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AI Slop Is Flooding Medium

The blogging platform Medium is facing an influx of AI-generated content. CEO Tony Stubblebine says it “doesn’t matter” as long as nobody reads it.

Tech - Wired - October 28

Spain’s deadly floods

An inadequate response highlights the lack of preparedness against extreme weather

Business - Financial Times - 15 hours ago

Flood defences 'in worst state on record'

The floods minister says she will spend millions on repairs, as victims tell of a "national crisis".

Flood situation in France gradually easing

World - Yahoo News - October 19

Explained: The weather conditions that brought the floods

Much of the country has been badly hit by heavy rain and hailstorms, triggering rapid flooding across multiple areas.

Video clips show trail of destruction after Spanish floods

At least 158 people were killed following flash floods in southern Spain.

Eye Opener: Catastrophic flooding in Spain

In Spain, catastrophic flooding has killed dozens of people and trapped thousands of others. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump attempts to capitalize on a gaffe by President Biden. All that ...

Valencia floods: 'There is mud everywhere here'

The BBC's Nicky Schiller says the La Torre area of the city has been completely devastated.

Search for Spain flooding survivors continues as torrential rain hits another region

More than 200 people are dead and dozens more still missing after torrential rain earlier this week.

Halloween, floods and fire: Photos of the week

A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.

Hotel called 911 about Liam Payne 'breaking the whole room' while intoxicated before his fatal fall

The hotel in Argentina where One Direction star Liam Payne fell to his death Wednesday night called 911 about his destructive behavior after he had "overindulged on drugs and alcohol," according to ...

Argentine authorities probe what happened before Liam Payne's fatal fall from his hotel balcony

Argentine prosecutors say that the circumstances surrounding the death of ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne were suspicious and possibly involved drugs, though there was no sign of a third party ...

Entertainment - ABC News - October 18

UK inheritance tax raid would be ‘painful’ but not fatal for Aim, says LSE executive

Investors are nervous about potential abolition of business relief in this month’s Budget

World - Financial Times - October 18

Liam Payne's father arrives in Buenos Aires days after the pop star's fatal hotel plunge

The father of former One Direction star Liam Payne has arrived in Buenos Aires to arrange for the return of his son’s body to England days after the famous boy band singer fell to his death from a ...

Entertainment - ABC News - October 18

The lawyer for Mozambique's leading opposition politician has been fatally shot in his car following a disputed election

World - ABC News - October 19

A London police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man has been acquitted of murder

World - ABC News - October 21

Black motorist fatally shot by London police officer in 2022 was a member of a violent gang

Court records show that a Black motorist killed by a London police marksman who was acquitted of murder was a member of a violent gang who allegedly shot a rival a week earlier

World - ABC News - October 22

Miami-Dade jurors vote death for man guilty of fatally beating woman in Hialeah

Eight years after a woman’s body was found in a grassy area on a Hialeah motel, completely naked, and covered in blood, a Miami-Dade jury recommended her killer should also die.

Black man fatally shot by police in Ohio in 2020 complied with orders, prosecutors say

An unarmed Black man who was fatally shot four years ago by a now-fired Ohio police officer complied with commands and was wrongly killed as he walked out of a garage, prosecutors said Thursday.

New Mexico judge upholds dismissal of involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in a fatal movie set shooting

Entertainment - ABC News - October 25

North Carolina groom fatally shot in front of bride and daughter just hours after wedding

A newly married North Carolina groom was fatally shot in front of his bride and daughter just hours after the wedding ceremony, his family says.

Police say British teen accused of fatally stabbing 3 girls also made poison and had a terror manual

The teenager accused in a stabbing rampage that killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been charged with producing the deadly poison ricin and faces a terror offense

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

White ex-officer testifies in fatal shooting of Black man: 'I thought I was going to die'

The white police officer who shot and killed a Black man four years ago in Columbus, Ohio, testified that he believed a home was being burglarized and feared for his life.

Greek police say fatal Athens apartment blast was likely caused by improvised bomb

Greek police say that an explosion in an Athens apartment that killed a man and severely wounded a woman appears to have been caused by an improvised bomb

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

Former Ohio cop found guilty of murder in fatal 2020 shooting of an unarmed Black man

An Ohio jury reached a verdict in the murder trial of former Columbus police officer Adam Coy in the 2020 fatal shooting of Andre Hill.

Sri Lanka closes schools as floods hammer the capital

Sri Lanka has closed schools in its capital, Colombo, and its suburbs as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of the island nation

World - ABC News - October 14

Is the National Flood Insurance Program running out of money?

The damage from Hurricanes Milton and Helene is expected to cost tens of billions of dollars. The primary option for millions of Americans facing storm damage is the National Flood Insurance ...

The Flood-Protection Rule That Trump Rolled Back

A Trump-era rollback of flood-protection rules has left critical infrastructure projects at higher risk, experts say.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 15

Heavy rain brings widespread travel disruption

River levels are rising and properties are expected to flood in several parts of Wales.

Flooding in central France submerges rail and road links

Torrential rains and flooding have submerged roads and railways in central France, disrupting transportation in the region

World - ABC News - October 17

Severe weather with heavy flooding in southern France

World - Yahoo News - October 17

Extreme weather causes severe flooding in parts of France