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Ukraine-Überblick: Ukraine kritisiert UN-Bericht, Russland wirft Slowakei Verstoß vor
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Miami Finds an Unshakable Groove Against Mighty Houston
The Hurricanes were unusually loose against the Cougars, the last No. 1 seed in the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament. Now Miami, not Houston, is pushing for a Final Four.
Krieg in der Ukraine: US-Senatoren fordern Übergabe von Beweisen für russische Verbrechen
Gordon E. Moore, Intel Co-Founder Behind Moore’s Law, Dies at 94
His prediction in the 1960s about exponential advances in computer chip technology charted a course for the age of high tech.
Konflikte: US-Bürger in Syrien getötet: Biden spricht Warnung aus
Infrastruktur: Wissing fordert Grüne auf, Autobahnen nicht zu “verteufeln”
IT-Industrie: Computerchip-Pionier Gordon Moore ist tot
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Chocolate Factory in Pennsylvania Leaves Two Dead and Nine Missing
At least six people were also injured in the explosion at the R.M. Palmer Company chocolate factory in West Reading, Pa., on Friday, an official said.
Gordon E. Moore, the Intel Co-Founder Behind Moore’s Law, Dies at 94
His prediction in the 1960s about exponential advances in computer chip technology charted a course for the age of high tech.
Finanzmarkt: Biden sieht keine dramatische Verschärfung der Bankenkrise
Vereinte Nationen: Guterres nimmt Länder nach Wasserkonferenz in die Pflicht
RTL: Youtube-Köchin Sally Özcan bei «Let’s Dance» raus
Two Migrants Found Dead and 13 Others Ill on Train in Texas, Authorities Say
The migrants were found trapped inside a sweltering shipping container that was stopped near a town in Uvalde County, according to officials.
Los Angeles Schools and 30,000 Workers Reach Deal After Strike
The three-day walkout included Los Angeles Unified School District teachers, gardeners, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and special education assistants.
UN-Wasserkonferenz: Kaum konkrete Zusagen zur Bewältigung der Wasserkrise
Schuldenkrise: Ratingagentur sieht Argentinien kurz vor dem Zahlungsausfall
In Canada, Biden Offers Cooperation, Not Threats
Deals on migration and trade emerge from a meeting that restored ties between the two nations after four years of tension under the former U.S. president, Donald J. Trump.
Former Trump Officials Must Testify in 2020 Election Inquiry, Judge Says
The ruling paves the way for testimony from Mark Meadows and others. Separately, a Trump lawyer appeared before a grand jury looking into the former president’s handling of classified documents.
No Letup in Bakhmut as Ukraine and Russia Brace for Battles Elsewhere
Both sides expect a Ukrainian offensive while the Bakhmut fight continues, but the head of the Wagner mercenary group said Russia must be clearer about its goals.
Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded

Enlarge / If this road is your only route to the outside world, it might not matter that your house didn’t flood. (credit: Maurice Alcorn / EyeEm)
Climate change produces lots of risks that are difficult to predict. While it will make some events—heatwaves, droughts, extreme storms, etc.—more probable, all of those events depend heavily on year-to-year variation in the weather. So, while the odds may go up, it’s impossible to know when one of these events will strike a given location.
In contrast, sea level rise seems far simpler. While there’s still uncertainty about just how quickly ocean levels will rise, other aspects seem pretty predictable. Given a predicted rate of sea level rise, it’s easy to tell when a site will start ending up underwater. And that sort of analysis has been done for various regions.
But having a property above water won’t be much good if flooding nearby means you can’t get to a hospital or grocery store when you need to or lose access to electricity or other services. It’s entirely possible for rising seas to leave a property high, dry, but uninhabitable as rising seas cut connections to essential services. A group of researchers has analyzed the risk of isolation driven by sea level rise, and shows it’s a major contributor to the future risks the US faces.
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Greg Wittine, Once a Hero for Disabled Boy Scouts, Dies at 67
As a young man with cerebral palsy, he gained notice for his quest to be an Eagle Scout and changed Scouting. But his name had been mostly lost to popular memory.
Miami Withstands 21-Point Comeback to Take Down Villanova
Maddy Siegrist had 31 points for Villanova, but Miami scored 6 in the final minute to advance to the round of 8.
AI voice generation helps mod Fallout 4’s narrow dialogue choices

Enlarge / Just because you’re still alive in a retro-futuristic-post-apocalyptic Commonwealth doesn’t mean you’re necessarily witty. (credit: Bethesda / ProfMajowski)
Modders can change many things inside their favorite games, but dialogue from professionally voiced characters hasn’t been one of those things—at least until recently. AI voice generation could open up new modding avenues for some games, as it has already done with one Fallout 4 mod package.
Roleplayer’s Expanded Dialogue (RED) is listed in the NexusMods catalog as a “Massive expansion of vanilla dialogue,” adding more than 300 entirely new lines of dialogue to the game. Those lines aim to solve an issue near to the hearts of fans of Fallout 1, 2, and New Vegas: role-playing. If you’re playing as a ruthless jerk, a brilliant nuclear scientist, or a strong but dimwitted dolt, you’ll see more dialogue options that reflect this. Mechanically, the roll-the-dice speech “checks,” which are based solely on your charisma level in the default game, can now be unlocked using related traits or skills.

If you’re going to let a player be a cannibal, let them talk about it, too. (credit: Bethesda / ProjMajowski)
They’re not just new labels on existing dialogue, either. RED, created by NexusMods user ProfMajowski (and first seen by us at PCGamesN), says it used ElevenLabs voice AI to generate its more in-character lines. The results can sometimes “sound a little ’emotionless,'” the creator writes, but “otherwise they basically sound like the real thing.” Nothing your character can newly say now will change the game’s mechanics or reactions, but it should sound a bit more in character.
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Selbstbestimmungsgesetz: Bundesregierung vereinfacht Änderung des Geschlechtseintrags
Frauen-Bundesliga: Bremens Fußballerinnen gelingt wichtiger Sieg gegen Köln
Crisis in Israel Tests the Complicated Ties Between Biden and Netanyahu
President Biden has stressed that shared democratic values have to be at the core of a United States-Israel relationship.
Justiz: SWR: Land will Altersgrenze im Strafrecht überprüfen
Deutsche Eishockey Liga: DEL-Playoffs: Ingolstadt und Mannheim drehen Rückstände
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French Anger Shifts From Pension Law to Focus on Macron
After ramming through a law raising the retirement age without a full parliamentary vote, the French president faces something approaching a constitutional crisis.
Overdose Death of Designer Who Dressed Lady Gaga Is Ruled a Homicide
Kathryn Marie Gallagher, 35, whose body was found in her apartment in July, died from a lethal mix of fentanyl and alcohol, the New York City medical examiner said.
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Do Kwon, Crypto Fugitive, Led a Very Public Life While on the Run
Do Kwon, the founder of the failed crypto company Terraform Labs, is facing charges by the authorities in both South Korea and the United States.
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Two more dead as patients report horrifying details of eye drop outbreak

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Two more people have died and more details of horrifying eye infections are emerging in a nationwide outbreak linked to recalled eye drops from EzriCare and Delsam.
The death toll now stands at three, according to an outbreak update this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 68 people in 16 states have been infected with a rare, extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain linked to the eye drops. In addition to the deaths, eight people have reported vision loss and four have had their eyeballs surgically removed (enucleation).
In a case report published this week in JAMA Ophthalmology, eye doctors at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, part of the University of Miami Health System, reported details of one case linked to the outbreak—a case in a 72-year-old man who has an ongoing infection in his right eye with vision loss, despite weeks of treatment with multiple antibiotics. When the man first sought treatment he reported pain in his right eye, which only had the ability to detect motion at the point, while his left eye had 20/20 vision. Doctors noted that the white of his right eye was entirely red and white blood cells had visibly pooled on his cornea and in the front inner chamber of his eye.
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Support Grows to Have Russia Pay for Ukraine’s Rebuilding
Although U.S. officials have cautioned against seizing Russia’s reserves in foreign banks, others say it’s “crazy” not to after Moscow’s war of aggression.
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Migration: Biden verkündet Asyleinigung mit Kanada
Brasilien: Ex-Präsident Bolsonaro will politische Arbeit in Brasilien fortsetzen
Spasms of Violence and ‘Wild Protests’ Jolt Paris
Opponents of pension overhaul, mostly young people, hold nightly “wild protests,” marked by vandalism, saying it is the only way to make their voices heard.