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Decoding AI: Rishi Sunak’s call for action

Published Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:58:06 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast Amazon Music Over 100 leading figures from the biggest tech companies and governments across the globe have assembled for Britain’s two-day AI Safety summit. The UK hopes the event will galvanize power players into agreeing common aims to regulate the growth of artificial intelligence.In th...

Biden will travel to Lewiston, Maine, Friday in wake of mass shooting

Published Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:58:06 GMT

(CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Lewiston, Maine, on Friday, to pay their respects after 18 people were killed there in a mass shooting last week.“The President and First Lady will pay respects to the victims of this horrific attack and grieve with families and community members, as well as meet with first responders, nurses, and others on the front lines of the response,” the White House said in statement.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Video evidence shown, bishop and wedding videographer testify in trial of man accused in Pelham, NH wedding shooting 

Published Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:58:06 GMT

Video evidence was shown and both a bishop and a wedding videographer testified as trial proceedings continued Wednesday for the man accused in connection with a shooting at a wedding in Pelham, New Hampshire in 2019. Both the bride and the bishop were shot. Roughly four years after the shooting, video this week provided a first look at what happened inside the New England Pentecostal Church.Dale Holloway is facing two counts of attempted murder in the shooting. In video played in court, the wedding can be seen proceeding before shots ring out. “The bishop went down. I went down also because I feared for my life at that point,” said the bride’s brother-in-law James Merchant. “I was that close.” Merchant had been recording the wedding. Wounded by gunfire, both the bride and the bishop survived the attack. Speaking this week, the 79-year-old bishop told the jury what he experienced as he was shot just below his throat. Bishop Stanley Choate said the ...

Red Sox (offseason) notebook: Betts bets on Bauer

Published Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:58:06 GMT

Mookie Betts announced himself as an unexpected advocate for former Dodgers teammate, Trevor Bauer, to get another chance in Major League Baseball.“My experience with Bauer is not anything remotely close to what everyone else’s experience is. I love him, I think he’s an awesome guy. The personal things? I have no control,” the former Red Sox star told the LA Times while at the World Series filming content for the league. “He’s an awesome pitcher. He’s a great guy.”Betts and Bauer were teammates on the Dodgers in 2021, after Bauer signed a three-year, $102 million contract. That June, a San Diego woman sought an order of protection against Bauer, and alleged that he’d committed sexual battery against her on two occasions. MLB placed him on administrative leave – and extended said leave nine times – as they investigated.In April 2022, the league handed down an unprecedented 324-game suspension, more than twice the length of the previous record, under their Joint Domestic Violenc...

MIAA statewide boys soccer tournament pairings

Published Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:58:06 GMT

DIVISION 1SEEDS: 1. Concord-Carlisle (15-0-1); 2. Needham (14-2-2); 3. Acton-Boxborough (12-1-3); 4. St. John’s Prep (14-1-2); 5. Weymouth (12-3-4); 6. Brookline (11-6-1); 7. Newton North (8-5-5); 8. Newton South (8-4-5); 9. Lowell (16-3-1); 10. Franklin (13-0-5); 11. Winchester (13-1-2); 12. Brockton (11-3-2); 13. Framingham (9-7-2); 14. Natick (6-7-3); 15. Boston College High (10-5-3); 16. Leominster (11-4-3); 17. Lincoln-Sudbury (6-5-5); 18. Braintree (9-5-4); 19. Cambridge Rindge & Latin (8-7-1); 20. Ludlow (15-1-2); 21. Somerville (15-2-1); 22. North Andover (11-3-4); 23. Attleboro (13-1-4); 24. Shrewsbury (9-7-2); 25. Beverly (11-5-2); 26. Saint John’s (9-7-2); 27. Algonquin (9-7-2); 28. Barnstable (10-3-5); 29. Westford Academy (7-9-0); 30. Belmont (10-5-4); 31. Lexington (8-4-7); 32. Peabody Veterans (8-3-5); 33. Durfee (9-3-4); 34. Plymouth North (12-2-4); 35. Medford (11-6-1); 36. Boston Latin (7-7-4); 37. King Philip Regional (8-5-5); 38. New Bedford (6-5-...

Cher to headline 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Published Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:58:06 GMT

Joseph Wilkinson | New York Daily NewsNEW YORK — Cher will come out of “retirement” to perform in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, appearing in the lineup just before the only star big enough to have the “Believe” singer as an opener: Santa Claus.The Grammy-, Emmy- and Oscar-winner will perform at the end of the 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan, thrilling the audience before the man of the hour closes the festivities.Timing will be perfect for the 77-year-old superstar, who just released her first new album in five years, “Christmas.” She’s also expected to drop a 25th anniversary edition of 1998’s “Believe” on Friday.This year’s parade will begin 30 minutes earlier than usual, at 8:30 a.m., to accommodate a packed schedule of performers and celebrities, Macy’s announced Wednesday.“Our talented team of Macy’s Studios artisans and production specialists work year-round to deliver the nation’s most beloved holiday event, live on Thanksgiving morning,” parade...

Callahan: Could Bill Belichick coach the Washington Commanders next season?

Published Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:58:06 GMT

Sure, it’s hard to picture.Bill Belichick pacing another sideline in another team’s colors, sneering and snorting at another team’s press conferences after 24 years in New England.Then again, so was a 2-6 start to this season.And a sub.-500 record for Belichick over a three-and-a half-year span.And a Belichick-coached team ever sitting last in the AFC, having committed the second-most penalties in the league with the NFL’s third-worst turnover margin.Yet, here we are.The Patriots are a bad football team. Their roster is starved for blue-chip talent and a quarterback of the future. Belichick hand-picked every person in his locker room, front office and coaching ranks. He is responsible for everything.If the Pats continue charging toward a 4-13 or 5-12 finish, it only reasons the door could swing open for Belichick to leave this January. Few NFL coaches or GMs survive a four-year run with a 45% winning percentage, let alone when that person is one and the same....

Bob Knight, legendary former Indiana University basketball coach, dies

Published Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:58:06 GMT

(WXIN/WTTV) — Legendary former Indiana University men's basketball coach Bob Knight has died at the age of 83, his family announced Wednesday on his website."It is with heavy hearts that we share that Coach Bob Knight passed away at his home in Bloomington surrounded by his family," the post read. "We are grateful for all the thoughts and prayers, and appreciate the continued respect for our privacy as Coach requested a private family gathering, which is being honored.  We will continue to celebrate his life and remember him, today and forever as a beloved Husband, Father, Coach, and Friend." New details revealed in Matthew Perry’s death; cause not yet determined According to the family, in lieu of flowers, people should consider honoring Knight with a memorial contribution to the Alzheimer's Association or Marian University in Indianapolis."Donations to any charity in his name are also appreciated," the family ended their post.Knight was hospitalized in April with an illness, his...

Alex Murdaugh doesn’t want the judge from his murder trial deciding if he gets a new day in court

Published Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:58:06 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh are asking South Carolina’s highest court to prevent the judge who presided over his murder trial from playing a role in the next phase of Murdaugh’s legal odyssey.Lawyers for the disbarred attorney want to block Judge Clifton Newman from hearing Murdaugh’s request for a new trial. They also want the state Supreme Court to remove Newman from an upcoming case prosecuting Murdaugh over a string of financial crimes that prosecutors say he committed as his life spiraled out of control in the years before he killed his wife and son.Wednesday’s request was part of Murdaugh’s appeal of the guilty verdicts and life sentence from his trial last spring.His lawyers said elected Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill allegedly tampered with the murder trial jury by asking jurors their opinions on his guilt or innocence before the trial was over, suggesting to them she thought he was guilty an...

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has shaken the Timor region of Indonesia

Published Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:58:06 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck the Timor region in Indonesia on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.It had a depth of 36.1 kilometers and its epicenter was located 21 kilometers (13 miles) north-northeast of Kupang, Indonesia.Indonesia is a seismically active archipelago of 270 million people that is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.The Associated Press