One person is dead and tens of thousands have lost power after Hurricane Lala lashed parts of Hawaii overnight, before weakening slightly Sunday morning to a tropical storm with 70 mph sustained winds and heavy rain. At least 126,000 customers are without power across the islands. Nearly 70% of the Big Island is without power. Hurricane-force wind gusts were reported in Hawaii, Honolulu and Maui counties, with the mountainous island terrain amplifying winds at higher elevations. Officials have issued a Flash Flood Emergency for Naalehu in Hawaii County, with the National Weather Service calling it a “Particularly Dangerous Situation.” “Several…
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A murder inquiry has begun after the death of a man who was bitten by a dog on a footpath in West Yorkshire. The 55-year-old was injured in an altercation on a disused railway line off Blacker Lane in Calder Grove, Wakefield, at about 13:30 BST on Saturday. He was taken to hospital in a critical condition but died just after 19:00. West Yorkshire Police has appealed for two people, one of whom is called Sophie, who stopped to help the injured man to come forward. A force spokesperson said a 55-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and…
Former constitutional affairs minister Martha Karua has accused the Kenya Kwanza administration of allowing political violence to take root in the country, following an attack on a Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) convoy led by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in Nakuru. Karua condemned what she described as the reported use of violence, intimidation and organised groups to disrupt opposition political activities, warning President William Ruto against using political goons to suppress dissent. She said political competition was a constitutionally protected right and insisted that leaders should seek the support of Kenyans through democratic means rather than force. Karua challenged…
The European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria Election Observation Hub, EU-SDGN EOH urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, security agencies, political parties, the media and voters to take immediate steps to address identified gaps and ensure a peaceful, credible conclusion to the Osun State governorship election. The Hub made the recommendations in its preliminary election day press conference following observations from 823 accredited observers deployed across the 30 local government areas of the state on Saturday. Speaking on behalf of the Hub, Lanre Arogundade, the Executive Director of International Press Centre, IPC, urged INEC to deploy Rapid…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has said his office is not vacant, affirming full focus to fully discharge his duties as the occupant of the nation’s second most powerful office. Prof. Kindiki dismissed those eyeing the position saying he is not deterred by the attempts as he is working hard to serve all Kenyans. “Those who are after a seat should know the position of the Deputy President is not vacant. Someone is already occupying it and he is fully on it on the behalf of the people of Kenya,” he noted. Speaking on Saturday when he attended a meeting of…
A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to strip nearly 1,100 Somalis of legal protections against deportation that have allowed them to live and work in the United States. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston allowed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to terminate the Temporary Protected Status designation for Somalia after the U.S. Supreme Court in June allowed the administration to end similar protections for thousands of people from Haiti and Syria. The Supreme Court’s ruling, powered by its 6-3 conservative majority, curtailed the ability of judges to review DHS efforts…
Local newsrooms do not lose trust because a clip looks soft on a phone. They lose it when a street photo from WhatsApp becomes a moving scene that invents a second officer, a crowd banner, or a shop sign the still never held. That is why image to video ai only helps a desk when the first question is whether the source file is clean enough to animate, not whether the motion looks exciting in a small player. The expensive failure arrives after the article is almost ready. A compressed still looked fine as a thumbnail, then motion revealed melted…
What changes when an AI video workflow can read the look, movement, rhythm, and sound of several references at once? My first experiments with AI video were mostly exercises in negotiation. I would describe a shot, generate it, notice that the movement felt wrong, and then rewrite the prompt in increasingly awkward detail. A camera move might improve while the character changed. The lighting might finally match while the action lost its rhythm. The process was fascinating, but it rarely felt like directing. It felt more like repeatedly explaining the same scene to a talented collaborator who forgot our previous…
The BBC has sought to subpoena members of Donald Trump’s family for documents and testimony as it defends against the US president’s $10bn (£7.4bn) defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster. Court filings show that representatives for the BBC’s legal team attempted in May to serve subpoenas to the president’s son Donald Trump Jr, his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner. The president is suing the BBC over an episode of Panorama that edited together two different sections of a speech he gave before the 2021 Capitol riots. The BBC has previously apologised for the edit but denied it was grounds…
Andy Burnham has described the death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday as “a tragedy on so many levels,” as he called for a “moment for reflection”. Arday was found dead at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon. “It’s not a moment for any rushing to judgement. It’s a moment for reflection, I would say, reflecting on how things came to this,” he told broadcasters during a visit to Cornwall. In a statement issued by his publisher Simon & Schuster UK, Arday’s family said they were “in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle…
South Korea’s president has proposed talks with its northern neighbour on officially ending the war between the two that is technically still active. Lee Jae Myung suggested a “multi-layered security system” to avoid flare-ups along the countries’ de-facto border, known as the demilitarised zone (DMZ), and offered to discuss practical ways of halting Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions. North Korea has continually tested ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, which has been perceived in Seoul and nearby Japan as an attempt to intimidate and project power. The conflict between the two occupants of the Korean peninsula has been effectively frozen since…
Browser games have been around for many years, but the way people use them has changed a lot. In the past, browser gaming was mostly limited to desktop computers. Today, the same type of games can be played on laptops, smartphones and tablets as well. This change has made browser gaming more accessible to a much wider audience. Players no longer need to depend on one type of device, and in many cases they do not need to install a separate application before they can start playing. Better browsers, stronger mobile devices and modern web technologies have all helped make…
Luigi Mangione has admitted to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson after pleading guilty to federal charges of interstate stalking resulting in death. “I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” the 28-year-old admitted in Manhattan federal court on Friday. Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, was shot from behind on 4 December, 2024 as he walked into a hotel in midtown Manhattan. Following the plea hearing, his family issued a statement calling it “an important step toward justice for Brian and for our family”. Mangione faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. He also faces state charges, although…
Two women convicted of trafficking 56 kilogrammes of cannabis in Kilifi County have each been fined Sh30 million or sentenced to 10 years in prison in default. Principal Magistrate Ivy Wasike sentenced Juliana Mala Wesonga and Consolata Anyango Ondongo after finding them guilty of trafficking narcotics valued at Sh1.68 million. The court heard that the cannabis was recovered from three boxes found in a house in Kilifi North on July 27, 2024. Evidence presented by Prosecution during the trial showed that Wesonga had collected two of the boxes from Wells Fargo Courier and transported them to the house, where both…
Builders renovating a house in Belgium have discovered a stash of gold reportedly worth some €9m (£7.6m) sealed into the walls of its cellar. The construction workers stumbled across the hidden trove of gold bars and coins while drilling to lay new sewage pipes in the property in east Flanders earlier this week, local media report. The discovery has sparked interest in who might get to keep the loot – with both the builders and the local charity that owns the site having a chance of claiming it. An investigation has been launched and local police cautioned anyone hoping to…