Unbiased headline news for Thursday March 7, 2024 – A Russian missile detonated in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Wednesday, exploding just a few hundred feet from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was engaged in a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, sources and officials confirmed.
“It hit in a couple of hundred meters from us, while the meeting was going,” disclosed a source. After showing the Greek prime minister around the port, Zelenskyy and Mitsotakis returned to their car. While preparing to depart, they heard the air raid siren, swiftly followed by the missile striking and hitting the port.
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Israeli authorities reportedly obstructed the World Food Program’s crucial aid delivery into Gaza, leading to concerns of starvation among Palestinian civilians, as reported by the United Nations.
A convoy of 14 trucks carrying food to northern Gaza was denied entry by the Israel Defence Forces after a three-hour wait at a checkpoint in Wadi Gaza. Subsequently rerouted, the trucks encountered a large crowd of desperate people who confiscated approximately 200 tons of food.
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In the aftermath of the shooting death of a cinematographer during the filming of the western “Rust” in 2021, a New Mexico jury found Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
As an armorer on the set, Gutierrez-Reed faces a potential sentence of up to 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine. The jury acquitted her of evidence tampering, a charge stemming from the alleged transfer of a small bag of cocaine to another individual after the shooting. CNN and ABC News provided this information.
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The assailant who fatally shot 88-year-old Air Force veteran Richard Butler in Philadelphia during daylight hours remains unidentified, according to police sources.
Butler, also a retired driver for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, was killed after dropping off a friend at her home on Tuesday. His family and the police expressed bewilderment, with Butler’s niece, Minette Finn, questioning, “Why? What is the why? This man did nothing to anyone and he gave to everyone.”
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Gunfire erupted at a SEPTA bus stop in Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon, resulting in eight students being shot, with one student in critical condition, as reported by Philadelphia police.
During the incident at around 3:00 p.m. local time, multiple individuals fired shots while the students were attempting to board a bus. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel, in a press conference, revealed that three people exited a parked vehicle near the SEPTA bus stop, unleashing over 30 rounds toward the students as they tried to board the bus.
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To enhance the sense of security among subway riders following a surge in transit crime, Governor Kathy Hoakle announced the deployment of New York National Guard troops and New York State Police troopers into the subway system.
This move is an addition to the 1,000 New York City police officers previously assigned to patrol subway lines and conduct security checks on bags in the nation’s largest transit system. The decision to increase security measures comes after an attack on a conductor and other high-profile crimes.
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A Chinese national, Linwei Ding, was arrested in California and charged with allegedly stealing confidential trade secrets from Google’s Artificial Intelligence program while clandestinely working for two AI startup companies in China, according to an unsealed indictment.
Ding, a 38-year-old resident of Newark, joined Google as a software engineer in 2019 and was responsible for developing the software used in the tech giant’s supercomputing data centers, according to court records.
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A Connecticut-based testing company, Valisure, raised concerns about the presence of benzene, a known carcinogen, in commonly used topical acne treatments.
In a citizen petition submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Valisure reported “high levels of benzene” in acne products containing benzoyl peroxide, including popular brands such as Proactiv, Clearasil, and PanOxyl.
