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Sandy Hook parents’ lawyer tells jury Alex Jones should pay $150 million

26Jul

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Sandy Hook parents’ lawyer tells jury Alex Jones should pay $150 million

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas jury heard opening arguments Tuesday that Alex Jones is responsible for one quarter of Americans doubting that the Sandy Hook massacre happened and therefore should pay $150 million in damages to the parents of a slain boy Jones defamed.“This is the most despicable and vile campaign of lies and defamation in American history,” the parents’ attorney Mark Bankston told a jury of 12 at 459th Civil District Court - in the hometown of Jones’ Infowars conspiracy and merchandising platform.. More coverage Sandy Hook families v. Alex Jones Jones winced visibly as he sat between lawyers as jurors looked ...

Japanese manufacturers team up to develop synthetic fuels

26Jul

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Japanese manufacturers team up to develop synthetic fuels

hydrogen engine / FAQ Toyota, Suzuki, Subaru, Daihatsu, Toyota Tsusho and ENEOS will promote the efficient production of bioethanol fuel for automobiles through the optimized circulation of hydrogen, oxygen and CO2Japanese automakers ENEOS Corporation (ENEOS), Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki), Subaru Corporation (Subaru), Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd. (Daihatsu), Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho) have joined through the biomass innovation research association for new generation automotive fuels, with the aim of exploring ways to optimize the fuel production process. These brands understand that it is crucial to offer diverse energy options to meet the needs of different customers and regions, and thus achieve carbon neutrality. Hydrogen and syn...

British tourist, 21, killed by helicopter blade in Greece | Greece

26Jul

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British tourist, 21, killed by helicopter blade in Greece | Greece

A Greek prosecutor has ordered an inquiry into the death of a 21-year-old British man killed by a spinning rotor blade after disembarking in Athens from a helicopter chartered from Mykonos.Instructing the probe in the wake of Monday's tragedy, the magistrate allowed two ground engineers and the aircraft's pilot to walk free pending the results of the investigation. The trio had been detained after the incident.The inquiry is expected to be fast-tracked amid shock over the aviation accident.“Our inquiry has focused on possible negligence,” a police source said. “Basic questions have emerged from witness testimony as to why the blades were not at a standstill when passengers were allowed to disembark on Monday.”The victim, identified as Jack Fenton, was killed instantly. He was due to ...

26Jul

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Qing Yi obituary | Film

Qin Yi, who has died aged 100, was the last survivor of the quartet known as China's “four great actresses”. She weathered the ups and downs of 20th-century Chinese history, and thrived under different political realities – becoming famous before the communists took over in 1949 and exhibiting an ability to connect with different generations of Chinese cinema-goers over an eight-decade career in the spotlight. Her remarkable onscreen life of her spanned the Chinese Republican regime and right through to the modern commercial blockbuster period.She embodied the development of the Chinese cinema industry. And the tribulations of her personal life de ella, as a widow caring for a chronically ill child, won her much sympathy from the public in later years. To Beijing, Qin's professional...

3M is creating a $1 billion trust for service members who say its earplugs didn’t protect them from hearing loss

26Jul

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Europe

3M is creating a $1 billion trust for service members who say its earplugs didn’t protect them from hearing loss

Facing thousands of lawsuits from US service members who said 3M earplugs failed to protect their hearing, the manufacturing giant announced it is committing $1 billion to a trust to resolve the suits — and that Aearo Technologies, the 3M unit that made the plugs, is filing for voluntary bankruptcy as part of the plan.The announcement comes three years since the start of the service members' litigation, which contains 3M's Combat Arms earplugs were faulty. Since then, 3M has prevailed at six earplug-related trials and lost at 10; as of the most recent case, decided in May, 13 plaintiffs have won almost $300 million in judgments against the company. 3M has not paid out on those cases, instead choosing to appeal the verdicts.As of June 30, there were nearly 250,000 earplug cases filed ...

Tony Dow, the all-American Wally on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ dies at 77

26Jul

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Tony Dow, the all-American Wally on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ dies at 77

Tony Dow, the actor who endeared himself to millions of TV viewers as Wally Cleaver, the all-American big brother on the wholesome sitcom “Leave It to Beaver,” died July 26 at his home in Topanga, Calif. He was 77.The cause was complications from liver cancer, said his manager, Frank Bilotta.“Leave It to Beaver,” airing from 1957 to 1963, depicted an idyllic suburban postwar American household and became a cultural touchstone of the baby boom generation. Hugh Beaumont was the handsome, ever-patient father, Ward Cleaver, and Barbara Billingsley played the glamorous and understanding matriarch, June, who vacuumed in high heels and always tucked her boys into their beds.Cast as the adorable title character — the exuberant, freckle-faced Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver — was Jerry Mathers, who wa...

Lia Thomas’ NCAA Woman of the Year bid ends, Ivy League selects Columbia fencer

26Jul

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Lia Thomas’ NCAA Woman of the Year bid ends, Ivy League selects Columbia fencer

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NCAA announced its conference selections for the 2022 Woman of the Year award on Monday, naming Columbia University fencer Sylvie Binder as The Ivy League pick, over national champion and University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.Binder, a senior from Armonk, New York, was among the 577 overall students nominated for this honor earlier this month and was one of the eight athletes nominated from The Ivy League conference. Sylvie Binder of Columbia celebrates after winning the Foil semifinals during the Division I Women's Fencing Championship at The Wolstein Center on the Cleveland State University campus on March 24, 2019, in Ohio. (Jason Miller/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)An NCAA Women’s Foil Champion in 20...

Father recounts son hit by car on beach in Daytona Beach, Florida

26Jul

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Europe

Father recounts son hit by car on beach in Daytona Beach, Florida

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Hugo Alamos, standing on a Florida beach with his family, first heard a loud boom "like a bomb," Then he was horrified to see his 5-year-old son disappear underneath a barreling car as it came to a stop next to him in the ocean.People scattered and ran out of the way but his son, David, could not move fast enough. "A few seconds later I saw my little boy come out from under the car," Alamos said in Spanish on Monday. "My son had two open cuts, one in the right arm and one on the chest."The scary scene took place in Daytona Beach on Sunday.Alamos, of Nashville, Tennessee, said he picked up his boy and cried for help. Beach patrol officers and paramedics arrived to help, he said."They (medical personnel) closed the open wounds that he had but he is still very frigh...

Facebook considers stopping banning misinformation about covid

26Jul

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Tech News

Facebook considers stopping banning misinformation about covid

On March 3, 2020, the proliferation of hoaxes about him coronavirus forced to Facebook to take measures to limit their circulation. "It's not okay to share something that puts people in danger," he then explained. mark zuckerberg, its founder and CEO. More than two years later, the platform wants to take advantage of the relaxation of the pandemic to end restrictions on disinformation about him covid. However, it is a thorny problem, since the impact of the health crisis has varied depending on th...

The DGT will offer a driving course for motorcycle and moped delivery

26Jul

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The DGT will offer a driving course for motorcycle and moped delivery

Delivery moped / FAQThe objective is to improve the driving techniques of these urban delivery vehicles to prevent and anticipate risk situations, adopting good practices both in driving and in relation to the equipmentYE Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 18:17 'Driving for motorcycle and moped delivery' is the training course that for the first time, and at the request of the General direction of traffic (DGT), is included in the catalog of training needs of the State Public Employment Service (SEPE). Trained and capable people is one of the 9 strategic areas included in the 2030 Road Safety Strategy, presented last June by...