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WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani, the disgraced former New York City mayor who tried to overturn former President Donald Trump’s election loss, was disbarred in New York state on Tuesday, a new blow to the team that spread lies about massive voter fraud after Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory.Giuliani, who faces charges in Georgia and Arizona and is an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal election interference case brought against Trump by special counsel Jack Smith, had no “good faith basis” to believe the falsehoods he spread about the election, according to an order issued Tuesday. Some of the false statements cited…

Listen to the article 4 minutes This audio is automatically generated. Please feel free to give us your feedback. Dive summary: School districts have on average operated 2,739 different educational technology tools in the 2023-24 school year, an 8% increase from an average of 2,518 tools the previous school year, according to a recent report from Instructure’s LearnPlatform, an education technology platform that helps districts research and select digital learning products. According to the LearnPlatform report, the average number of unique educational technology tools used by students and teachers has seen a slight increase. In 2023-24, students accessed 45 different…

Image source, Cheshire PoliceLegend, Lucy Letby had previously been convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others.Item informationAuthor, Judith Moritz and PA MediaRole, BBC NewsJuly 2, 2024, 3:09 PM BSTUpdated 29 minutes agoFormer nurse Lucy Letby has been found guilty of attempting to kill a premature baby girl.The 34-year-old was found guilty of attempted murder of the child, known in court as Baby K, after a retrial.In a statement, Baby K’s family described having to endure a “long, tortuous and emotional journey – twice.”“Today, justice has been served. But it does not erase the extreme pain, anger…

A dengue fever alert has been issued in the Florida Keys following two confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne disease.The local warning comes a week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a national advisory about the increased risk of dengue virus infections in the United States.Although most of the dengue cases reported in the states so far this year are travel-related, the two cases that triggered the alert in the Florida Keys were acquired locally, according to Florida Department of Health officials in Monroe County.A total of 2,241 cases of dengue fever have been reported so far this…

Tuesday July 2, 2024 The flight cancellation rate since the beginning of the year is only 1.4% during a summer tourist season that is breaking all records. WASHINGTON – Despite record levels of air travel this year, figures from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) show that the flight cancellation rate for the first half of 2024 was just 1.4%, nearly the lowest rate in more than a decade. The latest airline data reported to the US Department of Transportation shows that weather continues to be the leading cause of flight cancellations. On June 23, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Post a comment on Reddit, answer a coding question on Stack Overflow, edit a Wikipedia entry or share a baby photo on your public Facebook or Instagram feed and you’re also helping to train the next generation of artificial intelligence.Not everyone agrees with this, especially as the same online forums they’ve been contributing to for years are increasingly flooded with AI-generated comments mimicking what real humans might say.Some longtime users have tried to delete their past posts or rewrite them in gibberish, but the protests have had little effect. A handful of governments, including Brazil’s privacy regulator…

A somewhat subjective assessment of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10.9/10: Wait, another July day with minus 32 degrees, not humid and still sunny? Let’s celebrate!Today: Sunny, low humidity. Highs: 84-88.This evening: Partly cloudy. Lows: 63-69.Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. Highs: 86-89.Our start to July isn’t exactly a fireworks show, as we avoid 90 degrees for a few more days with comfortably low humidity. However, by the Fourth of July holiday, we’ll be back to more of DC’s summer soup with warmer temperatures, higher humidity, and daily thunderstorm risks that will unfortunately make vacation planning more complicated despite…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution sponsored by China with U.S. support urging wealthy developed countries to close the widening gap with poorer developing nations and ensure they have equal opportunities to use and benefit from artificial intelligence.The resolution approved Monday follows the adoption on March 21 of the first UN resolution on artificial intelligence Led by the United States and co-sponsored by 123 countries, including China, it provided global support for the international effort to ensure that AI is “safe, secure and trustworthy” and that all nations can benefit from it. The adoption…

Louisiana Tech University President Jim Henderson is integrating two of the institution’s key external functions, university advancement and its innovation enterprise, under the leadership of a new senior vice president for innovation and advancement and CEO of the Louisiana Tech University Foundation. Dr. Davy Norris has been selected to fill this critical role and provide leadership for the growth and integration of innovation, public-private partnerships, philanthropy and economic development in support of the university. “Working with the Louisiana Tech University Board of Trustees and Executive Committee over the past six months has leveraged existing resources and personnel. Bringing these entities…

Down angle icon An angle icon pointing down. Tesla has sought to boost sales with financing offers and discounted prices. Kevin Winter/Getty Images Tesla sales fell nearly 5% in the second quarter.Performance was not as bad as analysts had expected.Tesla shares rose more than 8% after the news. Tesla sales fell for a second straight quarter, down nearly 5% from the same period a year ago.While the drop in deliveries is another sign that the slowdown in the electric vehicle industry is finally taking its toll on Elon Musk’s Tesla, Tuesday’s numbers weren’t as bad as some analysts had expected,…