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French special forces soldier killed in anti-terror operation in Iraq (www.france24.com)

Sergeant Nicolas Mazier, an air force paratrooper, “fell in combat while carrying out his mission”, during a firefight lasting 5 hours.

OpenAI launches a version of ChatGPT for businesses (www.cnn.com)

OpenAI is releasing a version of its buzzy ChatGPT tool specifically for businesses, the company announced Monday, as an AI arms race continues to ramp up throughout corporate America....

Hawaiian couple sues power companies over Lahaina destruction amid historic Maui wildfires (www.foxnews.com)

Ecuador: Thousands of soldiers move gang leader Fito (www.bbc.com)

Sudan conflict: Women tell BBC horror stories of rape (www.bbc.co.uk)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/862903...

Their Families Said They Needed Treatment. Mississippi Officials Threw Them in Jail Without Charges. (www.propublica.org)

In Mississippi, serious mental illness or substance abuse can land you in jail, even if you aren’t charged with a crime. The state is a stark outlier in jailing so many people for so long, but many officials say they don’t have another option.

Niger soldiers announce coup on national TV (www.bbc.co.uk)

Biden orders US to share Russian war crimes evidence with ICC -official (www.reuters.com)

Sinéad O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56 (www.irishtimes.com)

Kevin Spacey acquitted of all charges in London sex offense trial (www.inforum.com)

Analysis | Note to Florida and DeSantis: Enslaved Africans were already skilled (www.washingtonpost.com)

Ron DeSantis defended Florida’s controversial rules, which will require teaching that enslaved Africans “developed skills” that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”

Greta Thunberg fined for disobeying police order - TT (www.reuters.com)

Alabama woman ‘fired’ from spa after alleged kidnapping (www.independent.co.uk)

Alabama police say much of nursing student’s statement about what she claims happened to her during alleged abduction from Interstate 459 could not be verified

The world's first gene therapy for sickle cell disease has been approved in Britain (apnews.com)

Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K....

UNESCO is criticized after Cambodia evicts thousands around World Heritage site Angkor Wat (apnews.com)

Israel says troops conducting 'targeted operation' against Hamas in Gaza's largest hospital (www.cbc.ca)

The Israeli military said it was carrying out an operation against Hamas at the Gaza Strip's Al-Shifa Hospital on Wednesday and urged all members of the militant group in the hospital to surrender.

Group home worker indicted for assault special needs person, court docs say (www.fox19.com)

BATAVIA, Ohio (WXIX) - A worker at a group home in Clermont County was indicted on assault charges, court docs say....

Big Ten suspends Michigan's [College Football Coach] Harbaugh through end of regular season (theathletic.com)

Reminds me of the Astros… Just a tiny slap on the wrist...

CBC.ca: English Montreal School Board sues Quebec after it's forced to communicate in French (www.cbc.ca)

The absurdity that is Quebec’s oppressive language laws never runs out of new material.

onePULSE Foundation [Pulse nightclub shooting charity] does not plan to return individual donations after canceling museum plans (www.fox35orlando.com)

The onePULSE Foundation announced it was giving money back to Orange County last Friday after giving up on a plan to build a multi-million-dollar museum. The $3 million spent on design can’t be recovered, but the $3.5 million property will be given to the county. The foundation says it won’t be giving back any individual...

Canada top court to get first woman majority bench with Trudeau's new nominee (www.reuters.com)

The naming of Moreau will give Canada’s top court five female judges and four male judges. Moreau was most recently the chief justice of Alberta’s superior court, and has worked in that court for 29 years. She will fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the resignation of Russell Brown in June....

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