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The accident took place around 7 a.m. when the bus rear-ended a trailer-truck at the end of a traffic jam – MUNICH – Eighteen people are feared dead after a bus carrying a group of German senior citizens crashed into a truck on a highway in Bavaria early Monday and burst into flames, police said. Thirty people were injured in the early-morning accident, some seriously, while the 18 still considered missing “are believed to have died on the burning bus,” police said in a statement. “Two people are still in life-threatening condition,” Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt told reporters after touring the crash site. “The remains of 11 bodies were recovered from the bus and rescue crews are still looking for body parts of those who are still missing.” The accident took place around 7 a.m. when the bus rear-ended a trailer-truck at the end of a traffic jam on the A9 highway near Muenchberg in Bavaria, not far from the Czech border. It was not immediately clear what … [Read more...] about 18 Dead, 30 Injured in Fiery Bavarian Bus Crash

A woman has been killed after a car driven by her Norwegian son-in-law plunged off a cliff leading to a viewpoint in southern Thailand’s Nakhon Si Thammarat on Thursday. The Norwegian driver, identified as Mr. Bjorn Sifla and four other members of his family, including his wife and children, were injured. The accident happened in the Ao Thong Yang Khao Phlai Dam area of tambon Thung Sai in the Sichon district, the local police chief, said. It was reported to the police by locals around 2.30 pm. Police and rescue workers rushed to the scene and discovered that a passenger car had plunged 20 metres down the hillside. The top of the vehicle was crushed and the six people inside the car were seriously injured. All were taken to Sichon Hospital. One of them, a woman, Ms. Lamai Singthong, was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Read: Thailand to Incinerate 40 Tons of Seized Drugs The car carrying six family members after it ran off the road and … [Read more...] about 1 Dead after Norwegian Drives Car Off Cliff in Southern Thailand

Adams County sheriff’s detectives have taken two suspects into custody for a quadruple shooting that killed two and wounded two early Sunday. Brandon Karr, 24, and Rojelio Heredia, 24, are being held at the Adams County jail, where they face charges of first-degree murder with extreme indifference. Deputies found the four victims at 5400 Sheridan Blvd. shortly after midnight. Two were taken to hospitals, and two were dead at the scene, according to a news release. Adams County detective are investigating. This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available. A shooting overnight leaves 2 injured and 2 dead at Berkeley Village mobile home park in Adams County. pic.twitter.com/SqBHNpRuVg — AlanS7 (@AlanStedman7) August 7, 2016 … [Read more...] about Two killed, two more injured in Adams County shooting early Sunday

Earlier this summer, at the re:MARS conference—an Amazon-hosted event focusing on machine learning, automation, robotics, and space—Rohit Prasad, head scientist and vice president of Alexa A.I., aimed to wow the audience with a paranormal parlor trick: speaking with the dead. “While A.I. can’t eliminate that pain of loss, it can definitely make their memories last,” he said, before showing a short video that starts with an adorable boy asking Alexa , “Can Grandma finish reading me The Wizard of Oz ?” advertisement advertisement The woman’s voice that reads a few sentences from the book sounds grandmother-y enough. But without knowing Grandma, it was impossible to evaluate the likeness. And the whole thing struck many observers as more than a little creepy—Ars Technica called the demo “morbid.” But Prasad’s revelation of how the “trick” was performed was truly gasp-worthy: Amazon scientists were able to summon Grandma’s voice based on just a … [Read more...] about Why Amazon’s “dead grandma” Alexa is just the beginning for voice cloning

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Israel on Monday reopened border crossings into the Gaza strip, according to Reuters , after the country signed a truce with Palestinian militants following three days of violence that left dozens of Palestinians dead and hundreds injured, marking a potential end to the worst fighting since war broke out between Israel and Hamas in 2021. Key Facts Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group—an Iranian-backed group that is one of two central Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza strip— agreed to a cease fire Sunday evening, which Egypt helped negotiate, to put an end to the three-day conflict. Though the ceasefire took effect at 11:30 p.m. local time, both sides continued rocket fire in the minutes after it began, the New York Times reported . The truce came after the violence started Friday afternoon, when Israel launched airstrikes into Gaza to to pre-empt a planned attack from … [Read more...] about Ceasefire Between Israel And Palestine Holds After Three-Day Conflict—Here’s What Happened

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Atmosphere outside the Denver Center for the Performing Arts on January 22, 2012 (Photo by Denver ... [+] Post via Getty Images) Getty The grass is actually greener on the other side. While box office revenues on Broadway have fallen in recent weeks as tourists left New York and the cold winter weather set in, box office revenues of Broadway shows touring across the nation are still quite high. In fact, some musicals made more money last week on the road than on Broadway. For example, while the Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen generated $1,272,935 in ticket sales over eight performances last week in New York, the show generated $1,477,161 in ticket sales over seven performances last week on tour in Seattle. The touring production filled up the Paramount Theatre, which has more than twice as many seats as the Music Box Theatre, where Dear Evan Hansen now performs on Broadway. In addition, … [Read more...] about Musicals Make More Money on the Road than on Broadway

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Major U.S. companies have laid off thousands of employees so far this summer, as CEOs fear soaring inflation could tip the economy into a recession. Timeline Aug. 5, 2022 iRobot , the maker of Roomba, cut 10% of its workforce (140 employees), as the company restructures after being purchased by Amazon for $1.7 billion, the company told Forbes, adding the job cuts were not related to the acquisition. Aug. 4, 2022 California-based video game developer Jam City laid off between 150-200 employees — roughly 17% of its workforce — VentureBeat reported , stating the cuts come “in light of the challenging global economy and its impact on the gaming industry.” Aug. 3, 2022 Walmart —the largest private employer in the United States—plans to cut 200 of its corporate employees as the company seeks to restructure, the Wall Street Journal reported , citing anonymous sources. Aug. 2, … [Read more...] about Roomba Maker iRobot Cut 10% Of Its Staff: Here Are The Major U.S. Job Cuts As Recession Fears Grow

Alex Jones, an American radio show host and far-right conspiracy theorist. (Image: Reuters) Alex Jones, a United States entrepreneur, radio host, Donald Trump supporter, and spreader of conspiracy theories, has been fined $45 million in penal damages , and $4.1 million in compensatory damages for the hurt he inflicted on families of schoolchildren who had been shot dead in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre. This is significant, not only for the media in the US, but also for media around the world. Falsehoods, which spread online with grievous effects on some people, can be nailed in the courts and their purveyors, brought to book — that is the clear message. Jones has two more prosecutions to survive, for the same lie, in which different sets of parents are suing him, and he might accumulate even higher penalties. If fake news can be nailed in the US, where the Supreme Court has generally chosen to protect hate speech as an exercise of the right to free speech, why … [Read more...] about Lessons for India to learn from the Alex Jones case

(CTN News) – As the U.S. carmaker ramped up production which had been hit by Shanghai’s Covid-19 lockdown in June, Tesla achieved its highest monthly sales of Chinese-made vehicles since opening its Shanghai plant in 2019. The China Passenger Car Association reported that Tesla sold 78,906 China-made vehicles in June, including 968 for export. It sold 32,165 vehicles and exported 22,340 in May. Cui Dongshu, CPCA secretary-general, said Tesla also achieved the highest monthly output at its Shanghai plant in June. Tesla’s new factories in Berlin and Texas struggled to increase production after covid restrictions in Shanghai in the April-June quarter. Musk had urged staff to work harder after China’s zero-Covid lockdown caused deeper disruptions to output than he had anticipated at the end of the “very tough” quarter. Model 3s and Model Ys are produced at the Shanghai plant, which reopened on April 19. China’s passenger car sales rose 22% in June from a … [Read more...] about Tesla Sells A Record-High Number Of China-Made Vehicles In June

Apple’s iPhone 14 may be delayed due to China’s crackdown on the shipment of parts which may be held or rejected by Chinese customs officials, Nikkei reported Friday. Apple told its suppliers on Friday to ensure compliance with the long-standing regulations that pieces not be labeled “Made in Taiwan” after a facility run by Taiwanese Apple assembler Pegatron was inspected by Chinese authorities, according to Nikkei. Apple told suppliers to make contingency plans to avoid further disruptions to the supply chain, Nikkei reported. If Apple does not maintain strict compliance, regulatory issues may lead to supply chain disruptions that could impact the iPhone 14 as well, Nikkei reported. Apple is planning to announce the iPhone 14 in September, AppleInsider reported Sunday. This follows the one-month delay of iPadOS 16, the operating system behind Apple’s iPad, which is typically announced alongside the corresponding iPhone operating system iOS, due to technical issues, … [Read more...] about Apple Might Have To Delay Its New iPhone Thanks To Chinese Crackdown