Barack Obama Reveals Why He & Michelle Almost Broke Up After Malia Was Born

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Hunter Biden jury verdict reached after historic US trial for presidential offspring
A Delaware jury will soon announce its decision about President Joe Biden’s son, who if convicted faces up to 25 years in prison
Yahoo Finance
Apple stock surges to record high after AI announcements
Apple stock rose to a new intraday record high on Tuesday as investors digested the company's announcement of Apple Intelligence.
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FDA warns some oysters and clams from Pacific Northwest could be contaminated with paralytic shellfish toxins
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to avoid shellfish from Oregon and Washington that may be potentially “contaminated with paralytic shellfish toxins.”
USA TODAY
Scientists probe a space mystery: Why do people age faster during space travel?
Research finds bodies in space were stressed and showed dramatic signs of aging during the journey.
Associated Press
More global confidence in Biden than Trump even as views of US democracy decline, poll finds
People in 34 countries around the world have more confidence in President Joe Biden than his challenger in November's election, former President Donald Trump, even as there is increased skepticism that United States democracy provides a good model for the rest of the world to follow, according to a poll from the Pew Research Center released Tuesday. The poll found a median of 43% in the surveyed countries say they trust Biden to do the right thing in world affairs compared to 28% for Trump. People had a more positive assessment of Biden than Trump in 24 countries, while Trump led in Hungary and Tunisia and the two men were effectively tied in eight other countries.
AFP
Right-wing alliance sparks outrage ahead of French polls
The leader of France's main right-wing party on Tuesday backed an alliance with the far right of Marine Le Pen in snap legislative elections, triggering a crisis within his own party and fury from the government.France's fractious left-wing parties appeared to quickly set aside differences that had shattered their parliamentary alliance, notably their conflicting responses to the war in Gaza.
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More than 10,000 Southern Baptists gather for meeting that could bar churches with women pastors
More than 10,000 voting representatives gathered Tuesday for the opening of the Southern Baptist Convention's two-day annual meeting, where they will vote on whether to ban churches with women pastors and deliberate yet again on how to respond to sexual abuse within churches. On Wednesday, they are expected to debate whether to amend their constitution to ban churches with any women pastors — from lead to associate roles. “I hope that people know women have equal value and can be pastors,” said the Rev. Meredith Stone, executive director of Baptist Women in Ministry, an organization that originated within the SBC in the 1980s, but it now works with women in a variety of Baptist denominations.
Associated Press
Will Japanese women be able to keep their maiden names after marriage? Major lobby demands change
A powerful Japanese business lobby is calling on the government to allow married couples to keep dual surnames, saying the lack of freedom to do so hinders women’s advancement and has even become a business risk. In Japan, each wedded pair has to legally adopt one family name. While either surname can be used, 95% of women still traditionally adopt their husbands’, according to a 2022 government survey.
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Key new features coming to Apple's iOS18 this fall
Apple announced a slew of new features for iOS 18 at Monday's developers conference event, many of which are designed to enhance the Siri assistant and bring artificial intelligence tools to iPhone users. For instance, Apple will deploy AI to allow people to create emojis, dubbed “Genmojis” on the fly to fit the vibe they are trying to convey. The full suite of upcoming AI features will only work on the recent iPhone 15 line because the functions require advanced processors.
Yahoo Finance
Apple looks to make AI more personal
Apple is putting a more personalized spin on AI as it deploys its Apple Intelligence platform.
Associated Press
Condemned Missouri inmate is 'accepting is fate,' his spiritual adviser says
With his execution drawing near, Missouri inmate David Hosier is “accepting his fate,” his spiritual adviser said Tuesday. Hosier, 69, is scheduled to be put to death at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre for the 2009 deaths of Angela Gilpin, a woman he had an affair with, and her husband, Rodney Gilpin. Hosier's lawyers said no court appeals are pending.
Associated Press
How gardeners can find that tricky balance between lawn and not-lawn
In lawn care, as in politics, an extreme, black-or-white approach can be impractical and turn off the masses. Using insecticides to kill pests also kills beneficial insects that help keep your lawn healthy.
CBS News
Missouri set to execute inmate David Hosier after governor denies clemency
Missouri plans to carry out its second execution of the year on Tuesday. The condemned inmate David Hosier is sentenced to death for two murders.
AFP
UK PM woos voters with tax cuts and home ownership
UK leader Rishi Sunak on Tuesday sought to get his lacklustre general election campaign back on track by promising voters tax cuts and lower immigration as he launched his Conservative party's manifesto.With just over three weeks to go before the election, opinion polls give Labour a lead of around 20 points over the Conservatives, with the anti-immigration Reform UK party, led by Brexit figurehead Farage, in third place.
AFP
US promises $400 mln in Palestinian aid as ceasefire push grows
The United States on Tuesday promised more than $400 million in new aid for the Palestinians at an emergency summit in Jordan, where world leaders backed a US push for a ceasefire as the only ultimate solution to help war-ravaged Gaza.Most leaders at the summit strongly defended UNRWA. Giving a toll of 193 agency workers killed in the war, Guterres appealed to "the world to stand united to safeguard UNRWA in the face of outrageous and relentless attacks".
Associated Press
Takeaways from AP examination of flooding's effect along Mississippi River
Commerce along the Mississippi River has evolved over the past century at the expense of many once-thriving river towns. The data came from First Street, a risk analysis firm that used modeling that relied on analysis of block-level Census data, flood risk information and other factors. AP further analyzed and mapped the data to find and report on some hard-hit communities.
Reuters
Evergrande EV warns of losing key assets as local governments demand subsidy repayment
The local bodies last month sent a letter of demand asking unit Evergrande Automotive Holdings to terminate a series of investment cooperation agreements made between the parties since April 29, 2019. If the decision by the relevant local administrative authority is implemented, it "would result in the Group being exposed to the risks of compulsory resumption of land of the relevant plants, and the buildings and equipment thereon being used for repayment of the said incentives and subsidies," the EV unit of China Evergrande said on Tuesday.
AFP
EU urged to welcome skilled Russians to 'bleed' Putin regime
A group of exiled Kremlin critics on Tuesday urged EU countries to do more to welcome Russians fleeing Vladimir Putin's regime, arguing that a shortage of skilled workers would deal a blow to the country's war-time economy.Inozemtsev said more should be done, arguing that welcoming skilled Russians and their financial resources could be a more effective blow against the Kremlin regime than multiple rounds of Western sanctions that have so far failed to halt Russia's war machine.
Associated Press
For shrinking Mississippi River towns, frequent floods worsen fortunes
Devastating flooding, driven in part by climate change, is taking an especially damaging toll on communities that once thrived along the banks of America's most storied river. Flooding has pushed people out of their homes near the Mississippi River at a roughly 30% higher rate than the U.S. as a whole, according to data provided exclusively to The Associated Press by the risk analysis firm First Street. Consider West Alton, Missouri, on a bend of the Mississippi near its meeting with the Missouri River.
CBS News
Singapore Airlines to compensate injured passengers
Following a severely turbulent flight that injured more than 100 passengers last month, Singapore Airlines has announced it will offer compensation to those effected.

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Barack Obama Reveals Why He & Michelle Almost Broke Up After Malia Was Born

Barack Obama Reveals Why He & Michelle Almost Broke Up After Malia Was Born

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