Woman sues American Airlines after ‘uncontrollably drunk passenger sexually assaulted her and grabbed her bottom’ – and says employee yelled at her when she tried to complain

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Gretchen Stelter is suing American Airlines over claims it failed to protect her from an uncontrollably drunk passenger who allegedly sexually assaulted her.

A woman is suing American Airlines over claims it failed to protect her from an ‘uncontrollably intoxicated’ passenger who allegedly sexually assaulted her. Gretchen Stelter, 42, was sitting in business class aboard a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Chicago on Oct. 29 when she engaged in small talk with the man next to her. But … Read more

Change Healthcare confirms that ransomware hackers stole medical records on a ‘significant proportion’ of Americans

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Pages from the United Healthcare website are displayed on a computer screen, Feb. 29, 2024, in New York. UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover “a substantial portion of people in America” may have been taken in the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare business.

Change Healthcare has confirmed a February ransomware attack on its systems that caused widespread disruption to the US healthcare system for weeks and resulted in the theft of medical data affecting a “significant percentage of people in America”. . In a statement Thursday, Change Healthcare said it has begun the process of notifying affected individuals … Read more

Prediction: Artificial intelligence (AI) stock Nvidia will struggle to maintain its trillion-dollar market cap through 2026

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Fear of loss and other big investment trends go hand in hand. Unfortunately, these “ingredients” do not mix well in the long run. Since the Internet took off roughly 30 years ago, there hasn’t been a major technology, innovation, or other trend that has come close to competing with it… until now. The advent of … Read more

FDA gives green light to menthol-flavored e-cigarettes for first time

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What teens and parents need to know about the dangers of vaping What teens and parents need to know about the dangers of vaping 03:53 The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized peppermint-flavored e-cigarettes for adult smokers, the first time the agency has opened the door to vaping companies to sell tobacco-free products. The … Read more

The best deals to shop before the Prime Day sale and everything we know so far

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Amazon Prime Day 2024 will be here soon, which means Prime members will have a ton of sales and deals to peruse over a short period next month. Prime Day deals usually don’t discriminate: everything from clothing to shoes to household essentials can be discounted, and that includes consumer electronics, too. Prime members will have … Read more

Physicists discover a new path to quantum computing: infrared illumination

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When irradiated with infrared light, some molecules such as metal phthalocyanine vibrate and generate small localized magnetic fields. Researchers have calculated these effects and aim to test and experimentally manipulate these fields for possible applications in quantum computing. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Physicists at TU Graz have determined that certain molecules can be stimulated by pulses of … Read more

The historian warns that America could face destruction because of the controversial policies that Biden and Trump have supported

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Harvard history professor Niall Ferguson warns that the US is facing the same decline from dominance that affected Spain, France and Britain before it.

America’s status as the world’s greatest power will end for the same reason as its predecessors – weighed down by a mountain of debt that politicians see fit to ignore, historians have warned. And the United States’ century at the helm may be coming to an end sooner than expected with countries in Asia increasingly … Read more

Boeing races to catch SpaceX in orbit – but has it already lost?

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Boeing’s days in space may be numbered. And SpaceX may have become NASA’s new favorite space contractor. The International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth at an altitude of 250 miles. That doesn’t sound like much. You can drive 250 miles in an inexpensive sedan in about four hours or take a one-hour flight (if … Read more

The battle for Fisker’s assets is already heating up

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Fisker Ocean SUVs arranged in a pattern, overhead view

Fisker is just days away from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and the battle for its assets has already heated up, with a lawyer claiming the startup has been liquidating assets “outside of the court’s oversight.” At issue is the relationship between Fisker and its largest secured lender, Heights Capital Management, a subsidiary of financial services company … Read more