new PS5 Best-Seller in the UK in October, Black Ops 6 Leads Strong Month of New Releases By www.vgchartz.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:59:24 GMT The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the UK in October, according to GfK Entertainment data reported by GamesIndustry. The Xbox Series X|S was the second best-selling console for the month, followed by the Nintendo Switch in third. The Xbox Series X|S has also surpassed the Switch in year-to-date sales. Sales for the PS5 are up 27 percent month-on-month and down 18 percent year-on-year. Sales for the Switch are up 13 percent month-on-month and down 18 percent year-on-year. Sales for the Xbox Series X|S are down seven percent month-on-month and down 17 percent year-on-year. Overall, there were just under 144,000 video game consoles sold (NielsenIQ/GfK panel data) in the UK in October 2024. This is down 18 percent year-on-year. GSD data shows there were 2.9 million games sold in October 2024, which is up 3.2 percent year-on-year. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 debuted in first place on the software charts (digital and physical combined). Sales are 11 percent lower than the launch month of 2023's 2023's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, however, this is most likely due to the number of people playing the game via Xbox Game Pass. Sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 are up 24 percent year-on-year on PlayStation consoles, while sales dropped on Xbox consoles and PC. 75 percent of total sales were on PlayStation consoles, followed by 15 percent on PC, and just under 11 percent on Xbox consoles. Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero debuted in third place with the first four week of sales up 80 percent compared to 2020's Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. Undisputed debuted in fourth place and had the second biggest launch for a sports title in 2024. Only EA Sports FC 24 had a bigger launch. The remake of Silent Hill 2 debuted in fifth place. Launch sales are 32 percent lower than the remake of Dead Space and 62 percent lower than the remake of Resident Evil 4. Super Mario Party Jamboree debuted in ninth place. Sales are 11 percent higher than 2018's Super Mario Party, but are four percent lower than 2021's Mario Party Superstar. It should be noted Nintendo doesn't share digital sales with these charts. Sonic X Shadows Generations debuted in 10th place. Sales for the game are 150 percent compared to 2023's Sonic Superstars, but are down 21 percent compared to 2022's Sonic Frontiers. Metaphor: Refantazio debuted in 12th place and the new version of Until Dawn debuted in 30th place. EA Sports FC 25 came in second place with sales down 14 percent year-on-year. There were over 681,000 accessories and add-on products sold in the UK in October, which is up nearly 16 percent year-over-year, but is down over eight percent month-on-month. The White DualSense controller was the best-selling accessory, followed by the Midnight Black DualSense controller. The PlayStation Portal Remote Player is up four spots to take fourth place. Here are the top 10 best-selling games in the UK (Digital + Physical): Position Title 1 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Activision Blizzard) 2 EA Sports FC 25 (EA) 3 Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (Bandai Namco) 4 Undisputed (Plaion) 5 Silent Hill 2 (Konami) 6 Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros) 7 Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar) 8 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Pullup Entertainment) 9 Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo)* 10 Sonic X Shadows Generations (Sega) *Digital data unavailable GSD digital data includes games from participating companies sold via PC digital stores, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Eshop. Major participating companies are Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, CD Projekt, Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Embracer Group (including Gearbox, Koch Media, Sabre Interactive), Focus Entertainment, Kepler, Konami, Marvellous Games, Microids, Microsoft (including Bethesda), Milestone, Nacon, Paradox Interactive, Quantic Dream, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Take-Two, Tencent, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Nintendo and 505 Games are the notable absentees, alongside smaller studios. A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.Full Article - https://www.vgchartz.com/article/463042/ps5-best-seller-in-the-uk-in-october-black-ops-6-leads-strong-month-of-new-releases/ Full Article Analysis Charts Industry
new Fox News’ Bret Baier Whines About Harris After Bad-Tempered Interview By www.thedailybeast.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 01:09:05 GMT Roy Rochlin/Getty ImagesFox News host Bret Baier recapped his Wednesday night interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, telling his colleagues that he got a sense early on that Harris “was going to be tough to redirect without me trying to interrupt.”The interview, Harris’ first on the right-wing network since becoming the Democratic nominee, was broadcast on Special Report after being filmed in the previous hour. According to Baier, the interview had been scheduled for 5 p.m., but Harris showed up 15 minutes late. This, he complained, was like “icing the kicker” in football.“We were supposed to start at 5 p.m. This was the time they gave us. Originally, we were going to do 25 or 30 minutes. They came in and said, ‘Well, maybe 20.’ So, it’s already getting whittled down. And then the vice president showed up at about 5:15 p.m. We were pushing the envelope to be able to turn it around for the top of the 6 p.m.. So that’s how it started,” Baier said.Read more at The Daily Beast. Full Article Media
new Trump Gushes Over ‘Fair’ Bret Baier After Fox News Kamala Harris Interview By www.thedailybeast.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 05:07:11 GMT Fox News/Marco Bello via ReutersDonald Trump praised Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier for a “great job” in his interview with Democratic 2024 presidential hopeful Kamala Harris on Wednesday night, claiming Baier had “showed how totally incompetent Kamala is” while himself demanding she undergo a cognitive ability test.Trump joined his campaign in calling the interview a total disaster for Harris. During the interview, Harris and Baier engaged in multiple back-and-forths; at one point, on the topic of immigration, Harris clapped back at Baier as he interrupted her: “May I finish responding to you?”Immediately after the interview aired, the campaign—notably advisers Stephen Miller and Steven Cheung—took to X to decry Harris’ responses.Read more at The Daily Beast. Full Article Politics
new Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Fox News’ Post-Harris Interview ‘Orgy’ By www.thedailybeast.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 05:28:08 GMT ABCIn his monologue Wednesday, Jimmy Kimmel played a montage of Fox News anchors praising Bret Baier for his interview with Kamala Harris, where they described Baier’s performance as “incredible” and “a masterful job.”Kimmel responded, “Alright, save it for the post-show orgy, everybody! Come on now.”The late night host was skeptical that the Fox News pundits’ praise came from a genuine place of journalistic integrity. “They all sit there in fear, imagining Donald Trump on the toilet watching them,” he said.Read more at The Daily Beast. Full Article Entertainment
new Moida Mansion is the new free game from Return Of The Obra Dinn’s Lucas Pope, and it's out now By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:37:13 +0000 You remember Lucas Pope, right? He who casually dropped two of the most influential puzzle games ever then got distracted by yellow cranks for six years, occasionally popping up to drop a demake of Papers Please? Well, Pope has ceased hogging that crank, for now at least, and just released Haloween-y adventure game Moida Mansion. It’s on Itch here, and it’s completely free to play in your browser. Read more Full Article Puzzle Moida Mansion Free games Indiescovery Lucas Pope
new The Monster Hunter Wilds beta is live with an early glimpse of the new camping, wound and weather systems By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:17:07 +0000 Stroll on down to Uncle Capcom's garage, girls and boys, because it's time to meddle with a cat's voicebox, ride a combat peacock and meticulously injure a vast, blubbery teddybear. By which I mean, the Monster Hunter Wilds beta is now live on Steam through to 4th November at 2.59am GMT. That's 2.59am sharp. If you're hurrying along at 3am on Monday absolutely desperate to polish the aesthetics of a small enslaved catperson, you can sod off and play Dragon Age: The Veilguard instead. Read more Full Article Third person Monster Hunter Wilds RPG Single Player Hack & Slash Capcom
new The Maw: what's new in PC games this week? By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 07:53:31 +0000 SCENE. A Video Game Website At Sunrise. Enter A Reader Of News A Reader Of News I wonder whither there be'est any new PC games on sale this week, perchance? Enter A News Editor, With Alarums And Excursions Read more Full Article The Maw liveblog
new Here’s a new launch trailer for Attenborough-em-up RTS Empire Of The Ants, out this week By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:25:01 +0000 Much the same as anyone with a soul, I find ants deeply fascinating and, much the same as anyone who occasionally drops small pieces of sandwich on the floor, I will continue to uphold my respect for them as long as they come nowhere near my feet. Yes. I admit it: I am a bug hypocrite, loudly extolling their virtue and beauty at a distance then getting irritated if they decide to come sit on me. Fortunately, real time strategy Empire Of The Ants understands that the best place for insects to be is inside a screen, where they can be appreciated but cannot under any circumstances touch you. It’s out this week, as it happens, and here’s a new launch trailer to celebrate. Follow your pheromone trail to the video below. Read more Full Article Strategy Simulation PC Empire of the Ants Single Player Strategy: Real-Time Strategy
new Enshrouded's "largest update so far" is out with a new mountain region, pets and single-player pausing By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:16:08 +0000 Enshrouded has received what developers Keen Games are calling the survival game's "most sizable" update yet, sizable being an appropriate word for mountains. Expect a new playable area, the Alabaneve Summits, with its own enemies, resources, non-threatening wildlife and quests. The maximum character level has risen to 35! There are new townsfolk to find and place in your poorly built houses! You can tame animals, and make them live in poorly built houses too! You can get hypothermia! Read more Full Article RPG: Action Indie Third person Action Adventure Open World Single Player Realism Exploration Simulation Sandbox Survival & Crafting Keen Games Full product Fantasy Multiplayer Competitive Multiplayer Cooperative PC Social Enshrouded RPG
new Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will have new dialogue, and EVA’s actor reveals why she chose a pseudonym based on her pet dog By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:14:28 +0000 Putting aside my natural annoyance at Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater for almost beating out the Twarhammer series in the headline real estate wars, I am more than a little excited to play. Some days, you simply must feast on a tree frog, and while we still don’t have a solid release date, that day doesn’t feel too far away. Good news for stealth fans, and perhaps gooder news for a dozen strapline writers sweating profusely, soiling themselves in anticipation of using “kept you waiting, huh?”. Until then, I at least have a steady drip feed of new information to keep me sated, the latest of which is the substantial hint that there'll be some new dialogue in the game, as per the video below. Alongside that, the previously pseudonymous Suzetta Miñet - who was credited with voicing EVA in MGS3 and Peace Walker - has revealed herself to be Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Cheers for the spot, Automaton West. Read more Full Article Single Player Konami Third person PS5 PC Stealth Shooter Xbox Series X/S Action Adventure Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
new No Man's Sky has a Mass Effect Normandy again, together with new cross-save functionality By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:07:58 +0000 Back in the mists of 2021, No Man's Sky revealed its very own Normandy SR1 space frigate. "The Normandy in No Man's Sky?" you cry. "Why, that's a Mass Effect vessel. Some mistake here surely?" 1) My name's not Shirley, and 2) Indeed it is a Mass Effect ship, but HelloGames struck a time-limited deal with BioWare to create a version for their own space sim. "Blast, if only I'd noticed this at the time and acquired one," you mourn. "Ah, so many years I have wasted." Be of good cheer, my friend, for No Man's Sky has a Normandy once again, just in time for the latest N7 Day of assorted Mass Effect celebrations. For the next two weeks, you'll be able to get a-hold of it by way of a revised version of 2021's Beachhead Expedition. Tray-tray, away! Read more Full Article Nintendo Switch Indie Third person 505 Games Xbox Series X/S Action Adventure Single Player Xbox One PS4 No Man's Sky PS5 Simulation Hello Games Multiplayer Competitive Multiplayer Cooperative PC Virtual Reality First person Mass Effect 5 Mac RPG
new Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6's first multiplayer season promises new maps, modes, and a hefty Hand Cannon By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:18:30 +0000 Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 has been out for a little while already, what with me giving its multiplayer largely a thumbs up. Still, it's an ever-evolving thing and Activision have announced the game's first seasonal drop. It's a hefty one with a lot of additions, so I'll try my best to break down the good stuff. TLDR: there's some new maps for multiplayer and zombies, new modes, and a few extra bits. I'm mildly excited for more. More in this case is good. Read more Full Article First person Activision Single Player Raven Software PS5 Multiplayer Cooperative Multiplayer Competitive PC Shooter Treyarch Xbox Series X/S Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Xbox One PS4
new Choose between cyberpunk and magic in Zephon, the new 4X from the Warhammer 40,000 – Gladius devs By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:32:38 +0000 Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics Of War developers Proxy Studios have just released Zephon, a new 4X strategy game set in a manky, post-apocalyptic world. It's got hexagonal maps, flesh trees, gangly Evangelion-grade giants, "otherworldly hymns of decay", nuclear bombs, and a player-led "blend of magic and cyberpunk" that extends from the city architecture to the research component. All of which is my cup of giblets. Here's the launch trailer. Read more Full Article Horror PC Fantasy Zephon Strategy: Grand Strategy/4X Science Fiction
new The Maw: what's new in PC games this week? By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000 Good news, everyone: I'm off work all this week. I know, I know - a whole seven days with zero Edwin bullshit. What a prospect. Allow yourself a moment to savour the idea. I'm so thrilled for you! The Maw, sadly, does not understand the concept of "time off". Its hunger is as constant as the tide, as unrelenting as my retreating hairline. So before I disappear into a beam of sunshine, here's this week's list of new PC game releases. Read more Full Article
new The new Nvidia App is out now, justly banishing GeForce Experience to history By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:56:26 +0000 After nearly a year of public beta honing, the Nvidia App – Team Green’s new one-stop shop for desktop GPU management – is out in full. Not alongside the upcoming RTX 50 series, as rumoured, but right-now-today-this-minute. I’ve been testing out the launch version and while it’s not without some dud features, it does agreeably achieve its stated goal of combining the functions within Nvidia Control Panel and GeForce Experience. And if installing it means never having to use the latter again, well, that’s 149MB well spent. Read more Full Article Graphics Cards Nvidia Nvidia G-Sync Hardware Nvidia DLDSR Overclocking
new Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 patch adds a new weapon, plus some tweaks for the existing arsenal By www.rockpapershotgun.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:08:03 +0000 "Where’s my Neo-Volkite pistol, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2?" was my perhaps slightly ungrateful reaction upon booting the action game up after the previous patch. "I didn’t even know what a Neo-Volkite pistol was until five minutes ago, but now this whole game is trash until I get one!." As promised in the roadmap, the last big update added a whole new Operations map, complete with a gargantuan new pseudo-boss in the form of a hierophant bio-titan. It did not, however, give me my beloved pistol. It’s fine. It’s in now, along with a few, less Neo-Volkite updates to other weapons. Read more Full Article Single Player Focus Entertainment Third person PS5 PC Warhammer 40 000: Space Marine 2 Focus Home Interactive Shooter Xbox Series X/S Saber Interactive
new News Wrap: Trump’s latest travel ban blocked by federal judge By www.pbs.org Published On :: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:45:01 +0000 Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: And in the day’s other news: A federal judge in Hawaii struck down the Trump administration’s latest travel ban. That temporarily blocks enforcement of the order nationwide, but the Justice Department says it will appeal. The ban extended to six mostly Muslim nations, plus North Korea and Venezuela. Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino withdrew today from consideration to be President Trump’s drug czar. That followed an investigation by The Washington Post and CBS News. They found Marino was key in passing a 2016 law that limits the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ability to rein in opioid distribution. A new verbal battle has broken out between the president and Republican Senator John McCain. It began last night in Philadelphia, when the Arizona senator and former Vietnam POW appeared to criticize Mr. Trump and his followers. He cited a list of failings. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, R-Ariz.: To fear the world we have organized and led for three-quarters-of-a-century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe for the sake of some half-baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) JUDY WOODRUFF: The president answered by saying, “At some point, I fight back, and it won’t be pretty.” In turn, McCain said, “I have faced tougher adversaries.” In Afghanistan, Taliban bombings and shootings left at least 74 people dead today. The worst was Paktika province in the east, where two car bombs killed dozens, including the provincial police chief, and wounded more than 100 others. Taliban militants also staged attacks in the south and west of the country. In Syria, militia forces backed by the U.S. say they have retaken the Islamic State group’s de facto capital. The city of Raqqa had been under ISIS control since 2014. The battle to recapture it began in June. Today, Kurdish-led fighters celebrated as they moved into the city center. The U.S. military said 90 percent of Raqqa has been taken, with pockets of militants remaining. There’s word that U.S. airstrikes in Yemen killed dozens of Islamic State fighters on Monday. The strikes were apparently carried out by drones. The Pentagon says the targets were training camps for recruits. In Northern Iraq, Kurdish forces withdrew from more territory today, as Iraqi government troops advanced. It came on the heels of the Kurds’ vote for independence. Federal forces and allied militia had already forced the Kurds to leave the area in and around Kirkuk and its oil fields. Iraq’s prime minister said that paves the way for talks. HAIDER AL-ABADI, Prime Minister, Iraq (through interpreter): I call for dialogue on the basis of partnership in one country and under the Constitution. The referendum is finished and has become a thing from the past. We hoped that they would cancel it, but we have finished it on the ground. JUDY WOODRUFF: Meanwhile, the president of Iraqi Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, insisted that the referendum will not be in vain. Another 10,000 to 15,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Buddhist Myanmar for Bangladesh over the weekend. Drone video showed snaking lines of refugees making the trek to already crowded camps. Many told of villages torched by mobs and soldiers. Others said they were starved out of their homes. Back in this country, a new fire broke out in the San Francisco Bay Area, just as crews had made major progress against other fires in Northern California. Thick smoke billowed from the new site early today, as it burned through forests in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Weary fire crews said they’re calling in more help. ROB SHERMAN, Division Chief, Cal Fire: So, the idea is to hit it pretty hard with aircraft and then go ahead and hit it with the ground resources at the same time. We have had north winds, a lot of drying, and everything’s really, really dry. So it’s challenging. JUDY WOODRUFF: In Southern California, yet another fire spread on Mount Wilson, about 25 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. It threatened a historic observatory and communications towers. President Trump’s overall wealth has taken a hit, as his New York real estate loses some of its luster. Forbes ranks him 248 this year on its list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. That’s down nearly 100 points from last year. His estimated worth is $3.1 billion. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates again tops the list. He’s worth nearly $90 billion. And on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average traded above 23,000 for the first time. In the end, it gained 40 points to close at 22997. The Nasdaq fell a fraction, and the S&P 500 added one point. The post News Wrap: Trump’s latest travel ban blocked by federal judge appeared first on PBS NewsHour. Full Article Hawaii Tom Marino travel ban
new Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead By www.pbs.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:41:27 +0000 Coffins of U.S. military personnel are prepared to be offloaded at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware in this undated photo by a Reuters stringer. WASHINGTON — After her Army son died in an armored vehicle rollover in Syria in May, Sheila Murphy says, she got no call or letter from President Donald Trump, even as she waited months for his condolences, wrote to him to say “some days I don’t want to live,” and still heard nothing. In contrast, Trump called to comfort Eddie and Aldene Lee about 10 days after their Army son was killed in an explosion while on patrol in Iraq in April. “Lovely young man,” Trump said, according to Aldene. She thought that was a beautiful word to hear about her boy, “lovely.” Like presidents before him, Trump has made personal contact with some families of the fallen, not all. What’s different is that Trump, alone among them, has picked a political fight over who’s done better to honor the war dead and their families. He placed himself at the top of this pantheon, boasting Tuesday that “I think I’ve called every family of someone who’s died” while past presidents didn’t place such calls. But The Associated Press found relatives of two soldiers who died overseas during Trump’s presidency who said they never received a call or a letter from him, as well as relatives of a third who did not get a call. And proof is plentiful that Barack Obama and George W. Bush — saddled with far more combat casualties than the roughly two dozen so far under Trump, took painstaking steps to write, call or meet bereaved military families. The subject arose because nearly two weeks passed before Trump called the families of four U.S. soldiers who were killed in Niger nearly two weeks ago. He made the calls Tuesday. READ MORE: Trump ignites furor with claim past presidents didn’t console military families by phone Meanwhile, Rep. Frederica Wilson said late Tuesday that Trump told the widow of a slain soldier that he “knew what he signed up for.” Early Wednesday, the president called Wilson’s version of the conversation a fabrication. The Florida Democrat said she was in the car with Myeshia Johnson on the way to Miami International Airport to meet the body of Johnson’s husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, when Trump called. Wilson says she heard part of the conversation on speakerphone. When asked by Miami station WPLG if she indeed heard Trump say that she answered: “Yeah, he said that. To me, that is something that you can say in a conversation, but you shouldn’t say that to a grieving widow.” She added: “That’s so insensitive.” Trump took strong issue with that recounting early Wednesday. “Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof). Sad!” he said on Twitter. Sgt. Johnson was among four servicemen killed in the Niger ambush. Wilson said that she didn’t hear the entire conversation and Myeshia Johnson told her she couldn’t remember everything that was said. The White House didn’t immediately comment. READ MORE: Trump’s claim about predecessors, fallen troops disputed Trump’s delay in publicly discussing the men lost at Niger did not appear to be extraordinary, judging from past examples, but his politicization of the matter is. He went so far Tuesday as to cite the death of chief of staff John Kelly’s son in Afghanistan to question whether Obama had properly honored the war dead. Kelly was a Marine general under Obama when his Marine son Robert died in 2010. “You could ask General Kelly, did he get a call from Obama?” Trump said on Fox News radio. Democrats and some former government officials were livid, accusing Trump of “inane cruelty” and a “sick game.” Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, an Iraq veteran who lost both legs when her helicopter was attacked, said: “I just wish that this commander in chief would stop using Gold Star families as pawns in whatever sick game he’s trying to play here.” For their part, Gold Star families, which have lost members in wartime, told AP of acts of intimate kindness from Obama and Bush when those commanders in chief consoled them. Trump initially claimed that only he among presidents made sure to call families. Obama may have done so on occasion, he said, but “other presidents did not call.” He equivocated Tuesday as the record made plain that his characterization was false. “I don’t know,” he said of past calls. But he said his own practice was to call all families of the war dead. But that hasn’t happened: No White House protocol demands that presidents speak or meet with the families of Americans killed in action — an impossible task in a war’s bloodiest stages. But they often do. Altogether some 6,900 Americans have been killed in overseas wars since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the overwhelming majority under Bush and Obama. Despite the much heavier toll on his watch — more than 800 dead each year from 2004 through 2007 — Bush wrote to all bereaved military families and met or spoke with hundreds if not thousands, said his spokesman, Freddy Ford. Veterans groups said they had no quarrel with how presidents have recognized the fallen or their families. “I don’t think there is any president I know of who hasn’t called families,” said Rick Weidman, co-founder and executive director of Vietnam Veterans of America. “President Obama called often and President Bush called often. They also made regular visits to Walter Reed and Bethesda Medical Center, going in the evenings and on Saturdays.” ___ Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia. Jonathan Drew in Raleigh, North Carolina, Kristen de Groot in Philadelphia, Jennifer McDermott in Providence, Rhode Island, Michelle Price in Salt Lake City, and Hope Yen and Robert Burns in Washington contributed to this report. The post Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead appeared first on PBS NewsHour. Full Article Donald Trump Military military deaths
new News Wrap: Sessions insists he didn’t lie about Russian contacts to Senate By www.pbs.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 22:45:56 +0000 Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: In the day’s other news: Attorney General Jeff Sessions insisted he never lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee about his conversations with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign. At a hearing today, he bridled at Democratic Senator Al Franken’s accusation that he’d — quote — “moved the goalposts” on the nature of his discussions. SEN. AL FRANKEN, D-Minn.: First it was, I didn’t have communications with Russians, which wasn’t true. Then it was, I never met with any Russians to discuss any political campaign, which may or may not be true. Now it’s, I didn’t discuss interference in the campaign. JEFF SESSIONS, Attorney General: Well, let me just say without hesitation, that I conducted no improper discussions with the Russians at any time regarding the campaign or any other item facing this country. HARI SREENIVASAN: Sessions has recused himself from the Justice Department’s investigation into Russia’s election meddling. President Trump had new criticism today for former FBI Director James Comey over the Hillary Clinton e-mail probe. He complained again that Comey decided to clear Clinton before she was even interviewed. That’s based on newly released draft statements by Comey from May of 2016. FBI officials say it was already clear that no charges were warranted. On another issue, the president faced fallout over the death of Army Sergeant La David Johnson in Niger this month. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson says she was with Mrs. Johnson when the president called. The Florida Democrat told The Washington Post that Mr. Trump said — quote — “He knew what he was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway.” The sergeant’s mother confirmed it, but the president denied it, and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders went after Wilson. SARAH SANDERS, White House Press Secretary: This is a president who loves our country very much, who has the greatest level of respect for men and women in uniform and wanted to call and offer condolences to the family, and I think to try to create something from that, that the congresswoman is doing, is, frankly, appalling and disgusting. HARI SREENIVASAN: The Post also reported on another incident today. It quoted the father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan as saying the president offered $25,000 from his personal account, but never followed through. We will get more detail on all of this after the news summary. The death toll in Northern California’s wildfires rose to 42 today. Officials in Sonoma County found the remains of the latest victim, as they searched hundreds of burned homes. Meanwhile, fire crews made new gains overnight with the help of cooler weather and low winds. A two-time Olympic medalist says the former team doctor for U.S. women’s gymnastics sexually abused her for years. McKayla Maroney is the highest profile athlete to come forward in the scandal. In a statement today, she said Dr. Larry Nassar began molesting her when she was just 13. He’s awaiting sentencing on a child pornography charge, but has denied any sexual abuse. More questions tonight about drug pricing. A new study finds the costs of injectable cancer drugs, approved since 1996, rose an average of 25 percent over eight years. That’s far higher than the rate of inflation. The study was based at Emory University and published in “The Journal of Clinical Oncology.” And on Wall Street, health insurers and IBM fueled a surge in stocks today. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 160 points, more than half-a-percent, to close above 23000 for the first time. The Nasdaq rose just a fraction, and the S&P 500 was up two points. The post News Wrap: Sessions insists he didn’t lie about Russian contacts to Senate appeared first on PBS NewsHour. Full Article james comey jeff sessions senate judiciary committee
new BBC Morning Live expert gives 'double tax' warning on new Labour pensions raid By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:20:00 +0000 Finance guru Laura Pomfret explained how changes to inheritance tax in the budget may hit people in a way they hadn't realised Full Article Personal Finance
new Thousands of ‘overlooked’ Brits urged to claim new £150 energy payment - check eligibility By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:25:00 +0000 The energy bill support has been described as a "crucial lifeline" for certain individuals who are often "overlooked". Full Article Personal Finance
new What the new tax year means for your finances - from income to ISAs By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:45:00 +0000 Benefit increases, new investment opportunities, and several tax changes are due to come into effect in April. Full Article Personal Finance
new Welcome to the New Scientist Book Club By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:22:22 +0100 Find out what we're currently reading in the New Scientist Book Club - and catch up on all the great books we've already explored Full Article
new New Scientist recommends multiverse thriller Dark Matter By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week Full Article
new Two new books explore how UFOs captured the world’s imagination By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Greg Eghigian's After the Flying Saucers Came and Luis Elizondo's Imminent both show how our fascination with UFOs goes beyond simple curiosity Full Article
new Astronomers worried by launch of five new super-bright satellites By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:42:39 +0100 Five satellites due to launch this week could be brighter than most stars, and astronomers fear the growth of such constellations could have a catastrophic impact Full Article
new Huge new volcano has burst through the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:51:32 +0100 In between two spacecraft visiting Jupiter’s moon Io, a volcano spreading material over hundreds of kilometres has appeared Full Article
new Signals from exotic new stars could hide in gravitational wave data By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:00:45 +0100 A computer simulation suggests that some collisions between exotic, hypothetical stars would make space-time ripple with detectable waves Full Article
new New Scientist recommends astronomy exhibition Borrowed Light in Berlin By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week Full Article
new New Scientist recommends HowTheLightGetsIn festival in London By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week Full Article
new New Scientist recommends Brian Cox's new series, Solar System By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week Full Article
new A new life on Mars? Expect toxic dust, bad vibes and insects for lunch By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 You might have heard about plans to establish a self‑sustaining city on Mars. Here’s what life would really be like on the Red Planet Full Article
new Why is the US military getting ready to launch new spy balloons? By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:00:40 +0100 The US military has prioritised deploying high-altitude balloons that can carry out surveillance Full Article
new Nexus review: Yuval Noah Harari is out of his depth in his new book By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The author of Sapiens has turned his attention to the information networks that shape our societies, but when you stop and think about what he's saying, it's obvious Full Article
new Drone versus drone combat is bringing a new kind of warfare to Ukraine By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:50:53 +0100 Machines are fighting machines on the Ukrainian battlefield, as a technological arms race has given birth to a new way to wage war Full Article
new Teaching computers a new way to count could make numbers more accurate By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:00:54 +0100 A new way to store numbers in computers can dynamically prioritise accuracy or range, depending on need, allowing software to quickly switch between very large and small numbers Full Article
new Musical AI harmonises with your voice in a transcendent new exhibition By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 What happens if AI is trained to write choral music by feeding it a specially created vocal dataset? Moving new exhibition The Call tackles some thorny questions about AI and creativity – and stirs the soul with music Full Article
new One in 20 new Wikipedia pages seem to be written with the help of AI By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:55:43 +0000 Just under 5 per cent of the Wikipedia pages in English that have been published since ChatGPT's release seem to include AI-written content Full Article
new The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Pregnant Pauses By www.vulture.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 03:31:26 GMT Can we trust whatever is going on with Becky Minkoff? Full Article tv tv recaps overnights recaps
new Ronnie O'Sullivan leads stellar line-up for new snooker events in major shake-up By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:50:00 +0000 Ronnie O'Sullivan has agreed to compete in new snooker events. Full Article Other
new Joe Marler leaves Ally McCoist in stitches with latest dig at New Zealand Haka By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:02:00 +0000 Joe Marler discussed his recent comments about the Haka, which sparked backlash. Full Article Rugby
new Gary Lineker 'strikes new BBC agreement' after Match of the Day exit confirmed By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:21:00 +0000 Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker has sealed a new agreement with the BBC just hours after his exit was confirmed. Full Article Football
new Unitree Demos New $16k Robot By spectrum.ieee.org Published On :: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:01:06 +0000 At ICRA 2024, Spectrum editor Evan Ackerman sat down with Unitree founder and CEO Xingxing Wang and Tony Yang, VP of Business Development, to talk about the company’s newest humanoid, the G1 model. Smaller, more flexible, and elegant, the G1 robot is designed for general use in service and industry, and is one of the cheapest—if not the cheapest—of a new wave of advanced AI humanoid robots. Full Article Humanoid robots Unitree Robotics
new Trump Builds New Administration By www.realclearpolitics.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:01:31 -0600 Friday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Tom Bevan, Andrew Walworth, and Carl Cannon look at the latest count to determine the final popular vote and House majority. Full Article AM Update
new A Very Rough Day in New Jersey By www.realclearpolitics.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:07:55 -0600 My home state, the Garden State, is angry mercurial, and Trump came frighteningly close to winning there a week ago. Full Article PM Update
new Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Season 1: Start date & time, new maps and everything you need to know By www.dailystar.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 15:18:56 +0000 Black Ops 6 is here, and fans have been itching to know what's included in Season 1 - and now we have an answer. Here's what's included, and when you can play Full Article Gaming
new New Pokemon card only launched last week - and it's already worth £420 By www.dailystar.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:27:25 +0000 Pikachu ex, found in the new Pokemon TCG set Surging Sparks, has seen its value soar with players spending over $500 for the latest card. Here's why. Full Article Gaming
new New comet makes historically close approach to Earth today, but spotting it will take some luck By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:00:00 EDT Comet Nishimura (C/2023 P1) was discovered in August and is now whizzing by Earth, but finding it in the sky will be a challenge. Full Article News/Science
new Electric vehicles could save thousands of lives by reducing pollution, new study finds By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:24:33 EDT Researchers calculated that if 30 per cent of vehicles in Chicago currently running on combustion engines were converted to electric, the reduction in pollution would save billions in health care costs every year. Full Article Radio/Quirks & Quarks
new Do Newfoundland's Tablelands hold the answer to life on Mars? This researcher is trying to find out By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:21:28 EDT The Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the most unique landscapes in the world — and its orange peridotite rocks could hold the secret to finding life on Mars. Full Article Radio/The Current