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Ippei Mizuhara Impersonated Shohei Ohtani On Call With Bank, New Audio Reveals newsthirst.

Ippei Mizuhara Bank Call Audio Reveals Ohtani Impersonation Published January 24, 2025 7:27 AM PST Play video content Shohei Ohtani‘s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, impersonated the MLB superstar on a phone call with a bank in order to swindle the Dodgers’ designated hitter out of $200,000 … newly released audio reveals. The three-and-a-half-minute conversation was…

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Californians hope rain will bring respite from LA wildfires as Trump set to visit | California wildfires newsthirst.

Southern California was preparing for some long-awaited rain this weekend, bringing some respite after enormous wildfires have raged for weeks, but with the potential to cause mudslides, flooding and toxic ash runoff. Rain is forecast for much of Los Angeles from Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service said. It said there was a “5-10%” chance…

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Judge rejects US mother’s extradition challenge newsthirst.

Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Reporting fromWestminster Magistrates’ Court Dabb, Kory R. Kimberlee Singler was detained in west London on 30 December 2023 A judge has rejected a US mother’s challenge to extradition over accusations she murdered two of her children in Colorado and “fled” to London. Kimberlee Singler’s nine-year-old daughter Elianna and seven-year-old son Aden…

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How China’s new AI model DeepSeek is threatening U.S. dominance newsthirst.

A little-known AI lab out of China has ignited panic throughout Silicon Valley after releasing AI models that can outperform America’s best despite being built more cheaply and with less-powerful chips.  DeepSeek, as the lab is called, unveiled a free, open-source large-language model in late December that it says took only two months and less than $6…

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