Jobs traditionally done by women are more vulnerable to the impact of artificial intelligence than those done by men, especially in high-income countries, a report by the United Nations’ International Labour Organization showed on Tuesday. It found 9.6% of traditionally female jobs were set to be transformed compared with 3.5% of those carried out by men as AI increasingly takes …
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Police identify victim and gunman in Las Vegas gym shooting
LAS VEGAS — The person killed in a shooting at a Las Vegas fitness center last week was a longtime employee who had no known connection to the shooter, police said Monday. Edgar Quinonez, 31, of Las Vegas, was shot and killed Friday at the Las Vegas Athletic Club, police said. Arriving officers fired at the suspected shooter, 34-year-old Daniel …
Read More »Passenger jet had to abort takeoff to avoid runway collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport
When a passenger jet roaring down the runway toward takeoff at New York’s LaGuardia Airport had to slam on the brakes earlier this month because another plane was still on the runway, Renee Hoffer and all the other passengers were thrown forward in their seats. Hoffer wound up in the emergency room the next day after the near miss on …
Read More »Hearing on Menendez brothers’ parole suitability pushed back to late summer
A hearing that could lead to freedom for the Menendez brothers, convicted in their parents’ murders in 1989, was pushed back from June 13 to August, California corrections officials said Monday. A spokesperson for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the brothers’ hearings on parole suitability will instead be on Aug. 21 and 22. Erik Menendez, 54, and …
Read More »Video appears to show Mahmoud Khalil cooperating with ICE agents before he was detained
Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team on Monday released new footage of the minutes leading up to his March arrest that they say contradicts the government’s argument that he was a flight risk, which officials had said justified his detainment without an arrest warrant. The Columbia activist who helped organize pro-Palestinian rallies on campus a year ago has been held …
Read More »Justice Department to investigate Chicago after mayor’s remarks about hiring Black officials
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said Monday that it was opening an investigation into the city of Chicago after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s comments Sunday highlighting prominent Black officials in his administration. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon wrote in a letter to Johnson posted on X that she had “authorized an investigation” into whether Chicago is “engaged in a pattern or …
Read More »Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team releases new video of arrest interaction with ICE agents
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Read More »Senate advances a major crypto regulation bill on a bipartisan vote
WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced a major cryptocurrency regulation bill Monday on a bipartisan vote two weeks after every Senate Democrat united to block it. The procedural vote on the GENIUS Act — which would establish the first regulatory framework for issuers of stablecoins, digital tokens pegged to fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar — was 66-32. Sixteen Democrats voted …
Read More »Fourth New Orleans jail escapee, charged with murder, captured as manhunt for 6 others continues
A fourth inmate in a group of 10 who escaped from New Orleans’ main jail on Friday has been captured, Louisiana State Police said Monday. Gary C. Price, 21, was found in New Orleans, the agency said in a statement. He is charged with first-degree murder and was being held without bond as he awaited court proceedings, according to court …
Read More »‘Love Island’ contestant Cashel Barnett charged with domestic violence in Utah
“Love Island” contestant Cashel Barnett is accused of assaulting his ex in front of their child and was being held without bail in a Utah jail Monday. The district attorney in Salt Lake County filed charges against the 34-year-old on May 12 that include felony aggravated assault, felony domestic violence in the presence of a child, and two counts of …
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