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Donald Trump has said he will vote to legalize personal use of marijuana in his home state of Florida ahead of a November vote on the issue.The Republican presidential candidate wrote on his “Truth Social” platform that voters will likely approve the measure “whether people like it or not” and therefore “should be implemented correctly.” The former US president’s stance puts him at odds with other senior Republican figures, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who believes legalizing recreational marijuana would be “bad for quality of life”.In 2016, medicinal marijuana was legalized in Florida.Marijuana for personal and medical use is legal…

NFL player Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery in San Francisco.Pearsall, 23, was “shot in the chest” after the incident in San Francisco’s Union Square on Saturday afternoon, and his team, the San Francisco 49ers, said his injuries were “serious but stable.”Police said a 17-year-old suspect was in custody and “charges are pending.”Video shared on social media showed a shirtless Pearsall being carried to an ambulance by paramedics, sitting on a gurney with his shirt held to his chest.Police said they arrived at the scene to find two men injured and both were taken to…

British Broadcasting CorporationPaul Skye Lehrman and Linnea Sage file class action lawsuit against LovoArtificial intelligence may one day take over our jobs, a message many of us have heard in recent years.But for Paul Skye Lehrman, the warning was particularly personal, chilling, and unexpected: He heard his own voice uttering it.In June 2023, Paul and his partner Linnea Sage were driving around their home in New York City, listening to podcasts about the ongoing strike in Hollywood and how artificial intelligence (AI) was impacting the industry.This episode is interesting because the couple are voice actors and, like many other creatives,…

It has been described as the “most invasive species” Thailand has ever seen, with the potential to cause huge damage to the environment, officials said.To control it, people waded into the lake and genetically modified it.However, black gold tilapia is still spreading in Thailand’s waterways, affecting 17 provinces so far.”We will not pass on damaged ecosystems to the next generation,” Bangkok MP Nattacha Boonchaiinsawat declared during a parliamentary inquiry aimed at finding out the causes and their supporters.So, can the Thai authorities win this battle?There have been outbreaks of black-jawed tilapia in Thailand in the past, but none were as…

Israel says its forces have recovered the bodies of six hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. The bodies were discovered in an underground tunnel in the Rafah area on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.The IDF named the hostages as Carmel Gait, Eden Yerushami, Hersh Goldberg-Poulin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Salusi and Ori Dani Sergeant No.Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said an initial assessment was that they were “brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists shortly before we reached them.”After the death of US citizen Goldberg Pollin was confirmed, US President Joe Biden said he was “shocked and outraged”…

Getty ImagesLocals pictured searching for survivors amid rubble of collapsed buildings in Lagos 2022An average of one building collapses every two weeks in Nigeria’s megacity Lagos So far this year.While the commercial costs can be calculated, the value of the lives lost under the rubble can never be calculated.Gaps between buildings were replaced by piles of rubble, representing a failure of governance and prompting accusations that contractors were trying to cut corners to save money.There were regulations, there were maintenance plans, there were inspectors – but the system wasn’t working.Those responsible will never be held accountable, so nothing will change.…

Voters in two eastern German states are going to the polls in elections in which the far-right is expected to make a strong showing. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) had been leading polls in Thuringia ahead of Sunday’s vote, while the party was neck and neck with the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Saxony. Chancellor Olaf Schulz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) and its coalition partners have fared poorly in recent opinion polls.Thousands of protesters rallied in Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, on Saturday, denouncing the anti-immigration Alternative for France as fascist. The Alternative for Germany says Germany needs to…

skyWilliam Henry Pigou, a surgeon who later became a photographer, took this photo of an idol cart at a Mysore temple in 1856A new exhibition in India’s capital Delhi showcases a wealth of early photographs of the country’s monuments. These photographs from the 1850s and 1860s capture a time of experimentation when new technologies met the unknown.British India was the first country outside Europe to establish professional photography studios, and many of its early photographers became internationally renowned. (Photography was born in 1839.)They blended and transformed pictorial conventions, introduced new artistic traditions, and shaped the visual tastes of audiences ranging…

Rex/ShutterstockPrincess Martha Louise of Norway and her new husband Durek VerrettNorwegian Princess Märtha Louise marries Durek Verrett, an American self-proclaimed shaman, in a wedding that sparks division in Norway. The couple married in a private ceremony at a hotel in Geiranger, western Norway, on Saturday after two days of celebrations.Unlike other royal weddings where the public gathers in the streets, only a handful of people are on hand to watch – either before or during the wedding, with views of the happy couple blocked by tents or white sheets after they sell the exclusive rights to “Hello!” . Magazine.Netflix’s documentary…

ReutersAbdul Rahman Abu Al-Jidyan is the first person to contract polio in Gaza in 25 yearsUnited Nations agencies and local health officials in the Gaza Strip are launching an ambitious campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children against polio.The rollout relies on a pause in a series of localized fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants, with the first window starting on Sunday.The World Health Organization (WHO) says at least 90% of children under 10 must be vaccinated within a short period of time in order to be effective.Previously, the first confirmed case of polio in 25 years was detected in Gaza,…