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Tesla ordered to pay $243mn in damages after fatal autopilot crash
Carmaker found partially liable for accident in Florida involving its driver-assistance software
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EU chief’s texts to a pharma boss during pandemic were likely erased, New York Times reports
Text messages exchanged between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and a pharmaceutical boss during theCOVID-19pandemic were seen by her top adviser and have likely been destroyed, the New York Times reported Friday.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Security contractor says he witnessed ‘barbaric’ and un-American tactics at Gaza aid sites
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S. and Israeli-backed humanitarian aid initiative, has been delivering aid into Gaza since May. But since then, the U.N. says hundreds of Palestinians have been killed outside of GHF aid sites. Nick Schifrin spoke with former security contractor Anthony Aguilar about what he saw there and why he believes the execution of the GHF mission has failed.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Ghislaine Maxwell moved from Florida prison to lower-security facility
Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred to a lower-security prison in Texas to continue serving her 20-year prison sentence for helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:What NTSB hearings revealed about the Washington mid-air collision that killed 67
The National Transportation Safety Board wrapped up a three-day investigative hearing into the mid-air collision between a helicopter and passenger jet in Washington that killed 67. New information confirms the crew of the Army helicopter faced several problems, including incorrect altitude measurements and issues hearing air traffic controllers. Aviation correspondent Miles OβBrien reports.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:A tug of war between planes and kites in Indonesia's skies
Authorities warn that kite-flying, a popular pastime in Indonesia, can be a deadly threat to planes.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Charlamagne tha God floats Jon Stewart for 2028 bid
Charlamagne tha God shared a soft endorsement for Jon Stewart in an interview set to be published Saturday after discouraging former Vice President Kamala Harris from launching another White House bid in 2028. βI would love to see Jon Stewart run in 2028,β Charlamagne told Fox Newsβs Lara Trump. βIf weβre talking about like a...
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:A look at Trump’s effort to reshape the White House in his image
The Trump administration announced plans for one of the largest renovations to the White House in decades. It includes a 90,000 square foot state ballroom that will be built in the East Wing at a projected cost of $200 million. The White House says donations from President Trump and other private donors will fund it. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Tamara Keith of NPR.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:In bleeding mining towns it's all work, no play as clubs forced to fold
Regional sporting clubs and competitions are coming under increased pressure from work roster cycles, cost-of-living and impacts on rural life.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe sentenced to 12 years house arrest for bribery
The sentence, which Uribe said will be appealed, followed a nearly six-month trial in which prosecutors presented evidence that he attempted to influence witnesses who accused the law-and-order leader of having links to a paramilitary group in the 1990s.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s firing of labor statistics head after weak jobs report
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump fires the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs report, the White House surveys the humanitarian situation in Gaza today and former Vice President Harris makes her first television appearance since losing the election.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Pro-Palestinian protestors target both Chuck Schumer's office and Egyptian Mission to the UN
Pro-Palestinian protestors target both Chuck Schumer's office and Egyptian Mission to the UN New York council woman Tiffany CabΓ‘n and State Representative Claire Valdez were among 50 people arrested on Friday as around 200 people protested outside of Senator Chuck Schumerβs of Midtownβs office on Friday. The protesters from Jewish Voices for Peace gathered in the lobby of both Senator Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrandβs...
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Another US citizen killed by Israeli settler attack in West Bank: Family
Relatives of slain Chicago resident Khamis Ayyad urge Trump administration to launch probe into 40-year-old's killing.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Renowned Pakistani filmmaker on fighting gender inequality
For decades, legendary photographer Platon has been taking portraits of some of the worldβs most prominent people. He recently started filming his photo shoots in which he gets his subject talking in a disarming way. We share Platonβs dialogue with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a Pakistani filmmaker and political activist who highlights gender inequality, for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Silence over Marinus Link deal defended, but it could cost Liberals government
The Tasmanian government has released a summary of the business case for Marinus Link, a second undersea electricity interconnector between Tasmania and Victoria. The summary, released a day after the deal was signed, predicts opportunities β but also comes with warnings.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish'ed with car-related fatalities.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Man who lit own unit on fire because of noisy neighbours sentenced
The 39-year-old claimed he was acting in self-defence when he set his own unit alight after years of frustration at a noisy neighbour.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Developer of criticised rugby league video game says unhappy players 'should know better'
After a launch mired by bugs, server outages and criticism around player likenesses, Rugby League 26 video game developer Ross Symons defends his company and says unhappy players "should know better".
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Re-awakening 'actively suppressed' Indigenous languages
The number of First Nations languages being actively "re-awakened" is expected to have doubled in the past five years.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Authorities search for suspect after 4 killed in a shooting at a Montana bar
The shooting happened around 10:30 a.m. at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, according to the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation, which is leading the investigation. The agency confirmed four people were pronounced dead at the scene.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:David Cameronβs ex-chief of staff to advise UK foreign secretary David Lammy
Ed Llewellyn will become political director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Israel βengineering massacresβ as more Palestinians starve to death in Gaza
MSF official says Palestinians have no choice but to risk their lives in 'desperate search for food'.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:The cracks are showing in the stories Australia tells itself about multiculturalism
When our parliaments, newsrooms, judicial benches and many other institutions all look a certain way, it is clear who is at the centre of Australia's monoculture.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Apple faces steep tariffs
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Apple anticipates $1.1B price tag from tariffs next quarter Apple expects to face $1.1 billion in tariff-related costs next quarter on top of $800 million from the prior three months. Alberto Pezzali, Associated Press The iPhone-maker, which has been hit particularly hard by President Trumpβs tariff push, still reported strong quarterly...
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:CDC bars expert groups from advising on vaccines
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC bars expert groups from advising on vaccines The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told some expert groups that they will no longer be able to help review scientific data used to issue vaccine recommendations. ...
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Texas flood survivors speak out
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Flood survivors decry ack of aid, βtoxic pitβ conditions Communities hit by the deadly Independence Day floods face a desperate and confused recovery bereft of state and federal aid, survivors told a field hearing of the Texas Legislature in Kerrville on Thursday. AP...
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:More than a million people attend rally in Yemen to support Palestine
More than a million people attend rally in Yemen to support Palestine More than a million people have turned out in Yemen's Sanaa in a rally in support of a free Palestine, the chairman of the board of directors of the Yemeni news agency Saba shared in a post on X. Algerian sports commentator and former footballer Hafid Derradji, in response to the rally, said in a post on X that despite the sanctions and humanitarian...
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Before the Falconio trial, Bradley John Murdoch was accused and acquitted of rape and abduction
Before Bradley Murdoch was arrested for English backpacker Peter Falconio's disappearance and the attempted kidnapping of Joanne Lees, the killer faced charges, of which he was acquitted, of raping a woman and her 12-year-old daughter in South Australia. WARNING: This story contains content that some readers may find upsetting.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Trump rages over bad jobs report
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump axes labor statistics chief after bad jobs report President Trump ordered the firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a dismal jobs report he blamed squarely on the appointee of former...
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:BLM Calls New Oil and Gas Rules βNoncontroversial,β Exempts Them From Public Comment
The Bureau of Land Management implemented four rules today that create more leeway for oil and gas companies wanting to drill on public lands, as required by the spending bill President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress passed in July. But voters will not have a chance to comment on two of the rules. Lands [β¦]
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:5 questions Trump faces after dismal jobs report; BLS commissioner firing
President Trumpβs economic pitch took a serious hit Friday after the latest federal jobs report revealed stunning weakness in the labor market. He responded by firing the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for what he called politically motivated revisions that lobbed off hundreds of thousands of job gains earlier this summer. The...
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Putin denounces EUβs sovereignty loss after US trade pact: A blow to European autonomy
Russian President Vladimir Putin criticizes the EUβs loss of sovereignty following the new US-EU trade agreement, highlighting threats to Europeβs political and economic independence amid rising global tensions. Related: Putin Announces Deployment of New Oreshnik Hypersonic Missile During a recent meeting on the island of Valaam with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin [β¦]
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:India leads England as 15 wickets fall on day two of final Test
India fights back at The Oval on day two of the final Test, with 15 wickets falling and the tourists using their luck to establish a 52-run lead with eight wickets remaining.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Tesla found partly liable for fatal autopilot crash
A federal jury Friday found Elon Muskβs Tesla partially liable for a fatal 2019 crash involving the electric vehicle (EV) makerβs autopilot system. The Miami jury determined Tesla was 33 percent responsible for the crash and ordered the company to pay several million dollars in damages. The family of Naibel Benavides sued the EV maker...
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:The ABC can't enter Gaza β but we can describe it from a plane
ABC journalists have marked the moment a plane bound for Gaza crossed the line from Israeli territory into northern Gaza.
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