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03

Oct

By Dorothy Brand

StoryDisney ride

Mum forced to sit through Disney ride trying to revive son after he passed out

A mum was forced to sit through a ride at Disneyland while trying to revive her unconscious son who had passed out just 20 seconds into his "favorite" attraction. Christine Tagle said she and her family had just boarded the park's Guardians of the Galaxy ride in August when she noticed her five-year-old son was unconscious. Writing about the frightening incident on a Facebook group dedicated to tips and tricks for navigating the massive park, she said she "couldn’t get him to wake up" throughout the "whole ride". The mum said she couldn't remove her son from the ride until…

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03

Oct

By Dorothy Brand

Story

Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas and community

LA JUNTA, Colo. (AP) — Love is in the air on the Colorado plains — the kind that makes your heart beat a bit faster, quickens your step, and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. It’s tarantula mating season, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate, and hundreds of arachnophiles flock to the small farming town of La Junta to watch them emerge in droves. Scientists, spider enthusiasts, and curious Colorado families piled into buses just before dusk last weekend as tarantulas began to roam the dry, rolling plains.…

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03

Oct

By Dorothy Brand

StoryHelene

Rescue and recovery extend deeper into areas ravaged by Helene

The volunteers assembled Wednesday morning just outside the western North Carolina mountain town of Sugar Grove had an idea for how they were going to reach storm-battered communities in the area that have been cut off from the world for days: horses. “There are some areas where we are that there’s just no way to get in with a vehicle,” said Kelly Doughty, who owns an event venue where the gaggle of people on horseback gathered before setting out to help stranded victims. “They had gotten a list from the fire department of areas to go to. They were like…

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27

Sep

By Dorothy Brand

Story

Helene now tropical storm as it moves inland over Georgia; more than 2 million without power

Hurricane Helene was a dangerous Category 4 storm when it made landfall over Florida's Big Bend area late Thursday night but weakened rapidly as it raced inland early Friday and was downgraded to a tropical storm in mere hours, the National Hurricane Center said. Still, Helene was bringing a "life-threatening" storm surge, strong winds and heavy rain, the center said. As of 5 a.m. EDT, Helen was approximately 40 miles east of Macon, Georgia and 100 miles southeast of Atlanta and was racing north at 30 mph, the Miami-based hurricane center said. It was packing maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, 4 mph below…

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26

Sep

By Courtney

EIN Presswire, Story

Dassana Unveils The CISO Copilot™: Providing Real-Time Security Insights and Automation to Security Leaders

SAN MATEO, CA, UNITED STATES, September 26, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Dassana, a leading security intelligence solution provider, announced the launch of The CISO Copilot™ today. This solution enables CISOs and security leaders to quickly and easily get real-time insights into their environment. The CISO Copilot allows CISOs to build better board metrics, automate evidence collection for compliance, drive accountability through better attribution, simplify risk management, automate manual tasks, and unlock epiphanies that have yet to be imagined. "Enterprises use 60 or more security tools, but the data and alerts they generate do not make it any easier for a CISO…

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26

Sep

By Courtney

EIN Presswire, Story

Helios AI Launches CommodiTrack™, First AI Platform to Predict the Price of Agricultural Commodities Using Climate Risk

TYSONS, VA, UNITED STATES, September 26, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Helios Artificial Intelligence, Inc., the leading AI company that predicts the price and availability of agricultural commodities, today launches CommodiTrack™, a first-of-its-kind AI platform that gives agrifood buyers and traders unprecedented access to the climate risks impacting the commodities they care about. CommodiTrack™ is a dynamic, interactive platform that allows users to track, forecast and strategize to improve supply chain resiliency. The platform uses Helios’ proprietary climate risk data set which includes over 500 billion unique risk signals generated by custom machine learning models specific to each of the 50+ crops…

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24

Sep

By Courtney

EIN Presswire, Story

DocketScope Attains Department of Education ATO, Solidifying its Position as Premier Choice for Public Comments Analysis

ARLINGTON, VA, UNITED STATES, September 24, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- DocketScope Inc., the leading provider of technology for public comments analysis, proudly announces its DocketScope® SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) product has been granted an “Authority to Operate” (ATO) by its Agency sponsor, the Department of Education. This is a major milestone on DocketScope’s path to achieving a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) certification at the Moderate Impact level and a place on the FedRAMP Marketplace as an approved Cloud Service Provider for federal agencies. DocketScope has fully implemented over 300 controls required for Moderate Impact authorization with the support of its…

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23

Sep

By Dorothy Brand

Story

American Red Cross seeks donors to help critical need for blood

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The American Red Cross is urging people to donate to help relieve the ongoing critical need as fall begins. Those who donate may receive a gift card. The organization said donors of all types, especially those with type O blood, as well as those giving platelets are needed. “With the blood supply still at critical levels, every single donation is key to making sure all patients relying on lifesaving transfusion,” the organization said in a press release. Those who wish to donate blood or platelets can make an appointment by visiting the American Red Cross website,…

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20

Sep

By Dorothy Brand

Story

Affluent Virginia husband and nanny charged with murders in mansion love triangle

Virginia police on Tuesday announced a second arrest in connection with a 2023 double-murder case in the idyllic Washington, D.C., suburb of Herndon. "Early last year, the double homicide of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan shook our entire community. Today, I am pleased to announce that due to the hard work of police and prosecutors, the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office has secured an indictment against Brendan Banfield for the murder of his wife, Christine, and the murder of Ryan," Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano announced during a Tuesday press conference. Brendan Banfield, a husband and the father of a then-4-year-old…

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19

Sep

By Dorothy Brand

Story

Farmington homeowner loses security after police shoot her dogs in self defense

FARMINGTON — On May 22, John Schwartzback fell to his knees in the yard of his mother’s house after confronting the nightmare every pet owner fears. Two dogs who belonged to Schwartzback and his mother, Patricia Starkey, lay dead on the ground from gunshot wounds. “They were at [Schwartzback’s girlfriend’s] birthday party at her mom’s,” Starkey said. “They came back and all the dogs are dead. He put his hands under her and screamed so loud.” A West Virginia State Trooper shot two of the dogs Starkey owned while searching for a juvenile at Starkey’s home in Farmington. Starkey views…

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