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Biden coughs through CHIPS bill signing speech after COVID-19 isolation

Biden coughs through CHIPS bill signing speech after COVID-19 isolation

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President Biden had to apologize to his audience for coughing repeatedly through his speech touting the signing of the CHIPS legislation Tuesday.

Biden could barely utter one sentence without stopping to cough for minutes on end. Despite the coughing fit and Biden blowing his nose, attendees still gathered around his desk for photos and shook hands with him after the speech.

Biden tested negative for COVID-19 for the second consecutive day on Sunday.

“This investment alone is going to create 40,000 jobs,” Biden said partway through his speech before once again halting to cough. “Excuse me I’m sorry … I’m gonna take another sip of water.”

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President Biden drinks a glass of water during a speech.

President Biden drinks a glass of water during a speech.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Vice President Kamala Harris all crowded around Biden as he signed the bill.

The White House stated that Biden has tested negative on both Monday and Tuesday when Fox News Digital asked whether Biden was experiencing lingering symptoms.

President Biden uses a tissue while speaking before signing HR 4346, the Chips and Science Act of 2022, during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.

President Biden uses a tissue while speaking before signing HR 4346, the Chips and Science Act of 2022, during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
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President Biden shook hands with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after signing the CHIPS bill, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.

President Biden shook hands with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after signing the CHIPS bill, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
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Biden suffered moderate symptoms during his initial bout with COVID-19 in July. White House physician Kevin O’Connor said he was suffering body aches, sore throat and other symptoms.

The president had a rebound case just days after testing negative, however. His symptoms from him were less severe, but he vowed to stay in self-isolation until he tested negative for two consecutive days. He did so on Sunday.

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Biden addressed the country through videos on the White House balcony during his isolation, and he did not appear to be suffering a cough.

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McDonalds customer is given a box of onions after ordering chicken nuggets

A McDonald's customer who ordered six chicken nuggets was baffled when she opened the box find diced onions

Bizarre find inside a box of McDonald’s chicken nuggets leaves customer baffled

  • McDonald’s customer who ordered chicken nuggets received raw diced onions
  • Woman posted her bizarre drive-through experience in Canberra to Facebook
  • McDonald’s has apologized for the bizarre mix-up and said it was just a mistake

By David Southwell For Daily Mail Australia

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A McDonald’s customer who ordered six chicken nuggets was baffled when she opened the box to find diced onions.

She posted pictures of the unwelcome surprise on Facebook dumbfounded by her the drive-through experienced.

‘Went to the drive-through tonight,’ she wrote.

‘Ordered six nuggets and got this instead. Bloody onions.’

McDonald’s has apologized for the strange mistake.

A McDonald's customer who ordered six chicken nuggets was baffled when she opened the box find diced onions

A McDonald’s customer who ordered six chicken nuggets was baffled when she opened the box find diced onions

She posted pictures of the unwelcome surprise on Facebook dumbfounded by her the drive-through experienced

She posted pictures of the unwelcome surprise on Facebook dumbfounded by her the drive-through experienced

‘At McDonald’s, we are committed to giving our customers a great experience every time they visit one of our restaurants,’ a McDonald’s spokesperson told Yahoo.

‘Of course, if a customer receives an incorrect order, we will happily replace this for them.

‘We apologize for the inconvenience and encourage the customer to contact our Customer Service team so we can look into it in more detail.’

Oddly this is not the first time onions have taken the place of chicken nuggets this year.

In June Facebook user Billy Allen who lives in the mid-western US state of Indiana posted a picture of a chicken McNuggets Happy Meal box again filled with raw chopped onion.

A commentator said the same thing had happened to his mother.

Perhaps the best ever surprise found in a chicken McNuggets box was an engagement ring placed their by Illinois man Kristian Helton to win his sweetheart's hand in marriage in 2017

Perhaps the best ever surprise found in a chicken McNuggets box was an engagement ring placed their by Illinois man Kristian Helton to win his sweetheart’s hand in marriage in 2017

Commenters pointed out that McNuggets were actually preceded by onion rings.

They were introduced as a vegetarian menu option in the mid-1970s and trialed in some test markets in the US from 1978 until 1979.

They failed to catch on and were replaced by the chicken variety after that.

Perhaps the best surprise ever found in a box of chicken McNuggets was by US woman Karsyn Long in the US state of Illinois after her boyfriend placed an engagement ring in a box of her favorite snack.

Kristian Helton placed an engagement ring among the chicken pieces and wrote ‘Will you McMarry me?’ on the underside of the box in 2017.

Ms Long replied ‘yes’.

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Technology

Google’s ‘Read Along’ Learning Tool Now Available on the Web

Google's 'Read Along' Learning Tool Now Available on the Web

Google is rolling out its Read Along learning tool for the web.

The app, which is supposed to help children learn how to read, has been exclusive to Android since it was released in India in 2019. (It was called Bolo at the time; Google changed the name for its global launch in 2020.) Now it’ll finally be available to kids without Android devices.

“With the web version,” Google says, “parents can let their children use Read Along on bigger screens by simply logging into a browser from laptops or PCs at readalong.google.com.” The site works in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge; support for additional browsers is “coming soon.”

Read Along has children read stories—which are curated by Google and feature varying subject matter and levels of complexity—to a “reading assistant” called Diya that “listens and gives both correctional and encouraging feedback to help kids develop their reading skills.”

Google says all of the audio processing required to enable this functionality happens on-device; the recordings aren’t supposed to be sent to its servers. More information about the kinds of data the company is collecting via the web version of Read Along is available via its privacy policy.

Google says more than 30 million children have read over 120 million stories via Read Along since the app’s debut in 2019. (Which suggests that many kids, or their parents, read just one story before they stop using the app.) The company will release more stories later this year.

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Sports

Mike Tyson lost pet tiger when he tried to eat neighbor’s dog, boxing news

Mike Tyson lost pet tiger when he tried to eat neighbor's dog, boxing news

Mike Tyson lost his famous pet tiger after the white Bengal tried to eat his neighbours’ dog.

The boxing legend was convinced into buying the wild cat after coming out of prison in 1995 following a three-year stretch.

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Tyson is believed to have had three tigers in all, costing him over $US80,000 each at the time.

But, according to his former boxing manager Shelly Finkel, he was forced to give them up after one fateful walk.

Finkel, who SunSport spoke with in New York, recalled: “His house was between two houses in Vegas.

“And on the right side, facing the street was a famous Vegas performer. And on the left side was a businessman who had some dogs.

“Mike decided to walk one of his Bengal tigers, he’s walking the tiger, and the tiger saw the dog and scales the wall to go and eat the dog.

“The man is looking out his window and sees a tiger coming over the wall to try and eat his dog and Mike is pulling him down.

“He gets him off the fence and that night Mike calls me and says, ‘Shelly, the ASPCA is here, I’m not allowed to keep cats in captivity, how do you think they found out?’

“I said, ‘How do you think they found out? Your neighbor sees him coming over the wall to eat his dog. How do you think they found out.’

“That to me was my favorite story with Mike.”

Finkel managed Tyson right up until his retirement in 2005.

But their history dates back to when Iron Mike was a teenage amateur sensation.

And they first worked together in 1988 when Finkel brokered a closed-circuit pay-per-view deal for Tyson’s win over Michael Spinks.

But following the heavyweight’s infamous 1997 disqualification for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear, Finkel became his full-time manager.

He said: “It was one of the greatest trips of my life. The adventures with Mike Tyson were phenomenal.”

Finkel was in touch with Tyson as recently as two years ago, when the boxing icon made a shock comeback.

Tyson, now 56, drew over eight exhibition rounds with Roy Jones, 53, and talk of a trilogy with Holyfield emerged.

But following Holyfield’s painful beating against former UFC champion Vitor Belfort, 45, the plug was rightfully pulled.

This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.

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Australia

Call for help to identify man hit by train in inner Melbourne

Police are calling for help to identify a man who was critically injured when he was hit by a train inside melbourne.

The man has been in hospital for more than a month since he was hit by a train between Royal Park and Jewell railway stations in Brunswick on July 7.

The man, who is believed to be around 65 to 75-years-old, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and is still in a serious condition.

Police are trying to identify this man, who is in a Melbourne hospital after being hit by a train. (Victoria Police)

Police have been unable to establish his identity despite “extensive inquiries”.

The man had no phone, wallet or cards on him at the time of the incident.

He has been able to mumble the names “Roy” and “Ryan” from Coburg.

It is not clear whether he is referring to himself or someone he knows.

Police have released a facial composite image in the hope someone may recognize him.

He is described as Caucasian, about 175cm tall and of medium build.

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The man was hit by a metro train. (TheAge)

He has a prominent mole below his left eye, no identifying scars and no tattoos.

It is unknown exactly what the man was wearing at the time of the incident, but he was wearing black runners with white soles, black socks and a black belt.

Anyone who recognizes the man or has information is urged to contact the police.

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US

Federal court rules that House committee can access Trump’s tax records

Federal court rules that House committee can access Trump's tax records

A federal appeals court unanimously ruled Tuesday that a House committee can access former President Donald Trump’s tax records following a yearslong legal battle.

A three-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that the House Ways and Means Committee has the authority to obtain Trump’s tax records from the Treasury Department, upholding a district court ruling from late last year.

Trump’s lawyers are all but certain to appeal the ruling.

NBC News has reached out to a Trump spokesman and a member of his legal team for comment.

The court ruling adds to Trump’s legal woes following an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home on Monday. A source familiar with the matter told NBC News that the search was tied to classified information Trump allegedly took with him from the White House to his Palm Beach resort in January 2021.

Tuesday’s appeals court ruling is the latest twist in a multi-year legal fight over his tax records. A federal judge in December tossed out Trump’s lawsuit seeking to block the House panel from obtaining his tax returns, rejecting the former president’s claim that Congress had no legitimate need to look at the returns and that Congress was simply snooping around in an effort to embarrass him .

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., on Tuesday lauded the appeals court’s “long-anticipated” opinion. Neal first requested copies of Trump’s federal tax returns in April 2019, a request the Treasury Department initially refused.

“With great patience, we followed the judicial process, and yet again, our position has been affirmed by the Courts,” Neal said in a statement. “When we receive the returns, we will begin our oversight of the IRS’s mandatory presidential audit program .”

Neal had initially cited a federal law that requires the Treasury Department and the IRS to turn over individual tax returns when demanded by any of the three congressional tax committees.

“The Chairman has identified a legitimate legislative purpose that it requires information to accomplish,” the appeals court ruling states. “At this stage, it is not our place to delve deeper than this. The mere fact that individual members of Congress may have political motivations as well as legislative ones is of no moment. Indeed, it is likely rare that an individual member of Congress would work for a legislative purpose without considering the political implications.”

If he appeals, Trump would have to ask the full circuit court to rehear the case or appeal directly to the Supreme Court.

The House committee’s top Republican, Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, urged Trump to appeal the court’s decision.

The ruling “unleashes a dangerous new political weapon,” Brady said in a statement, arguing it would grant Congress the ability “to target and make public the tax returns of political enemies.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meanwhile called the court’s decision a “victory for the rule of law,” in a statement Tuesday.

“Access to the former president’s tax returns is crucial to upholding the public interest, our national security & our Democracy,” Pelosi said.

Zoë Richards is the evening politics reporter for NBC News.

daniel barnes and Kyle Stewart contributed.

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Business

Power companies switch off support for key clean energy proposal

Power companies switch off support for key clean energy proposal

A key reform the federal government says is urgently needed to modernize the electricity grid and boost the take-up of clean energy has been plunged into uncertainty after both major fossil fuel and renewable power companies hit out at the plan.

The Energy Security Board (ESB), the Commonwealth’s policy adviser, is receiving pushback, including from Origin Energy and AGL, over a proposal to direct payments to companies to run generators or store power to back up renewables when the sun isn’t shining and wind isn’t blowing.

Major power companies are questioning ESB's proposal for a payment scheme to encourage more investment in clean power.

Major power companies are questioning ESB’s proposal for a payment scheme to encourage more investment in clean power. Credit:AP

The ESB has proposed that the so-called “capacity mechanism” be technology neutral, allowing plants powered by coal, gas or renewables to receive the payments. This has sparked concerns from some major power companies that incumbent fossil fuel generators would be propped up at the expense of investment in clean energy, or that consumers would pay higher bills than necessary.

It recently published industry feedback on the proposal, ahead of a meeting with state energy ministers on Friday at which the federal government will seek to speed up the creation of a capacity mechanism.

“Importantly, the capacity mechanism should not be viewed as a means of staving off coal closures, but work alongside a credible framework to help facilitate and manage orderly exits,” coal plant owner Origin said in its submission to the ESB’s capacity mechanism.

Another coal plant owner, AGL, said it was “particularly concerned at the potential for the proposed design to result in excessive costs for energy customers” and to dampen incentives for clean energy investment.

The ESB’s proposal is also opposed by clean energy companies, whose investment will be needed to deliver on the $300 billion required over the coming decade to expand the grid and link it to distant wind and solar farms as they replace coal plants.

However, some experts, including Grattan Institute energy director Tony Wood and former ESB chair Kerry Schott, are backing the ESB’s proposal, arguing the design can be shaped by energy ministers to prioritize clean power over coal.

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Technology

GTA V ships nearly 170 million copies, makes up 44% of franchise sales

GTA V ships nearly 170 million copies, makes up 44% of franchise sales 123 | TweakTown.com

Grand Theft Auto V has shipped nearly 170 million copies worldwide across physical channels, continuing the game’s incremental monthly growth.

GTA V ships nearly 170 million copies, makes up 44% of franchise sales 123 | TweakTown.com

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Even after 9 years with releases on 3 console generations, GTA V still isn’t slowing down. Take-Two Interactive has confirmed GTA V has sold-in nearly 170 million copies worldwide. Total franchise sales are now at 380 million, so GTA V makes up 44% of total GTA sales.

GTA V has sold copies of these entire franchises:

  • Assassin’s Creed (155 million+)
  • Final Fantasy (165 million+)
  • Resident Evil (127 million)
  • Monster Hunter (84 million)
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There’s two noticeable trends that arise from this data: GTA V has sold 5 million copies per quarter for six quarters in a row, and the PS5/Xbox Series X/S re-releases have not boosted game sales.

It’s also worth mentioning that the GTA trilogy remaster seems to have totally fizzled out in terms of sales. The trilogy remaster collection launched with a mighty 10 million units sold, but controversy has significantly affected continued sales of the game.

Rockstar Games will continue adding new GTA Online content to supplement GTA V as it works on the next major Grand Theft Auto game, which may release in its FY24 period.

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Sports

Serena Williams to retire after US Open

Serena Williams to retire after US Open

“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want that record. Obviously, I do. But day-to-day, I’m not really thinking about her.”

Williams later said in an Instagram post that it was time to move in a “different direction.”

Serena Williams at Wimbledon in 2018.

Serena Williams at Wimbledon in 2018.Credit:PA Pool

“The countdown has begun. I have to focus on being a mom, my spiritual goals and finally discovering a different, but just exciting Serena.”

She also has a vast business portfolio to maintain.

For nearly a decade she has backed early-stage companies, including MasterClass, one of 16 unicorns – companies whose market value exceeds $US1 billion – to receive funding from Serena Ventures.

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On the court, Williams announced herself on the grandest stage by winning the 1999 US Open singles title, a tournament she would go on to win five more times.

Over the past two decades, she also claimed seven titles at both Wimbledon and the Australian Open and a further three at the French Open as she revolutionized the women’s game with a lethal mix of powerful serves, groundstrokes and athleticism.

Williams has had eight separate spells at the top of the WTA rankings, totaling 319 weeks as world number one.

“When Serena steps away from tennis, she will leave as the sport’s greatest player,” pioneer Billie Jean King said.

“After a career that has inspired a new generation of players and fans, she will forever be known as a champion who won on the court and raised the global profile of the sport off of it.”

Seven-time Grand Slam winner John McEnroe called Williams “an icon.”

“She’s in that level where Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Tom Brady are,” he told USAToday. “Ella She’s like one of the all-time greatest athletes in the history of any sport-male or female.”

Williams also owns 14 women’s Grand Slam doubles titles with older sister Venus and has won four Olympic gold medals – singles (2012) and doubles (2000, 2008, 2012).

While she has earned a well-deserved reputation as tennis’ fiercest competitor, Williams played down expectations for her major final, after losing in the opening round at Wimbledon.

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“Unfortunately, I wasn’t ready to win Wimbledon this year. And I don’t know if I will be ready to win New York,” she wrote.

“I know there’s a fan fantasy that I might have tied Margaret that day in London, then maybe beat her record in New York… It’s a good fantasy. But I’m not looking for some ceremonial, final on-court moment.

“I’m terrible at goodbyes, the world’s worst. But please know that I am more grateful for you than I can ever express.”

The US Open main draw begins on August 29.

Williams said she and her husband, entrepreneur and investor Alexis Ohanian, have been trying to have another child during the last year, a decision her four-year-old daughter Olympia is excited about.

“Sometimes before bed, she prays to Jehovah to bring her a baby sister,” Williams wrote.

The American won the 2017 Australian Open while she was two months pregnant but has no interest in being a pregnant athlete again: “I need to be two feet into tennis or two feet out.”

“I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family,” she wrote. “But I’m turning 41 (in September), and something’s got to give.”

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Australia

ACTU issues radical proposal to boost jobs, increase tax on businesses

ACTU issues radical proposal to boost jobs, increase tax on businesses

Director of the Center for Future Work, Jim Stanford, who authored the ACTU’s jobs summit discussion paper, which is being published on Wednesday, said the RBA could easily drive the country into a recession as it used the “sledgehammer” of interest rates to drive down inflation.

“They are willing to cause a recession and throw hundreds of thousands of people out of work,” he said.

The ACTU believes the key focus of the Reserve Bank must change to full employment.

The ACTU believes the key focus of the Reserve Bank must change to full employment.Credit:Louie Douvis

Apart from changing the RBA’s role in the economy, the ACTU is pressing for a more active government role in the economy.

In what looms as a direct challenge to the new Labor government, unions believe there is a case for prices of key goods and services to be regulated to prevent “price gouging” and to reduce inflationary pressures. This would include the energy sector but could also extend to telecommunications or transport, which the ACTU says are “heavily concentrated” industries.

The ACTU believes all governments could do more to relieve pressure on the housing sector. It wants the RBA to end price speculation around property and policy changes such as an expansion of public housing, controls on rent and regulating housing credit to “more affordable” projects.

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It is pressing for the government to abandon the already legislated stage-three tax cuts, due to start in mid-2024, which will deliver large benefits to high-income earners.

An excess profits tax should be imposed on businesses enjoying windfall gains due to current high inflation while businesses that channel profits back to shareholders instead of re-investing the cash into infrastructure or productivity-enhancing technology should face financial penalties.

Unions will also use the summit to press the government to revitalize enterprise bargaining, arguing the industrial relations system is now “entirely broken”. It believes this re-regulation of the system would lift real wages in tandem with productivity.

ACTU secretary Sally McManus said working Australians had endured almost a decade of insecure work and stagnant wages. They were now facing high inflation that was contributing to real wage reductions.

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She said the nation’s top economic goal should be to give all people the chance of gaining secure and fairly paid employment.

“At the summit we have an opportunity to address the big problems that have remained unaddressed for a decade to kick-start wage growth, deliver secure jobs for Australian workers and see living standards rise again,” she said.

“Achieving this will require more than fiddling around the edges, it requires new ways of thinking about how our system is managed, who benefits from it and how to change it for the better.”

Unions are expected to have a strong presence at the summit, which has been dismissed by the Coalition as a “Labor talkfest”.

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But Liberal leader Dutton will be formally invited to attend by Treasurer Jim Chalmers who said the government was serious about bringing people together to find common ground on the nation’s economic challenges.

“There’s plenty of goodwill out there and a real appetite for co-operation. That spirit of co-operation can extend to the opposition if they are willing to accept it, and I hope they will,” he said.

“This is a working summit, not a soiree. We want participants to roll up their sleeves and bring fresh ideas to the table.”

Chalmers said the government wanted to also ensure independent MPs also had a presence at the summit, to be held on September 1 and 2.

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