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The fairytale wedding of Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist from The Golden Bachelor wasn't just a celebration of love and hope, it was a dazzling parade of familiar faces from the franchise on the red carpet. More than 50 celebrities from various seasons of The Bachelor attended the event, bringing their unique charm, fancy dresses, and maybe even a couple of rose-colored secrets. There were a few surprise appearances too. For the unversed, Gerry and Theresa tied their wedding knot on January 4th, 2024 at La Quinta Resort…

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that for a large, connected nation like India, deepfakes and misinformation represent a "very problematic issue" for conducting safe, free and fair elections.With respect to tackling deepfakes and misinformation, he said social media platforms are under watch on remedial actions they take in next 7-10 days on 'advisories' issued by the government. The minister also promised that inaction on their part may prompt amendment to the IT Rules that will be more "prescriptive". In an…

A local tribe’s bid for federal recognition is getting a boost from organized labor and a member of Congress who recently introduced legislation that would extend acknowledgement status to the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation and create a 300-acre reservation within Los Angeles County.The tribe is one of a number of Indigenous groups whose ancestors first populated the Los Angeles Basin and who are seeking the ability to govern themselves on sovereign land. A bill submitted Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Los…

In the days following Donald Trump’s remarks that migrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” the 2024 GOP frontrunner was met with a wave of Democratic and media criticism, likening his speech to Nazi rhetoric. In response to the Adolf Hitler comparisons, Trump has privately vowed to further amp up the volume on his extreme, anti-immigrant messaging, according to two sources who’ve spoken to him since his rally in New Hampshire last weekend.  “He wants the media to choke on his words,” one of these sources…

A black bear has been euthanized after its den was "unintentionally bulldozed" by Imperial Oil in northern Alberta, the province's energy regulator told CBC News.The incident occurred on Dec. 6 near the Kearl oilsands project, according to the company.Imperial Oil spokesperson Lisa Schmidt said in a statement that a contractor was building a drill pad in a previously cleared area when "equipment accidentally impacted a concealed bear den."A black bear in the den was injured and euthanized by Alberta Fish and Wildlife.The…

San Francisco's runways are sinking more rapidly than 14 other major coastal airports, according to new research to be presented at #AGU23 this week. Sinking can cause deformation, cracks, and sinkholes, posing risks to aircraft. Credit: Liza Lester After measuring minute elevation changes on runways at 15 coastal airports around the United States, researchers found that of airport runways sinking or subsiding, San Francisco…

It used to be so easy in Hollywood. You made one movie, and then, when a few people liked it, you made a sequel. If a few more people liked it, you made another one, and all of a sudden you had a trilogy for the ages. But then the bigwigs in suits worked out that selling films in sets of three created its own marketing momentum – you could even save money on production costs by filming them at the same time! So they just did that for a while, and all was well in Tinseltown.But what about when you ran out of story? Not a…

Several nations are expected to hold elections next year, including general elections in Indonesia and India, and presidential elections in the US, Finland, Pakistan, and Taiwan.Meta -- whose social media platforms include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads -- has flagged AI as a top priority and plans to add generative AI capabilities across all these platforms. Its Ads Manager tool is touted as a launchpad for running ads on the platforms, offering an "all-in-one tool" for creating, managing, and tracking…

On 24 February 2022, Russian tanks entered Ukraine from Belarus. Their goal was to seize Kyiv. Armoured columns moved openly, trundling through a landscape of forest and swamp. The Kremlin assumed a quick victory. The plan came dramatically unstuck in Bucha, a pleasant commuter town 15 miles from the Ukrainian capital.A group of volunteers took to the barricades. They included a musician from an academic orchestra, a family therapist who taught Argentine tango, a recreational hunter and a gas station attendant. Over four…

After travelling across the Atlantic Ocean and taking an elevator hundreds of metres underground, it's hard for Jodie Defeo to put into words what it was like to be among a handful of people in Finland to take in the world's first long-term geological repository for spent nuclear fuel."It was large. It was very cavernous. There was room for large-scale trucks to manoeuvre in these tunnels," Defeo, one of four councillors in the small northwestern Ontario township of Ignace, said about the facility.Defeo was among a…