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Month: August 2023

The UN is undertaking an unprecedented 6-month withdrawal of nearly 13,000 peacekeepers from Mali

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is in the throes of what Secretary-General António Guterres calls an “unprecedented” six-month exit from Mali on orders of the West African nation’s military junta, which has brought in mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group to help fight an Islamic insurgency. The U.N.

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Board tentatively OKs ordinance intended to combat converter thefts

The Board of Supervisors today tentatively approved an ordinance intended to crack down on catalytic converter thieves by establishing local regulations and penalties where none exist at the state level.   “You’ve got to hold these crooks accountable for stealing catalytic converters in our neighborhoods,” Moreno Valley resident Daryl Terrell told the board. “The victims are

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New trial date set for ex-cop who fatally shot mentally impaired Corona man

Trial proceedings scheduled for an ex-cop accused of fatally shooting a developmentally disabled man in a Corona Costco, as well as critically wounding the victim’s parents, were postponed today to the end of October. Salvador Alejandro Sanchez, 34, of Corona, is charged with voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm resulting

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Japan asks China to urge citizens to halt harassment after start of Fukushima wastewater release

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has asked China to urge its citizens to halt acts of harassment, including crank calls and stone throwing at Japanese diplomatic facilities and schools, in response to Japan’s release of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. The discharge

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Disney, The New York Times and CNN are among a dozen major media companies blocking access to ChatGPT as they wage a cold war on A.I.

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — News organizations are in a cold war with OpenAI. While a shot has yet to be fired, some of the nation’s largest newsrooms are actively taking defensive measures to safeguard their content from ChatGPT, the groundbreaking artificial intelligence chatbot that is seen as a potential aggressor to an already

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Camp Pendleton Marines aboard Australia Osprey crash that killed three

Camp Pendleton-based Marines were aboard the Osprey aircraft that crashed in Australia, killing three service members and injuring 20 others, it was announced today. Sunday’s MV-22B Osprey crash occurred during a “routine training exercise” on Melville Island, north of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, according to a statement from Marine Rotational Force-Darwin.    The three Marines

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