Current Events Recorded as Headlines
The bridge between today and history is referred to as “current events”. These are the current events that have impacted the people of Boca Raton.
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2023
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Tom Emmer Unveils Bill to Ban Fed from Issuing Government-Controlled Digital Currency
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) on Wednesday introduced legislation to prevent the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), which he and others say could surveil…
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Supreme Court Rejects Ohio Man’s Bid To Sue Police Over Arrest of Facebook Parody
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an Ohio man's claim that his constitutional rights were violated when he was arrested…
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Instagram Co-Founders Launch Personalized News App ‘Artifact’
Artifact, the personalized news reader built by Instagram's co-founders, is now open to the public, no sign-up required. TechCrunch reports: With today's launch, Artifact is dropping its waitlist and phone…
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David Bowie’s ‘extraordinary’ archive, including a Ziggy Stardust jumpsuit and handwritten stuff
Britain’s Victoria & Albert Museum announced Thursday that it has acquired Bowie’s archive of more than 80,000 items as a gift from the late musician’s estate.
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Exclusive — Watch: Trump Buys Police, Fire Department, Everyone Food at East Palestine McDonalds
Former President Donald Trump bought food for the police department, fire department, as well as everyone who was in an East Palestine McDonald's on Wednesday after he delivered remarks at…
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Report: Pentagon Server Spilled ‘Terabytes’ of Sensitive Emails Online
The Pentagon allowed an exposed server to spill internal U.S. military emails to the open internet for two weeks before securing it.
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CNN’s Tapper: Nikki Haley’s Candidacy Brings Out ‘Very Ugly Side of the Left’
CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Tuesday on his show "The Lead" that former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) running for president brings out a "very ugly side of the left."
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Nearly 30 Percent of Work Remains Remote
Nearly 30 percent of all work happened at home in January, six times the rate in 2019, according to WFH Research, a data-collection project. In Washington and other large urban…
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Global Sperm Counts Declining At Accelerating Rate: New Meta-Analysis
Global Sperm Counts Declining At Accelerating Rate: New Meta-Analysis Authored by David Charbonneau via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A recently published meta-analysis shows that global sperm counts are declining…
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U.S. Representative Tours First Drone-Based Quantum Network At FAU
United States Rep. Cory Mills ( R-Fla.) visited Florida Atlantic University today to tour FAU’s quantum physics laboratory in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. Warner A. Miller, Ph.D., a professor of physics…
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Crazy Optimism About China’s Economy
Crazy Optimism About China's Economy Authored by Gordon G. Chang via The Gatestone Institute, China's propagandists tell us the Chinese economy this year will "accelerate to 4.8%." Foreign analysts are even more…
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Companies can no longer silence laid-off employees in exchange for severance
The board's decision will give back a bit of power to employees, but how it plays out remains to be seen.
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Video: Trump Tells Biden To “Get Over Here” As He Visits Ohio Disaster Zone
Biden hasn't even commented on the ongoing emergency
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Culling Of Spanish ‘Zombies’ Sends European Bankruptcies Soaring To 8-Year-Highs
Culling Of Spanish 'Zombies' Sends European Bankruptcies Soaring To 8-Year-Highs Q4 2022 saw European businesses filing for bankruptcy at the fastest pace in at least eight years The number of…
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Kyocera President Says China Is No Longer The “World’s Factory” Due To US Export Cont …
Kyocera President Says China Is No Longer The "World's Factory" Due To US Export Controls In what could be the beginning of a trend, Japanese company Kyocera is now investing…
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Iran acknowledges accusation it enriched uranium to 84%
Iran is directly acknowledging an accusation attributed to international inspectors that it enriched uranium to 84% purity for the first time, which would put the Islamic Republic closer than ever…
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ISIS Women Accused of Turning Boys as Young as 13 Into a Human Stud Farm
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Wikimedia Commons/PixabayTwo boys have come forward to claim they were victims in a twisted plot run by ISIS women that forced at least…
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Kyrsten Sinema’s $300,000 Security Expert Is Tulsi Gabbard’s Sister
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Reuters/PixabaySen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) spends more of her campaign funds on security than nearly every other member of Congress—she’s underwritten well over $560,000…
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Nvidia CEO praises ‘through the roof’ use of firm’s A.I. services—and investors seem to agree …
The chipmaker announced that it would partner with cloud computing providers to offer A.I. services to enterprise customers.
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Custom, 3D-Printed Heart Replicas Look and Pump Just Like the Real Thing
MIT engineers are hoping to help doctors tailor treatments to patients' specific heart form and function, with a custom robotic heart. MIT News reports: The team has developed a procedure…
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No, you can’t copyright images made by A.I., says the U.S. Copyright Office
A recent decision by the U.S. Copyright Office said that art created by A.I. tools would not receive copyright protections.
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Combustion Going Bust: Global Phase-outs Of Gasoline Cars
Combustion Going Bust: Global Phase-outs Of Gasoline Cars The European Union last week approved a law that will ban the sale of combustion engine cars in its member states from 2035. For…
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Twin sisters named valedictorian and salutatorian of their high school
Twin sisters Gloria and Victoria Guerrier spent their four years competing in the classroom.
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Microsoft researchers are using ChatGPT to instruct robots and drones
Microsoft's next challenges for ChatGPT are being a tool for human-to-robot interactions and generating code for robotic actions.
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Russia Drops Ominous Warning About Attack on Second Country
SPUTNIKMoldova dismissed claims made by Russia’s Defense Ministry on Thursday that Ukraine “saboteurs” were prepping a false flag attack on a pro-Russian breakaway region in the country.The warning, announced on…
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Google is asking staff to share with a ‘desk partner’ but they have to agree on tidiness a …
The Big Tech company also wants to create "neighborhoods" of 200 to 300 employees to ensure a smooth transition to the new working environment.
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Romania stands by Moldova “under any scenario,” president says
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This ‘lapdock’ kit turns an open-source smartphone into a laptop
Purism has unveiled its vision for convergence with the Librem 5 smartphone and an intriguing docking station.
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Did the Pentagon Shoot Down a Harmless Ham-Radio Balloon?
Surging numbers of small research balloons increase the odds of airborne mistaken identity—and harsher regulations
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Man Acquitted of Killing Gay American 35 Years Ago Admits Guilt
New South Wales Police handoutA 52-year-old Australian man who admitted, and then denied, pushing an American off a cliff because he was gay in 1988 has pleaded guilty—again—to the crime.…
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Finland to receive more NLAW anti-tank missiles
Swedish aerospace and defense firm Saab announced on Wednesday that it has received an order for NLAW (Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon) from the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command. According…
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Real estate slump hits home as Wells Fargo axes hundreds of mortgage bankers
Several Well Fargo mortgage bankers were at a retreat at Palm Desert just a few weeks ago. Now, many of them have lost their jobs.
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Warning as norovirus cases soar by 34% in two weeks – the 6 signs you’re infected
NOROVIRUS cases have jumped by a third in two weeks, new official data has shown. Cases of the winter vomiting bug were almost double the average for this time of…
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Caught on camera: Dog fights shark in Bahamas
In the Bahamas, a daring dog took on a 12-foot hammerhead shark and it was all caught on camera.
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Space Coast launch schedule: Upcoming missions from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral
Latest on upcoming launches from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as the Space Coast saw a record number of launches in 2022 and more expected in…
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Spectrum News political journalist Dylan Lyons killed in Pine Hills shooting
Photojournalist Jesse Walden remains hospitalized. The post Spectrum News political journalist Dylan Lyons killed in Pine Hills shooting appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government..
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80% of companies plan to give raises in 2023, according to a new survey
But 15% of employers are unsure whether they will offer raises, Payscale found.
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911 call released following fatal alligator attack in Fort Pierce
We're now hearing the chilling 911 call made after an elderly woman was attacked by an alligator Monday while walking her dog.
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FAUPD arrest non-student in the Breezeway on Friday
Last Friday afternoon, officers from the FAU Police Department arrested Wellington resident Josue Soto for driving down the Breezeway. Soto is not an FAU student. FAU students usually occupy the…
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The FDA Misled the Public About Ivermectin and Should Be Accountable in Court, Argues AAPS
2/13/2023 Update: AAPS filed a second amicus in Apter v. HHS, now before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. “It is axiomatic that the FDA does…
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Five-Eyed, Nozzle-Nosed Oddity Lingered Far beyond the Cambrian Period
This ancient creature swam in surprisingly modern seas
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Biden Administration Bets $74 Million on ‘Enhanced’ Geothermal Power
The Energy Department grant aims to cut the cost of new geothermal systems that generate electricity from heat miles underground
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Why is the FBI investigating Latin Rite Catholics?
So many of you sent me the story about the Richmond, Virginia FBI field office memo about FBI tracking of Latin rite Catholics, that… The post THE FBI AND LATIN…
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US Army evaluates AI-enabled targeting system for Abrams
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center has announced that it tested prototypes of a new targeting system during Project Convergence 22 force-on-force experimentation which took place in…
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Art Review: Boca Museum’s “Passages” an Urgent, Immersive Experience
Last night’s gala opening of Whitfield Lovell’s “Passages” at the Boca Raton Museum of Art proved to be a bustling scene rife with people and chatter and potential distractions—not to…
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Rand Paul Introduces Bill To Halt Funding For Hospitals Denying Care To The Unvaxxed
After multiple cases of ‘no jab, no transplant’
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Why ChatGPT won’t discuss politics or respond to these 20 controversial questions
OpenAI's wildly popular chatbot has boundaries. Some of them are a bit fuzzy though.
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Google CEO’s New Memo To Employees: Put Two To Four Hours Into Improving Bard Chatbot
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai sent an internal memo to Googlers on Wednesday asking them to contribute 2-4 hours of their time to helping improve Bard, the company's AI chatbot that…
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Research Park at Florida Atlantic University® Wins Community Impact Award
BOCA RATON, Fla. (February 15, 2023) – The Research Park at Florida Atlantic University® is proud to announce that its Global Ventures program was awarded the Community Impact Award as…
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ChatGPT Lookalikes Proliferate in China
ChatGPT is big in China, even though it's not officially available there. From a report: China's obsession with ChatGPT runs deeper than curiosity. Search giant Baidu is preparing to launch…
