Storm system dumps snow in midwest and threatens east coast with high winds and possible ‘long-track tornadoes’

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A late winter storm continued a destructive, elemental march across the eastern US, with thousands of flights canceled or delayed as powerful winds combined with a partial government shutdown delayed travelers passing through airport security scanners.

Flight delays and cancellations mounted at some of the nation’s largest airports, including in New York, Chicago and Atlanta. Flight delays within, into, or out of the US totaled 9,112 by late afternoon, with cancellations standing at 4,763, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking website.

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The [Royal] National Theatre, London, have sent to YT their 2024 production of The Importance of Being Earnest as part of their democratizing NTatHome initiative. Available for a limited free run [YT 2h40m] until Weds 18Mar26. cw: shockin' pink hi-lites

Play's 1895 script. MetaPrev 2o2o: NTatHome One Man Two Guvnors

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I thought it would be appropriate to be very green on St Patrick's Day and selected this shot taken from Mt. Tamborine (actually from St. Bernard's Hotel) looking east to the sea. In the far distance you can see what is the southern end of South Stradbroke Island. Northwards is Moreton Bay proper and southwards the Gold Coast where the islands merge into the Pacific coast. You can see part of the escarpment on the left and also a little pinch of Mt. Tamborine township. Queensland, Australia.

Encyclopedia Britannica has sued OpenAI, alleging its AI models were trained on nearly 100,000 copyrighted articles and sometimes reproduce or misattribute passages to the encyclopedia. The lawsuit also claims trademark infringement and argues tools like ChatGPT divert traffic away from Britannica and Merriam-Webster sites. Engadget reports: More specifically, Britannica alleged that OpenAI illegally used its "copyrighted content at a massive scale" when training its AI models. Not just with training, the encyclopedia company claimed that ChatGPT's responses to user queries sometimes contain "full or partial verbatim reproductions of [Britannica's] copyright articles."

Along with claims of copyright violations, Britannica argued that OpenAI was also responsible for trademark infringement. According to the lawsuit, ChatGPT generates "made-up content or 'hallucinations' and falsely attributes them" to Encyclopedia Britannica. The lawsuit doesn't specify an amount for monetary damages, but Britannica is also seeking an injunction to prevent OpenAI from repeating these accusations.

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JERUZALEM (ANP/AFP) - De Israëlische president Isaac Herzog noemt de oorlog tegen Iran een "historisch keerpunt". Volgens het Israëlische staatshoofd, dat in de praktijk een vooral ceremoniële rol heeft, moet het Westen "iedere poging om Hezbollah uit te roeien steunen", zegt hij in een interview met persbureau AFP. "Ze moeten begrijpen dat als je iets wilt bereiken, je soms een oorlog moet winnen."

Israël kondigde maandag een "beperkte en gerichte" grondinvasie in het zuiden van Libanon aan, gericht tegen doelen van het door Iran gesteunde Hezbollah. Westerse leiders reageerden later op de dag in een gemeenschappelijke verklaring dat zij zeer bezorgd zijn over die Israëlische escalatie. In de verklaring spreken zij hun zorg uit over de humanitaire situatie in Libanon, waar volgens de regering van dat land al bijna 900 doden vielen sinds Hezbollah zich mengde in de strijd, begin maart.

Arbeidsmigranten uit de EU mogen stemmen voor de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen, als zij ingeschreven staan in de Basisregistratie Personen. Gaan ze dat doen? „Ik ben vooral bezig met werken.”