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The US military is set to launch a formal investigation into a drone strike in Syria in early May, six weeks after the operation and following reports it killed a civilian rather than a senior al-Qaeda leader as first claimed, three defense officials familiar with the matter told CNN.The anticipated opening of the more formal inquiry, known as a 15-6, is the clearest sign yet that US Central Command may have botched the drone strike in northwest Syria on May 3. In the immediate aftermath of the strike, Gen. Erik Kurilla, the commander of Central Command, and his staff had high confidence that they had targeted and killed a senior al-Qaeda leader.

Allies of former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey have formed a super PAC to support him in the nascent Republican primary, as he makes preparations for a likely campaign kickoff in the next two weeks, according to an official with the group and others briefed on the matter.Mr. Christie's candidacy is likely to to focus in part on drawing a stark contrast with former President Donald J. Trump.

On Thursday, AI company Anthropic announced it has given its ChatGPT-like Claude AI language model the ability to analyze an entire book's worth of material in under a minute.This new ability comes from expanding Claude's context window to 100,000 tokens, or about 75,000 words.Like OpenAI's GPT-4, Claude is a large language model (LLM) that works by predicting the next token in a sequence when given a certain input.

Rishi Sunak has pledged to make a robust defence of free trade on his visit to Washington DC, while indicating he will dodge any disagreement over Joe Biden's mass programme of green subsidies, labelled protectionist by some UK ministers.Speaking to reporters on his plane to the US on Tuesday, the prime minister also hinted that the UK's strength in areas such as offshore wind made it an ideal partner in the Biden administration's attempts to collaborate economically in the face of China.

On Thursday, the Tallahassee Democrat reported that the principal of a local charter school, the Tallahassee Classical School, was forced to resign after three parents complained about an art teacher showing a picture of Michelangelo's 16 th-century sculpture of David."Parental rights are supreme, and that means protecting the interests of all parents, whether it's one, 10, 20 or 50," the chair of the school's board, Barney Bishop III, told the paper.

In a photo taken from video released by the Ukrainian Presidential Office, water surges through a break in the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine.Ukraine and Russia are both accusing each other of blowing up the dam, which also destroyed an attached hydroelectric power station.Ukrainian Presidential Office via AP KYIV, Ukraine A major dam near a nuclear power plant suddenly collapsed overnight in southern Ukraine, creating the likelihood of widespread flooding and posing an additional risk to an already troubled nuclear plant.

Russell Martin's appointment as Southampton manager is being held up by a disagreement over compensation due to Swansea City for his services.Swansea boss Martin has agreed to take over at Southampton as they rebuild after Premier League relegation.However, the 37-year-old's move has not been finalised as the clubs have failed to agree compensation.

France's sports minister says Ligue 1 clubs should sanction players who did not take part in a show of support against homophobia, though the players' union says it was "astonished" its members were asked to do so.Amelie Oudea-Castera said players "have to show up" on such issues.

Thursday, June 1, 2023 by Jonathan Lee
The Planning Commission on May 23 recommended allowing up to 1,200 housing units on the last 30 acres of undeveloped land in the 446-acre Leander Rehabilitation planned unit development, instead of office and commercial space as had previously been planned.The request would increase the total number of housing units allowed in the whole development from 3,500 to 4,700.

Monday, May 15, 2023 by Jonathan Lee
The Planning Commission on Tuesday overruled an interpretation of environmental rules by city staffers, allowing a multifamily project to move forward at the intersection of Ben White and South Lamar boulevards.At issue was a disagreement over how a combination of city environmental protection rules apply to a site at 2428 W. Ben White Blvd., where CSW Development plans a 319-unit multifamily project.

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Thursday, January 26, 2023 by Nina Hernandez
Two proposed drainage variances for a property in the West Bouldin Creek Watershed failed to win a recommendation from the Environmental Commission last week after a prolonged process disagreement between city staff and the applicant.

Even without Anthony Rizzo and Harrison Bader, the Yankees' offense continues to click.They've now scored 30 runs across the last three games, with Anthony Volpe, Aaron Judge, and Greg Allen leaving the yard on this particular night and Isiah Kiner-Falefa staying locked-in with four hits and four RBI.

Our long national nightmare is almost over.We've survived another offseason, and Yankees baseball is just 24 hours away.The team hasn't exactly made it through the winter and spring training unscathed, having suffered myriad pitching injuries the last couple months, but no matter.No amount of injury can put a damper on Opening Day, which will feature Gerrit Cole vs. Logan Webb tomorrow at 1 pm EST.

Few pieces in the piano repertoire are as revealing of a performer as Bach's Goldberg Variations.With few indications of tempo or articulation, they force constant interpretation.It's hard to think of a better personality test.Except, perhaps, programming.A pianist's choice of what to play can be more illuminating than the performance itself.

Studies have shown that parents' marriages - healthy or unhealthy - could affect kids' future relationships.Knowing this, I turned to the BuzzFeed Community to ask how people made it a point to have a different marriage from the one they witnessed growing up.The answers are really eye-opening - here are some of them.

When you're angry, it can feel like someone else is driving the car and you're just a passenger.While the primitive emotion can certainly be helpful in some situations, one of the downsides of the downsides is that it limits your more rational side."Anger can give you a rush of energy and emotions," says Kimberly Perlin, a licensed clinical social worker.

Many times, partners might be obstinate.Nevertheless, one field in which they are extremely resistant is undergoing marriage therapy.Many couples are loath to recognize that marriage requires assistance and would make disparaging remarks about counselors, claiming that their sessions are an unnecessary expense.

Even though you've never made sparks shoot from your fingers or teleported anyone from one place to another with the muttering of a few words, your partner still thinks you have magic powers.Well, at least by their behavior, you can tell that they do.Something is obviously on their mind, but they've shut you out.

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.A community meeting to discuss street conditions around the safe-sleeping site at 1515 South Van Ness Ave.devolved into accusations of defensiveness and prejudice.After perhaps 40 minutes, the three representatives of Dolores Street Community Services, the nonprofit running the site, walked out of the meeting.

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.Hello!I'm trying something new with this week's Mission Moves, my newsy development newsletter.Instead of wrapping up three items of interest in one piece, we're going to break it up into separate bites.

Several Toulouse players were withdrawn from the squad for Sunday's Ligue 11 draw against Nantes after they refused to have their names associated with a league-wide gesture of support against homophobia, the club said."Some players from the professional squad have expressed their disagreement with the association of their image with the rainbow colours representing the LGBT movement," Toulouse said in a statement.

How fast is the universe expanding?It depends on who you ask.Cast your gaze to the relatively nearby stars and galaxies that surround us in space, and you'll arrive at a certain number for this value, known as the Hubble constant.But look into the far more distant universe, and you'll get a slightly different number.

A professional conduct panel of the Teaching Regulation Agency convened between March 29 and April 3 to consider the case of Inderjeet Panesar.It was decided his conduct lacked integrity and breached school policy - but the panel also recognised he was a good teacher who generally contributed positively.

Patriots "If he wouldn't pay Tom Brady, why would he pay Lamar Jackson?"
Ever since the Baltimore Ravens placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on Lamar Jackson, there has been rampant speculation as to who will give the quarterback an offer.This type of tag allows any team in the league to offer a contract to Jackson, but Baltimore has the choice to match it or allow him to walk and get two first-round picks in return.

From dolphins to tiger to elephants, naming parenting styles after animals has become all the rage.But on further review, it's not so much a trend in naming as much as it is in repackaging.Tiger parenting - the OG member of the parenting style zoo - is a more relatable name for authoritarian parenting.

The Pittsburgh Steelers pulled off a surprising move, releasing cornerback Arthur Maulet and opening a hole in their secondary.Mike Tomlin always has a plan, but on the surface this is a bit surprising.Pittsburgh released veteran cornerback Arthur Maulet, who had 106 tackles, an interception, two sacks, and two forced fumbles in 33 regular-season appearances for the Steelers over two seasons.

Eagles cornerback James Bradberry was bluntly honest with reporters after his holding penalty all but decided the Super Bowl against the Chiefs.NFL officiating controversies are basically the bread and butter of the postseason at this point.Few games go by without some sort of disagreement over a key call.

SAN FRANCISCO Steve Kerr didn't get much sleep Monday night.How could he? Kerr had a lot on his mind after the Warriors squandered a seven-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter of Game 4 .They had opportunities down the stretch to pull off a series-tying win, but couldn't catch a break, resulting in a tough 104-101 loss in Los Angeles.

Irresponsible Rumormongering
During yesterday's breakup day, news broke of an apparent feud and argument between Gerard Gallant and Chris Drury after Game 4. Arthur Staple confirmed the rumors, that both were involved in a heated exchange behind closed doors that players could hear.Details of the argument are unknown, but it doesn't feel like it's the first time the pair had a disagreement.

The 2015 NHL Draft is one that changed the NHL forever.It sent Connor McDavid to the NHL and now he is firmly one of the best players who ever lived.The Edmonton Oilers won the draft lottery that year, so they were allowed to have this generational talent.That was back when there was only one lottery winner.

Elated by the White Sox actually ending their 10-game losing streak, even if the win was largely thanks to a pitching gift from Rays manager Kevin Cash, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and temporarily downtown Chicago correspondent, Will, delve into the past but then leap into the possibilities in the future.

The TV currency strife continues, and Nielsen is looking more and more like the black sheep.The ratings giant has been trying to stay relevant with promises to add big data to its panel-based measurement via Nielsen ONE, in a nod of recognition to an industry preference.But just days after Nielsen won back accreditation for its panel-based national ratings, it stuck its nose in the air and declared its disapproval of the joint industry committee 's (JIC) new video currency standards, which favor big data over panels.

Unionized commercial actors are calling for a boycott of six brands that work with ad agencies embroiled in a nearly year-long labour dispute.The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) has turned to shaming brands including Rogers and Walmart as it seeks higher pay, protections and benefits amid fractious talks to renew the National Commercial Agreement with the Institute of Canadian Agencies (ICA).

President Biden said the International Criminal Court was "justified" in issuing an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has "clearly committed war crimes."The ICC on Friday issued warrants for both Putin and Russia's commissioner for children's rights, accusing them of participating in the abduction and deportation of children from Ukraine to Russian-occupied territories.

A version of this story appears in CNN's What Matters newsletter.To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here.(CNN)Both sides are misleading people.President Joe Biden is accusing Republicans of wanting to cut Social Security and Medicare.He says he'll protect these key pillars of the social safety net.

President Biden welcomed Brazil's new president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at the White House on Friday for a summit that was mostly about areas of cooperation between the countries.But when it comes to Ukraine, the two leaders disagree.While Mr. Lula has condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he has also suggested in the past that President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and NATO share some blame for the war, and he has refused to sell weapons to Ukraine in an effort to maintain neutrality.

School Safety: NYC Public School Doors to be Locked, Security Equipment Installed
New security features are coming to New York City public schools in an effort to combat rising incidents of gun violence and other school safety concerns.Last Thursday, the city's Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) , voted to award Long Island based tech company Symbrant Technologies a 1-year, $43 million contract to equip schools with door-locking mechanisms and video surveillance systems.

3 minutes ago3 minutes ago Protests erupted in several cities a day after President Macron doubled down on his controversial pension reform.Worker strikes shut down transport, while protesters blocked highways and other infrastructure.French unions staged a national day of protests on Thursday, a day after President Emmanuel Macron issued a defiant defense of having forced through a pension reform that raised the retirement age.

French oil workers vote to renew their strike at the Donges oil refinery, Paris, March 10, 2023.Jeremias Gonzalez, AP French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need for raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in order to make the French pension system financially sustainable in the coming years, in a letter to workers' unions released Friday.

Oil workers gather at the Donges oil refinery, western France, Friday, March 10, 2023 in Paris.French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need for raising the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 with the aim to make the French pension system financially sustainable in the coming years.The move comes after more than a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across France this week as train and metro drivers, refineries workers and others have started open-ended strikes against the centrist government's plan.

In what was an underwhelming 2022 season for the New England Patriots, the Jake Bailey saga fit right in: he went from contract extension to cut in just seven months.Bailey and the Patriots reached an agreement on a new four-year, $13.5 million deal early in training camp to keep him around through 2025.

As it tries to defend itself against the accusation that it knowingly spread lies about the 2020 presidential election, Fox News has touted some lofty notions about the role of journalism in a democratic society.There will be a lot of noise and confusion generated by Dominion and their opportunistic private equity owners, said a recent company statement, but the core of this case remains about freedom of the press and freedom of speech, which are fundamental rights afforded by the Constitution and protected by New York Times v Sullivan.

On Tuesday, Anthropic introduced Claude, a large language model (LLM) that can generate text, write code, and function as an AI assistant similar to ChatGPT.The model originates from core concerns about future AI safety and Anthropic has trained it using a technique it calls " Constitutional AI."
Two versions of the AI model, Claude and "Claude Instant," are available now for a limited " early access" group and to commercial partners of Anthropic.

Comment OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said his upstart is preparing for the coming of artificial general intelligence - though there's disagreement about what AGI actually means and skepticism about his claim that OpenAI's mission is to ensure that AGI "benefits all humanity."If you teared up at the legally non-binding sentiment of Google's discontinued "Don't be evil" diktat, read on.

The Washington Capitals are on a five-game losing streak, which might have influenced our most recent happiness survey.It is possible that your feelings have been affected by Washington's current 25-percent chance of making the playoffs.We shall see.Here now is the executive summary for the second happiness survey of the season.

Stanford University's president, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, and the dean of its law school, Jenny Martinez, issued a joint apology Saturday to a federal appeals court judge whose speech Thursday was repeatedly heckled by students in the audience."We write to apologize for the disruption," Tessier-Lavigne and Martinez wrote to Judge Kyle Duncan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Members of the City Council all seem to agree that Los Angeles needs independent redistricting.But the question that drove a fiery and at times acidic debate Wednesday was whether reform should be driven by the state Legislature, or through a parallel local effort already in the works.The sparring came as the council considered opposing a proposed state law introduced by state Sen. María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) and a coalition of L.A.-area lawmakers that could force the city to establish an independent redistricting commission.

After over 18 months of negotiation, the City of Portland and police union are unable to agree on whether officers should be able to review footage from body cameras before writing an incident report.After declaring an impasse earlier this week, the city and the Portland Police Association (PPA), the union representing rank-and-file officers, will now rely on a third-party arbitrator to make a final policy decision.

Senior enlisted US military leaders pushed back against Republican lawmakers' assertions on Thursday that the force is being politicized by what Republicans called woke initiatives that the lawmakers claim are hurting recruitment and distracting from the military's mission.In response to questioning at a congressional hearing from Republican Rep. Mike Waltz, an Army National Guard officer, Sgt.

Labour has been taken out of special measures by the equalities watchdog, with Keir Starmer hailing progress in tackling antisemitism as a watershed moment for the party.In a speech on Wednesday, Starmer will herald the party's progress while saying there is still significant work to be done.Be in no doubt: the job of restoring Labour is not complete, he will say.

I plan to attend PyCon US 2023 in person in mid-April in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.I'll be speaking there, co-presenting the play "Argument Clinic: What Healthy Professional Conflict Looks Like" with Jacob Kaplan-Moss at 5pm MT on Friday, April 21st.What does healthy disagreement look like?

The French Senate examines the government's proposed pension reform, in Paris on March 2, 2023.Christophe Archambault, AFP French senators will start debating President Emmanuel Macron's contested pension plan on Thursday, as the centrist government hopes to find a compromise with the conservatives at the upper house of parliament to be able to push the bill through.

MLB The new shift rules are already giving more hits to left-handed hitters.ST.PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - When Yankees switch-hitter Aaron Hicks batted from the left side last season, he was almost always greeted by an infield shift - a wall of defenders camped in shallow right field.So it was a striking moment in New York's dugout when Hicks - facing a traditional infield alignment - hit his first clean single to right field early this spring training.

The dwindling Blue Dog Coalition includes the remaining Democrats who oppose abortion rights and marriage equality.Blue Dog Coalition members from left, Representatives Henry Cuellar, Mike Thompson, Jim Costa, Stephanie Murphy and Brad Schneider hold a news conference on tax reform on October 4, 2017.Bill Clark / CQ Roll Call The Democratic Party's conservative Blue Dog Coalition has been slashed in half due partially to a disagreement within its ranks over efforts to attract more members, Politico reported on Tuesday, with a number of corporate lawmakers insisting on preserving the Blue Dogs' "longstanding legacy" and name despite its reputation as a "Southern 'boys' club'."

NYC's largest charter school network won't be expanding into several more Queens and Bronx locations, for now.After facing heated opposition, the city's Department of Education put the kibosh on proposals for three, new Success Academy co-locations in Districts 28 and 29 in Queens and in District 11 in the Bronx.