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Head of MIT’s Media Lab resigns amid Jeffrey Epstein controversy – reports – The Guardian
The director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, Joi Ito, has reportedly resigned in the wake of continued scrutiny over the center’s financial relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The prestigious university center had admitted to accepting some financial donations from Epstein, despite the financier’s history of pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution from a child. But new reports from the New Yorker and the New York Times…
Bahamas evacuees arrive at a Florida port on a cruise ship after facing Hurricane Dorian’s devastation – CNN
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Head of MIT’s Media Lab resigns amid Jeffrey Epstein controversy – reports – The Guardian
The director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, Joi Ito, has reportedly resigned in the wake of continued scrutiny over the center’s financial relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The prestigious university center had admitted to accepting some financial donations from Epstein, despite the financier’s history of pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution from a child. But new reports from the New Yorker and the New York Times…
House panel is probing U.S. military use of Trump-owned property in Scotland – The Washington Post
Colby Itkowitz Missy Ryan September 7 at 4:42 PM The House Oversight Committee is investigating why a financially struggling airport near a Trump-owned golf course in Scotland has seen an uptick in expenditures by the U.S. military since President Trump took office. Chairman Elijah E. Cummings and Rep. Jamie Raskin, both Maryland Democrats, sent a letter to the Defense Department’s acting secretary, Patrick M. Shanahan, in June asking for all…
California boat fire: The Conception was a ‘fire trap’ experts say – Los Angeles Times
A day of diving off Santa Cruz Island ended like countless others aboard the Conception, with dozens of divers asleep in tightly arranged bunks that all but filled the belly of the 75-foot boat. As always, there were two ways out in case of emergency — up a curved stairway at the front of the cabin, or through an escape hatch in the ceiling over bunks at the rear. Before…
Iran Breaks With More Limits in Nuclear Deal as It Pushes for European Aid – The New York Times
In fact, American officials are not confident at all. Since Mr. Trump left the agreement in May 2018, not a single other participant has joined him in renouncing it or reimposing sanctions. Rather, the Europeans have sought workarounds that would keep Iran within the terms of the deal, and they have argued that Mr. Trump erred gravely by scrapping the agreement rather than building on it. Russia and China appear…
Hurricane Dorian’s aftermath in the Bahamas: The latest – CNN
In a story of how residents came together to save one another amid dangerous conditions, Jensen Burrows and d’Sean Smith — as well as a dozen other jet skiers — rescued 100 people who were trapped in flooded homes in the Bahamas on Tuesday. “They did a phenomenal job, not just with us. What we saw when we came out is that they continued to go back in and over…
Hurricane Dorian’s aftermath in the Bahamas: The latest – CNN
In a story of how residents came together to save one another amid dangerous conditions, Jensen Burrows and d’Sean Smith — as well as a dozen other jet skiers — rescued 100 people who were trapped in flooded homes in the Bahamas on Tuesday. “They did a phenomenal job, not just with us. What we saw when we came out is that they continued to go back in and over…
Hurricane Dorian’s aftermath in the Bahamas: The latest – CNN
In a story of how residents came together to save one another amid dangerous conditions, Jensen Burrows and d’Sean Smith — as well as a dozen other jet skiers — rescued 100 people who were trapped in flooded homes in the Bahamas on Tuesday. “They did a phenomenal job, not just with us. What we saw when we came out is that they continued to go back in and over…
California boat fire: Smoke likely killed 34 trapped below deck, raising new questions about origin point – Los Angeles Times
Authorities said Friday they believe smoke inhalation caused the deaths of 34 people aboard the Conception dive boat, raising new questions about exactly where the fire started and how it spread. The fire broke out early Monday morning during a Labor Day weekend diving expedition, trapping the victims who were sleeping. Five crew members who were above deck at the time were able to escape and said the fire was…
NOAA Says Trump Was Right About Hurricane Dorian’s Threat To Alabama – NPR
President Trump holds a doctored chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, on Wednesday in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump holds a doctored chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, on Wednesday in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP…
Hurricane Dorian’s aftermath in the Bahamas: The latest – CNN
In a story of how residents came together to save one another amid dangerous conditions, Jensen Burrows and d’Sean Smith — as well as a dozen other jet skiers — rescued 100 people who were trapped in flooded homes in the Bahamas on Tuesday. “They did a phenomenal job, not just with us. What we saw when we came out is that they continued to go back in and over…
Hurricane Dorian’s aftermath in the Bahamas: The latest – CNN
In a story of how residents came together to save one another amid dangerous conditions, Jensen Burrows and d’Sean Smith — as well as a dozen other jet skiers — rescued 100 people who were trapped in flooded homes in the Bahamas on Tuesday. “They did a phenomenal job, not just with us. What we saw when we came out is that they continued to go back in and over…
NOAA Says Trump Was Right About Hurricane Dorian’s Threat To Alabama – NPR
President Trump holds a doctored chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, on Wednesday in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump holds a doctored chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, on Wednesday in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP…
Hurricane Dorian’s aftermath in the Bahamas: The latest – CNN
In a story of how residents came together to save one another amid dangerous conditions, Jensen Burrows and d’Sean Smith — as well as a dozen other jet skiers — rescued 100 people who were trapped in flooded homes in the Bahamas on Tuesday. “They did a phenomenal job, not just with us. What we saw when we came out is that they continued to go back in and over…
NOAA Says Trump Was Right About Hurricane Dorian’s Threat To Alabama – NPR
President Trump holds a doctored chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, on Wednesday in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump holds a doctored chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, on Wednesday in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP…
At vigil for Conception boat fire victims, love of diving unites and soothes mourners – Los Angeles Times
Addressing a mournful crowd, Don Barthelmess described the unique shared experiences of divers. The weightlessness of being underwater. Sliding into a damp and cold wetsuit at 6 in the morning. The sway of an underwater kelp forest. The longtime diver stood in front of several hundred people spread out on the grass at Santa Barbara’s waterfront Chase Palm Park at a vigil Friday evening for the 34 victims of the…
Is Xi Mishandling Hong Kong Crisis? Hints of Unease in China’s Leadership – The New York Times
The government’s deepest fear now appears to be that the demands for greater political accountability and even universal suffrage heard on the streets in Hong Kong could spread like a contagion through the mainland. So far, there have been few signs of that. As the crisis has grown, the government has dispatched thousands of troops from the People’s Armed Police to Shenzhen, the mainland city adjacent to Hong Kong, but…
Iran is to blame for its recent aggressive behavior. But so is Trump. – Vox.com
This week alone, Iran vowed to restart research and development on its nuclear program and signaled that it may start to enrich uranium faster. All this came just days after Tehran failed to launch a space rocket in direct defiance of the US and others worried about its missile program. There’s no question that Iran is acting more aggressively these days. But here’s the thing: nobody should be surprised by…
NOAA disavows National Weather Service tweet that refuted Trump’s claim Dorian was headed toward Alabama – CNN
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