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Year: 2024

‘Show the violated work’: Artist requests beheaded sculpture remains on view

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — A controversial statue by Pakistani-American sculptor Shahzia Sikander — one of a handful of public pieces by the celebrated artist — has been beheaded at the University of Houston. “Witness,” a larger-than-life, 18-foot golden statue of a levitating woman, was originally commissioned by the Madison Square Park Conservancy in Manhattan and

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Fast-moving fire destroys Philadelphia apartment building, displacing dozens of residents

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a fast-moving fire roared through a Philadelphia apartment building, destroying the structure and displacing dozens of residents. City Fire Commissioner Jeffrey Thompson says three people suffered minor injuries in the fire Thursday night at the 7400 Roosevelt Apartments complex. About 140 firefighters battled the blaze for nearly three hours before

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For at least a decade Quinault Nation has tried to escape the rising Pacific. Time is running out

Associated Press TAHOLAH, Wash. (AP) — Standing water lies beneath the home Sonny Curley shares with his parents and three children on the Quinault reservation a few steps from the Pacific Ocean in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. The back deck is rotting, and black mold speckles the walls inside, leaving the 46-year-old fisherman feeling drained if

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US senators call out Big Tech’s new approach to poaching talent, products from smaller AI startups

AP Technology Writers Three U.S. Senators are calling for action against a new practice big technology companies are using to swallow up the talent and products of innovative AI startups without formally acquiring them. Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Peter Welch and Ron Wyden sent a letter Friday urging antitrust enforcers at the Justice Department and

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Police reveal how a Japanese visitor obtained 2 inert grenades that led to an airport evacuation

By Marisa Yamane Click here for updates on this story     HILO, Hawaii (KITV) — The Japanese visitor arrested at Hilo International Airport after two inert grenades were found in his carry-on bag was released pending further investigation. That’s according to a Hawaii Police Department spokeswoman, who also told Island News that Akito Fukushima, 41, of

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