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Biologist Roger Payne aboard a research vessel in 2002.His discovery that whales can sing galvanized a movement to end commercial whaling.(Christopher Johnson/Ocean Alliance/AP)Roger Payne, a biologist who put his ear to the ocean and pioneered the study of whale songs, recording the creatures' hypnotic, intricately patterned vocalizations - haunting wails, birdlike chirps, playful squeals and mournful moos - for a hit album that galvanized the anti-whaling movement and seemed to suggest the animals had a far richer inner life than previously imagined, died June 10 at his home in South Woodstock, Vt.

Loopholes in new legislation to protect tenants could see unscrupulous landlords continue to evict renters by the backdoor, Citizens Advice said, as it detailed helping record numbers of people with those issues last month.The charity provided support to almost 2,000 people with issues around so-called no-fault evictions in May, which it said is the most in a single month on record and a 25% increase since the same month last year.

Nearly one in four pupils at state schools in England is now eligible for free school meals.Eligibility stood at 23.8 per cent of all pupils in January this year, the equivalent of two million children up from 22.5 per cent, or 1.9 million, in January 2022.The figure has increased every year since January 2018, when it stood at 13.6 per cent or 1.1 million, according to data published by the Department for Education (DfE).

The government has dropped plans for a bill that would have banned live exports and cracked down on puppy smuggling, prompting waves of fury from animal-welfare campaigners and experts.The Kept Animals Bill which also included a ban on primates as pets, a crackdown on puppy smuggling and greater protection for sheep from dangerous dogs were in the Conservatives' election manifesto.

Riders for Deliveroo are set to confront bosses at the takeaway delivery specialist over pay and insecure jobs at the firm.Campaigners at ShareAction and IWGB (Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain) have coordinated for riders to challenge Deliveroo's board at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.

Britons are being warned about the most convincing scams being seen by consumer group Which? this year.The company said there are four believable scams to look out for in 2023 to ensure you don't lose your money, explaining that consumers can protect themselves by signing up for scam alerts or seeking out expert advice.

John Culbertson is in Fort Moore, near Columbus, Georgia, enduring basic training for the U.S. Army.According to a lawsuit filed last week in federal court, his vehicle - a 2008 silver Honda Fit - is impounded in All-Ways Towing & Storage's lot in Hallandale Beach, along with all of the 23-year-old's possessions.

In these days of rampant virtue signaling, politicians, corporations and socially wired individuals all try to convince you that they care the most about doing the right thing.Alas, while we've all been recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, plenty of old-fashioned grifters have seized the day.On Sunday The Associated Press released a stunning investigation into pandemic fraud finding that large numbers of Americans - of all stripes, it appears - fraudulently helped themselves to colossal chunks of federal COVID-19 relief money.

The bill forbids the state from sharing information with others over who has traveled to Nevada to obtain an abortion.Nevada Republican gubernatorial candidate Joe Lombardo stands at the podium at a Republican midterm election night party at Red Rock Casino on November 08, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sheldon Jacobson's suggestions for improving the processing of asylum-seekers (" Here's how the government can improve processing immigrants," May 22) are good as far as it goes, but it fails to address what happens after those migrating are processed.In effect, they are released into the country with no resources and no opportunity to work and earn, even though they are eager to do so.

As the NBA Draft and offseason are fast approaching, trade speculations around the league are in full swing.Shams Charania of the Athletic reported that the New Orleans Pelicans are interested in moving up to the top three of the NBA Draft to select guard Scoot Henderson.The most likely pick available in the top three is the no.3 that belongs to the Portland Trail Blazers.

The UK's post-Brexit trade deals with Australia and New Zealand came into force on Wednesday.Here is what it means for travellers, shoppers, farmers and exporters.Why has the UK got its own trade deals with Australia and New Zealand?The UK's exit from the European Union, following on from the majority vote to leave the bloc during the 2016 referendum, means Britain can strike its own trade deals and no longer has to wait for Brussels to negotiate trading terms on its behalf.

The Government is committed to ensuring that Northern Ireland is able to trade freely with the rest of the United Kingdom, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has said.He was responding to a question from DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson who said unionists were concerned about the continued application of EU law in Northern Ireland following the Windsor Framework.

Oppressive lawsuits brought by wealthy individuals to evade scrutiny and intimidate critics are to be defined in English and Welsh law for the first time, as judges are handed powers to dismiss Slapps at an early stage.Amendments added to the economic crime and corporate transparency bill will bring a swift end to the vast majority of Slapps (strategic lawsuits against public participation), ministers claim.

Almost two in three young women have experienced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse at work, according to a TUC poll.However, most victims do not report it for fear of not being believed or of damaging their relationships at work or their career prospects, the TUC said.Overall, almost three in five women (58%) have experienced harassment at work, the poll showed.

The government's retained EU law bill always was and still remains a dangerous stunt, even after a significant change was made to it this week.The bill aims to scrap thousands of laws and rules adopted by UK law while Britain was part of the EU.It was devised by Jacob Rees-Mogg when Boris Johnson was prime minister.

Perhaps more than any other American city, New York relies on a growing army of delivery workers who have braved successive waves of Covid, extreme weather and toxic air as remote work has reshaped the economy.Now, they're getting a raise.Starting July 12, New York City's app-based delivery workers must be paid at least $17.96 an hour, not including tips the first such minimum pay-rate in the country for an industry that exploded in popularity during the pandemic.

At the opening of the video, the audio is strangely muffled.Juan Alberto Vazquez, the freelance journalist who captured the footage, begins recording from outside the train car where Daniel Penny has a 30-year-old homeless man named Jordan Neely in a chokehold.A couple of other passengers help restrain Neely, making sure he cannot wrestle free.

New York City is temporarily suspending some of the rules related to its longstanding guarantee of shelter to anyone who needs it as officials struggle to find housing for migrants arriving from the southern border.Under an executive order, the city is suspending rules that set a nightly deadline for newly arriving families to be placed in shelters, and that require families to be placed in private rooms with bathrooms and kitchens, not in group settings.

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter.Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.Ask about airline mergers, electric vehicle chargers, or the massive infrastructure law that may become President Joe Biden's legacy, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg slides into technocratic policy talk.

Turning on his iPhone one day last year, the lawyer M. Evan Corcoran recorded his reflections about a high-profile new job: representing former President Donald J. Trump in an investigation into his handling of classified documents.In complete sentences and a narrative tone that sounded as if it had been ripped from a novel, Mr. Corcoran recounted in detail a nearly monthlong period of the documents investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Friday that rolls back child labor protections by extending the hours that teens can work and the establishments where they can be employed.The state legislature passed the GOP-led bill earlier this month largely along party lines after weeks of fierce debate.

A group of 25 Republican governors called on the Biden administration Friday to withdraw or delay recently proposed rule changes to Title IX that could prevent states from enforcing anti-transgender sports bans.As several bills that aim to ban transgender students from participating on sports teams consistent with their gender identity make their way through GOP-led state legislatures across the country, the governors argued in a letter sent to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona that such bans ensure fairness.

The books are piling up again.The physical ones on the bedside table; the library queue; the e-bookshelves on which reside the novels impulse-purchased from bed, begun and then forgotten in one insomniac night.My eyes, always, bigger than my attention span.I'm contemplating the year's midway point, my book-a-week commitment, the number of pages between here and 26.

Did you watch the finale of Succession on HBO this week?If so, did the final shot of Tom and Shiv in their car make you think of Bargaining With Patriarchy, Deniz Kandiyoti's 1988 article that is a classic feminist text?Me too!And not just because Bargaining With Patriarchy would make an extremely literal three-word summary of the entire series.

An Illinois man allegedly attempted to set fire to a prospective abortion clinic in Danville before ramming his car into the building entrance, according to federal authorities.The property has been at the center of a dispute over reproductive rights in this east-central Illinois community, which passed an ordinance earlier this month to try and curb abortion access by banning the mailing and shipping of abortion pills.

SPRINGFIELD - A day before the state and federal governments' COVID-19 mitigation protocols are set to expire, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed into law a measure aimed at making it easier for Chicago's first responders to acquire full benefits if they suffered long-term disability because of the virus.

First published by ALM / Law.com in The Intellectual Property Strategist
All of us have been exposed to and perhaps even overwhelmed by news about generative artificial intelligence (AI).Unlike machine learning technology that merely classifies or predicts, generative AI creates.Industry stalwarts and startups alike have launched generative models that can create new text, images, video, 3D models, and even software code - with the promise of more powerful and disruptive innovations to soon follow.

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Coinbase faces legal action for violating US securities law; Spotify cuts 200 jobs as it revises its podcast offerings; and new data indicates funding for European start-ups will decline 39% this year.Coinbase sued for crypto brokering
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued Coinbase, accusing the company of violating US securities laws.

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Coinbase faces legal action for violating US securities law; Spotify cuts 200 jobs as it revises its podcast offerings; and new data indicates funding for European start-ups will decline 39% this year.Coinbase sued for crypto brokering
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued Coinbase, accusing the company of violating US securities laws.

Dan Campbell believes Jared Goff is a better quarterback for him than he was playing for Sean McVay's Los Angeles Rams.Look at Dan Campbell driving the Jared Goff hype train, man!Together, the Detroit Lions are well on their way towards building something special.After narrowly missing out on the NFC playoffs a year ago, one could argue that Detroit is the favorite to come out of the NFC North this season.

Eviction cases are piling up in Los Angeles County courtrooms, especially now that the county's COVID protections have ended.Landlords almost always show up with attorneys, while tenants tend to represent themselves.Reporter: David Wagner, LAist
Sacramento Rushes To Aid Migrants Flown Into State
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg says he's proud of the way community groups and local officials are stepping up, to aid the dozens of bewildered migrants who've arrived in his city by chartered jets in recent days.

(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

The Supreme Court's landmark decision scaling back federal protections for many wetlands and streams has drawn criticism from scientists and environmental advocates, who say the gutting of safeguards will jeopardize water quality throughout the arid West.California's water regulators say the ruling will be harmful for protections nationwide, but the more stringent state protections of wetlands won't be affected.

The U.S. soon could witness "the most substantial Pride celebrations in recent memory," one bill tracker said.People chant during a protest at the Texas State Capitol on April 20, 202,3 in Austin, Texas.Community members and activists rallied together in protest against numerous anti-LGBTQIA+ and drag bills being proposed in the legislature.Brandon Bell / Getty Images Several different legislative trackers have noted that, in the first five months of this year leading up to Pride Month, which began on June 1, hundreds of anti-LGBTQ bills have been proposed in statehouses across the country, with dozens of them passing.

Lawmakers have largely failed to respond to the hundreds of mass shootings since the shooting in Uvalde, Texas.Families participate in a candlelight vigil dedicated to the 19 children and two adults murdered during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, one year ago.Brandon Bell / Getty Images New polling demonstrates that a majority of Americans believe it's more important to control gun violence than it is to protect gun rights.

Proposals like allowing children to work in meat coolers violate federal child labor safeguards, officials say.Children ride on a trailer as they roll along Grand Avenue during in the Iowa State Fair Parade August 07, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images A child labor expansion bill being pushed by Republicans and industry groups in Iowa to allow children to work in meat coolers would stand in violation of federal labor laws, top Department of Labor officials are warning.

A housing revolution is taking place in Spain.On 26 May, a monumental new housing law came into force.It was the culmination of years of work and sought to enshrine housing as a human right.But now that vision is in danger.Two days after the law passed, rightwing parties won seats in local and regional elections.

1. Leverage Azure Security Center to monitor security threats and vulnerabilities related to your applications.
2. Utilize Azure's built-in security and identity management features to improve the security of your applications.
3. Take advantage of Azure's secure development lifecycle practices to ensure your applications are

1. Always keep your Mac updated with the latest security patches and software updates.
2. Use a strong, unique password for your Mac and use two-factor authentication.
3. Use a reputable antivirus and anti-malware software to protect your Mac from malicious threats.

Since acquiring the application team platform Auth0 in 2001, identity management company Okta has pursued a platform-neutral strategy for both internal and external consumer identity authentication that includes delivering insights to IT teams overseeing security and identity-based access protocols.

A ransomware intrusion on hardware manufacturer Micro-Star International, better known as MSI, is stoking concerns of devastating supply chain attacks that could inject malicious updates that have been signed with company signing keys that are trusted by a huge base of end-user devices, a researcher said.

Patch Tuesday May's Patch Tuesday brings some good and some bad news, and if you're a glass-half-full type, you'd lead off with Microsoft's relatively low number of security fixes: a mere 38.Your humble vulture, however, is a glass-half-empty-and-who-the-hell-drank-my-whiskey kind of bird, so instead of looking on the bright side, we're looking at the two Microsoft bugs that have already been found and exploited by miscreants.

Amazon agreed on Wednesday to pay a civil penalty of $25 million to settle federal charges that it kept sensitive information collected from children for years, including their precise locations and voice recordings, in violation of a children's online privacy law.It was the latest legal action in an intensifying regulatory effort to require some of the world's largest tech platforms to better safeguard their younger users.

A Chinese court said it sentenced a 78-year-old American citizen to life in prison on Monday on unspecified charges of spying, the latest in a wave of espionage cases the authorities have pursued amid growing wariness of foreign influence in the country.The Intermediate People's Court in the southeastern city of Suzhou said in a short statement that it pronounced John Shing-Wan Leung guilty of espionage and sentenced him.

A Chinese court said it sentenced a 78-year-old American citizen to life in prison on Monday on unspecified charges of spying, the latest in a wave of espionage cases the authorities have pursued amid growing wariness of foreign influence in the country.The Intermediate People's Court in the southeastern city of Suzhou said in a short statement that it pronounced John Shing-Wan Leung guilty of espionage and sentenced him.

In a routine decision in March, a unanimous three-judge panel of a federal appeals court ruled against a Texas inmate who was injured when the ceiling of the hog barn he was working in collapsed.The court, predictably, said the inmate could not overcome qualified immunity, the much-criticized legal shield that protects government officials from suits for constitutional violations.

Interior of a free-standing lactation pod Mamava When Johnathan Fowler had his first child in 2014, it was the first time he realized how hard it can be for new parents to breastfeed."I was completely uneducated," Fowler told Morning Edition's Michel Martin.Fowler remembers his wife nursing in her office when she went back to work after having their first child.

CARSON CITY Nevada's Joe Lombardo on Tuesday became one of the first Republican governors to enshrine protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers, adding the western swing state to the list of those passing new laws to solidify their status as safe havens for abortion patients.

Giants rookie center John Michael Schmitz is a practitioner of the "dead snap," in which the center puts one point of the football in the palm of his hand and snaps it to the quarterback end-over-end instead of in a spiral.Schmitz said after he was drafted that he'll change his technique if Giants quarterback Daniel Jones wants him to.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued on Tuesday a request for input (RFI) regarding protections for tenants at multifamily housing properties backed by mortgages from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.In particular, the FHFA wants to solicit public input on issues faced by tenants in multifamily properties, and on any opportunities and potential impacts associated with requiring or encouraging specific tenant protections at multifamily properties backed by [the GSEs], the RFI states.

The second round of the NBA Draft hasn't been kind to the Washington Wizards in recent years.Former General Manager Tommy Sheppard had several chances to add talent towards the end of the draft, and failed every time.For reference on just how bad our second-round picks have been:

Although we don't own our own second-rounder this year, we do have the rights to both Boston and Chicago's picks.

Aaron Hallberg
In October of last year we announced that GitHub Advanced Security was coming to Azure DevOps, starting with a private preview in November.Since then, we've been working hard on the product and incorporating feedback from our private preview customers.Today, we are excited to announce that GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps is available to everyone in a public preview!

(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

The Los Angeles office of the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Thursday against USC, the Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA, alleging that the three joint employers have maintained unlawful rules by "misclassifying" college athletes in men's and women's basketball and football as "student-athletes" rather than employees who are entitled to protections under the National Labor Relations Act.

CNET staffers are unionizing, and they're naming their employer's use of AI as a key reason why - a timely reminder that even as generative AI tech raises billions in funding and threatens to upend entire industries, it's already causing a very real human impact among workers.And now, they're fighting back.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made an appeal to members of Congress under oath: Regulate artificial intelligence.Altman, whose company is on the extreme forefront of generative A.I. technology with its ChatGPT tool, testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee for the first time in a Tuesday hearing.

Those still using Windows 10 version 21H2 have about a month until support ends, which means there will be no more security updates or other measures after that.Their options essentially are to upgrade to Windows 10 22H2 or make the move to Windows 11, which would make Microsoft happy.Servicing and support for the Windows 10 21H1 Home, Pro, Pro Education, and Pro Workstation editions ends June 13, with the June 2023 security update - due out that same day - being the last one for those editions.

England's exam regulator has said results in 2023 will signal a step back to normal, after Covid led to an increase in top grades in 2020 and 2021.Dr Jo Saxton, head of England's exams regulator, Ofqual, explained results would be more similar to pre-pandemic levels this year, with some of the support measures and adjustments introduced during the disruption of Covid removed and scaled back.

Two out of three young women have experienced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse at work, new research suggests.The TUC said its survey of 1,000 women found that most victims don't report incidents because they fear they won't be believed or it could damage their career.Three in five of those polled, rising to almost two-thirds of women aged between 25 and 34, said they have experienced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse at work.

Joining a growing chorus of critics of Mayor Eric Adams' Wednesday night executive order to suspend parts of the city's right-to-shelter law in anticipation of a potential migrant surge with the end of Title 42, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams on Thursday called the action an arbitrary and capricious suspension of city law.

Protecting the First Amendment rights of coders to develop and publish code is a core EFF value.It's also one where arises from the U.S. Treasury Department's decision to put Tornado Cash, an open-source project, on its specially designed nationals (SDN) list.As a result of that listing, the project was taken down from GitHub.

Former leader of the Progressive Democrats raises queries on the Incitement to Violence or Hatred Bill 2022, which passed through Dáil Éireann and is now for consideration by the Seanad
He is asking: "Is transgender a gender for the purposes of Irish law?"The ex-leader of the Progressive Democrats is raising queries on the Incitement to Violence or Hatred Bill 2022, which has passed through Dáil Éireann and is now for consideration by the Seanad.