Новости за 18.08.2023

Here's the latest for Friday August 18: Biden meets with leaders of South Korea, Japan at Camp David; Spanish Civil Guard helps combat wildfire danger on Tenerife; Tornado topples trees in Rhode Island; Autonomous shuttle service launches on island in San Francisco Bay.

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State officials say no voters were younger than 18. A Trump campaign lawyer who cited the number is now charged with making false statements.

Jonas Bare and Cynthia Hovsepian were on vacation in Fairbanks but didn't make their return flight home and haven't contacted family members.

Fire officials says a Rhode Island tornado damaged at least three homes, snapped power lines and took down trees that blocked roads in North Providence on Friday. (Aug. 18)

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Thousands of Yellowknife residents joined road convoys and stood with packed bags at the airport to flee a looming wildfire approaching the capital of the Northwest Territories. (Aug. 18)

Humanoid robots are becoming ever more lifelike thanks to artificial intelligence and other tech developments. (Aug. 18) (AP Video: Wayne Zhang)

Current and former officers from Antioch and Pittsburg, California, police departments "acted as though they were above the law' prosecutors said.

Both ridesharing companies have urged Mayor Jacob Frey to veto the bill, lest ridesharing becomes too expensive to continue operating in the city.

A study concluded that those tedious "Are you a robot?" image verification tests may not be as good at keeping bots off websites as we thought.

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The head of the World Economic Forum discussed fears predictive AI could be used in place of elections in a video. He was not endorsing the idea.

A post on the viral teen rapper's Instagram account earlier this month claimed that she and her brother were dead.

Former Jedi apprentice Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) is on a mission to find an old foe from the Empire in Disney+'s new "Star Wars" series "Ahsoka."

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San Francisco has launched an autonomous shuttle service a week after regulators approved the expansion of robotaxis despite safety concerns.San Francisco is one of a growing number of cities worldwide testing out driverless buses. (Aug. 18)(AP Video/Terry Chea)

Hormel is sending 5 truckloads of Spam, and is partnering with multiple charities for Maui relief efforts.

The world's biggest social media platforms are not just hosting antisemitic and hateful content, they are promoting it and making it easier to find.

A state of emergency has been declared in Kelowna, British Columbia, a city with a population of about 150,000, because of the threat from a wildfire burning just a few miles from the city. More than 2,400 properties are under evacuation order. (August 18)

Most of the loans were later fully forgiven by the U.S. government, the Department of Justice said.

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Seven candidates will participate in the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee on Aug. 23, 2023.

A boa constrictor found in a Target shopping cart in Iowa was taken to the Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue Center, where it's been cared for.

Zion National Park in Utah is almost guaranteed to experience flash flooding, and park rangers have also closed portions of Joshua Tree in California