Understanding how drivers are interacting with and, to some extent, relying on artificial intelligence and related innovations has been a constant focus of MIT’s Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT) Consortium. The consortium has been a source of data-driven insights since 2015, providing a window into how actual customers interact with high-tech automobiles. Although a recent Mobility...
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Facing Shutdown for Code Violations, Lamplighter Inn in Charlotte Will Displace 70 Tenants as City Offers Temporary Housing Aid
Due to several code violations, the Lamplighter Inn in Northwest Charlotte is scheduled to close, forcing over 70 residents to look for other places to stay. After declaring the hotel “unsafe” due to the 21 pending code enforcement charges against it, city officials have declared the property will close on December 11. WBTV reports that...
Los Angeles Braces for Rainy Week Ahead, NWS Predicts Showers and Cool Temperatures
With a high temperature of about 64 degrees and rain expected to begin after 10 a.m. today, the National Weather Service’s extended prediction for Los Angeles predicts a rainy week. According to the National Weather Service, the possibility of precipitation reaches 70 percent, and although winds are predicted to be calm, they will increase up...
Memphis Woman Charged with DUI after Car Dangles from Parking Garage
After her automobile almost fell from the third floor of a parking garage in Downtown Memphis, a woman was charged with DUI. A 2024 Ford Bronco was seen hanging dangerously over the roadway below in the Thursday incident. The driver was identified as 37-year-old Kelly Churion. The car was hanging from the garage wall when...
KAUST’s Exascale Climate Emulator Wins the Prestigious Gordon Bell Prize at Atlanta Conference
A computational ally has been added to the fight against climate change. Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) recently won the Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modeling, a prominent honor in the field of high-performance computing, for their innovative development of an exascale climate simulator. Operating on the Frontier supercomputer, the...
Milwaukee Braces for Chilly Weather and Possible Rain-Snow Mix as Thanksgiving Nears
As the National Weather Service reports overcast skies and a cold 40 degrees Fahrenheit this morning, people in Milwaukee are wrapping themselves in coats and scarves. According to the most recent National Weather Service update, Milwaukee residents are facing a wind chill that is a few degrees colder at 36 F, with a 70% humidity...
Seattle Offers Free Yard Waste Disposal to Aid in Post-Storm Cleanup Efforts
Residents of Seattle are still coping with power disruptions and cleanup as part of the city’s ongoing recovery efforts following the recent storm. The city is a little less sparkly now due to fallen leaves, broken branches, and other debris that clogs storm drains and puts areas at risk of flooding. The city is now...
‘Bashed her skull in with a rock’: ‘Twisted and evil coward’ who was ‘hunting for females’ on University of Georgia’s campus gets life in prison for killing nursing student
When he viciously murdered a nursing student at the University of Georgia, a Venezuelan national who was in the country illegally would be imprisoned for the rest of his life. On Wednesday, 26-year-old Jose Antonio Ibarra was informed of his fate in the killing of 22-year-old Laken Riley when she was jogging on campus. Shortly...
‘Completely fails’: Central Park Five say Trump’s attorney cited the wrong law in effort to dismiss defamation case, insist debate comments were ‘fabricated from whole cloth’
Donald Trump, the president-elect of the Central Park Fivesay, is attempting to have their defamation case against him dismissed because of remarks he made during the presidential debate earlier this year, which is illegal. Attorneys for the infamously falsely-accused quintet stated in a letter move filed in a federal court in Pennsylvania on Friday that...
Detroit Braces for Week of Fluctuating Weather: Rain, Snow, and Chilly Temps on the Horizon
Over the course of the upcoming week, the City of Detroit will see a variety of weather conditions, with predictions indicating that temperatures will primarily remain in the upper 40s. With a high of almost 49 degrees and a west-northwest breeze of about 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph, the National Weather...