Month: May 2023

HAMPTON, New Hampshire – A Florida motorist is accused of aggravated driving while intoxicated and clocking 171 miles per hour on a New Hampshire highway, state police said. Christopher Unghire, 36, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., was arrested Sunday and charged with reckless driving, reckless conduct and aggravated driving while intoxicated, state police said. On Sunday at approximately 5:15 p.m., Troopers Brian Hanna and Seth Parker were conducting routine traffic checks when Hanna saw a motorcycle traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed on Exeter, state police said. Hanna was initially able to “clock” the motorcycle at 120 mph…

The following announcement was jointly released by the NFL and the Green Bay Packers: The NFL announced today that the 2025 NFL Draft will take place in Green Bay in and around the iconic Lambeau Field and Titletown. The announcement was made at the NFL’s Spring League meeting in Minneapolis, following a review of the proposal by the Major Events and Fan Involvement Advisory Committee and Full Ownership. “The Draft has become a prominent offseason event held in multiple cities with spectacular locations across the country, and we are thrilled to work with the Packers and Discover Green Bay to…

Long Island Rail Road fares will increase at the end of the year for the first time since 2019, but not as high as originally thought, MTA officials said Monday. The Metropolitan Transport Authority, at its finance committee meeting on Monday, revealed it was backtracking on a plan to raise fares by 5.5%, which would have been the biggest fare increase in a decade Instead, the transit agency, buoyed by a state payroll tax increase that will boost revenue by $1.1 billion a year, will return to its usual 4 percent fare increase. The agency typically adheres to a schedule…

DANVERS, Mass. – No threats have been identified after two initial sweeps of St. John’s Prep in Danvers amid an investigation into a report of a person with a gun on campus Monday. Danvers police and the school superintendent gave an update just after 4 p.m. saying an officer’s gun accidentally went off, elevating the situation from a hit-and-run response to a real active shooter situation. “We are aware of reports of a single accidental discharge of a firearm by a responding Danvers officer,” state police said. State and local police arrived at the Spring Street school shortly before 2…

The language models behind ChatGPT and other generative AIs are trained on written words that have been taken from libraries, taken from websites and social networks, and taken from news reports and transcripts of speeches from around the world. There are 250 billion such words behind GPT-3.5, the model that powers ChatGPT, for example, and GPT-4 is already here. now new research from Stanford University has quantified exactly how well (or, actually, poorly) these models align with the views of US demographics, showing that language models have a decided bias on hot topics that may be out of line with…

BUTLER, Pa. – Butler Health System and Excela Health have announced that their new combined organization is Independence Health System. “Last June, two like-minded independent health systems announced their intention to merge with the goal of creating a new and different health care option for patients in Western Pennsylvania,” he said. said Ken DeFurio, president and CEO of Independence Health System in a joint press release issued Monday morning. “On January 1 this year, we successfully formed the new organization. Independence Health System has a breadth and depth of services that make it indispensable to our patients and physicians.” Independence…

A 23-year-old man suffered “significant injuries” in an alligator attack near Fort Myers, Fla., early Sunday morning, wildlife officials said. The man lost his arm as a result, according to the Associated Press. The alligator was 10 1/2 feet long and was later killed. He attacked the man, whose name has not been released, behind Banditos Bar in Port Charlotte, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement to CBS News, and he pointed out that there is a pond next to the bar. Authorities from the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office and EMS responded…

BUTLER, Pa. – The principal of Knoch Elementary School has been charged after allegedly failing to report the sexual abuse of a 5-year-old girl. Gregory Mandalas, 50, is a mandated reporter, according to Butler State Police. State police information alleges that Mandalas failed to report alleged sexual abuse against a girl that was directly disclosed to him. He is accused of forcing people to report suspected child abuse. 11 News is working to learn more about these charges. Stay tuned for more details as we continue to receive them. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow…