Author: KnowledgeHippo

As Newtown High School graduates arrived on an outdoor stage in Sandy Hook, Conn., Wednesday afternoon, shaking hands and receiving diplomas, 20 of their classmates were missing.For the dozens of seniors who also attended Sandy Hook Elementary School, those classmates had been missing for more than 11 years. They were in first grade on December 14, 2012, when a gunman attacked their school in one of the worst mass shootings in US history. Twenty students — ages 6 and 7 — and six faculty members were shot and killed.Seniors attached green ribbons that read “choose love” and “forever in our…

Tesla shareholders overwhelmingly supported proposals to confirm Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package, according to voting details released Friday.Approval of the proposals was announced at Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, without the underlying totals. In the end, about 72 percent of voting shares supported the pay package, excluding shares held by Mr. Musk and his brother, Kimball.For months, many Tesla investors have worried about how committed Elon Musk would be to running the electric car company after a Delaware judge struck down his pay package.The compensation plan requires Mr. Musk to hold the shares for at least five years before…

Rewind 12 months to the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France and the big story was the return of Ferrari and Porsche. Ferrari won this event in its first attempt back at Le Mans’ top class for 50 years. Now, three more major automakers are trying to do the same.Alpine, BMW and Lamborghini have joined the Hypercar category for this year. These are original machines that drive the multi-class races for which Le Mans has long been famous. Slower LMP2 prototypes and more road-car-like GT cars make up the rest of the field.The number of participating…

I found Joy’s spontaneity very endearing, but I, like many others, was a little afraid of her nose. Radio journalist Alix Spiegel met Joy several years ago for an NPR story. Alzheimer’s, which Joy can detect, runs in Spiegel’s family. “If she smelled it, could I tell?” asked Spiegel in its report. “How good was her poker face?” It’s Joy’s policy not to reveal odors of illness to people she meets, and she politely avoided Spiegel’s questions. For whatever reason, she was more direct with me. One morning in her living room, she casually commented on my “strong masculine scent.”I…

I never take off my eye makeup and I don’t wear foundation or concealer. I just splash water on my face in the morning and use Environ Retinol Serum 1. If I’m a good girl I use Garnier Vitamin C Daily UV Brightening Fluid and then put more makeup on my already made up eyes. I use any black eyeliner on my waterline. It’s always a pencil — you can smudge it a lot easier and I like my makeup to look a little effortless. I’m currently using one from Givenchy, the Khôl Couture waterproof pencil. I get eyelash extensions…

Hezbollah responded Thursday to Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon with a second straight day of sharp rocket and drone attacks on Israel, in an intensifying conflict that has raised fears of all-out war.How many weapons Hezbollah fired Thursday was unclear, but the group’s Al-Manar radio station reported that at one point, more than 100 were fired in a simultaneous, coordinated attack targeting several Israeli military installations. This included a series of drone strikes targeting Israel’s northern military headquarters, Hezbollah said.The Israeli military said in the afternoon that Hezbollah had fired more than 40 rockets across the border, but the barrage continued…

A New Jersey grand jury has dismissed charges against a high school principal accused of endangering a student in a racially charged case that has roiled the liberal, diverse towns of South Orange and Maplewood.The manager, Frank Sanchez, 50, remains in professional limbo. In May, with the charges hanging over him, the district did not renew his contract. remains on paid administrative leave, which expires this month. He plans to appeal the school board’s decision and ask it to reappoint him.”This was a difficult time in my life,” Mr. Sanchez said on Thursday. “Being an educator defined me for a…

Tesla shareholders confirmed a pay award worth more than $45 billion to Elon Musk on Thursday, but before the announcement was made official at the company’s annual meeting in Austin, Texas, Mr. Musk broke the news on X, the its social networking platform.”Both Tesla shareholder resolutions currently pass by wide margins!” he wrote in a post late Wednesday night. “Thanks for the support!!”For months, supporters of Mr. Musk have used the social networking site, which he bought for $44 billion in 2022, to argue for his massive payday, and Tesla board members have warned that he could leave the company…

A facial recognition startup accused of violating privacy in a class-action lawsuit has agreed to a settlement, with a twist: Instead of cash payments, it would give a 23 percent stake in the company to Americans whose faces are the basis his data.New York-based Clearview AI crunched billions of photos from the web and social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram to create a facial recognition app used by thousands of police departments, the Department of Homeland Security and The FBI After The New York Times revealed the company’s existence in 2020, lawsuits were filed across the country. They…

Tesla shareholders have confirmed a pay-out of more than $45 billion for Elon Musk, the chief executive, after he was rejected in a legal challenge.The result of the vote, announced at Tesla’s annual meeting at its Austin, Texas, headquarters on Thursday, is a strong sign that shareholders still have faith in Mr. Musk and could persuade the judge who overturned the award to brings it back.The support for the pay award, which consists of stock options, will be a relief to Mr. Musk’s fans, who had feared the rejection would prompt him to spend less time running Tesla or even…