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Heatwave: BBC correspondents on how people are coping
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Millions of people in several parts of the world have been experiencing intense heat. Such periods occur within natural weather patterns, but globally they are becoming more frequent, more intense and are lasting longer due to global…
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Poland: Plane crash at Chrcynno hangar kills five and injures seven
EPA By Emily McGarvey BBC News A small plane has crashed into a hangar at an airfield near the Polish capital Warsaw, killing five people including its pilot, officials say. Eight people were also injured in the crash, police say. Thirteen people had reportedly been sheltering from bad weather in the hangar. The fire brigade…
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Gilgo Beach murders police search Amityville storage unit
Reuters By Holly Honderich BBC News Detectives investigating a series of cold-case murders in Long Island are searching a storage unit following the arrest of a suspect last week. Rex Heuermann, 59, pleaded not guilty after being charged with the killings of Megan Waterman, Amber Costello and Melissa Barthelemy. The prosecutor in the case says…
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AI can threaten your personal identity – but it doesn’t have to
The rise of workplace artificial intelligence is shaking some workers’ confidence in who they are. But this worry isn’t insurmountable. When Jessica’s boss recently asked whether the company she works for should be using artificial intelligence tools, she quietly panicked. As a content marketer, her major responsibilities at the Connecticut, US-based software company are writing…
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Typo sends millions of US military emails to Russian ally Mali
Getty Images By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Millions of US military emails have been mistakenly sent to Mali, a Russian ally, because of a minor typing error. Emails intended for the US military’s “.mil” domain have, for years, been sent to the west African country which ends with the “.ml” suffix. Some of…
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‘Massive’ search on for children swept away by Pennsylvania floods
Courtesy Upper Makefield Township Police Pennsylvania rescue crews are searching for two missing children after flash flooding killed their mother and four others over the weekend. The race-against-time search continued on Monday in suburban Philadelphia for the nine-month-old Conrad Sheils and his two-year-old sister, Matilda. Their mother, 32-year-old Katie Seley, was killed in the flood,…
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Mallory Beach’s family wins $15m over Murdaugh boat crash
Mallory Beach/Facebook By Gareth Evans BBC News, Washington A multi-million dollar settlement has been reached in a fatal boat crash involving the family of disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh. Relatives of Mallory Beach, 19, who died when the vessel hit a bridge support, will receive $15m (£11.4m) under the agreement. The boat belonged to…
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‘Venom 3’ Suffers a Production Hiccup as SAG-AFTRA Strike Halts Filming
Venom 3, a much-anticipated Marvel movie from Sony, has been put on hold because of a strike by SAG-AFTRA. This is a big problem for Sony’s growing Spider-Man universe, which will include movies like Kraven the Hunter, coming out in October 2023, Madame Web, and Venom 3, coming out in 2024. The Hollywood Reporter says…
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Anne Heche Almost Joined Major Reality Show Before Deadly Crash
Many people were surprised, shocked, and looking for answers after Anne Heche died in a terrible car accident. The crash that killed the star and burned down a house could have led to charges against her. But, as some people have pointed out, Heche had a lot going on elsewhere. Nellie Andreeva at Deadline said…
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Beyoncé Wears a Stunning Outfit as She and Jay-Z Head Out
On a night out with her husband Jay-Z and their daughter Blue Ivy, Beyonce wore a dress that made her look like a movie star. The Run the World (Girls) artist looked like she was ready to walk the red carpet in a dark dress and gloves that matched. She was seen standing in front…