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New York City agrees to $60 million settlement with owners of 64 properties seized over unpaid taxes and debts; Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to revive controversial TPT program

New York City will pay $60 million to owners of 64 properties seized under the controversial TPT program as Mayor Zohran Mamdani considers its revival. (Photo: Getty Images) New York City has agreed to pay $60 million to property owners whose buildings were seized under its controversial Third Party Transfer program, a settlement that comes…

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Meet Austin Jin, the 16-year-old Great Neck, New York student who built a CRISPR blood test to detect tuberculosis and drug resistance; he won $50,000

Outside the lab, Jin captains his varsity swim team and co-presidents his DECA chapter. He also co-founded Project LIFE, a student-led initiative that has grown to over 20 chapters in eight states, with a mission to improve education and access to the bone marrow registry. Most teenagers go to a pathology office for a blood…

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Militants torch 2 houses in Manipur village, trade fire with CRPF | India News

NEW DELHI: Suspected militants attacked a hill village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Tuesday night and burnt down at least two houses, while security forces engaged them in an exchange of fireAccording to officials, large number of militants armed with sophisticated weapons attacked Chawangkining Naga village around 10.30pm, hours after two Kuki women were shot…

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Chile, Bhutan show rabies can be beaten, but India’s 2030 target faces hurdles | India News

India’s huge burden of dog bites, uneven implementation of dog vaccination and population management programmes, and gaps in surveillance have been cited as key challenges in meeting its 2030 rabies elimination target. (Photo: IANS) NEW DELHI: While Chile and Bhutan have recently demonstrated that dog-mediated human rabies can be eliminated as a public health threat,…

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streamer’s ex mod arrested after alleged knife attack, ‘hot water’ assault sparks tense 17-minute police standoff in korea | World News

Streamer’s ex mod arrested after alleged knife attack, ‘hot water’ assault sparks tense 17-minute police standoff in Korea A female streamer in her 20s was allegedly attacked by a former chat moderator at a restaurant in Ansan, South Korea, on September 12. Police arrested the man after a standoff in which he allegedly held the…

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CDSCO flags 2 Pakistani creams over excess heavy metals | India News

Drug regulator alerts on unauthorised Pakistani whitening creams sale in India. (Photo: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has warned consumers against using two imported cosmetic creams after testing found them to be unauthorised for sale in India and containing excessive levels of heavy metals that may pose health risks.The cosmetics…

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Palantir, Nvidia curb AI model use, claims report

Large technology companies, including Palantir Technologies, Nvidia and Booz Allen Hamilton, could restrict or cease to use advanced AI models unless Anthropic and OpenAI guarantee not to misuse their intellectual property, the Information reported on Monday.Anthropic faced customer pushback after a June policy change for its Fable model gave the company rights to retain usage…

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