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A white tarp now covers scaffolding outside the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, where a legal
“battle has been playing out over the building's new signage, which bears President Trump's”
name. According to the New York Times, Cruz began working to remove Trump's name overnight, just hours after the center requested a 12-hour extension of a court-order deadline. The Times says one of its photographers was able to peek through the tarp and saw one of the letters being removed.
Earlier this year, the Kennedy Center's Trump-aligned board voted to add the President's name to the venue. The move sparked a lawsuit filed by Democratic lawmakers, who argue only Congress has the authority to change the center's name. The Washington National Opera has filed a lawsuit against the federal government, the
complaint alleges that the Kennedy Center owes the orchestra more than $17 million in donations.
NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports.
“The WNO's lawsuit accuses the Kennedy Center of wrongfully withholding several years worth”
of donations and contributions. The Opera and Performing Arts Center ended their long-term affiliation earlier this year. In the complaint, the WNO states that the Opera's funds were managed by the Kennedy Center, so that they were supposed to remain to separate legal entities. The Opera claims it has been trying to collect the funds for over five months to know
a veil. In a statement shared with NPR, the Kennedy Center says the Opera had a deficit. It calls the lawsuit "maritless" and says that plans to pursue a counter-suit. Is the Bela Gomez Sarmiento and PR news? SpaceX had a banner day on its stock market debut on Friday, and PR's John Ruich reports
it made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire.
SpaceX broke records with its IPO raising $75 billion and when the shares traded on the
NASDAQ demand was strong, the stock opened up 11% from the IPO price, and ended the day up more than 19% making SpaceX one of the biggest companies on Earth by market cap. Some experts say it's overvalued, though. The company has a unique tow-hold in rocketry and satellite communications, and it's also involved in artificial intelligence, but it lost $5 billion last year, and another 4 billion
in the first quarter of this year. SpaceX doesn't lack for ambition, it wants to put people on Mars, but its path to profitability is unclear, John Ruich and PR news. Only about 21 countries in the world have a GDP over the trillion dollar mark the U.S. in China lead the way.
The president of Cuba has announced economic reforms to attract investment and involve the Cubans abroad in the economy. The announcement comes in at a severe economic crisis, with power outages and shortages the U.S. tie-in to oil supply restrictions on the island in January. This is NPR.
Anthropics says it will disable its latest AI models known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5. The move came after the White House ordered the company to suspend the use of the models for use by foreign nationals citing national security concerns. It marks the government's biggest step to date to restrict access to the most advanced AI models.
The FBI is warning FIFA World Cup fans not to fly drones around stadiums, festivals, and other event locations. Host cities, including Atlanta, are establishing temporary flight restrictions, will fully off-enhyper from member station WABE in Atlanta for ports. Waves of green jerseys erupted into cheers across Atlanta as Mexico beats South Africa in the
first match of the World Cup on Thursday.
Thousands turned up at fanfests including at the city's downtown Centennial Olympic Park, but the FBI says during all the partying at least three people had their drones seized. The FBI warns the park is now one of several temporary flight restriction areas or TFRs. The FBI's Marlow Graham warns drones have become a nationwide security concern during the World Cup.
Violations can result in criminal fines up to $100,000, one year in prison, and seizure of your drone.
“Graham says you should always check TFRs on the Federal Aviation Administration website”
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