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 | From the Editor's Desk Plastics are inescapable. That soda bottle or disposable razor or even the coating on your mattress may expose you to hundreds of different chemicals, some of which scientists know very little about. Scientists are now a step closer to handling this complexity. On Thursday the PlastChem Project, a group of researchers in Norway and Switzerland, announced that it had identified more than 16,000 chemicals in plastic products in the first comprehensive database of all known plastic chemicals. The database, accompanied by a report, sorts the chemicals by their known environmental and health effects—a bank of information the PlastChem team hopes will inform governmental regulations, as well as international negotiations for a treaty to curb plastic use and production. |
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| Work Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charges Against Menendez on Grounds of Immunity  The ruling applied to two charges central to the indictment: that Mr. Menendez attempted to install a U.S. attorney in New Jersey who might be inclined to go easy on a friend accused of federal crimes, and that he steered weapons and aid to Egypt in return for bribes. |
| Work The tropical disease that's suddenly everywhere  Dengue (pronounced DEN-gay), a mosquito-borne illness that has circulated to a limited degree for centuries, is now spreading with unprecedented speed around the world. It’s a worrying example of how a changing climate and 21st-century demographic trends can quickly turn a public health nuisance into a daunting global health crisis. |
| Work How Biden could dial up the pressure on Israel -- if he really wanted to  Since the war in Gaza began in October, the Biden administration has mostly pursued what’s been called a “bear hug” strategy when it comes to Israel, avoiding public criticism and upholding the country’s right to defend itself. This is partly out of genuine support for Israel following Hamas’s October 7 attacks, and also to preserve the ability to exert some influence over Israeli policy behind the scenes. |
| Work This Startup Cleans Up The "Ugly Underside" Of AI - Forbes (No paywall)  Artificial intelligence models require vast amounts of data to train and improve. And while there is ample data to address that need, it is often a mess of various formats — PDFs, HTML, Word docs, emails — that must be distilled down before being fed into those AI models. |
| Work Devils' second-period barrage overwhelms Dallas Stars  Smith put the Stars back ahead from near the goal line and the boards sending the puck toward the net and off Allen’s right skate and between his pads at 12:04 of the first. Tierney scored from behind the Stars’ net on a puck meant for Curtis Lazar in the slot that was knocked in by the Stars’ Miro Heiskanen at 17:14. |
| Work Officials investigate if missing Missouri student Riley Strain was overserved at Nashville bar  An urban search-and-rescue team continued to search along the brush line of the riverbank, checked storm drains and looked in dilapidated buildings, but police told reporters on Thursday there was no sign of Strain. |
| Work A Kentucky college student nearly died of injuries in her dorm room. What happened to her is a mystery.  “Ideally, we would find who did this and justice would be done,” he said. “Also, the school would be forthright in communicating to the student body about potential threats and risks on campus.” |
| Work Seat belt saved passenger's life on Boeing 737 jet that suffered a blowout, lawsuit says  The Department of Justice has also launched a criminal investigation. The probe would assist the department’s review of whether Boeing complied with a settlement that resolved a federal investigation into the safety of its 737 Max aircraft after two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019. |
| Work Ohio police confirm 2 dead in fierce storm that damaged homes and businesses in 3 states  A Facebook post on the Winchester Community High School page said all the schools in that school district would be closed on Friday. Another post said the high school had electricity and was open for emergency use for people who “need somewhere warm and dry.” |
| Work Kansas is close to banning gender-affirming care for minors as GOP leaders seek the last vote  In a meeting of GOP senators early Thursday, Senate Health Committee Chair Beverly Gossage, a Kansas City-area Republican, led a short briefing on the bill with, “It’s talking about children.” |
| Work South Downtown Soul  For more than 58 years, The Atlanta Voice has ably provided a voice for the voiceless. It is the largest audited African American community newspaper in Georgia. Founded in 1966 by the late Ed Clayton and the late J. Lowell Ware, The Atlanta Voice has evolved and redefined its efforts to better connect with the community it serves. |
| Work The Atlanta Voice - March 15, 2024  For more than 58 years, The Atlanta Voice has ably provided a voice for the voiceless. It is the largest audited African American community newspaper in Georgia. Founded in 1966 by the late Ed Clayton and the late J. Lowell Ware, The Atlanta Voice has evolved and redefined its efforts to better connect with the community it serves. |
| Work Heavy, wet snow brings much of Denver, foothills to a standstill. Unless you had a shovel. Or a sled.  Down the street from Peterson, Jenn Prileszky was watching as her three children were helping a neighbor build a snow fort. She said her kids heard the snow blower going and wanted to get outside. |
| Work CSU Rams outlast 23rd-ranked Nevada, advance to Mountain West semifinals  Nique Clifford added 14 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for CSU, Joel Scott had 11 points and five rebounds, and Joe Palmer added 12 points as part of a 35-21 advantage in bench scoring for the Rams. |
| Work More camping, sports or marshland? After years of fighting and haggling, the plan to transform Mission Bay just got a key OK  A newly released transcript sheds fresh light on President Joe Biden’s memories about his son’s death during an interview with prosecutors investigating his handling of classified documents |
| Work Months after Hollywood strike's end, actors still struggle to find jobs  Film LA, which tracks production in Los Angeles, tells NBC4 the number of filming permits and shoot days are down 10 and 12% since the beginning of the year and that productions appear to be hiring fewer people. Actors we spoke with say since the strike, hiring A-list stars and high-profile celebrities are the bigger priority. |
| Work Parasite found in Riverside County linked to illness sickening dogs  “If you do take your dog into these waters and a month or two later, it begins to have some of the symptoms -- it becomes lethargic, fever, diarrhea, it loses its appetite, starts to lose weight -- you need to get that dog tested for this parasite,” Dillman advised. |
| Work Uncle who bludgeoned two nephews to death found guilty of murder  Andrew J. Campa is a member of the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times, having previously covered the Eastside and San Gabriel Valley. Before, he worked at several medium and small daily newspapers and has covered education, sports and general news. He’s a proud University of Alabama (#RollTide), Cal State Fullerton and Pasadena City College alumnus. |
| Work Trump’s Court Delays Pile Up While the Presidential Race Gathers Speed  The most recent complications make clear how the justice system is struggling to balance fairness and speed against the backdrop of a calendar shaped by the presidential campaign. All four cases in recent weeks have, in one way or another, become further mired in procedural or substantive issues that have resulted in delays. |
| Work Why a Native American Nation Is Challenging the U.S. Over a 1794 Treaty  But he knew how hard it was to accept past wrongs, particularly when their consequences so informed the present. It was why he had spent so long pushing — first Onondaga elders, then the United States justice system and, finally, an international human rights commission — for a correction to that history. |
| Work Families Moved From Shelter Where Police Fired Stun Gun at Migrant  City officials are investigating the matter. Mayor Eric Adams has stood by the officers’ conduct, saying the migrant, Yanny Cordero, was intoxicated and acting violently. Mr. Cordero, who was arrested and later released, has vehemently denied the accusations. |
| Work Thinking of Driving in Manhattan This Weekend? Think Again.  On Sunday, the New York City Half Marathon will work its way from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Mile 11 of the 13.1-mile course starts in Times Square. Race officials say it will be the only time other than New Year’s Eve when Times Square is closed to traffic. |
| Work As Trump Seeks Trial Delay, N.Y. Prosecutors Offer 30-Day Postponement  Mr. Trump, who clinched the Republican presidential nomination for the third time this week, faces four criminal trials and several civil lawsuits. The Manhattan case had been the only one of the four criminal cases not mired in delays. |
| Work Man Is Critically Wounded in a Shooting on a Subway Train in Brooklyn  Footage of the fight posted to social media shows that the 36-year-old man repeatedly threatens the 32-year-old man, standing over him and saying “I will beat you up” before the younger man stands up and the two circle around each other. As the fight escalates, other passengers move to the opposite end of the train, but one woman stays back. |
| Work Hayes: Intra-squad relationships 'inappropriate'  \"Women\'s football as we know has been a very amateur game for a long period of time, so -- and I say this around player-to-player relationships as well -- there\'s challenges that we\'re moving to a point where we should be moving past those places,\" Hayes said. |
| Work Rory shares lead at Players despite Day 1 drama  The highlight of the day was Ryan Fox\'s ace on the par-3 17th hole, after he had posted an eagle 3 on the par-5 16th. He became the first golfer in Players Championship history to card a 3-1 on Nos. 16 and 17, according to the PGA Tour. It was the 14th ace on the island-green 17th hole since the tournament moved to TPC Sawgrass in 1983. |
| Work Men's Bracketology: Here we go! It's Tennessee and North Carolina for the last No. 1
 In this projection, the committee selects and seeds the 16 best available teams. There are no automatic qualifiers, although all non-competing conference champions receive the designated revenue unit. |
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| Work Bitcoin Retreats From Record High as ‘Bubble’ Talk Grows Louder Coinglass data show $526 million worth of bullish crypto wagers were liquidated in the past 24 hours — the most in about two weeks. The funding rate or cost for positions in Bitcoin perpetual futures — which are popular with speculators as they have no set expiry — slumped, according to CryptoQuant figures. |
| Work SoundHound AI Fell Today -- Is This Your Chance to Buy the Explosive Artificial Intelligence Stock?  Stock Advisor provides investors with an easy-to-follow blueprint for success, including guidance on building a portfolio, regular updates from analysts, and two new stock picks each month. The Stock Advisor service has more than tripled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*. |
| Work Tesla's stock plunge could turn around quickly if it gets a 'real CEO,' investor Ross Gerber says  \"I think investors have had enough, and we see the fallacy in this business model now, where the king of advertising the brand is now the devil of advertising the brand, basically,\" he told Yahoo on Thursday. |
| Work Adobe Drops on Weak Forecast Fueled by AI Competition Fears  In December, Adobe said it was abandoning its planned merger with product design startup Figma Inc. in response to regulatory pressure, which freed up billions in cash. It’s also ending its effort to create a product internally to rival Figma, and instead may explore the product category through partnerships. |
| Work TSMC’s 110% Rally Draws Caution, Even From the Bulls  Indian education-tech firm Think & Learn, which operates under the name Byju’s, must freeze $533 million to protect the money for disgruntled lenders who claim the cash should only be used to pay them, a US judge said Thursday. |
| Work Why Alibaba Stock Dived by Nearly 4% Today  Eric Volkman has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Coupang. The Motley Fool recommends Alibaba Group. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. |
| Work Believe It or Not, Nvidia Stock (NASDAQ:NVDA) Still Isn’t Expensive  The insatiable demand for all things AI far outpaces the available supply, underscoring the potential for accelerated computing and generative AI adoption across various industries and regions. This trend is anticipated to be a primary driver of revenue and earnings growth for NVDA in the years ahead. |
| Work El Salvador Has Thousands More Bitcoins Than Previously Known  We\'ve decided to transfer a big chunk of our #Bitcoin to a cold wallet, and store that cold wallet in a physical vault within our national territory.You can call it our first #Bitcoin piggy bank 🇸🇻It\'s not much, but it\'s honest work 😂 pic.twitter.com/dqzedykxT1 |
| Work MicroStrategy's massive debt-fueled bitcoin purchases could make a future downturn worse, JPMorgan says  Too much leverage in the bitcoin rally has sparked concern for other commentators as well. Though Galaxy CEO and crypto enthusiast Mike Novogratz generally forecasts the token to rise higher, that\'s not before a correction to around $50,000. |
| Work Bitcoin Price Falls By 5% As Grayscale’s BTC Outflows Hit $400M  Grayscale\'s selling pressure stems from investors redeeming their holdings in its Bitcoin Trust ETF, which was converted from a closed-end fund in January. This has led to increased supply of Bitcoin in the market, putting downward pressure on the price. Despite the Grayscale redemptions, net inflows for other Bitcoin ETFs have reached a record high, indicating continued investor interest in the cryptocurrency. |
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| Work Man who was almost sucked off plane among group suing Alaska and Boeing  “We can look at it through the lens of the product defects, or we can also look at it through the lens of what happens when companies think that they can start cutting corners, save their share price a few points, at the expense of the travelling public and the communities that these planes fly,” Friedman said. |
| Work Major snowstorm in Colorado forces closure of schools, offices and highways  Eldora Mountain, a Colorado ski resort, closed on Thursday morning citing safety issues, after an estimated 30in of snow fell causing multiple snow slides across access roads. “We hope to resume normal operations tomorrow,” the resort said on its website. “In the meantime, stay home, stay safe, shovel out, and enjoy the beautiful weather!” |
| Work Alec Baldwin files to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charge in Rust shooting  He is accused of involuntary manslaughter after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on the western film set of Rust in October 2021 after a prop gun held by Baldwin went off. Baldwin has denied pulling the trigger. |
| Work No compelling examples of what levelling up has delivered, watchdog finds  “Buildings do not go up overnight and these are multi-year programmes, so it is to be expected that the capital spend ramps up in later years. But we will continue to give expert support to councils to tackle any delivery blockers so we deliver these vital projects quickly.” |
| Work NHS hospitals hit by shortage of life-saving drug for chronic breathing issues  An NHS spokesperson said: “Recent short-term disruption to the supply of salbutamol nebuliser liquid has now been resolved. This was caused by one supplier experiencing a manufacturing issue. The department quickly engaged with suppliers and others in the supply chain to ensure supplies were available for UK patients.” |
| Work Water firms' profits in England and Wales almost double since 2019, find Lib Dems  "I was proud to launch our party's campaign on this issue three years ago, and thrust water quality into the Westminster spotlight. Liberal Democrat activists across the country are spearheading the fight against polluting and profiteering water firms." |
| Work Put Thames Water into special administration, Lib Dems tell ministers  A government spokesperson said: “Water companies are commercial entities and we do not comment on the financial situation of specific companies as it would not be appropriate. We prepare for a range of scenarios across our regulated industries – including water – as any responsible government would.” |
| Work Israeli forces kill 20 Palestinians waiting for aid, Gaza health ministry says  Israel’s retaliatory campaign of bombardment and ground operations in Gaza to destroy Hamas has killed at least 31,341 people, most of them women and children, according to the territory’s health ministry. |
| Work Macmillan Cancer Support to axe 150 jobs amid soaring inflation  Sarah Vibert, the chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, said: “Charities of all sizes are facing a triple threat of record demand, falling income and rising operational costs – with none of these showing signs of letting up anytime soon.” |
| Work Middle East crisis live: Spanish aid vessel visible off Gaza coast, say reports  The UN special envoy for Yemen has told the UN security council, the longer the war in Gaza goes on and Yemen’s Houthi rebels keep attacking ships in the Red Sea the greater the risk that Yemen could be propelled back into war. Hans Grundberg said it has been impossible to shield his promising efforts to restore peace to Yemen because the reality is, “what happens regionally impacts Yemen – and what happens in Yemen can impact the region”. |
| Work Australian Alps face world's largest loss of snow by end of century, research shows  While skiing and its touristic value are of great importance for local economies, "biodiversity in mountainous areas is already heavily affected by global warming," the study said. "[It] is likely to receive additional pressure by expanding ski areas and a concentration of skiers towards higher elevations." |
| Work Growing safety concerns over lithium-ion batteries after four fires in one day in NSW  The NSW fair trading minister, Anoulack Chanthivong, said the state would keep inspecting retailers and educating consumers while state and federal governments develop responses to the ACCC’s recommendations. |
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