Devastating news for the families of two dead and the entire Philadelphia ABC affiliate ..
The pilot was 67-year-old Monroe Smith of Glenside, Pa. and the photographer was 45-year-old Christopher Dougherty of Oreland, Pa.
They have a long history with our station and have been working as part of the Action News team for years.
“Our hearts are just broken for these men. They’re broken for their families,” reporter Katherine Scott said during a report on Action News. “We just can’t believe this has happened.”
Reporter Maggie Kent told of speaking with colleagues of the crew members at Northeast Philadelphia Airport, where the chopper was based.
President Joe Biden was safe on Sunday night after a car collided with a motorcade SUV that was part of the president’s security detail, a Reuters witness said.
Biden and First Lady Jill Biden had just left his campaign headquarters when the collision occurred. Jill Biden was also safe following the incident, the witness said.
The Bidens had emerged from the Biden-Harris 2024 headquarters in rainy downtown Wilmington at 8:07 p.m. (0107 GMT) after having a meal with members of his re-election team at the time of the incident, according to the White House press pool report.
— Read on news.yahoo.com/car-collides-vehicle-president-bidens-013801674.html
City lawmakers in Brazil have enacted what appears to be the nation’s first legislation written entirely by artificial intelligence — even if they didn’t know it at the time.
The experimental ordinance was passed in October in the southern city of Porto Alegre and city councilman Ramiro Rosário revealed this week that it was written by a chatbot, sparking objections and raising questions about the role of artificial intelligence in public policy.
Rosário told The Associated Press that he asked OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT to craft a proposal to prevent the city from charging taxpayers to replace water consumption meters if they are stolen. He then presented it to his 35 peers on the council without making a single change or even letting them know about its unprecedented origin.
— Read on apnews.com/article/brazil-artificial-intelligence-porto-alegre-5afd1240afe7b6ac202bb0bbc45e08d4
The darkness of the night combined with the fiery orange and red aura of fire.. It’s striking and beautiful. This time of year warrants reflection and perseverance .. it requires deep solemn reflection..
While we aren’t performing sacrifices today we still perform rituals that date back to ancient Celtic customs during the festival of Samhain. Others say that the origination of this Pagan holiday travel back even further in the annals of history. But the Celts did it so well that even a Pope had to create a religious All Saints Day to counter it.
And while some may say religion ‘took over’ pagan holidays, it’s interesting to consider that we still basically memorialize each pagan custom annually while religion falters as time beats on.
The bobbing for apples to see which young woman will marry a heroic male. The orange and black colors to symbolize death and the bright fires to honor the sun. The harvest. The end of summer.. the story of Stingy Jack tricking the devil only to rummage across the countryside forever cursed.
And the costumes. The idea that we needed to dress like the dead only to mix in with them so they couldn’t notice us when the veil was thing between the here and there.
Something about Halloween is visceral. Real. True. Something seems to connect us better this holiday than others. We all experience the darkness and have similar reactions. The seasonal depression and lack of vitamin D start to hit. We feel we can’t escape the encroaching night and vanishing act of the sun. There seems to be hopelessness but yet it’s supposed to be like this.
Samhain is the time for reflection and melancholy thought for those who have gone. Maybe tonight, with the thinness of the earthly realm, we’ll get to see them.
We all feel connected on Halloween even more than Christmas. During the Christmas season we spend time with friends an family. But on Halloween we present ourselves in costume or parties in groups of strangers. We all rummage the streets together and go to houses owned by people we never knew or saw. To give them tricks.. or ask for treats.
All of this is experienced as a communal event.
The connection is real..
While people may be brave and not prone to cheap frights, Halloween gives opportunity to be a little uneasy. What’s lurking behind shadows or in street alleys under a light. Which spirits were strong enough to get through…
And when, just when, will that light return. When will the sun be born again… we all crave light.
So reflect again. Be one with this planet and your soul.
It’s Halloween. Everyone’s entitled to one good scare.
Enjoy it now. Because Mariah defrosts earlier each year.
Depp fans paid the court fees for the release of documents from Heard’s therapist, Dr. Dawn Hughes. The raw notes, scribbled on a legal pad, were part of last year’s high-profile trial in which Depp largely prevailed. They describe a hostile “Aquaman” set where an allegedly intoxicated Jason Momoa dressed like Depp and pushed to have Heard booted from the role of aquatic superhero Mera.
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A rep for Momoa declined comment, but a DC spokesperson pushed back on Heard’s characterization, saying, “Jason Momoa conducted himself in a professional manner at all times on the set of ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.’” Others echoed that sentiment. “Jason works his ass off, likes to have a beer once in a while like everyone, but doesn’t show up drunk to set,” says an insider who was on the London set in 2021, adding that the two stars got along and were seen joking together. “And he isn’t dressing like Johnny Depp. He has always dressed in that bohemian style.”
With the writer, strike coming to an end, it appears that production on Stranger Things season five will also resume after a long delayed hiatus…
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The production on season 5 was supposed to start in May 2023. However due to the WGA strike, the Duffer Brothers had announced that the commencement of production for Stranger Things season 5 would remain on hold. As fate would have it, the strike endured for 146 days, resulting in a substantial delay. Furthermore, in July, the actors’ union also initiated a strike that has yet to be resolved.
The memes have not been generous. Some asserting that by the time the production actually begins the kids will be 40. Nonetheless, fans are exceptionally delighted to hear that the gang from Hawkins is back in the game.
Danelo Cavalcante Chester County Pennsylvania He is now in custody, finally. After a 14 day manhunt…
More.. Bloody and bitten escaped murder Danelo Cavalcante has been captured by police in the South Coventry Township area (Chester County, PA) after a 2 week manhunt…
