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A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 departs Los Angeles International Airport en route to Las Vegas on September 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty ImagesElliott Management said Tuesday it will call a special meeting at Southwest Airlines “as soon as next week,” shortly after the company put forward a sweeping board shake-up that it hoped might stave off a proxy fight.The push comes days before the airline’s investor meeting, where it is expected to unveil improvements and operating changes. Elliott is seeking to oust CEO Bob Jordan and Executive Chairman Gary Kelly, the latter of whom has already committed…

Family handoutJan Franco (left) was stabbed to death in Havana, aged just 19The late leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, once famously called Cuba “the safest country in the world”.In terms of the island’s low rates of violent crime and the scarcity of guns circulating among the civilian population, he may well have had a case for that title.His critics, of course, responded that the low crime rate was achieved through intimidation, that Castro’s Cuba was – and still remains – a police state which brokered no criticism of its communist-led government, and which rode roughshod over its opponents’…

Like many other big cities across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t kind to Chicago. People seeking more space to accommodate working from home led to a minor outflow of residents that put the housing market on pause. But people have returned to the Windy City and, lately, home prices have grown at a pace that would be perfect for Goldilocks — not too hot, not too cold, but just right. “We’re seeing slight price increases, but nothing crazy over the last couple years.” said Tricia Marchert, an agent with Keller Williams Infinity. “We’ve just seen a nice, calm pace,…

Meta is reportedly set to introduce AI chatbots voiced by celebrities like John Cena, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key, Kristen Bell, and Dame Judi Dench. This is, of course, huge news for the underserved market of the Denchbench. (I assume that’s the name of the Judi Dench stan-dom) who haven’t yet found the right reason to experiment with an AI voice chatbot.For the rest of us, the logic behind Meta’s celebrity collaboration is a little more perplexing.Around this time last year, Meta introduced a different round of celebrity AI assistants as part of Messenger. These chatbots had the faces of celebrities like…

NewsFeedSurveillance video captured the massive explosion from an Israeli strike on a building in Lebanon’s Saadiyat, just south of the capital Beirut. Initial reports say Israel allegedly targeted a Hezbollah weapons warehouse.Published On 24 Sep 202424 Sep 2024 Source link

Play video content NYPD Police in New York shot a man who was wielding a machete inside an apartment … and it’s all on video. Dramatic new body cam footage shows the violent interaction between two NYPD officers and 24-year-old Alydar Cruz, who cops say ran into a bedroom and emerged with a machete. In the video, you hear the cops ordering Cruz to drop the blade … but after he refuses to drop the large knife, one of the officers opens fire and the guy falls to the ground. The shooting happened back in July at an apartment complex…

Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images After P. Diddy’s lawyers lost their bid last week to keep him out of jail, he was sent to the Metropolitan Detention Center, where sources tell NBC News that he’s bunking with an unlikely roommate: the mop-headed, fallen king of crypto, Sam Bankman-Fried. P. Diddy was arrested on September 16 and indicted on charges of of racketeering and sex trafficking after a growing list of women accused him of sexual assault. While he awaits trial, he’s stuck in a unit that houses around 20 people who prison officials think shouldn’t mix with the rest of the…

Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the prosecution of her former boyfriend, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced Tuesday in New York federal court to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11 billion for her role in the massive fraud and conspiracy that doomed the cryptocurrency exchange once valued at $32 billion.The prison term was significantly stiffer than the recommendation by the federal Probation Department that Judge Lewis Kaplan sentence Ellison, who had run the hedge fund Alameda Research, to three years of supervised release, with no time at all behind bars. Defense lawyers also had requested a no-prison…

The US has filed a lawsuit against Visa, accusing the financial giant of illegally stifling competition to maintain a monopoly over the debit card market.It said Visa had punished companies that wanted to use alternative payment networks and paid off potential competitors to keep its hold over the market. The Department of Justice said the moves had slowed innovation and led to significant additional fees for American consumers and businesses.Visa said the claims were “meritless” and it would defend itself in court. Julie Rottenberg, Visa’s general counsel, said businesses and consumers chose Visa because of its “secure and reliable network”.“Today’s…

Out of all the players on the football field, the quarterback has often been seen as the leader and most powerful. Due to the prestige of this position, in the past, not all teams wanted the title of quarterback bestowed on Black athletes.Retired NFL quarterback Michael Vick is taking a look at the history of Black quarterbacks in a three-part docuseries, Evolution of the Black Quarterback. Sitting down with top quarterbacks — including Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts and Russell Wilson — Vick will interview these players about their experiences on and off the field. Evolution of the Black Quarterback is now available to stream on Prime Video.It’s…