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Canelo Álvarez’s Potential Fight with David Benavidez Holding Promising Payday
Click or not...With Mexican boxer Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez’s new fight announcement for September, boxing fans have been speculating on who his next rival might be. After defeating John Ryder, Canelo has challenged Dmitry Bivol for a potential rematch. Nonetheless, promoter Sampson Lewkowick has confirmed Benavídez’s team has offered a hefty sum of around 50 million fixed dollars […] Read more...
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Grim Discovery in Mexico: Human Remains Found at Bottom of Ravine
Click or not...On Tuesday, Mexican authorities made a shocking discovery in the western state of Jalisco. At the bottom of a 40-meter cliff, 45 bags with human remains were located in a ravine. Initial medical examinations have tentatively determined that the remains could correspond to eight young people reported missing last month. The Mexican prosecutor’s office has […] Read more...
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Carvana Takes a Step Towards Profitability With New Ad Campaign and Debt Ceiling Deal
Click or not...The used car dealer Carvana (CVNA 19.16%) is seeing a boost in its share prices following a successful debt-ceiling deal and the launch of a new national ad campaign. Is this a sign that the company is on the upswing? Carvana, an online used car dealer, had seen a sharp pullback in spending in recent […] Read more...
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Lionel Messi Says Goodbye To PSG With His Last Game This Saturday
Click or not...Paris Saint Germain (PSG) will bid adieu to its star player Lionel Messi this Saturday in a match against Clermont. Messi, who has been with PSG for a year following his move from Barcelona, will take center stage at the Parc des Princes for one final time. The news marks an end of an era […] Read more...
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Elon Musk Regains Title as Richest Person on Earth
Click or not...Elon Musk, the charismatic founder of Tesla Inc., has recaptured his title as the world’s richest person, overtaking luxury tycoon Bernard Arnault. The two have been locked in a tight race for the top slot in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. This challenge began in December, when Arnault overtook Musk on the list due to the […] Read more...
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Arming Teachers Leaves Educators Divided and Schools Unsafe
Click or not...As schools around the nation look for ways to protect their students, the debate surrounding the arming of teachers resurfaces consistently. A recent survey conducted by the RAND Corporation found that while one in five teachers would be interested in bringing a gun to school, the majority do not believe it would make students any […] Read more...
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Peso Pluma Redefines Mexican Regional Music
Click or not...Mexican artist Peso Pluma has conquered the Latin music scene with a distinct sound, redefining Mexican regional music. His unique blend of traditional norteño elements with rap beats and other styles has caught the attention of some of the biggest stars in Latin pop music, pushing the boundaries of Latin music further toward the future. […] Read more...
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Del Moral Makes Historic Bid to Lead Mexico’s Most Populous State
Click or not...Alejandra del Moral is the coalition’s candidate for the governorship of the State of Mexico, and her story of resilience and hope amidst a deeply fractured political landscape has become the focus of an election that many are seeing as a thermometer for the 2024 presidential election. Del Moral was kidnapped at age 18, an […] Read more...
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Colombia Rejoins South American Union
Click or not...After a two-year absence, Colombia is rejoining the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and signaling its commitment to improved relations with neighboring Venezuela. President Gustavo Petro made the announcement on Tuesday via his verified Twitter account. To guarantee pluralism and permanence, he asked for a name change: the Association of South American Nations. The […] Read more...
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The Future of Artificial Intelligence: The Rise of Personal Digital Agents
Click or not...As technology advances, so too does our understanding of the potential applications of artificial intelligence. Recently, a new vision of the future of AI has been proposed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Gates believes that the future of AI lies in the creation of “personal digital agents.” These agents are envisioned to be powerful, intelligent […] Read more...
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State Farm Pulls Home and Business Insurance from California
Click or not...Climate change is driving up the cost of business in California — and now one of the leading insurers in the state has had enough. On Friday, State Farm announced that it would no longer be accepting new applications for home and business insurance in California. This historic shift, which has come in response to […] Read more...
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The Future of Paralysis Treatment: Quadriplegic Man Walks Again Thanks to AI-Trained Brain DeviceClick or not...A remarkable medical breakthrough that could revolutionize paralysis treatment was recently achieved at the Vaud University Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland. A team of neuroscientists have developed a brain-spine interface that has enabled a quadriplegic man to stand and walk again. The team, led by professor Gregoire Courtine of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in […] Read more...
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Battle to Contain Canadian Wildfires Intensifies as 16,000 Evacuate
Click or not...Residents of Nova Scotia in Canada are facing record-breaking heat and dealing with raging wildfires that have already scorched 10,000 hectares, forcing more than 16,000 people to evacuate their homes and prompting a burning ban. The fires have already destroyed more than 200 homes or structures, and the Halifax Township estimates that around 16,429 people […] Read more...
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Neuralink Makes a Major Move with FDA Approval for Human Trials
Click or not...Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink has made a major move in the medical device world, achieving FDA approval to begin human clinical trials for its brain-computer interface technology. The technology could eventually be used to restore sight and mobility to people with disabilities, represent a major leap forward in restoring damaged neurological functions, and even bridge […] Read more...
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Signs Repressive, Homophobic Law
Click or not...Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed one of the most repressive and anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, in spite of widespread international condemnation and criticism from developed countries, including the US. The far-reaching bill prescribes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, as well as life imprisonment for same-sex sexual relationships. The bill also penalizes sex […] Read more...
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Deal Reached in US Debt Ceiling Negotiations
Click or not...After days of arduous negotiations, President Joe Biden and Republican House leaders have reached an agreement in principle on raising the US debt ceiling, avoiding a catastrophic default. The agreement, which is yet to be formally announced, is set to remove the existing $31.4 trillion debt ceiling over a two-year period. This keeps President Biden […] Read more...
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Tough Legislation to Combat Fentanyl Leads to Debate Over Mass Incarceration
Click or not...On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl (HALT) Act, a bill that would permanently classify fentanyl-related substances (FRS) as Schedule I drugs and subject them to the toughest federal prison terms and penalties. But while the legislation has been lauded by some for its attempts to combat the […] Read more...
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France Bans Domestic Flights of Less Than Two and a Half Hours
Click or not...The French government has taken a positive step to reduce carbon emissions and curb climate change: it has passed a new law banning domestic air travel between cities that are connected by a train journey of less than two and a half hours. This rule will immediately affect air routes between Paris and Nantes, Bordeaux, […] Read more...
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Target Bows to Extremist Pressure, Removes Pride-Themed Apparel
Click or not...The recent decision by Target to remove some of its Pride-themed merchandise from its store shelves has stunned and outraged the LGBTQ+ community and sparked debate over the broader national conversation surrounding the civil rights of transgender people. It began earlier this month when Target introduced two lines of beachwear with non-gender-affirming designs for trans […] Read more...
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Tina Turner, Queen of Rock and Roll, Passes Away at 83
Click or not...Tina Turner, the iconic musician, entertainer, singer, model, and songwriter, who held generations of fans in the palm of her hand, has passed away at the age of 83. From her humble beginnings as a young girl in a Tennessee farmhouse, Tina Turner achieved what many would think impossible and became one of the country’s […] Read more...
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Prince Harry Denied Right to Pay for Police Protection in UK
Click or not...Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, has lost his second attempt in court to gain permission to pay for police protection when visiting the United Kingdom. The British royal asked the High Court for permission to appeal a prior decision that had denied him the right to pay specialized members of the police for his protection […] Read more...
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Apple Partners With Broadcom to Build 5G Components in the US
Click or not...Andrew Burton/Getty Images In a move that supports the US economy and further strengthens its technological competitive edge, Apple Inc has struck a multi-billion-dollar deal with semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom Inc. to build 5G RF components in the US. These components, which would be used in Apple devices, will be designed and manufactured at Broadcom’s Fort […] Read more...
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Citi Drops Sale of Mexican Subsidiary, Opts for Public Offering
Click or not...Citi announced on Wednesday that it has ceased its efforts to sell its Mexican subsidiary and will instead pursue a public offering (IPO) of the company’s shares in 2025. The bank is in the process of separation of its consumer banking, small and medium enterprise banking operations in Mexico – which will be the ones […] Read more...
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Missing Children and Hope for their Rescue in the Colombian Jungle
Click or not...In the remote jungles of Colombia, the search is still on for four missing children and hope endures that they will be found alive and well. The search and rescue operation, dubbed “Operation Esperanza”, continues for the infants, aged 13, 9, 4 and 11 months, whose mother was tragically killed in the crash of a […] Read more...
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MTA Suspends Use of Twitter for Service Alerts
Click or not...People walk off of a subway train at a Brooklyn station Nov. 18, 2020, in New York City.Spencer Platt / Getty Images file The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the largest transportation network in the United States, has decided on Thursday cut ties with the platform owned by Elon Musk after Twitter asked the MTA to […] Read more...
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US Economy Slows to 1.1% Growth in First Quarter
Click or not...The US economy cooled in the first quarter of 2023, registering a 1.1% growth in the period from January to March, according to the Office of Economic Analysis. This was well below the estimates of the main market surveys, which indicated a 2% rise, and a significant decline from the 2.6% registered in the fourth […] Read more...
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Biden Administration Seeks to Curb Irregular Migration with New Legal Pathways
Click or not...As the health emergency in the United States due to the pandemic is set to expire on May 11, the Biden Administration is taking steps to prevent an influx of irregular migration. The Administration has laid out a host of new measures and initiatives in order to create more legal pathways for immigrants to enter […] Read more...
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DeSantis Accused of Punishing Disney for Exercise of Free Speech
Click or not...Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is facing a legal challenge from Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, which accused the potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate of using his political power to punish the company for exercising its right to free speech. The conflict began when Disney publicly criticized the state for its “Don’t Say Gay” law, which […] Read more...
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Mexican Court Rules Against Ecocide in Jilotzingo, Protecting Forest Reserve Area
Click or not...A judge in Mexico’s State of Mexico has issued a ruling against a planned mega-residential project that would have destroyed a forest reserve area. The ruling revokes all permits issued to the Funtanet family, which had been authorized by the former Governor Eruviel Avila Villegas. The project, known as Bosque Diamante, had proposed building 20,000 […] Read more...
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New York Democrats Push for Safer Battery Regulations After Fires
Click or not...As electric bikes, scooters, and other consumer and commercial products come equipped with lithium-ion batteries, the risk of fires due to manufacturing defects and overheating has increased dramatically. According to the New York City Fire Department, there have been over 400 fires caused by these batteries in the past four years, with over 300 people […] Read more...
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Gervonta Davis Defends Title with Seventh Round KO of Ryan Garcia
Click or not...In an epic battle in Las Vegas, Gervonta Davis defended his title with a seventh-round knockout of Ryan Garcia in front of a sold-out crowd of 20,842. After a cagey opening round, the fight exploded in the second, with Garcia unleashing a flurry of punches before Davis countered with a perfectly timed left hook that […] Read more...
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Disney World Employee Accused of Videotaping Women for Years
Click or not...A former Disney World theme park employee has been arrested and charged in Florida after allegedly videotaping a park guest up her skirt late last month, and may have been attacking other park goers for years. Jorge Díaz Vega, 26, was arrested on March 31 on suspicion of video voyeurism and held on $2,500 bail. […] Read more...
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Florida Woman Kidnapped and Sexually Assaulted While Delivering for DoorDash
Click or not...In a horrifying incident in Tampa, Florida, a female DoorDash driver was kidnapped and sexually assaulted while making a delivery on Sunday, April 18th. The suspect, Joseph Killins, 38, was taken into custody late Friday night and faces charges of kidnapping, assault, and other related crimes. The woman had been making a delivery at the […] Read more...
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CBP Arrests Truck Driver with 3.5 Million Fentanyl Pills Valued at $21.1 Million
Click or not...Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detained the driver of a tractor-trailer carrying green beans at the Otay Mesa port in San Diego, California, after finding around 800 pounds of fentanyl hidden among the products. After conducting a “non-intrusive” search, officers discovered more than 3.5 million fentanyl pills valued at $21.1 million. The driver, a 48-year-old […] Read more...
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Florida Immigration Proposals Put Undocumented Immigrants at Risk
Click or not...The United States is known for being the country with the largest number of immigrants in the world, with more than 45 million immigrants representing 13.6% of the total population. Unfortunately, many of these immigrants are in an irregular situation, with the Pew Research Center estimating that there are around 10.5 million undocumented immigrants in […] Read more...
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The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and the President of the United States, Joe Biden meet today for the first time in the White House
Click or not...President Joe Biden and Colombian President Gustavo Petro will meet at the White House to discuss a variety of topics, including climate change, regional security, and sanctions against Venezuela. The meeting, which will be the first joint meeting between the two leaders in the White House, is highly anticipated as it could set the tone […] Read more...
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30,000 Doses of Marijuana Seized on Road to Meta
Click or not...In a recent seizure that has raised red flags for authorities, Colombian police have captured a vehicle on the road between Girardot and Bogotá carrying 30,000 doses of marijuana. The driver of the vehicle, who was found to be transporting the illegal substance, was taken into custody in the municipality of Nilo. The Department of […] Read more...
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Mexicans to Decide Fate of Country’s Most Populous State at First Debate
Click or not...Mexico’s State of Mexico is gearing up for an important election, and the first gubernatorial debate between the two candidates is set to take place this Thursday. Delfina Gómez of the Juntos Hacemos Historia coalition, which includes Morena, the Green Party, and the Labor Party, will face off against Alejandra del Moral of the Va […] Read more...
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Biden Administration Faces Challenges as Migrant Crossings Increase at US-Mexico Border
Click or not...As the Biden administration continues to grapple with the ongoing crisis at the US-Mexico border, new figures released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have revealed a 25% increase in the number of migrant crossings during March. This increase comes despite the ongoing implementation of the Covid-19-era border restriction known as Title 42, which […] Read more...
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84-Year-Old Accused of Shooting Black Teen for Mistakenly Going to Wrong Home
Click or not...On April 13, a shocking incident occurred in Kansas City when an 84-year-old man allegedly shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl after the teen went to the wrong address to pick up his siblings. The homeowner, Andrew Lester, had told police he was “scared to death” of the boy’s size and fired shots immediately after answering the […] Read more...
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Two Tons of Cocaine Seized by Italian Police in Record Drug Bust
Click or not...Italian police have made an unprecedented drug bust, seizing two tons of cocaine off the coast of the city of Catania. The seizure, valued at around 400 million euros, is the largest of its kind in the country. The finding occurred during a routine control flight off the eastern coast of Sicily, when the body’s […] Read more...
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Leaked Pentagon Documents Reveal US Intelligence Gathering on China
Click or not...Recently leaked classified documents have revealed that a number of Western special forces are operating inside Ukraine, without specifying their activities or location. The documents, which have been circulating online, show that the largest contingent is from the United Kingdom (50 agents), followed by Latvia (17), France (15), the United States (14) and the Netherlands […] Read more...
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OpenAI and Dall-E Team Up To Create the First Humanoid Robot With AI Brain: 1X Unveiled
Click or not...OpenAI and Dall-E have joined forces to finance 1X, a Norwegian company that has created the world’s first humanoid robot controlled by a powerful artificial intelligence (AI) brain. This new machine has the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with computers and robots. The 1X robot is equipped with a human-like body and facial […] Read more...
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Suspect Arrested in Murder of Cash App Founder Bob LeeClick or not...San Francisco police have arrested Nima Momeni, a 38-year-old tech executive, in connection with the death of Cash App founder and cryptocurrency firm executive Bob Lee earlier this month. Police believe the attack was not a robbery attempt or a random attack. Lee, 43, was found stabbed to death in downtown San Francisco near the […] Read more...
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Feds Take Action on Fentanyl-Xylazine “Emerging Threat”
Click or not...The White House Drug Czar, Dr. Rahul Gupta, has declared that fentanyl mixed with xylazine, a potent non-opioid veterinary sedative that is not approved for human consumption and has been linked to a growing number of overdose deaths in the United States, represents a “emerging threat” in the country. In response, Dr. Gupta has called […] Read more...
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Crime in San Francisco: City Struggles with Increase in Drug Use and Thefts
Click or not...San Francisco is facing an increase in crime, with drug use and thefts becoming increasingly common in the city. Recent reports show that the city has lost 335 officers since 2017, leaving the police force with fewer resources to tackle the rising crime. The problem has been particularly noticeable in the downtown area, where one […] Read more...
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Five Killed, Eight Injured in Shooting at Louisville Bank
Click or not...Five people were killed and eight were injured in a shooting at a Louisville, Kentucky, bank on Monday. The victims, ranging in age from 40 to 64, were identified as Joshua Barrick, Juliana Farmer, Tommy Elliott, James Tutt and Deana Eckert. The gunman was identified by police as 25-year-old bank employee Connor Sturgeon. Police said […] Read more...
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China and US Join Italy in Pushing for Regulations on ChatGPTs
Click or not...In a move to address the risks posed by artificial intelligence, the United States and China have joined Italy in announcing steps towards the regulation of AI programs. These steps come as the Biden administration has opened a 60-day period for public comment on how to legislate against the unintended effects of these programs, which […] Read more...
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Bolivia fights against the shortage of dollars while the demand skyrockets
Click or not...In Bolivia, the demand for dollars has skyrocketed in recent days, causing long lines at the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), while citizens scramble to access foreign currency. BCB staff have been working around the clock in an attempt to meet the needs of the public, but the banks simply do not have enough dollars […] Read more...
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Dalai Lama Apologizes After Video of Controversial Interaction with Boy Circulates
Click or not...The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, has issued an apology after a video of a controversial interaction with a young boy circulated online. In the video, the Dalai Lama kisses the boy on the mouth and then asks if he wants to suck his tongue. The incident has caused widespread criticism, and […] Read more...
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Walmart Cuts Thousands of Warehouse Jobs Amid Difficult Year Ahead
Click or not...Walmart recently announced it will be laying off more than 2,000 employees at five US warehouses that fulfill website orders. The retail giant is cutting jobs in Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, and New Jersey, citing the need to adjust staffing levels to better prepare for the future needs of customers. The news of the job cuts […] Read more...
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Florida Governor Signs Controversial Law Allowing Concealed Weapons Without PermitClick or not...Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed into law a controversial bill that allows citizens to carry concealed weapons without the need for a state permit. The law, which takes effect on July 1, makes Florida the twenty-sixth state in the US to enact such legislation. The bill, HB 543, was passed by the Florida Senate […] Read more...
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Italy Blocks OpenAI Chatbot for Violating Consumer Data Protection Law
Click or not...Italy has taken a decisive step to protect its citizens from the potential misuse of artificial intelligence technology, blocking the ChatGPT tool, belonging to the American technology company OpenAI. On Friday, the Italian Data Protection Authority (GPDP) suspended the ChatGPT tool with immediate effect, citing a data breach on March 20 concerning its users and […] Read more...
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Tiroteo de Nashville, TN; Audrey Hale dejo manifesto
Click or not...Despues de una serie de investigaciones, la policia de Nashville descubre un manifesto de Audrey Hale que puede explicar los motivos detras del ataque. También se identifcaron mapas detallados hechos a mano por el criminal. Las victimas fueron acribilladas de manera random de acuerdo a los informes policiacos. Estas son las afueras de la “Covenant […] Read more...
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Tragedy in Ciudad Juárez: Fire in the Migrant Center claims 39 lives
Click or not...In a heartbreaking tragedy, at least 39 people died in a fire at a migrant center in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. The National Institute of Migration (INM) reported that 71 migrants were picked up from the streets of the city prior to the fire. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador believes that the fire started after a […] Read more...
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Kali Uchis: A Multifaceted Voice Bridging Cultures
Click or not...Kali Uchis is a 28-year-old Colombian-American singer-songwriter and record producer who is quickly becoming one of the most influential Latino voices of her generation. Born into a family from Pereira, Uchis has lived most of her life in the United States and has embraced her dual identity through her music. Her stage name is a […] Read more...
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TikTok Chief Seeks to Allay US Fears of National Security Risks
Click or not...For months, the social media app TikTok has been the subject of scrutiny with US legislators concerned about its ties to the Chinese government and its potential impact on national security. Now, the company’s chief, Shou Zi Chew, is set to appear before Congress on Thursday to make his case for why the app should […] Read more...
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Fuerza Regida y Grupo Frontera han hecho lo que parecía imposible con su nueva canción de éxito “Bebe Dame”: han encabezado la lista Latin Airplay en Billboard.
Click or not...La canción, que se lanzó a principios de este año, se ha convertido rápidamente en una de las favoritas de los fanáticos, destronando a Bizarrap y Shakira “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 ”después de cuatro semanas no consecutivas en la parte superior. Para Fuerza Regida, esta marca su canción más alta en las listas de […] Read more...
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Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine Leaves One Dead and 25 Injured
Click or not...Residents of Zaporizhia, in southern Ukraine, were left reeling after an attack by Russian forces left one dead and 25 wounded on Wednesday. Three of them in serious condition, 19 with moderate injuries and three with minor injuries, two of whom are children. The Ukrainian authorities confirmed the attack, which targeted an apartment building in […] Read more...
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Luis Conriquez: El Rey de los Corridos Bélicos triunfa a nivel internacional
Click or not...El cantante mexicano Luis R. Conriquez, conocido como el “Rey de los corridos bélicos”, se ha convertido en una figura de renombre en la música regional mexicana desde que nació en 1996 en Caborca, Sonora. Con más de 13 millones de oyentes mensuales en Spotify y millones de reproducciones en otras plataformas digitales, Conriquez ha […] Read more...
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Preparing for Potential Unrest: Police Brace for Trump Arrest
Click or not...A s the possibility of former President Donald Trump being arrested in connection with a hush-money inquiry looms, police departments in major cities across the United States are preparing for potential unrest. The investigation, which has been ongoing for months, is focused on payments to two women that Trump allegedly made during the 2016 presidential […] Read more...
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The Rise of a Deadly Fungal Infection
Click or not...The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reported that a deadly fungal infection, Candida auris, is spreading rapidly at an alarming rate. The infection was first reported in the United States in 2016, but the CDC’s data shows that cases have risen rapidly from 2020 to 2021. One in three patients with invasive […] Read more...
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Asylum Seekers Flock to Unofficial U.S.-Canada Border
Click or not...A small stretch of road between the United States and Canada has become a popular destination for asylum seekers. Located in upstate New York, Roxham Road has become a de facto port of entry for thousands of people looking to start a new life in Canada. In the last year, close to 40,000 migrants have […] Read more...
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Xi Jinping’s Visit to Moscow Draws Attention to Ukraine Crisis
Click or not...Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Moscow has placed the ongoing crisis in Ukraine at the center of international attention. The trip is the first time Xi has visited Russia since the country began its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in 2014, and serves as a reminder of the ongoing conflict that has killed tens […] Read more...
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California Takes Bold Step to Reduce Homelessness with $1 Billion Plan for Tiny Homes
Click or not...California has long grappled with the issue of homelessness, with estimates showing one in five people living on the streets or in shelters across the state. But this week, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a $1 billion plan to help reduce the number of homeless people in the state by 15 percent by 2025. The plan […] Read more...
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Meet muralist Jesús “Kobe” Evers García
Click or not...On the streets of Oaxaca, Mexico, a local artist is making a name for himself. Jesús “Kobe” Evers García is a highly collaborative and supportive artist that is dedicated to providing the best results possible for his clients. Kobe is a very creative individual and his artwork, which is grounded in the traditional culture of […] Read more...
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AMLO Responds to U.S. Military Threat: ‘Mexico Will Not Take Orders’
Click or not...Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico’s president, has recently expressed his concern with the suggestions of certain U.S. legislators to use military action against drug cartels in Mexico. He denoted these calls as a menace to the Mexican sovereignty and declared that Mexico will not take orders from any other nation. Lopez Obrador declared the launch […] Read more...
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Image Recognition With Open Source Technology
Click or not...Image Recognition With Open Source Technology In this document, we will see whether a suitable dataset, workflow and existing scripting competence is sufficient for the development of an automatic image recognition process. The intention is tabulating common hazards, signs and issues seen on the field for non-profit case workers who manage chronically homeless. Image Ai, […] Read more...
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An AI Bot For Homelessness and Substance Abuse
Click or not...Substance Abuse and Homelessness are inextricably linked. Often times, the sad reality around homelessness involves heartache within families and individuals whose addictions have clouded their better judgment. This state of mind happens to also inhibit the ability to manage their housing situation with self esteem, hygiene and other basic experiences of an individual neglected in […] Read more...
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Hand Wringing In The IT Space Needs Company By Company Analysis
Click or not...Today’s mixed report that the US labor market added more than a quarter million jobs but had unemployment rise should indicate that some sectors will maintain historical demand, while others will suffer downsizing driven by market conditions. In my view, the 18 month long stint for easy debt financing environment is the real culprit for […] Read more...
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The Biggest Fight In Boxing
Click or not...Canelo Alvarez and Triple G have gone on a worldwide tour promoting the third installment of their rivalry. The boxing world awaits the best fight of the year on September 17, 2022. Already, folks are clamoring for this fight with dozens of fan videos dedicated to both fighters describing the boxers. Below, for example, reviews […] Read more...
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The Fed Is Committed To Lowering Inflation At Job Market Expense
Click or not...While CNBC is not necessarily known as the most non-partisan entity, Marc Sumerlin is not prone to hyperbole. In his view, Fed Chairman Powell is committed to breaking the trend of an expensive labor market. Unemployment numbers must rise in order to reduce the amount of discretionary funds available in the US economy. These two […] Read more...
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Explicit Content Related To Mexicans – Please Review
Click or not...For cultural news, please see here: Chicano Culture. In this page, we review possibly objectionable content related to Mexicans. We have stored these tweets in a database. Many people make statements on Twitter ‘with a pinch of salt’. However, therein lies a powerful question: who gets to define what is simply a cheeky reference and […] Read more...
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Chicano Chatter On Twitter
Click or not...Check out the latest chatter from people using the word ‘Chicano’ on twitter. In an effort to highlight more content, we developed a few database queries to routinely retrieve uncontroversial tweets. Some of these contain frivolous references or insightful comments. Unfortunately, in many social media platforms, some of the least informed content often gets more […] Read more...
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WebScraping As Sourcing Technique For NLP
Click or not...Introduction In this post, we provide a series of web scraping examples and reference for people looking to bootstrap text for a language model. The advantage is that a greater number of spoken speech domains could be covered. Newer vocabulary or possibly very common slang is picked up through this method since most corporate language […] Read more...
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New B.1.1.529 Coronavirus Variant Poised To Be Deadlier Than Delta
Click or not...Markets, medical experts and governments are raising concerns over the latest Coronavirus variant. As the public in the United States gathers in observance of Thanksgiving, South African experts and global governments are alarmed at the B.1.1.529 variant of the Coronavirus. Enough concern has been raised to shutdown air-traffic partially between UK/Europe and parts of Africa. The […] Read more...
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Another Zero Day Exploit For Microsoft
Click or not...Even Windows 11 is affected. Apparently, one can open a command line window and deploy an exploit to raise permissions on a machine using a .exe file freely available on Github. Nice. The exploit works on Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server versions of this OS. The exploit consists of a low privileged user […] Read more...
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Word2Vec Mexican Spanish Model: Lyrics, News Documents
Click or not...A Corpus That Contains Colloquial Lyrics & News Documents For Mexican Spanish This experimental dataset was developed by 4 Social Science specialists and one industry expert, myself, with different samples from Mexico specific news texts and normalized song lyrics. The intent is to understand how small, phrase level constituents will interact with larger, editorialized style […] Read more...
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Mikey Garcia – A Manny Pacquiao Style Loss
Click or not...The Sandor Martin upset is reminiscent of the great Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao upset against Jeff Horn. In Fresno, California, Mikey Garcia delivered a slow and methodical performance against Sandor Martin. For his part, Martin delivered on the expected southpaw style, consistent jab and constant lateral movement – this proved more valuable to the California judges […] Read more...
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Semantic Similarity & Visualizing Word Vectors
Click or not...Introduction: Two Views On Semantic Similarity In Linguistics and Philosophy of Language, there are various methods and views on how to best describe and justify semantic similarity. This tutorial will be taken as a chance to lightly touch upon very basic ideas in Linguistics. We will introduce in a very broad sense the original concept […] Read more...
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Shiba Coin Surge Explained: 4 Reasons Why General Market Trends Favor This Latest Surge
Click or not...In the past 72 hours, the cutely named cryptocurrency, Shiba Inu Coin, an offshoot of the DOGE coin, overtook Bitcoin & Ethereum as the hottest coin in the market. It’s risen at times to nearly 300 percent of it’s original value. Here’s some possible reasons why: Underbanked see new road: Many people find it more […] Read more...
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Survey: US Based Mexican Average Salary Between 47k to 67k Annually
Click or not...From May 2nd to May 5th of 2020, I gathered data with an online survey administered with the help of Mexican based Data Analysts who helped me recruit participants and review the data. My goal was to understand how COVID-19 affected my community’s economic status and employment prospects. The descriptions here apply to 77 confirmed […] Read more...
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Demographics of Apple Executives
Click or not...Most Decision Makers Are White EEOD DATA Indicates 99 out of 123 Execs Are White. Graphic of @Apple executives based on most recent EEOD data Recently, the National Labor Relations Board sued Apple. According to the suit, Apple has fired employees in a retaliatory fashion. The employee in question had alleged Sexual Harassment by a […] Read more...
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Tokenizing Text, Finding Word Frequencies Within Corpora
Click or not...One way to think about tokenization is to consider it as finding the smallest possible unit of analysis for computational linguistics tasks. As such, we can think of tokenization as among the first steps (along with normalization) in the average NLP pipeline or computational linguistics analysis. This process helps break down text into a manner […] Read more...
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Getting Started With The Command Line
Click or not...First of all, what is a ‘command line’? Visually, within a Microsoft Operating System, the command line looks like this: You can access the command line by typing ‘CMD’ on your Windows Desktop. As the name implies, a command line is an interface where a user inputs literal commands to accomplish a computing task. The […] Read more...
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Frequency Counts For Named Entities Using Spacy/Python Over MX Spanish News Text
Click or not...On this post, we review some straightforward code written in python that allows a user to process text and retrieve named entities alongside their numerical counts. The main dependencies are Spacy, a small compact version of their Spanish language model built for Named Entity Recognition and the tabular data processing library, Matplotlib, if you’re looking […] Read more...
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Guía de ensamblaje e instalación de OS en Raspberry pi 4 model B.
Click or not...En esta guía vamos a mostrar paso a paso el ensamblado e instalación del sistema operativo para una Raspberry pi 4 model B (8gb ram). Read more...
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N-Gram Analysis Over Sensitive Topics Corpus
Click or not...I was recently able to do some analysis over the Sugar Bear AI violence corpus, a collection of documents classified by analysts over at the SugarBear AI group. The group has been classifying manually thousands of documents of Mexican Spanish news over the past year that deal with the new topics of today: “Coronavirus”, “WFH”, […] Read more...
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Sugar Ray Leonard: ‘Canelo Has My Vote As P4P’
Click or not...In the Ak & Barak show, Sugar Ray Leonard labeled Canelo as the best pound for pound fighter in the world. Sugar Ray recalled his bouts against Roberto Duran and Marvin ‘Marvelous’ Hagler’s boxing ability. Leonard empathized with Hagler’s inability to tolerate his loss against him. He also praised the abilities of the main names […] Read more...
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Elderly Asian Woman Robbed, Beaten In Oakland, California
Click or not...Betty Yu on Instagram: “OAKLAND GRANDMOTHER ROBBED A 71-year-old woman who just left the bank is seen knocked to the ground and robbed near 6th/International on…” CBS Oakland reporter, Betty Yu, posted on her Instagram account disturbing footage of a group of males who robbed and beat an elderly Asian woman as she had exited […] Read more...
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Southern California: Chicanos Express Outrage Over Attacks On Asian Elderly
Click or not...Throughout the day, Chicano communities have expressed outrage over violence against Asians stemming from false narratives around the pandemic. In Southern California, Chicano sentiment expresses solidarity with Asian community. This could be observed through social media postings from influential people within the community, like El Indio Botanas & Cervezas. Due to the vast amounts of […] Read more...
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Whose Getting Covid-19 Fatigue?
Click or not...There are a few ways to interpret the data we have amassed under the web application in Chicano Press. Today, we try to compare the aggregate infection counts to prior months. We hope to infer whose in some sense improving relative to where they were the month before. I’m sure there is a more sophisticated […] Read more...
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Linguistics In The Enterprise
Click or not...Why Linguistics (And Linguists) Are Always On The Back-Foot In An Enterprise Context Linguistics is often questioned by practitioners of Natural Sciences during informal and professional scenarios. Perhaps, this is the case due to the fact that the phenomena relevant to the Natural Sciences is more readily observable through instrumental means. The irony is that […] Read more...
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Wearables, Speech Recognition & Musk: How Intel’s Loss Could Be Tesla Gain
Click or not...Despite the famously late arrival to mobile computing, Intel did make certain strides before many others in the space of wearables in Mid-2013 and onwards. Much of it may have to do with the company’s strategic diversification which took place in mid-2013. Hundreds of Millions Poured Into Research & Development Intel invested at the very […] Read more...
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Introducción a Python
Click or not...Python es un lenguaje de programación bastante flexible y veloz cuando seconsidera que es un lenguaje de alto nivel. En este breve resumen del idioma se presenta un ejercicio que abre un archivo. Esta tarea es casi rutinaria en todo trabajo complejo. Ahora, si buscas un ejercicio más avanzado o uno que simplemente abarca un tema […] Read more...
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Intro To Linguistic Theory
Click or not...Linguistics is the science of language as it relates to human cognition. Metaphysical considerations on the properties of organic systems may seem far removed from the lower level details of language data, but the general idea is that the language faculty is ‘perfect’, has nearly exact properties that are recurrent and while not wholly describable […] Read more...