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Abuja and Nasarawa, Nigeria – In the neighbourhood of Kado Lifecamp on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, 29-year-old Eucharia Joseph grips a cooler box and sets out for her day. Inside are oral polio vaccines packed in ice. Joseph’s route takes her through dusty lanes, past tin-roofed homes, mosques and churches. By nightfall, she and her team of six women …

An exterior shot of the Moda Center at the launch party event for the Portland Fire on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.Sean Meagher/The Oregonian Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon heads a group that has reached a deal to buy Portland’s beloved NBA franchise. But it appears the group is still growing. Dundon’s business partners have been in contact with prominent Oregonians …

Australian scientists have discovered a razor-toothed whale that prowled the seas 26 million years ago, saying Wednesday the species was “deceptively cute” but a fearsome predator. Museums Victoria pieced together the species from an unusually well-preserved skull fossil found on Victoria’s Surf Coast in 2019. In a study published Tuesday, scientists say they discovered a “fast, sharp-toothed predator” that would …

China urges local firms not to use Nvidia’s H20 chips, Bloomberg News reports  Reuters China Urges Firms Not to Use Nvidia H20 Chips in New Guidance  Bloomberg.com Nvidia, AMD to pay U.S. government 15% of China AI chip sales in an unusual export agreement  CBS News No Backdoors. No Kill Switches. No Spyware.  NVIDIA Blog Jim Cramer says concerns about Nvidia selling chips to …

Update: Connor Zilisch transported to local hospital after fall in Watkins Glen Victory Lane, not competing in Cup race  Jayski’s NASCAR Silly Season SiteView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — NASCAR stated that Xfinity Series winner Connor Zilisch was transported to a local hospital and that he was awake and alert after he fell off his car in victory lane Saturday at Watkins Glen. Zilisch had just scored his series-high sixth win of the season and as he climbed out of the car and stood on …

I want everything local – Building my offline AI workspace  Hacker News Source link

Dozen of mosquitoes test positive for West Nile Virus in local county  WHIO-TV 12 mosquito samples test positive for West Nile virus in Greene County  Dayton Daily News 2 positive West Nile Virus tests found in Fairborn  Fairborn Daily Herald Mosquitos test positive for West Nile Virus in Huber Heights  WDTN.com Health officials: Mosquito sample tests positive for West Nile virus in Alliance  Canton Repository …

Byron Allen‘s local TV liquidation has begun. The comedian turned media mogul’s company Allen Media Group says that it has sold 10 of its local TV stations to Gray Media in a $171 million deal. The stations, mostly in the south and midwest, largely complement Gray’s existing station portfolio of about 180 local stations in 113 markets by creating duopolies. …