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Newsweek • 17th October 2024

Mark Cuban defends Kamala Harris after Fox News interview backlash

Mark Cuban has defended Kamala Harris on social media after the vice president faced some backlash following her Fox News interview with Bret Baier.Harris was interviewed by the host of Fox News' Special Report on October 16 in Pennsylvania three weeks before the 2024 election, and has faced backlash online from conservative commentators and Trump supporters, with Megyn Kelly noting that Baier took charge while Harris appeared "incapable."Cuban, an outspoken critic of Donald Trump and supporter...

Newsweek • 16th October 2024

Security guard accused of killing 90-year-old at facility where she worked

A female security guard has been accused of killing a 90-year-old resident at a Georgia elderly apartment complex by stabbing him around 50 times.Janet Williams, 65, was taken into custody on Thursday after she was identified as the suspected murderer of Chun Ki Kim who had been killed in Atlanta in the 760 block of Sidney Marcus Boulevard NE, Law and Crime reported.According to an arrest update on the Atlanta Police Department website, on September 25 not long before 8 in the morning, Atlanta c...

Newsweek • 16th October 2024

Map shows which countries get the most hurricanes

When the hurricane season began on June 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its predictions for what this year's season would look like, predicting there would be 17 to 25 named storms.This would make it an above-average hurricane season, and of those storms, it was forecast that eight to 13 would be hurricanes, and four to seven deemed major hurricanes.So far, nine named hurricanes and 13 major storms had hit by October 15, according to NBC, with seven weeks o...

Newsweek • 16th October 2024

Videos show moment boat collides with crane in major crash

Footage has captured the moment a Chinese barge in Taiwan was suspected of colliding with a crane as the boat was docking on Monday.The videos show the crane next to the carrier ship as it pulls along the harbor in Northern Taiwan to dock. The crane tilts to the side and then collapses onto the pier, as a couple of people can be seen running away.The China Container Terminal Corporation crane weighed 750 tons and was 70-100 meters (230-328 feet) tall, and it was used to lift containers weighing...

Newsweek • 16th October 2024

Trump tells followers to buy family-backed cryptocurrency

Donald Trump has posted a video encouraging his followers to purchase a cryptocurrency supported by his family after the new token's sale went live.On October 15, World Liberty Financial crypto tokens were made available to purchase, Bloomberg reported—with each of the ethereum-based $WLFI tokens costing $0.015.In a video on his X account, the former president announced the sale, saying: "Big news. The World Liberty Financial token sale is now live. Crypto is the future. Let's embrace this incre...

Newsweek • 15th October 2024

German official predicts Russian strike on NATO, vows response

German intelligence chiefs have warned that a military confrontation between NATO and Russia is "becoming an option" for Vladimir Putin.The country's foreign intelligence chief Bruno Kahl told a parliamentary hearing in the Bundestag on Monday that Russia could be able to launch an attack on NATO by 2030.The comments are the latest in a series of warnings that Russia's conflict with Ukraine could escalate towards a much wider scale war.In the hearing, Kahl said: "Whether we like it or not, we ar...

Newsweek • 15th October 2024

Donald Trump 'OK with people fainting from heat at event: 'WWe lose weight'

Donald Trump said he was "OK" with the heat during a Pennsylvania town hall event, after it reportedly caused some attendees to faint.Trump's Monday night event was held in Oaks, Pennsylvania, moderated by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem. It was paused twice due to apparent medical incidents among the crowd, which led Trump to call for a doctor while commenting on the heat."We have incredible people that come here hours before and it's a little hot, so they're with us all the way, respect them...

Newsweek • 14th October 2024

Mom of Texas realtor who mysteriously disappeared says she fears the worst

The mother of Suzanne Simpson, who disappeared a week ago in Texas, shared at a candlelight prayer vigil that she didn't think her daughter was still alive.Barbara Clark told the local news outlet WOAI that she normally heard frequently from Suzanne, who is a 51-year-old realtor working at Nix Realty in San Antonio.The fact they'd not spoken since she went missing made her think that her daughter was not still alive.Barbara told the outlet that she'd spoken to Suzanne on the night she went missi...

Newsweek • 14th October 2024

Phase 1 of Dubai's $2.7 billion construction project underway

The first phase of the $2.7 billion project to extend Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC) is now underway after a United Kingdom-based construction company was appointed to begin the development.Mace, the company behind London's famous Shard building and Battersea Power Station, have been assigned the task of building phase 1 of the extension by Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).There are three phases to the development, and specifically, phase 1 will reportedly be completed by 2026 and bring the center...

Newsweek • 14th October 2024

Moment McDonald's worker realizes she's serving Bill Clinton

A Georgia McDonald's worker was caught on the camera the moment she realized her customer was actually the former president Bill Clinton.Over the weekend, Clinton was campaigning for Harris in swing state Georgia to try and boost the turnout of Black voters in the election, which could hold the key for Democrats to winning the state's 16 electoral votes, AP reported.On Sunday night, his chief of staff Angel Ureña posted a clip on X, formerly Twitter, of him visiting the burger chain.Initially, t...

Newsweek • 14th October 2024

Sci-fi filmmaker mocks Elon Musk's robots: 'Can I have my designs back?'

The director of the science fiction movie I, Robot, has weighed in on Elon Musk's recently unveiled robot and vehicle designs.Australian filmmaker Alex Proyas posted a series of photos on X, formerly Twitter, on October 13 showing the designs of Tesla's Optimus Robot, Robotaxi, and Robovan next to stills from the movie that showed the fuctional robots and vehicles used.He wrote, "Hey Elon, Can I have my designs back please?"Proyas' comments came after Tesla hosted an event titled "We Robot" on O...

Newsweek • 11th October 2024

Hurricane Milton: Map shows states most vulnerable to climate change

Despite being battered by catastrophic Hurricanes Helene and Milton in quick succession, Florida is not ranked as the state most vulnerable to climate change.The Environmental Defense Fund, Texas A&M University and Darkhorse Analytics have studied each U.S. state's overall vulnerability to climate change by evaluating communities' access to health care, housing, transport, and water supplies, as well as the number of natural disasters that affect each state or the number of deaths caused by extr...

Newsweek • 11th October 2024

Chinese scientists invent battery to be powered by Mars

China has reportedly developed a battery that could be recharged by the atmosphere in Mars, and withstand its extreme conditions.University of Science and Technology of China researchers released a report at the end of August, published by the Chinese journal Science Bulletin, explaining that the battery could run for more than 1,350 hours, which equated to two Martian months.The battery can also withstand the vast difference in temperatures that can range from 70 degrees Fahrenheit to around -2...

Newsweek • 11th October 2024

Social worker faked cancer to avoid prosecution over child abuse allegation

A former Colorado social worker has pleaded guilty to charges relating to accusations that she faked a cancer diagnosis to avoid prosecution.Robin Niceta, of Arapahoe County, was facing charges for falsely accusing a city council member of abuse. In the run-up to the trial, her lawyers attempted to delay proceedings based on a purported diagnosis of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, the Sentinel Colorado reported.Reports shown in court reportedly had stated that Niceta was "disor...

Newsweek • 11th October 2024

Elon Musk's 'futuristic art deco bus' design divides opinion

The design of Elon Musk's Robovan, which the Tesla CEO revealed at its We Robot event on October 10, has been debated on social media.As he presented the van to the audience, Musk said, "Can you imagine going down the streets and seeing this coming towards you? That would be sick.""The future should look like the future," he added.The Robovan is a pod-like self-driving vehicle that can transport 20 people and goods, Musk shared at the event, after the vehicle drove out on stage and passengers ex...

Newsweek • 10th October 2024

Ex-Texas cop jailed after murder during drug raid reveals police corruption

A former Texas police officer was handed a 60-year jail sentence on Tuesday after a couple were fatally shot during a drug raid that exposed corruption within one of the police units.Gerald Goines, 60, was sentenced after being convicted last month following the murder of Dennis Tuttle, 59, his wife Rhogena Nicholas, 58, and their dog after officers burst into their home in January 2019.The drug raid reportedly exposed systemic corruption in the department's narcotics unit, according to NBC News...

Newsweek • 10th October 2024

Woman in 11th floor Tampa apartment films 'insane' Milton conditions

A woman who lives in Tampa Bay on the 11th floor of an apartment block has been sharing live updates of Hurricane Milton with her followers on social media.Morgan Roos was posting on TikTok and Instagram on October 9 and into the early hours of October 10 as Milton swept over Tampa, Florida.Posting under the username @morganroos96, Roos has more than 1.4 million followers on TikTok, and 37,700 followers on her Instagram account. On her TikTok account, she explained she'd moved from Denver, Color...

Newsweek • 8th October 2024

Louisiana Senator claims women Hurricane victims don't care about tampons

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy weighed in on women's thoughts on sanitary products after the topic came up during Kamala Harris' appearance on the podcast "Call Her Daddy," saying people in Appalachia don't "give a function" about tampons after Hurricane Helene.His comments came as part of an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on October 7, the day after the vice president's interview was released.The Fox News anchor had asked him for his reaction to President Joe Biden's comment that the vic...

Newsweek • 8th October 2024

Satellite images show Hurricane Helene destruction ahead of Milton arrival

New satellite images show more of the devastation left by Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in Florida at the end of September.The devastation of Helene is still being cleared and many are unaccounted for while Hurricane Milton, now officially a Category 4 hurricane, is set to hit Florida on Wednesday night.The National Hurricane Center has predicted that the tropical-force winds, which have exceeded 150 mph, may reach Florida's west coast earlier, on Tuesday at 8 p.m.Helene brought 140 mph...

Newsweek • 7th October 2024

Trump vs. Harris: Who will rack up most debt for the US?

Neither Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Donald Trump has put forward a plan to address the rising debt burden, according to a report released today from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.The Committee said in their report that both presidential candidates would increase deficits and debt, but the debt would be higher under Trump.Estimates from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget stated Harris' policies would increase the national debt by $3.50 trillion b...

Newsweek • 7th October 2024

LEGO website hacked by crypto scam promoting fake LEGO coin

LEGO's website was momentarily hacked early Saturday morning by a crypto scam promoting a fake LEGO coin token.The scam appeared as a banner on the website's homepage underneath a promotional advertisement of the LEGO Fortnite collaboration where LEGO has started to make building models of various Fortnite characters and features.The hackers directed those who clicked on the fraudulent link to an alternate website, EconoTimes reported, however the issue was soon resolved after LEGO removed the s...

Newsweek • 7th October 2024

Alex Cooper reveals why she interviewed Kamala Harris

Podcaster Alex Cooper has shared her reasoning for interviewing Kamala Harris, despite her podcast "Call Her Daddy" typically avoiding political topics.Cooper featured the vice president in a widely publicized episode released on Sunday, focused on the subject of women's rights, including abortion.Explaining why she decided to discuss politics, Cooper revealed she had been "going back and forward on this decision for a while, to get involved or to not get involved."She said, "As you guys know, I...

Newsweek • 4th October 2024

Statewide manhunt underway after Texas police chief shot

A statewide manhunt is underway in Texas after a police chief was shot late Thursday night.A blue alert was issued for 33-year-old Seth Altman, who is suspected of shooting Memphis Police Chief Rex Plant, according to News 4 San Antonio. The alert remains active on the Texas Department of Public Safety website.Altman has been described as a white man with blue eyes and red or auburn hair. He weighs 220 pounds and is 6 foot 2 inches tall. He was last seen at the 200 block of S 4th St in Memphis,...

Newsweek • 4th October 2024

Gen Z drug dealer used Instagram to sell thousands of fentanyl pills

A 23-year-old drug dealer in North Carolina has been sentenced to 144 months in prison after being accused of using Instagram to advertise and sell drugsAxel Rodriguez, also known as "Flash," pled guilty to conspiracy and trafficking of fentanyl on April 25, after an FBI investigation found he was selling fentanyl in the area using his social media account.A press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina says he is being held accountable for more than 70...