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David E. Harris, a former Air Force bomber pilot who at the height of the civil rights movement in the 1960s became the first black pilot hired by a major commercial airline in the United States, died March 8 in Marietta, Ga. 33 km northwest of Atlanta. It was 89.His death, in a hospice, was confirmed by his daughter Leslie Germaine.American Airlines hired Mr. Harris in 1964 and he flew for the carrier for 30 years, becoming a captain in 1967. In 1984 he made American history for the second time when he flew the first flight crew on a…

The integration of artificial intelligence into everyday life has raised doubts and troubling questions for many about humanity’s path forward. But in Anguilla, a small Caribbean island east of Puerto Rico, the artificial intelligence boom has made the country a fortune.The British territory collects a fee from each registration for Internet addresses ending in “.ai”, which happens to be the domain name assigned to the island, such as “.fr” for France and “.jp” for Japan . With companies wanting communicating web addresses at the forefront of the artificial intelligence boom – such as Elon Musk’s X.ai website for his artificial…

Last year, Tracy McCubbin – who has been a professional worker for two decades and lives by the motto “don’t put it down, keep it away” – married a man she described as “very messy”.Both acknowledged the “cosmic joke” of their unlikely pairing. Mrs McCubbin put blue masking tape on every drawer and cupboard in the kitchen when the couple first moved in together, offering a map of what goes where. But she’s also learned to practice what she preaches to her clients, staying cool and calm about messes that don’t affect her day-to-day operations. Like his nightstand, which is…

For generations, visitors to Maine have flocked east to the rocky coastline, with its lobster boats and crashing waves, or west to ski resorts, serene lakes and mountains. Few have ever set foot in Aroostook County, a remote northern stretch where residents are apt to suspect — not without reason — that no one south of Bangor even knows they exist.So news that “the County,” as it’s known in Maine, would be in the path of totality for next month’s solar eclipse—making it a destination for potentially thousands of visitors—has mixed feelings in this proudly unassuming part. Accustomed to handing…

March 22, 2024, 8:08 pm ETMarch 22, 2024, 8:08 pm ETA Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of the 2021 suicide bombing at Kabul airport in Afghanistan that killed multiple people, including 13 US soldiers. ISIS-K was responsible for that blast.Credit…Wakil Kohsar/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe group that claimed credit for Friday’s deadly terror attack in Moscow is the Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan called Islamic State Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K.ISIS-K was founded in 2015 by disaffected members of the Pakistani Taliban, who then converted to a more violent version of Islam. The group saw its ranks roughly halved,…

Before Thursday night, if you weren’t familiar with Oakland University, you weren’t alone. Not far from campus, even locals at a Detroit bar watching the team shock No. 3 Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament were asking if “that Oakland was in California” or suburban Rochester of Michigan. (It’s the last one.)On Friday, after Oakland’s 80-76 upset win as the No. 14 seed, students and alumni enjoyed their college moment in the March Madness sun. They include John Hendley, Class of 2005, who attended the game from Florida with his wife, Melissa, also an alum.”If people didn’t…

Sports leagues of all shapes and sizes have been involved in gambling in the six years since the Supreme Court struck down a law that restricted betting on games in Nevada. Brushing aside decades of resistance, the professional leagues have taken millions of dollars from casinos and sportsbooks that spend heavily to attract new customers. Formerly no-go zones like Las Vegas are now a free-for-all. the National Football League even held the Super Bowl there last month.But in a nod to the zero-tolerance policies they once championed in court, the leagues continue to assert that their priority when dealing with…

Joni Mitchell’s music has quietly returned to Spotify, more than two years after she followed Neil Young in protest at what she called “lies” about Covid-19 vaccines being spread on the streaming platform.There has been no official announcement of Mitchell’s decision, but on Thursday fans on social media began to excitedly note the reappearance of some of her albums on Spotify. By Friday morning, most if not all of Mitchell’s original albums had returned, including such classics as “Blue” (1971), “Court and Spark” (1974) and “Mingus” (1979).Representatives for the singer-songwriter, her labels and Spotify either did not respond or had…

Los Angeles, for drivers, has never been for the faint of heart. A country where most people can’t fathom life without wheels offers a daily parade of frustrations: congestion, accidents, construction, road rage, fatigue.Every transplant has a story of learning to adapt.”You get into a rhythm of matching everyone else’s energy,” said Tamara Siemering, 30, an actress who moved from Sacramento a year ago. The difference in car culture here, he said, is wild.”It feels very self-centered,” he said. “Everybody’s like, ‘I’ve got somewhere to be, out of my way.’ There’s not a lot of cooperative driving – there’s a…

While it’s not known what kind of cancer Princess Catherine has, oncologists say what she described in her public statement released Friday — cancer discovered during another procedure, in this case a “major abdominal surgery” – it’s very common. .”Unfortunately, so much of the cancer we diagnose is unexpected,” said Dr. Elena Ratner, a gynecologic oncologist at Yale Cancer Center, who has diagnosed many patients with ovarian, uterine, and endometrial cancers.Without speculating about Catherine’s procedure, Dr. Ratner described situations in which women would undergo surgery for endometriosis, a condition in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus is…