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Google’s emissions shot up 48% over five years due to AI

(TNS) — Google’s emissions climbed by almost half over five years, as the company has infused artificial intelligence throughout many of its core products — making it harder to meet its goal of eliminating carbon emissions by 2030, according to a new environmental report from the tech giant. The annual report covers Google’s progress toward meeting its environmental goals last year. The Alphabet Inc. unit said its greenhouse gas emissions totaled 14.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent throughout 2023. This is 48% higher than in 2019, the company said, and 13% higher than in 2022.

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RFK Jr. resubmits signatures to appear on Nevada ballot

LAS VEGAS (TNS) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign resubmitted petition signatures in Clark County seeking to appear on Nevada’s November ballot, this time with Kennedy’s running mate listed. The campaign filed close to 20,000 petition signatures at the Clark County Election Department on Wednesday afternoon, just ahead of the July 5 deadline to submit the signatures for verification. “Team Kennedy Nevada cleared another hurdle in getting Robert Kennedy Jr and Nicole Shanahan on the ballot by gathering 3 times the required 10,095 Nevada voter signatures in 100 degree heat in June,” said Randell Hynes, Nevada coordinator for the Kennedy campaign, in a statement.

Man convicted in stabbing death of gay high school classmate

SANTA ANA, Calif. (TNS) — An Orange County jury convicted Samuel Woodward of first-degree murder Wednesday in the stabbing death of his gay high school classmate. During the three-month trial, both sides portrayed the 26-year-old Woodward as a young man who struggled with his sexuality growing up in a conservative Newport Beach family, with a particularly disapproving father. Deputy Dist. Atty. Jennifer Walker told the jury that when Woodward decided to kill Blaze Bernstein, his former classmate, in January 2018, he chose a weapon with symbolic significance: a knife with his father’s name etched on it.

Newsom launches podcast with ex-NFL star Marshawn Lynch

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Gov. Gavin Newsom knows the value of connecting with celebrities. And of connecting with the wealthy. Now he’s banking on an alliance with “Beast Mode.” Newsom will host a weekly podcast along with former NFL star running back and noted disrupter Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch and his agent Doug Hendrickson. It premiers July 15 and will be titled “Politickin’.”

Diddy sued by former porn star alleging sex trafficking at parties

(TNS) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit with yet another sex trafficking lawsuit Wednesday, this one from a former porn star. Adria English, whose stage name was Omunique, claims Combs forced her to drink alcohol laced with narcotics and have sex with various people at his now-notorious parties, according to documents obtained by TMZ. In the lawsuit, English reportedly says Combs threatened to blackball her and her boyfriend from Hollywood if they didn’t comply with his demands.