Residents in Vienna say the runoff presidential election that had Austrian voter's rejecting an anti-immigration candidate from the far-right Freedom Party was good for Europe, but that lawmakers need to do more to stop the wave of populism sweeping Western democracies. Subtitled Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Mike Pont/WireImage via Getty ImagesThe former parent of a middle school whose board uninvited 30 Rock actor Maulik Pancholy from speaking at an assembly on anti-bullying is fighting back, starting a change.org petition demanding the openly gay actor be reinstated.Trisha Comstock said she was “deeply saddened” by the decision of the Cumberland Valley School Board to cancel the assembly scheduled at Mountain View Middle School in Pennsylvania on May 22. In her change.org petition, Comstock wrote
An Assyrian bishop who was stabbed during a service at his Sydney church said on Thursday he was recovering quickly and that he had forgiven his attacker. Two knife attacks within three days - at a busy shopping centre near Bondi beach that killed six people on Saturday and at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney's west on Monday - has shocked residents of Australia's most populous city. "I am doing fine, recovering very quickly ... there is no need to be worried or concerned," Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel said in an audio message posted on social media, his first public comments since the attack.
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Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Wednesday signed into law the first measure passed in the U.S. that aims to protect the data found in a person's brainwaves. Sponsors of the bill said it was necessary as quick advances in neurotechnology make scanning, analyzing and selling mental data increasingly more possible - and profitable. State representative Cathy Kipp, a sponsor of the legislation, said in a statement that while advancements in the neurotechnology field hold great promise for improving the lives of many people, "we must provide a clear framework to protect Coloradans' personal data from being used without their consent while still allowing these new technologies to develop."
Dow Jones futures edged higher overnight, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. Nvidia chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor reports early Thursday, with huge implications for the chip sector. The stock market rally opened slightly higher but once again quickly headed lower, with the Nasdaq leading the retreat.
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STORY: SAM SALEHPOUR: “I raised concerns internally, I was sidelined. I was told to shut up. I received physical threats...” Current and former Boeing employees delivered stark warnings at two U.S. Senate hearings on Wednesday over safety culture and manufacturing quality at the planemaker.They’ve been under scrutiny since the door plug panel blew off an Alaska Airlines flight in January.Testimony at the U.S. senate permanent subcommittee on investigations raised questions about missing records surrounding the panel.Former Boeing manager Ed Pierson said an internal whistleblower sent him records about the plug, that he had turned over to the FBI.“The manufacturing conditions that led to the two 737 Max disasters also led to the Alaskan accident blowout accident, and these conditions continue...” // “The world is shocked to learn about Boeing's current production quality issues. I'm not surprised because nothing changed after the two crashes.”Boeing has said it believed that required documents detailing the removal of the door plug were never created.The hearings come amid a management shakeup at Boeing.U.S. regulators have put curbs on production and in March, its deliveries fell by half.Also under the spotlight on Wednesday: two of Boeing’s widebody jets.SALEHPOUR: “I have serious concerns about the safety of the 787 and 777 aircraft, and I'm willing to take on professional risk to talk about them."Quality engineer Sam Salehpour has claimed Boeing failed to adequately shim — or use a thin piece of material to fill tiny gaps — an omission that could cause premature fatigue failure over time in some areas of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.“Boeing had problems pushing pieces together with excessive force to make them appear that the gaps don't exist, even though they exist.”Salehpour has said he was transferred off the 787 program over his questions.Boeing has challenged Salehpour's claims against the 787 and 777, which fly internationally.On Monday, it said it had not found fatigue cracks on nearly 700 Dreamliner jets in service that have gone through heavy maintenance.In a statement on Wednesday, Boeing defended the planes' safety; Noting that the global 787 fleet has safely transported more than 850 million passengers, and the 777 — 3.9 billion travelers.The FAA said in a statement that every aircraft flying complies with the regulator's airworthiness directives.
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