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SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes
Monisha Ravisetti
There was a glimmer in the air tonight at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and it wasn't only because a Falcon 9 rocket took to the skies carrying precious NASA cargo. As the agency's SPHE ...[Continue Reading]
Space.com
about 1 year ago
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NJ to create 'peaceful protest zone' outside Delaney Hall ICE detention center
Arya Sundaram
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced on Friday afternoon that New Jersey state police would establish a peaceful protest zone outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, where protes ...[Continue Reading]
Gothamist
1 day ago
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Show HN: Tiny-vLLM high performance LLM inference engine in C++ and CUDA
jmaczan
You're going to build a high performance LLM inference engine with C++ and CUDA - tiny-vllm, a younger and smaller sibling of vLLM We will learn a lot along the way, make mistakes and derive the ide ...[Continue Reading]
Github.com
1 day ago
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Hochul signs new protections for NY immigrants, amid pushback from Trump officials
Arya Sundaram
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday signed into law a set of sweeping protections for immigrant New Yorkers, including a ban on law enforcement officers wearing masks and a measure barring local police state ...[Continue Reading]
Gothamist
1 day ago
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Israel, Russia among new additions on UN sexual violence blacklist
Al Jazeera Staff
The United Nations has confirmed it placed Israel on a blacklist of countries suspected of committing sexual violence against civilians, and pushed back on accusations made by Israel regarding its in ...[Continue Reading]
Al Jazeera English
1 day ago
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Israel put on UN sexual violence in warzones blacklist for first time
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The report said the cases the UN had verified were carried out against 14 men, seven women, nine boys and one girl. The violations included rape, gang rape, forced nudity, and violence to genitals co ...[Continue Reading]
BBC News
1 day ago