The Daily Populous

Tuesday October 8th, 2024 evening edition

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was fact-checked by a close ally, Fox News host Laura Ingraham, while he tried to criticize Vice President Kamala Harris for her response to Hurricane Helene.

She's at fundraisers, and her teleprompter went off, and she didn't do well with the teleprompter off," Trump said.

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Newsweek has contacted the Trump campaign and Fox News via email for comment.

In a Fox News interview before the rally, Trump was fact-checked by his staunch ally Laura Ingraham over comments he made about Vice President... Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on October 5.

In a Fox News interview before the rally, Trump was fact-checked by his staunch ally Laura Ingraham over comments he made about Vice President Kamala Harris' response to Hurricane Helene.

Many leading Republicans, including Trump, were also deeply critical of the ABC News journalists who moderated the September 10 presidential debate between Trump and Harris. »

Mega hack shuts down Putin’s online state media

Authored by politico.eu

The Russian state broadcaster's press service acknowledged it had been the subject of a hack, but said “no significant damage was caused to the media holding's operations.”.

It added “everything is operating normally” again and that VGTRK specialists were “working to eliminate the consequences of this malicious interference.”.

While Kyiv did not officially claim responsibility for the attack, a Ukrainian official provided some more details after being granted anonymity to discuss the matter. »

Walmart shopper humiliated as she films herself shoplifting at self-checkout and gets caught by AI

Authored by irishstar.com

A woman filmed herself shoplifting at Walmart's self-checkout before getting caught by the supermarket chain's AI powered cameras - and still shared the clip to TikTok.

The shopper - known on TikTok as Nesha - she captioned the clip: “POV: When you usually don’t get caught and now you’re banned for 2 years from all Walmarts in my area.”.

“Missed Scan Detection” uses AI-powered cameras and was first rolled out at Walmart stores in 2017, according to Business Insider. »

Arctic ozone reaches record high in positive step for climate

Authored by phys.org

Earth's ozone layer holes over polar regions, where the stratospheric ozone level is significantly depleted, have been a prevalent feature of climate change news in recent decades.

"Arctic ozone is controlled by direct depletion of ozone by chlorine and bromine compounds and ozone transport," Dr. Newman explains.

More information: Paul A. Newman et al, Record High March 2024 Arctic Total Column Ozone, Geophysical Research Letters (2024). »

Osama bin Laden's son banned from returning to France, says minister

Authored by lemonde.fr
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French authorities ordered Omar bin Laden, a son of slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, to leave the country over posts on social media, France's interior minister announced on Tuesday, October 8.

The minister said that the jihadist's son "posted comments on his social networks in 2023 that advocated terrorism.".

Osama bin Laden, himself the son of a hugely wealthy Saudi construction magnate, is believed to have had some two dozen children. »