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Updated June 18, 2024 06:20 ISTMelinda Gates has revealed who her favorite candidate is in the polarized race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. In a new interview, the ex-wife of Bill Gates spoke about what’s important in the upcoming presidential election this November. Melinda also supported Biden in the last election.Melinda Gates Among the polar opposite candidates, he revealed his favorite. Joe Biden and Donald TrumpIn a new interview, the ex-wife of Bill Gates spoke about what’s important in the upcoming presidential election this November. While expressing her opinion on choosing a sitting leader over a Republican heavyweight, the…
Penn State is getting some big buzz in the secondary after Rivals250 Class of 2025 cornerback Jameel Joseph committed to the Nittany Lions on Monday.The four-star prospect out of St. Joseph High School in Montvale, New Jersey, traveled to Happy Valley last weekend for his official visit to Penn State and saw enough on the trip to commit to the Nittany Lions.Joseph is ranked as the No. 2 player in the state of New Jersey, the No. 12 cornerback and the No. 138 overall prospect for the 2025 cycle.This is a big addition in the defensive backfield for the head…
Companies in sectors like financial services and insurance succeed or fail on data, specifically how well they can use it to understand what people and companies will do next, a process that is increasingly being dominated by AI. Now, a startup founded in London’s financial center called Finbourne has built a platform to help financial companies organize and harness data with AI and other models. The company has announced £55 million ($70 million) in funding, which it plans to use to expand outside the Square Mile. The Series B was co-led by Hyland Europe and strategic backer AVP (the venture…
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Four high-profile cases involving Thailand’s top politicians are due to go to court on Tuesday, the latest legal battles that could plunge Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy into a new era of uncertainty.The cases implicate some of Thailand’s most powerful politicians, including the current prime minister, and could deepen a decades-old rift between the conservative, royalist establishment and opponents such as the populist ruling Pheu Thai Party and the Opposition Progress Party.”The parties and representatives chosen by voters are being systematically and repeatedly sabotaged,” Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political scientist at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University, told Reuters.He outlined the power…
A Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint in California over the weekend while President Joe Biden was campaigning in Los Angeles, authorities said Monday.Police in Tustin, South Los Angeles, said in a news release that officers responded to a report of a possible robbery around 9:36 p.m. on Saturday. Police said they learned the victim was a Secret Service agent who had been “held at gunpoint and had his bag stolen.”Some of the agent’s belongings were later found at the scene. The suspect has not been identified.RecommendationSecret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement that the agent, who…
The Celtics have a chance to become NBA champions on Friday thanks in large part to the metronomic consistency of their approach and execution. Much of the credit goes to head coach Joe Mazzulla, whose unwavering, and sometimes eyebrow-raising, commitment to a detail-oriented style that values process over results has helped transform Boston from a talented team that occasionally made blunders into one that has operated like a brutally efficient winning machine for most of the past eight months.But as Mazzulla told reporters before Game 4, a fair bit of credit should also be given to the Celtics for having…
Four West Side neighborhoods will see an increase in violence prevention programs targeting people most at risk of gun violence as a group of business leaders nears an ambitious goal of raising $100 million in private funding.The expansion was announced Monday by leaders of the nonprofit, which employs workers, mostly from the streets, to mediate neighborhood disputes and enroll at-risk people in programs including therapy, education and job training.The neighborhoods covered are Austin, Garfield Park, Humboldt Park and Little Village, and roughly one in five shootings in the city occur in one of these neighborhoods, according to city crime statistics.”This…
European Union leaders failed to reach a final agreement on Monday on a candidate for the bloc’s top executive, but several praised the performance of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who is expected to win leaders’ backing for a second term in office later this month. “There is no deal tonight,” said EU Council President Charles Michel, who presided over an informal dinner summit in Brussels. The 27 leaders were considering the impact of the recent European Parliament elections and how to take their results into account when nominating candidates for the top job. “Today’s meeting was a…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – For decades, shopping malls have been gathering places in the U.S. City Center Mall in downtown Columbus was a popular spot in the 1990s, while Eastland Mall and Westland Mall thrived. That eventually led to the birth of mega-shopping centers like Easton Town Center and Polaris, and this month Easton celebrates its 25th anniversary. Superman movie begins filming in Ohio today, crews building set Most of those other malls are now gone, and not just in Central Ohio, as those that survive have pivoted to new models. Lee Peterson of WD Partners is a national retail…
Protesters demanding new elections in Israel clashed with police near the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem on Monday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved his government’s war cabinet and made himself the undisputed decision-maker in the eight-month Gaza conflict.Police said nine people were arrested for attacking police and that the demonstrations, which they declared unlawful, were dispersed with water cannons. Reuters reported that thousands of demonstrators marched from the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, to Netanyahu’s home, and some tried to break through barricades but were pushed back by police.Netanyahu, who returned to power in 2022 leading a right-wing coalition, dissolved…