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Memphis, Tennessee AP  —  A cybercrime expert with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation testified Wednesday that a former Memphis police officer charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols took a cellphone photo of Nichols as he sat on the ground, propped up against a police car and struggling with serious injuries. TBI Special Agent Derek Miller testified in the trial of Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, who have pleaded not guilty to state charges including second-degree murder. The three defendants already face the prospect of years in prison after they were convicted of federal charges last year.…

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Constellation Research CEO R Ray Wang and Heritage Foundation Public Finance Economist EJ Antoni join ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss their outlooks for 2025. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said Tuesday he thinks financial markets will overcome prevailing uncertainty to settle down for an anticipated rise in mergers with companies going through the public listing process. “If the level of uncertainty grows from here, yes, you will not see the same amount of capital activity, but things will settle down,” Solomon said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua. “People need to transact, need to raise capital, need liquidity for…

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The FDA chief has called into question whether the agency will approve and authorize the COVID-19 vaccine for winter.In August 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the updated mRNA COVID vaccine to protect against the current variants, and also approved an updated Novavax vaccine.FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, however, has expressed doubts about whether that is necessary for the 2025-2026 season.DEMENTIA RISK COULD DIP WITH COMMON VACCINE, STUDY SUGGESTS”We’re taking a look. I can’t comment on any particular application. As you know, we have a bunch of applications for those booster shots,” Makary told CBS News on Tuesday,…

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Beijing Reuters  —  China restated its case that Covid-19 may have originated in the United States in a white paper on its pandemic response released on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump’s administration blamed a lab leak in China. The White House launched a Covid-19 website on April 18 in which it said the coronavirus came from a lab leak in China while criticizing former President Joe Biden, former top US health official Anthony Fauci and the World Health Organization (WHO). In the white paper, released by the official Xinhua news agency, China accused the US of politicizing the matter of…

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Reuters  —  Apple violated a US court order that required the iPhone maker to allow greater competition for app downloads and payment methods in its lucrative App Store and will be referred to federal prosecutors, a federal judge in California ruled on Wednesday. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland said in an 80-page ruling that Apple failed to comply with her prior injunction order, which was imposed in an antitrust lawsuit brought by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games. “Apple’s continued attempts to interfere with competition will not be tolerated,” Gonzalez Rogers said. She added: “This is an injunction, not…

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Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  The world is arming itself at the fastest rate since near the end of the Cold War, according to a new report, as major wars rage in Ukraine and Gaza and military tensions spike from Europe to Asia. The 9.4% year-on-year rise to $2.718 trillion in global military spending in 2024 is the highest figure ever recorded by the authoritative Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in its annual report – which warned there’s no end in sight to the spiraling global arms race. That is the highest rise since 1988, the year before the…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings once played against a super-intelligent computer, but he says current artificial intelligence is already years ahead.”I’m deeply skeptical of AI,” Jennings told Fox News Digital at the TCM Classic Film Festival.”Obviously, these current iterations of LLMs [Large Language Models] would clean Watson’s clock at ‘Jeopardy!’ The technology has moved on. I’ve played with chatbots and ‘Jeopardy!’ clues, and they’re very hard to stump,” he said. Jennings, along with fellow “Jeopardy!” all-star Brad Rutter, competed against the IBM Watson computer in 2011.WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)? “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings…

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Archaeologists recently made a startling discovery: They found that two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Central America were actually two Danish slave ships.The ships, named Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, are located in shallow waters off Costa Rica’s Cahuita National Park. The 18th-century vessels were shipwrecked in 1710, according to the National Museum of Denmark.”Fridericus Quartus was set ablaze, while Christianus Quintus had its anchor rope cut, following which the ship was wrecked in the surf,” the museum’s press release noted. “Until now, it has not been clear exactly where the ships were lost.”RARE 4,000-YEAR-OLD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ‘BURIED IN THE GROUND’ PUZZLES ARCHAEOLOGISTSPictures…

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The owner of a Pittsburgh funeral home was arrested Monday after allegedly stealing more than $650,000 from customers who paid for pet burial and cremation services, throwing their animals in a landfill and giving them the ashes of other, unknown animals.Patrick Roy Vereb, owner of Vereb Funeral Home and Eternity Pet Memorial, is charged with multiple felony counts of theft by deception, receiving stolen property and deceptive business practices, according to a news release from Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday.Vereb, 70, surrendered Monday afternoon and was arraigned on the charges. He was released on his own recognizance. Vereb Funeral Home…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Xander Schauffele apparently had a chance with Paige Spiranac, but he opted to go a different route.The two-time major champion attended San Diego State University, where he met his wife, Maya. Spiranac also attended the university with them.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Paige Spiranac and Xander Schauffele (Getty Images/IMAGN)Spiranac is a former pro turned influencer and analyst for the game, and, apparently, she wanted a shot with the reigning PGA and Open champion.”I did go to school at SDSU with Xander Schauffele. And another fun fact is I had a…

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