The Missouri judge overturned the murder conviction of a man for 30 years
Chris Dunn, who was wrongly convicted of murder in the 1990 shooting of a 15-year-old boy in US’ Missouri, wasn’t released after a judge overturned his conviction. The state’s Attorney General Andrew Bailey had appealed the judge’s ruling. “We’re awaiting the outcome of that legal action,” Missouri Department of Corrections spokesperson Karen Pojmann said.
The Senate vote with less than two weeks to recess is important for KOSA
US Senate’s Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is set to bring the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and Children’s and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) to the Senate floor for a procedural vote this week. KOSA will allow minors to search for what they want and receive “evidence-informed information”. COPPA 2.0 will let children search for what they want and receive “evidence-informed information”.
Delta canceled hundreds of flights in the aftermath of Crowdstrike failures
US Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told Delta Air Lines that the airline must honour customer service commitments after several flights were cancelled due to Cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike’s faulty Windows update. Bastian told the US DOT that the airline gave waivers to customers on flights that had been affected by the outage, allowing them to change itinerary and rebook services free of charge.
What does the historic bid for the US presidency mean for science?
After US President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, reproductive rights organisations have come out in support of US Vice President Kamala Harris. “We’re incredibly excited…we have somebody who has a long track record in fights for abortion access as…potentially being the person who’s at the top of the presidential ticket,” Nourbese Flint, President of All* Above All, said.
The speaker of the Congress said that the Secret Service chief had failed
US Secret Service Director Julia Cheatle resigned on Wednesday, a day after she was reprimanded by the House Oversight Committee. Cheatle had refused to answer questions about the shooting of US President Donald Trump’s security detail at a rally in May, saying she wasn’t “prepared” to do so. She was accused of denying Trump team requests for additional security.
Predicting long-term climate trends is possible with the help of artificial intelligence
Researchers in the US and UK claim to have trained an atmospheric model, NeuralGCM-2.8, for a mid-latitude wind balance within five years and tested it for over 21 unseen years. It was more accurate in depicting the vertical structure of the winds, compared with GraphCast data. However, ECMWF-HRES still shows a closer alignment to ERA5 data than NeuralGCM does.
Biden’s voice on abortion rights is likely to be raised by Harris
US Senator Kamala Harris has said that her husband, former US President Joe Biden, “doesn’t understand the word ‘abortion’.” She added, “He’d like to tell me, ‘You can’t do this. You’re an elected official. You have to explain it’.” This comes after Joe Biden withdrew from the US Senate race on Sunday and endorsed Kamala Harris.
Potential rivals of Harris for president endorsed her
US President Joe Biden has endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris for President, a day after he announced that he was suspending his presidential campaign. “I’m proud to stand with Kamala Harris in her fight to build a better future for all of our nation,” Biden said. Harris is the first Democrat to declare her candidacy for the 2020 presidential election.
6 political things came out of Biden’s decision to step aside
US Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday said he will not run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. In a video announcement, he said, “There comes a time in life when you’ve to make a decision and today, I’ve made my decision. The time is now.” Biden’s decision could pave the way for Harris to claim the Democratic Party’s nomination.
Potential rivals of Harris have endorsed her
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday received support from former US President Joe Biden after he dropped out of the presidential race. Harris has earned the endorsement of over 300 Democratic delegates so far. The convention is expected to take place in August where Harris will seek the nomination for the presidential election against US President Donald Trump.