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Fast-moving wildfires flared in the Los Angeles area Tuesday, leaving tens of thousands of Southern Californians under evacuation orders, hundreds of buildings burnt, and at least two people dead. By Wednesday, two of the most severe fires, the Eaton Fire and the Palisades Fire, had raged across more than 7,000 acres in and around Pasadena and the Pacific Palisades district of Los Angeles, according to fire officials. These fires were fueled by strong Santa Ana winds and dry weather. Homes were completely destroyed by the fire and left to rubble in horrifying photos. People were seen running on foot in other photos. Go here to watch live broadcast. After her escape, a local told NBC Los Angeles that the scene was horrific. Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Morone told reporters Wednesd...

Investments in artificial intelligence are increasingly driving economic growth in the United States. These days, a lot of customers engage directly with AI through programs like ChatGPT or condensed search results on Google or Apple. Additionally, they might be coming to AI-generated images on social media. But the growth isn't being driven by that. Rather, it refers to the expenditures made to establish the infrastructure of electricity and raw computer power required to support those applications as well as any that may develop from them in the future. Consider the design of data centers, computer chips, information processing devices, and hardware for electrical transmission. According to Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, a market and economy consulting firm, AI has directly a...

Big and small IT companies alike are presenting ambitious ideas for AI-powered goods that may soon find their way into our daily lives. Unless tariffs cause them to stumble. Weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House on a campaign pledge to significantly increase tariffs, also known as import duties or levies, on goods entering the United States from overseas, the head of the Consumer Technology Association, which is hosting its annual electronics show in Las Vegas, has made that statement. The president-elect has pledged sweeping taxes of 10% to 20% on goods from almost every other nation, a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada, and surcharges of at least 60% on items arriving from China. Trump declared on the campaign trail that tariffs are the most beautiful word in th...

Ann Altman, the sister of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, filed a complaint on Monday, claiming that her brother routinely sexually assaulted her from 1997 until 2006. The abuse allegedly started when Ann, also known as Annie, was three years old and Sam was twelve years old. The action was filed in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri. According to the complaint, the abusive behaviors, which started with oral sex and progressed to penetration, occurred multiple times a week. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff has suffered from extreme emotional distress, mental agony, and depression as a direct and immediate result of the aforementioned acts of sexual assault, and these symptoms are anticipated to persist into the future. Although the younger Altman has previously accus...

Shares of Edison International, whose Southern California Edison is the electricity utility for the areas immediately surrounding the city of Los Angeles, seem to be suffering from fear and uncertainty over the California wildfires. Wednesday afternoon trading saw a 13% decline in the stock price. The dip coincides with a number of big flames raging in the Los Angeles area, which may be challenging to suppress due to the strong winds predicted. According to the Associated Press, at least two people have perished and tens of others have been advised to flee. According to the utility's website, as of Wednesday morning, around 70,000 Edison customers were without power. For years, public utilities have struggled with difficulties related to preparedness and prevention of wildfires. Although e...

Pro-immigrant organizations and some Democrats are pushing for measures that will shift the party to the right on immigration as President-elect Donald Trump gets ready to take office and implement what he has vowed will be the greatest deportation effort in American history. According to the move some are supporting, there would be an effort to reduce the amount of individuals entering the nation while also supporting the reworking of legal immigration paths based on humanitarian aid and economic needs. Similar concepts were put out by Democratic Representative Veronica Escobar of El Paso, Texas, and her Republican colleague, Representative Maria Salazar of Florida, in a 2023 bill called the Dignity Act. In addition to providing $25 billion for border security and requiring all employers ...

Fast-moving wildfires flared in the Los Angeles area Tuesday, leaving tens of thousands of Southern Californians under evacuation orders, hundreds of buildings burnt, and at least two people dead. By Wednesday, two of the most severe fires, the Eaton Fire and the Palisades Fire, had raged across more than 7,000 acres in and around Pasadena and the Pacific Palisades district of Los Angeles, according to fire officials. These fires were fueled by strong Santa Ana winds and dry weather. Homes were completely destroyed by the fire and left to rubble in horrifying photos. People were seen running on foot in other photos. Go here to watch live broadcast. After her escape, a local told NBC Los Angeles that the scene was horrific. Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Morone told reporters Wednesd...

Police announced Wednesday that Brian Matusz, a former pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles and a first-round draft pick who won a World Series ring with the Chicago Cubs, had been discovered dead in a Phoenix house. The 37-year-old's cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Speaking to NBC News, Phoenix Police Sgt. Phil Krynsky stated, "I can confirm we responded to a dead body call at a home near 44th Street and Campbell Avenue" at approximately 2:45 p.m. MST on Monday. "Yes, Brian Matusz, age 37, was the deceased individual discovered. This incident is currently being investigated as a death. Before attending the University of San Diego, where he won the 2008 West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year award, the left-handed pitcher played for St. Mary's High School in Phoenix. Because ...

Following the birth of his granddaughter Naomi Biden, President Joe Biden welcomed his first great-grandchild in California on Wednesday. Following a briefing from representatives of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on their efforts to combat the wildfires blazing over Los Angeles, Biden informed reporters, "The good news is, I'm a great-grandfather as of today." "A 10-pound, four-ounce baby girl" was the birth of his granddaughter, according to Biden, who promptly corrected himself to say "baby boy." "I'm about to be a great-grandfather, Jesus God," Biden said in a recent interview with USA Today, referring to the upcoming birth of his great-grandchild. However, I'm heading to California, Naomi. On January 8, she is scheduled to undergo a cesarean section. Adding,...

According to his longtime club on Tuesday, former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Brian Matusz, a first-round draft selection and well-liked teammate who won a World Series ring with the Chicago Cubs, passed away at the age of 37. Matusz's cause of death was not immediately made public. The left-handed pitcher was selected fourth overall by Baltimore in the June 2008 MLB Draft after winning the West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year award while attending the University of San Diego. He was chosen before No. 5 pick Buster Posey, a potential Hall of Fame catcher for the San Francisco Giants, and slightly behind recently retired first baseman Eric Hosmer. Matusz started his eight-year Major League Baseball career with Baltimore the following spring after making rapid work of the lower leagues. I...