat exposure and another was hospitalized with severe heat illness Saturday amid record-breaking temperatures in Death Valley National Park in California, park officials said.The deceased motorcyclist was not identified or described by age or gender, and the condition of the hospitalized patient was not available.The Inyo County coroner’s office did not immediately respond to a request for information.Four other people from the same group of riders were treated at the scene for “heat stress,” Nichole L. Andler, a national park ranger, said by email Sunday.The park service said in a statement Sunday that the six…

Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) CEO said in a hearing before the Indonesian House of Representatives that the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) is moving forward with its plan to merge Garuda and Pelita Air (IP, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) into the state-owned tourism holding company PT Aviasi Pariwisata Indonesia, better known as InJourney. However, this will only happen when Garuda’s equity becomes positive. “It was envisaged that Garuda would join InJourney once its equity is positive to avoid burdening InJourney,” CEO Irfan Setiaputra said at the hearing on July 3, 2024 in Jakarta. “Discussions are ongoing regarding the merger model, timing…

Jakarta, Indonesia/SingaporeReuters Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto wants to offer free meals to schoolchildren, but the plan and his promise to be “bold” on spending are straining the country’s debt and currency markets. Prabowo and his team have tried to distance themselves from any suggestion of fiscal profligacy and assure market participants that the new government will respect legal debt limits that cap its budget deficit at three percent of economic output. Students enjoy their meals during a trial of a free meal program for students at a middle school in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, February 29, 2024.…

The layoffs in the tech sector don’t stop. After starting in 2023, many companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook parent company Meta, and Amazon, among others, are continuing to cut jobs in 2024. Recently, Microsoft laid off a large number of people in product and program management roles, which impacted multiple teams and geographies. It is worth noting that despite these job cuts, major tech companies continue to launch new AI features and products. Here, we have listed some reasons why the CEOs of these tech giants have cited job cuts.Meta heads towards ‘year of efficiency’The parent company of Facebook, Instagram…

Shunsaku Sagami, fondateur et PDG de M&A Research Institute, une société cotée à Tokyo, a utilisé l’intelligence artificielle pour donner à son activité de fusions et acquisitions un avantage concurrentiel. Aujourd’hui, le jeune homme de 33 ans cherche à reproduire ce succès à l’étranger. UNEn tant que joueur de mahjong passionné, Shunsaku Sagami déploie des compétences telles que l’évaluation des risques, l’observation minutieuse et la réflexion stratégique pour vaincre ses adversaires, ce qui n’est pas sans rappeler son approche des affaires. L’entrepreneur a pris des risques il y a six ans lorsqu’il a lancé sa société de courtage en fusions…

The United Nations recently declared 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ). Many events will be dedicated to quantum science and technology (S&T), including to raise awareness of its concepts and explore its benefits for humanity.Applications of quantum mechanics are an emerging technology, but quantum science and technology have not yet attracted the public attention of artificial intelligence (AI) or genome editing. However, applications of quantum science and technology in three areas—quantum computing, quantum sensors, and quantum communications—are at different stages of development around the world.What is responsible quantum science and technology?Quantum science and technology is…

Washington — Several senior House Democrats said Sunday that President Biden should end his re-election campaign following his recent debate performancemultiple people told CBS News.Reps. Jerry Nadler of New York, Mark Takano of California, Adam Smith of Washington and Joe Morelle of New York said Sunday during a Zoom meeting with the House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries that Mr. Biden should drop out of the race, according to a person on the call and three others familiar with the meeting. Reps. Jim Himes of Connecticut, Don Beyer of Virginia and Jamie Raskin of Maryland also expressed skepticism about the president’s…

Loose alliance of left-wing parties becomes biggest parliamentary bloc as vote delivers hung parliament.A loose alliance of left-wing parties has won the most seats in France’s high-stakes legislative elections, beating both the far right and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition. No one group won an absolute majority in the 577-seat National Assembly in Sunday’s run-off vote, plunging France into political limbo with no clear path to forming a new government, two days before a major NATO summit and three weeks before the Paris Olympic Games. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said he would offer Macon his resignation on Monday but was…