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Tuesday October 31st, 2023 morning edition

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Jan. 6 defendant Vitali GossJankowski was tackled to the ground in an altercation inside a D.C. courtroom on Monday.

Several federal agents were required to subdue the defendant in a fracas that reportedly toppled tables.

The scuffle erupted moments after U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman revoked GossJankowski’s conditional release pending his sentencing.

According to a court filing, the messages included racist and antisemitic language targeting the officers.

Justice Dept asks court to jail Jan 6 defendant Vitali GossJankowski until sentencing.

When Judge Friedman ruled that GossJankowski would be remanded into custody and jailed until his sentencing, the defendant fought against courtroom officers attempting to handcuff him.

GossJankowski reportedly tried to flee from the courtroom and dragged several officers towards the door. »

Novel brain implant helps paralyzed woman speak using a digital avatar

Authored by engineering.berkeley.edu

As a result, a woman who lost the ability to speak due to a stroke was able to speak and convey emotion using a talking digital avatar.

For the facial animation, we worked with Speech Graphics to animate the gestures and speech into a digital avatar.

Kaylo: The main motivation for using this avatar is to provide a complementary output to the speech and text decoding. »

Texts expose plot to poison Harold Allen's root beer float

Authored by lawandcrime.com

According to the affidavit, Steven White told a lieutenant that Ashley Jones told him Marsha Allen murdered Harold Allen by poisoning him.

Authorities said text evidence also showed that Marsha later confirmed her husband was “all in for root beer floats.”.

“Later on December 19th, 2022, Marsha sends a text to Ashley telling her, “Hes (sic) all in for root beer floats.”. »

Shani Louk, 23-year-old kidnapped from music festival, found dead, Israel says

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A 23-year-old German-Israeli woman who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival by Hamas militants on October 7 has been declared dead, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.

Music festival goers heard rockets, then Gaza militants fired on them and took hostages.

Louk was attending the festival in southern Israel on October 7 when Hamas breached the border between Gaza and Israel. »