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Leader of Belarus says he wouldn’t hesitate to use Russian nuclear weapons to repel aggression

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:11:39 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday that he wouldn’t hesitate to order the use of Russian tactical nuclear weapons that are set to be deployed to Belarus if his country faces an aggression.Earlier this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the planned deployment of short-range nuclear weapons to Moscow’s neighbor and ally Belarus in a move widely seen as a warning to the West as it stepped up military support for Ukraine. Putin has emphasized that Russia will retain control of them, but Lukashenko’s statement contradicted that.“God forbid I have to make a decision to use those weapons today, but there would be no hesitation if we face an aggression,” Lukashenko, known for his blustery statements, said, according to the state news agency BelTA. Russian officials had no immediate comment on Lukashenko’s remarks.Lukashenko emphasized that it was he who had asked Putin to deploy Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus. He ar...

9 wounded in Denver mass shooting after Nuggets win and suspect taken into custody, police say

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:11:39 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Nine people were wounded in a mass shooting early Tuesday in Denver in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Nuggets first NBA title win, police said, and a suspect was taken into custody.The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. — about 3 1/2 hours after the game — and three of the injured were in critical condition, the Denver Police Department said in a statement. The suspect, a man, was one of the six people who suffered injuries believed to be non-life-threatening.The shooting happened about a mile from Ball Arena, where the Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat on Monday night.“As far as what led up to this altercation that resulted in the shots being fired, that’s still under investigation at this time,” police spokesperson Doug Schepman said. “It did occur in the area where we had largest gathering of folks celebrating during the night.”A small crowd was in the area at the time of the shooting, he said, but had “diminished quite a bit at tha...

3 found dead and 3 injured in related violence in English city of Nottingham, police say

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:11:39 GMT

LONDON (AP) — A man was arrested on suspicion of murder in the English city of Nottingham Tuesday after three people were found dead and three others were hit and injured by a van in related early-morning incidents, police said.“This is an horrific and tragic incident which has claimed the lives of three people,” said Nottinghamshire Police Chief Constable Kate Meynell. She said two people were found dead in one street just after 4 a.m. and a third on a different street. The three wounded by the van were at a different location and were being treated in a hospital. There was no immediate word on their condition.Witness Lynn Haggitt told reporters that a white van pulled up beside her at 5:30 a.m. and she saw the driver look in his mirror and spot a police car approaching slowly from behind without its lights on. The van then drove into a man and woman at a street corner. “He went straight into them, he didn’t even bother to turn, just went back straight into them,” Haggi...

Microsoft’s media literacy program aims to empower internet users and combat online misinformation

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:11:39 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — People are hungry for accurate and reliable information online and may just need help to find it, according to a new media literacy project launched by Microsoft.The tech company worked with the Trust Project, a nonprofit consortium of news organizations, to create advertisements directing internet users to a list of eight “ trust indicators ” that can be used to assess a website’s credibility. The indicators include things like the clear labeling of opinion pieces, a code of practices and the attribution of sources.Most people who saw the list expressed greater confidence in their own ability to find reliable news while ferreting out misinformation — a promising finding that suggests media literacy can be a cheap and scalable solution to the daunting problem of online misinformation.“This was a bit of an experiment for us,” said Ginny Badanes, senior director of Microsoft’s Democracy Forward Initiative, a unit at the company that focuses on efforts to ...

Americans warned not to mail checks if possible as cases of check fraud spike dramatically

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:11:39 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Check fraud is back in a big way, fueled by a rise in organized crime that is forcing small businesses and individuals to take additional safety measures or to avoid sending checks through the mail altogether.Banks issued roughly 680,000 reports of check fraud to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, also known as FinCEN, last year. That’s up from 350,000 reports in 2021. Meanwhile the U.S. Postal Inspection Service reported roughly 300,000 complaints of mail theft in 2021, more than double the prior year's total.Early in the pandemic, government relief checks became an attractive target for criminals. The problem has only gotten worse and postal authorities and bank officials are warning Americans to avoid mailing checks if possible, or at least to use a secure mail drop such as inside the post office. Meanwhile, as the cases of fraud increase, victims are waiting longer to recover their stolen money.Check usage has been in decline for decades as Americans have ...

Person dead after being hit by vehicle on SH 130 in Pflugerville

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:11:39 GMT

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) -- Northbound State Highway 130 was shut down early Tuesday morning after a person was hit and killed on the road. Pflugerville Police said on Twitter at 5 a.m. the highway was shut down at mile marker 428A and traffic was being diverted onto the service road. That area is just north of East Pflugerville Parkway. Police said the lanes of the highway will be closed for the next several hours. Drivers can subscribe to Pflugerville traffic alerts by texting PfTraffic to 38276.

Austin Police investigating overnight shooting involving Travis County deputy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:11:39 GMT

TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department is investigating an overnight shooting that involved a Travis County Sheriff's Office deputy. According to APD, a deputy opened fire on someone shortly after midnight in the 6200 block of the south I-35 frontage road. A public information officer with TCSO confirmed a deputy was involved, and APD is currently the lead agency investigating since the incident happened within the department's jurisdiction. APD said the person the deputy shot at drove away from the scene. It's not clear what led to the shooting or if the person was hit by gunfire or injured. APD also said the deputy could have been off-duty at the time of the incident. TCSO confirmed the deputy was not injured.

98.3 TRY Social Dilemma: Was It Rude That I Asked The Waitress To Write Down My Order?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:11:39 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Today's 98.3 TRY Social Dilemma is about going out to eat at a restaurant. Here's the email: Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Hey Jaime my name is Allison and I’m emailing you for the social dilemma about something my best friend and I have been arguing about. We were out to dinner the other night at a new place we were trying and the waitress took our order and didn’t write anything down which is a huge pet peeve of mine. I didn’t say anything until she came back to our table five minutes after taking our order to ask us to tell her again. That’s when I suggested she just write it down. She didn’t and told me she had it. Then my friend got annoyed at me for asking her to write it down. She doesn’t like to make any waves and told me I was being a pain for asking her to write down the order. I don’t see how I’m the bad guy here; all I did was ask her to write it down. Now we’ve been arguing about it s...

Ask Amy: Laid-off worker wants to flame former boss

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:11:39 GMT

Dear Amy: I am a 58-year-old worker who was recently laid off.My company hired someone to turn around the department and she failed miserably.The company terminated her and then threw the babies out with the bathwater, getting rid of me and another coworker at the same time.I guess it worked out well for them because the other fired coworker and I were outspoken about what was going on in our department.We knew the new business model would fail and it did.The hiring manager who created this mess in this extremely toxic environment is a nightmare.Most employees fear her because she is cruel, condescending, and a narcissist. I have seen her reduce people to tears. She is a bully.This person needs to be told off, and I want to be the one to do it.Should I express myself, copying her manager and the CEO, as people need to know what’s going on? Or should I let it go and move on?I really feel the need to express myself so that I can leave this behind.— TerminatedRelated ArticlesAsk ...

Annecy gathers in support of knife attack victims

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:11:39 GMT

Citizens of the south-eastern French town of Annecy gathered on Sunday (11 June) in support of victims of the knife attack which gravely wounded four toddlers and two pensioners on Thursday (8 June).The municipality called the rally at the lakeside Le Paquier park where the attack took place, also to honour those who tried to block the attacker before he was overpowered by police.Annecy Mayor Francois Astorg told the crowd the attack was "a tragedy touching our city, the country and the whole world"."Our only choice is to respond with unity and hope ... to choose the future rather than destruction. To gather is to build rather than hate," Astorg said.The suspect, a Syrian refugee, is under formal investigation for attempted murder and was placed in detention on Saturday (10 June).The injured are no longer in critical condition, Annecy Prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis told a news conference on Saturday, though the four children remained in hospital.The stabbing was the first violent att...