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The small town of Winnsboro, Texas, is mourning the loss of a beloved high school student and avid fisherman, Kale Robinson, who tragically passed away following a fishing tournament over the weekend. The 17-year-old junior at Winnsboro High School and member of the Winnsboro Fishing Team was competing at a tournament hosted by the Texas High School Bass Association (THSBA) at Lake Cypress Springs when he suddenly passed out during the weigh-in on Saturday. Despite being rushed to the hospital, Robinson could not be revived. No details have been released on the cause of death. The Texas High School Bass…

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Welcome to this comprehensive guide to the best places in Portugal for digital nomads. If you’re a remote worker looking for a beautiful, affordable, and sunny European country to base yourself in, you’re in luck. Portugal is easily one of my favorite countries in Europe. I’ve spent time living and working remotely in Portugal on several occasions over the past few years, most recently last summer when I was based in the mountains just outside of Porto. In this post, I’ll introduce you to 10 of the best places to live in Portugal for remote workers. From the bustling streets…

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  After years of  talk about air-taxis being a viable option for urban commuters, the CEO of Supernal, an advanced air mobility (AAM) company owned by [hotlink]Hyundai Motor[/hotlink] Group, has a date when we may start seeing electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, or eVTOLs, in the skies: 2028. Speaking to Fortune at the Singapore Airshow, Jaiwon Shin said he thinks 2028 is a realistic target as there will be “regulatory readiness”, infrastructure, and public acceptance. Like many in the AAM sector, Shin believes the commercial use of eVTOLs would be “another revolution in aviation”. Shin cited several reasons including…

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Police have fired tear gas at thousands of Indian farmers who resumed their protest march to the capital, New Delhi, after talks with the government failed to end an impasse over their demands for guaranteed crop prices. The protests come at a crucial time for India, where national elections are due in the coming months and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is widely expected to secure a third successive term in office. The farmers began their protest last week but were stopped some 200km (125 miles) from the capital. The authorities are determined to contain the protests, which have renewed the…

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  Opinion Source: CBS Sunday Morning YouTube The radically liberal Hollywood star Rob Reiner launched a truly vile attack on Donald Trump and conservative Christians yesterday, accusing the former president of being a “mouthpiece” for the Christian nationalist movement. Reiner Rants Against Conservative Christians Reiner, 76, went on MSNBC on Monday to promote his new documentary God & Country, which “looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only the constitutional republic, but Christianity itself,” according to IMDB. It didn’t take long for this appearance to devolve into Reiner ranting against Trump and conservative Christians like…

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  Former NBA sharpshooter JJ Redick is tired of Doc Rivers’ excuses. The First Take host went off on his former coach Tuesday morning, saying how he’s “seen the trend for years. Did the Bucks want Doc Rivers as head coach all along? “The trend is always making excuses,” the former Duke star said. “Doc, we get it. Taking over a team in the middle of a season is hard… it’s always an excuse. It’s always throwing your team under the bus… there’s never accountability with that guy.” Doc should have been called out a long time ago, but for…

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    Uber, along with partners Mitsubishi Electric and autonomous robotics startup Cartken, are launching a service in Japan that will use self-driving sidewalk robots to deliver food to customers. The companies announced that the service offered through the Uber Eats app will launch in a select part of Tokyo by the end of March. An Uber spokesperson said operating hours would be disclosed closer to the launch date. Uber and Cartken, a startup founded in 2019 by former Google engineers behind the short-lived Bookbot, already operate a delivery service together in Fairfax, Virginia and Miami. This latest agreement marks…

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  America’s commercial casinos won $66.5 billion from gamblers in 2023, the industry’s best year ever, according to figures released by its national trade association Tuesday. The American Gaming Association said that total was 10% higher than in 2022, which itself was a record-setting year. When revenue figures from tribal-owned casinos are released separately later this year, they are expected to show that overall casino gambling brought in close to $110 billion to U.S. casino operators in 2023. That all happened in a year in which inflation, while receding, still kept things like grocery and energy costs higher than they…

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The UN food agency pauses deliveries amid Israeli gunfire and a ‘collapse of civil order’ in northern Gaza. The United Nations food agency has paused delivering aid to northern Gaza, citing Israeli gunfire as well as “complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order” in the area. The latest suspension on Tuesday increases fears of starvation in northern Gaza, which has been almost completely cut off from aid since late October amid Israel’s devastating war on the enclave. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said the decision “has not been taken lightly” as it risks people dying…

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  A group of black voters from Harlem in New York City recently appeared on FOX News and expressed anger over the illegal immigrant crisis. A luxury building in the neighborhood recently became the center of controversy when locals noticed workers loading sets of bunkbeds into the empty building, prompting many to think illegal border crossers were being moved in without any notification or discussion. Mayor Eric Adams assured people that illegals were not being moved in, but it looked like the city had gotten caught and was backtracking. FOX News reports: Harlem residents express anger, betrayal over migrant crisis:…

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