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Tech company Astronomer is launching an investigation after its CEO, Andy Byron, appeared to be filmed embracing the company’s head of HR at a Coldplay concert.”The Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly,” the company said in a statement on X. It added that “no other employees were in the video” and that reports saying Byron has put out a statement are incorrect.”Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,” the statement said.The investigation is the next chapter in a saga…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers have signed three-time All-Star guard Bradley Beal after the final two years of his contract were bought out by the Phoenix Suns earlier this week.The team announced his signing on Friday. Beal agreed to an $11 million, two-year deal, his agent Mark Bartelstein told The Arizona Republic. Beal averaged 17 points, 3.7 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 32.1 minutes while starting 38 of 53 games for the Suns last season. Beal shot 50% from the floor, 39% from 3-point range and 80% from the foul line.“He’s a great guy,” Suns owner Mat Ishbia…

When Ichiro Suzuki landed in Seattle and became an instant star in 2001, captivating a city and helping his new team win an AL-record 116 games, he acclimated to his new life in practically no time largely because he had already been around the club during spring training a couple of years before.As Suzuki looks back decades later on those early days in a Mariners uniform, now a Hall of Famer and 51 years old still giving himself to the game at every chance, the speedy leadoff hitter is beyond grateful for the bonds then between Seattle and his previous…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A transgender woman has sued Princeton University claiming she was illegally removed shortly before her race in a school-hosted track meet in May due to her gender identity.An attorney for Sadie Schreiner filed the complaint in New Jersey Superior Court on Tuesday, listing the school along with athletic director John Mack and director of track operations Kimberly Keenan-Kirkpatrick as defendants. The lawsuit also lists New York-based Leone Timing and Results Services as a defendant in its role of handling official timing for organized track and field events.The lawsuit comes more than five months after the NCAA…

Streaming apps like Spotify are great for convenience, but as a music enthusiast, I crave a physical connection to my favorite albums. That’s one reason I still take the time to pull a vinyl record out of its sleeve and drop it on the platter. The best record players turn listening to music into a tangible, deliberate experience. Records can also offer better sound quality than compressed streaming, with a warmer tone that some prefer. It doesn’t matter what genres you’re into; if you have a similar ache to hold your music in your hands or see it on your…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde, Texas, saying the contents of the war game are protected by the First Amendment. The families sued Call of Duty maker Activision and Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, saying that the companies bear responsibility for products used by the teenage gunman. Three sets of parents who lost children in the shooting were in the audience at the Los Angeles hearing. Activision…

Privacy-focused browser DuckDuckGo is rolling out a new setting that lets users filter out AI images in search results. The company says it’s launching the feature in response to feedback from users who said AI images can get in the way of finding what they’re looking for. Users can access the new setting by conducting a search on DuckDuckGo and heading to the Images tab. From there, they will see a new dropdown menu titled “AI images.” Users can then choose whether or not they want to see AI content by selecting “show” or “hide.” Users can also turn on…

Hundreds of extreme weight loss and cosmetic surgery videos were easily found with a simple search on TikTok and available to a user under the age of 18, in violation of the platform’s own policies, CBS News has found. CBS News created a TikTok account for a hypothetical 15-year-old female user in the United States and found that, at the very least, hundreds of extreme weight loss and cosmetic surgery videos were searchable and watchable on the platform using the account.Once the CBS News account interacted with a handful of these videos, similar content was then recommended to the account…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark bounced a ball, joined a team huddle and gave one of her All-Star teammate’s shots a playful thumbs down before gingerly lobbing her own half-court heave Friday.It may be the most demanding action anyone sees from Clark this weekend.Indianapolis’ big midseason weekend wasn’t supposed to play out this way, with Clark patrolling the sidelines instead of impressing her home fans with more nifty passes or trademark logo 3-pointers.But as she sits this one out because of yet another injury, Clark remains the center of attention. From the 30-story, larger-than-life image covering Indianapolis’ JW Marriott Hotel…

Florida health officials reported that four people died and over a half dozen others were made sick this year by a rare “flesh-eating” bacteria.Vibrio vulnificus, which is found in saltwater, brackish water and inside contaminated raw or undercooked seafood, led to four deaths in four counties across the state and made at least seven people ill, the state’s Department of Health announced on July 11.Infection from the bacteria is rare, with an average of 150 to 200 cases reported each year to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Cases are most often reported in the Gulf Coast states,…