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Read More »What to expect when (or if) Elon Musk launches a Tesla robotaxi service
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been promising self-driving cars for a decade, and the moment of truth may finally be here. Musk, who’s mostly back in the private sector after his chain saw-wielding turn in the Trump administration, has said that Tesla plans to launch a robotaxi service in Austin, …
Read More »Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil returns home to New York area
NEWARK, N.J. — Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student released after more than three months in ICE detention, arrived in the New York metropolitan area on Saturday. Khalil greeted reporters and supporters as he pushed a stroller through Newark International Airport. Immigration authorities had arrested Khalil, 30, in March at …
Read More »He was biking across Iran and documenting it on TikTok. Then war broke out.
From navigating tough weather in Australia to being questioned by police in Egypt, Ian Andersen has faced many challenges in his journeys biking across continents and documenting them on social media. But the American creator, known as “ridewithian” to his 43,300 followers on TikTok, never had war on his list …
Read More »8 killed, 13 injured after hot-air balloon catches fire and falls in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — A hot-air balloon caught fire and tumbled from the sky on Saturday in Brazil ’s southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people, firefighters said. Footage shared by local news outlet G1 showed billows of smoke coming from the balloon in flames as it hurtled toward …
Read More »Searchers recover 2nd body after rockfall near Canada’s Banff National Park hiking trail
CALGARY, Alberta — Search teams located a second body Friday following a massive rockfall off a hiking trail in Canada’s Banff National Park. The University of Alberta confirmed one of the two people killed in the rockfall in Banff National Park was retired educator Jutta Hinrichs, who was a leader …
Read More »Tech tycoon Lynch’s doomed Bayesian yacht lifted to surface
Salvage experts lifted Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht to the surface and began pumping seawater out of it on Saturday, 10 months after it sank off the coast of Sicily, killing the British tech tycoon, his teenage daughter and five others. Work resumed at first light, with one of the most …
Read More »With Emmy voting underway, Ramón Rodríguez of ‘Will Trent’ aims to break barriers for Latinos on TV
A Latino actor has never won an Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama series, and “Will Trent” star Ramón Rodríguez hopes he’ll be the one to break that barrier. “It’s a sad and unfortunate reality,” the Puerto Rican actor said. “It’s not why I do what I do, …
Read More »Inside the life of the NWSL’s youngest player
“I am always thriving to get better, not just physically, but also mentally and emotionally,” she said. “And I would just say it’s a satisfaction of creating a goal and then achieving it. And working really hard and seeing all that hard work really pay off.” Mak is the youngest …
Read More »Pakistan to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Pakistan said on Saturday it would recommend U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, an accolade that he has said he craves, for his work in helping to resolve the recent conflict between India and Pakistan. Some analysts in Pakistan said the move might persuade Trump to think …
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