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Trump administration plans to remove nearly 700 unaccompanied migrant children, senator says

August 29, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Trump administration plans to remove nearly 700 unaccompanied migrant children, senator says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is planning to remove nearly 700 Guatemalan children who had come to the U.S. without their parents, according to a letter sent Friday by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, […]

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Science / Health

AI Apocalypse? Why language surrounding tech is sounding increasingly religious

August 29, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on AI Apocalypse? Why language surrounding tech is sounding increasingly religious

TORONTO (AP) — At 77 years old, Geoffrey Hinton has a new calling in life. Like a modern-day prophet, the Nobel Prize winner is raising alarms about the dangers of uncontrolled and unregulated artificial intelligence. Frequently dubbed the […]

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Science / Health

Fire departments concerned about cancer risks are buying gear that is free of forever chemicals

August 29, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Fire departments concerned about cancer risks are buying gear that is free of forever chemicals

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Every time he rushed out on a fire call, East Providence Lt. Thomas Votta knew he put himself at risk for cancer. There are potential carcinogens in the smoke billowing […]

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Business

California lawmakers reach deal with Uber, Lyft that would allow drivers to unionize

August 29, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on California lawmakers reach deal with Uber, Lyft that would allow drivers to unionize

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have struck a deal with rideshare companies Uber and Lyft to allow drivers to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and […]

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Delta agrees to pay $79M to settle lawsuit after jetliner dumped fuel on schools

August 29, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Delta agrees to pay $79M to settle lawsuit after jetliner dumped fuel on schools

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $79 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 2020 after one of its airplanes that was experiencing engine trouble dumped its fuel over schoolyards and […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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From what language did English borrow the word "ukulele"?

In the Hawaiian language the word ukulele roughly translates as 'jumping flea', perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise.

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On what show did Heather Locklear make her TV debut in a recurring role?

In 1982, Locklear began a long term association with television producer Aaron Spelling. First, she was cast in a recurring role as Sammy Jo Dean on Spelling's Dynasty. The following year, while still appearing on Dynasty, Locklear took on a starring role as Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker.

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Originally called pimento, what popular spice was first grown in Jamaica?

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Who recorded the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985).

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind.

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