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Month: February 2024

Flight attendants are holding airport rallies to protest the lack of new contracts and pay raises

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Three separate unions representing flight attendants at major U.S. airlines picketed and held rallies at 30 airports Tuesday as they push for new contracts and higher wages. The flight attendants are increasingly frustrated that pilots won huge pay raises last year while they continue to work for wages that,

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Houston-area sheriff’s deputies repeatedly shot at woman after mistaking her for an intruder in a friend’s home, video shows

CNN By Raja Razek and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Sheriff’s deputies in Houston repeatedly shot at a woman after mistaking her for an intruder inside her friend’s apartment, body camera footage released over the weekend shows. The woman, Eboni Pouncy, was shot five times during the February 3 confrontation and her attorney, Ben Crump,

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Super Bowl LVIII sets record with a staggering 123.4 million viewers, American TV’s biggest audience since moon landing

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Super Bowl LVIII was the most-watched American television broadcast in a generation. Sunday’s overtime thriller, which featured the Kansas City Chiefs facing off against the San Francisco 49ers, averaged 123.4 million viewers, CBS said Monday, breaking Super Bowl viewership records. The highly anticipated showdown in Las Vegas surpassed the previous most-watched Super Bowl in history, a record set

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Surgery in space: Tiny remotely operated robot completes first simulated procedure at the space station

CNN By Taylor Nicioli and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — A tiny surgical robot in residence at the International Space Station completed its first surgery demo in zero gravity on Saturday, developers of the technology exclusively told CNN. The robot, known as spaceMIRA — which stands for Miniaturized In Vivo Robotic Assistant — performed several

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Israel and Hamas are making progress in cease-fire and hostage-release talks, officials say

By SAMY MAGDY, NAJIB JOBAIN and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas are making progress toward another cease-fire and hostage-release deal, officials said Tuesday, as negotiations went on and Israel threatened to expand its offensive to Gaza’s southern edge, where some 1.4 million Palestinians have sought refuge. The talks continued in

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