Japan Airlines collision shows why we can't be complacent about near-misses in the US

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Passengers wait in Terminal 2 of Haneda International Airport, as operations are suspended due to a Japan Airlines' A350 airplane and a Coast Guard aircraft collision, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.
Passengers wait in Terminal 2 of Haneda International Airport, as operations are suspended due to a Japan Airlines' A350 airplane and a Coast Guard aircraft collision, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.

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Bill Ackman is not letting up on the Claudine Gay plagiarism allegations

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Bill Ackman (left) and Claudine Gay (right).
Bill Ackman (left) and Claudine Gay (right).

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X is worth 71% less now after Elon Musk took over and burned its bridges with advertisers: Fidelity

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Elon Musk (left) and X app (right).
Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022. Musk later renamed the company to X in July 2023.

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Virginia lottery winner who beat 1:749,398 odds for $230,000 stuck to a pact to split it with his brother

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Tim and Steve Cornwell hold up their winning lottery check.
Tim and Steve Cornwell won the Virginia Lottery in December.

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People in Illinois can no longer livestream while driving or vape indoors thanks to new laws

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A man holds an electronic cigarette as he vapes at a Vape Shop in Monterrey, Mexico.
A man holds an electronic cigarette as he vapes at a Vape Shop in Monterrey, Mexico. File photo.

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Homeless people in Vancouver were given $5,500 cash, no strings attached. They used it to secure housing and even start saving.

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People taking down tents on the streets.
An encampent in Downtown Eastside, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on April 5, 2023.

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I've handed out more than $2.5 billion in lottery cash. Not everybody reacts the way you'd expect.

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A photo portrait of a smiling Andy Carter, a Winners' Advisor at UK lottery agency Camelot.
Andy Carter, a Winners' Advisor at UK lottery agency Camelot.

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Porn pervaded politics in 2023. And none of it was sexy.

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Woman grabbing an American flag.
2023 was filled with porn in politics.

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Amazon eliminated his role. Four months later, he's still getting paychecks.

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Attendees to AWS' 2017 conference

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Thanks to AI, you don't need a computer science degree to get a job in tech, IBM AI chief says

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Matthew Candy (left) and ChatGPT (right).
"Questioning, creativity skills, and innovation are going to be hugely important because I think AI's going to free up more capacity for creative thought processes," IBM's global managing partner for generative AI, Matthew Candy told Fortune.

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