The Daily Populous

Tuesday October 29th, 2024 day edition

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In honor of Diwali, President Joe Biden hosted a big party at the White House on October 28, 2024.

The party had over 600 well-known Indian Americans, which made it one of the biggest Diwali events ever held at the White House.

As President Biden lit the ritual lamp, the East Room of the White House was filled with the sounds of traditional music and the light of diyas.

“As president, it was an honor to host the largest Diwali parties ever at the White House.”

President Biden took a moment to praise Vice President Kamala Harris, who couldn’t make it to the event because she had to work on her campaign.

An Indian-American youth leader named Shrusti Amula introduced President Biden, giving the party a voice from the younger generation.

When Biden talked about the past of Diwali events at the White House, he talked about the first party he and his wife threw at the Vice President’s house in 2016. »

Woman dies after backing into airplane propeller while taking pictures, officials say

Authored by firstalert4.com

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) - A woman in Kansas died after backing into a moving airplane propeller while taking photos, according to officials.

According to Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter, 37-year-old Amanda Gallagher was taking photos at the Air Capital Drop Zone of people getting on and off of planes when she backed into an active airplane propeller.

The woman who died after backing into a moving airplane propeller while taking photos at Air Capital Drop Zone on Saturday afternoon has been identified as 37-year-old Amanda Gallagher. »

McDonald’s finally has a solution to their busted McFlurry machine problem

Authored by cnn.com

McDonald’s franchises haven’t been able to fix the soft serve ice cream machines on their own because manufacturing company Taylor owns the copyright and exclusive rights to fix the machines — until now.

Broken ice cream machines have been such a blemish on McDonald’s reputation that even competitors mock them for it.

And perhaps a fix can’t come quick enough: Nearly 15% of ice cream machines are broken as of Monday, according to McBroken. »

Balatro creator admits his attempt to 100% his own roguelike game before the mobile port was doomed, and now he has "some words for John Balatro"

Authored by gamesradar.com

Balatro creator LocalThunk has been trying to 100% the poker-themed roguelike deck-builder, and, well, it's proving a challenge.

"Been trying to 100% Balatro for the first time since mobile launched, and holy shit, I have some words for John Balatro," he says on Twitter, sounding like the rest of us.

Before Balatro took over the world, the roguelike's creator considered naming it Fool's Gambit - "obviously not a great name," but it had a killer main menu. »