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US could dismiss air traffic controllers who fail to work during shutdown, transportation secretary says  Reuters As the shutdown wears on, Transportation secretary threatens to fire ‘problem children’ air traffic controllers ‘lashing out’  CNN How air traffic controllers navigate through government shutdown  WTOP Duffy hints at firing air traffic controller ‘problem children’ amid continuing delays  Politico Airport Delays Move the Government Shutdown Fight to …

Portland officials fired back at the Trump administration on Monday, accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of attempting to punish their political foes and help their allies by launching an investigation of Portland police’s arrest of a conservative journalist and influencer last week. Police arrested 27-year-old Nick Sortor of Washington, D.C. along with two other people on allegations of disorderly …

The Red Sox will rue losing Game 2 of their wild card series Wednesday against the Yankees, 4–3, because for one night they failed the test of fundamentals. Here are the two crucial seventh-inning plays when the Red Sox let pass their opportunity to advance to the ALDS. In a 3–3 tie, Boston had runners at first and second thanks …

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and other members of Senate GOP leadership spoke with reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday afternoon. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America Two bills to fund the government have failed in the Senate, leaving Congress careening toward a shutdown with hours to go before a midnight …

Kamala Harris’ new memoir “107 Days” is drawing adjectives like “bombshell,” “juicy” and even “score-settling, elbow-throwing, bridge-burning,” to quote a POLITICO headline. Even though the former vice president cops to plenty of mistakes in her brief, surprise run as the Democratic nominee in 2024, she is being lambasted for pointing out the many ways that then-President Joe Biden failed her. The Democratic …

Some PE Firms Doomed to Fail as High-Flying Industry Loses Its Way  Bloomberg Buyout burnout: how much trouble is private equity really in?  The Economist David Lloyd deal shows the strains on private equity’s model  The Irish Times Breaking private equity’s own paradox  Funds Europe Private equity turns to more financial engineering as returns sink  Private Equity Stakeholder Project PESP Source link

(Bloomberg) — Optus, the Australian unit of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., is facing multiple investigations and potential penalties after a technical failure that disrupted emergency calls and resulted in three deaths. The outage occurred during a network upgrade Thursday and impacted the so-called Triple Zero calls in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Follow-up checks revealed that three people …

‘I don’t know what happened’: AI glasses fail during Zuckerberg’s Meta Connect keynote  KRON4 Zuckerberg’s AI glasses live demo fails spectacularly at major tech event  Fox Business Watch the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses fail in Mark Zuckerberg’s painful live demo  Mashable Mark Zuckerberg has begun his quest to kill the smartphone  Yahoo Finance Meta Launches $799 Glasses With Screen and AI Integration  Bloomberg.com Source link

The thing about live demos is that, well, they’re live. And going live can bring up all sorts of unexpected issues. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg learned that lesson the hard way on Wednesday while attempting to show off the company’s new Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses. The glasses failed spectacularly during live demos at Meta Connect, including one where Zuck himself …

The Jacksonville Jaguars experienced some infighting during the team’s 31-27 Week 2 loss against the Cincinnati Bengals. Late in Sunday’s contest, Jags quarterback Trevor Lawrence appeared to wave off head coach Liam Coen after throwing an inaccurate pass. The exchange occurred on a second-down play with 4:14 left in the game. With the Jaguars up by three and looking to …