Category: 2. World
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US teacher charged with using AI to frame principal with racist audio | Maryland
A high school athletic director in Maryland has been charged with using artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording that included racist and antisemitic comments, authorities said on Thursday. Dazhon Darien faked the voice of Pikesville high school’s principal in January following conversations that Darien’s contract would not be renewed, according to…
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House speaker condemned for remarks on pro-Palestine student protests | Mike Johnson
Progressive activists have condemned Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House of Representatives, for “willfully spreading misinformation” and “inciting violence” in a TV interview about student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza. Johnson, who was booed and heckled during a press conference at Columbia University on Wednesday, when he said Hamas “backed” the protests in…
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Judge upholds $83m E Jean Carroll defamation verdict against Trump | New York
A federal judge on Thursday upheld the verdict and award of more than $83m to the writer E Jean Carroll in a defamation case against Donald Trump after he called her a liar for accusing him of sexually assaulting her. Judge Lewis Kaplan, a senior district judge on the US district court for the southern…
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Sunak under pressure to grant amnesty to unpaid carers fined for rule breaches | Carers
New figures show more than 150,000 unpaid carers are now facing huge fines for minor rule breaches, as MPs, charities and campaigners demanded an immediate amnesty. Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, joined calls to write off the vast debts incurred by tens of thousands of people who care for sick, disabled and elderly relatives…
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Prosecutor to appeal against Texas woman’s acquittal over voting error | Texas
A Texas prosecutor will appeal against a court ruling tossing out a five-year prison sentence for a woman who unintentionally tried to vote while ineligible in the 2016 election, an unexpected move that continues one of the most closely watched voting prosecutions in the US. Last month, the second court of appeals, which is based…
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Nurses in England took an average of one week off sick for stress last year, data shows | Nursing
Nurses in England took an average of a week off sick last year because of stress, anxiety or depression, NHS figures reveal. The disclosure has prompted concern that the intense strains nurses face in their jobs, including low pay and understaffing, are damaging their mental health and causing many to quit. Nurses and health visitors…
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Laurent Cantet, film-maker who tackled diversity and class in France, dies aged 63 | Film
Laurent Cantet, the award-winning film-maker whose creations tackled some of the most complex issues of modern French society, including meritocracy, the education system, diversity and class struggle, has died aged 63 after an illness. Cantet was best known outside France for his film Entre les Murs (The Class), which won the Palme d’Or at the…
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Booker prize urged to consider name change over slavery link | Booker prize
The Radio 1Xtra host Richie Brave has said the Booker prize should consider changing its name because of its links to enslavement. Brave’s legal surname is Booker and his ancestors were enslaved by the founders of the company that originally sponsored the prize. “I hope that Booker will start asking themselves some questions around the…
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Police serve search warrant on New Orleans archdiocese in child sex abuse case | New Orleans
Louisiana state police went into the office of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans on Thursday to begin the process of collecting records from the organization spanning the history of its decades-old clerical abuse scandal, as troopers investigate whether the local church hierarchy illegally covered up systemic child molestation. Troopers arrived at the archdiocese’s…
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Reform UK’s Blackpool byelection candidate denies wrongdoing amid charity probe | Reform UK
Reform UK’s candidate in the Blackpool South byelection has denied any wrongdoing after the Charity Commission launched a probe into allegations that the soup kitchen he founded was used to promote his campaign. Mark Butcher, who is standing for the party in next week’s election, posted a Facebook message this month which said that the…