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A glitch in a system update caused a global technical outage on Friday morning, cancelling flights and disrupting communications at hospitals and banks in the region.Here’s which Milwaukee-area organizations are affected by the outage:What caused the global blackout?Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike blamed the disruption on a faulty system update.CrowdStrike said one of its recent content updates contained a flaw affecting Microsoft’s Windows operating system, adding that the incident was “not a security incident or cyber attack.”In a post on X, the company’s CEO, George Kurtz, apologized for the outage and said the issue had been identified and isolated, a fix had…
The company that creates Hello Kitty made a surprising revelation during the iconic character’s 50th anniversary, leaving some fans confused and in denial afterwards.Hello Kitty was created by the Japanese entertainment company Sanrio in 1974. “Hello Kitty is not a cat,” Jill Koch, Sanrio’s senior vice president of marketing and brand management, said on Thursday’s Today show, “She’s actually a little girl.”Koch later said on TV that Hello Kitty, who weighed three apples and was five apples tall, grew up outside London with her twin sister Mimmy, her parents and the family cat Charmmy Kitty.According to the Sanrio website, Hello…
Mark J. Rebillas/USA Today Sports/Reuters Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark performed together for the first time. CNN — Dallas Wings guard Areke Ogunbowale set a WNBA All-Star Game record with 34 points, and Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese each set rookie records to lead Team WNBA to a 117-109 victory over Team USA on Saturday in Phoenix. All 34 of Ogunbowale’s points came in the second half, with 21 of them coming in the third quarter, as the WNBA team overcame a two-point halftime deficit to win and set Team USA up for the upcoming Paris Olympics. Ogunbowale’s scoring performance…
Nepal Women vs Pakistan Women, 6th match, Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2024, Dambulla. Photo: ACC Welcome to our live coverage of the sixth match of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2024 between Nepal and Pakistan at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. Nepal Women set Pakistan a target of 109 runs thanks to late efforts from Kavita Joshi and Puja Mahato. Sita Rana Magar also contributed a crucial 25 runs off 30 balls. Sadia Iqbal took two wickets. Follow us here for live cricket scores and updates of NEP-W vs PAK-W match. Live Updates July 21, 2024 9:12:06 p.m. Muneeba Ali…
SPRING, Texas (AP) — Janet Jarrett lost power and temperatures soared at the Houston-area home she shares with her sister. Hurricane BerylShe did all she could to keep her 64-year-old brother cool.But on the fourth day after the power went out, Pamela Jarrett, who was in a wheelchair and relied on a feeding tube, woke up to the sound of her gasping for breath. Paramedics were called, but she was pronounced dead at hospital, and the coroner said the cause was heat exposure.”This should never have happened to her and now it’s so hard to find out she’s gone,” Janet…
Federal regulations have streamlined the process for houses of worship to install solar panels on their roofs, making it a more affordable and accessible option, Grist reported. Solar power is a cheaper source of energy that benefits our health, lifestyle and the environment by preventing and reducing toxic and harmful pollutants released when burning coal, gas and oil as fuel. Over the past two decades, religious Americans’ knowledge and beliefs about the need for alternative energy have grown significantly. “Initially, people of faith were really brave and talked about responding to climate change through renewable energy and energy efficiency as…
Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Reventure’s Nick Gerli estimates that home prices are up as much as 30% in some towns that have seen housing boom during the pandemic. Tommy/Getty Images Reventure CEO Nick Gerli said he expects home prices to fall sharply in popular markets as a result of the pandemic.Gerli believes the southern real estate market is in a bubble that’s about to burst.There is a lot of inventory on the market in some fast-growing cities, which could weigh on prices, he said. Potential homebuyers might want to stay on the sidelines:…
Donald Trump walks off stage after speaking at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 20. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Donald Trump on Saturday appeared at his first campaign rally since last weekend’s assassination attempt, alongside his new running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio. The pair were greeted by an excited crowd at an indoor arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here’s what happened: New Vice Presidential Candidate: “It’s still a little weird to see my name on that billboard, to be honest with you,” Vance said, referring to campaign literature from Trump and Vance fluttering behind him in…
Ajit Pawar has dropped ample hints that Mahayuti will remain in office till the state assembly elections (File)Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) national president and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday suddenly announced that the party would contest local body and municipal elections in Maharashtra on its own.”The NCP fought the Lok Sabha elections along with allies of Mahayuti. The party will also fight the subsequent state assembly elections along with its allies. But, we will fight the municipal and local body elections on our own,” the deputy chief minister said at a meeting with party workers in…
Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The Philippines has reached an “interim arrangement” with China to resupply its military bases on a disputed reef in the South China Sea, one of the region’s most dangerous hotspots, the Manila government said on Sunday.The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a statement that diplomats from the two countries reached the agreement after weeks of talks over the Philippine resupply mission to the rusting warship Sierra Madre at Second Thomas Shoal. China had no immediate comment on the matter.If confirmed…