Day: July 12, 2019
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The football coach who inspired at the 2019 ESPY Awards
Born without limbs, Rob Mendez decided early on that he wouldn’t let his body limit his goal of coaching and accepted the Jimmy V Award for perseverance during the 2019 ESPYs. ABC News video.
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Scrubbing Dishes Sucks But This Robot Will Do It For Us
Dishcraft is on a mission to automate dishrooms in commercial kitchens. Their robot solution uses AI and computer vision to check for dirt, rinse, and scrub dishes, and it’s already comparable to human employees. More than a hundred years after Josephine Cochrane invented the first dishwasher, Linda Pouliot, Dishcraft’s CEO, talks about why it’s time…
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Baldo? – How the writer behind the comic strip ‘Baldo’ blends humor with humanity…
A newspaper’s comics section often provides a lighthearted escape from serious frontpage headlines. But comic writer Hector Cantú feels a duty to reflect reality in his “Baldo” series, which debuted in 2000. The only nationally syndicated comic strip about a Latino family, its characters have encountered sensitive political issues over the years, such as immigration.…
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We shouldn’t be raising questions on what human rights are
The Trump administration is reviewing the role of human rights in U.S. foreign policy through the launch of the “Unalienable Rights” commission. Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski of New Jersey joins “Red & Blue” to discuss his criticism of the plan. CBS News video.
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Statue of Liberty climber talks about her protest
Last July 4, Patricia Okoumou introduced herself to the world on the biggest stage possible by climbing the base of the Statue of Liberty, in protest. PIX11 New York news video.
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Incredible Video Shows US Coast Guards Busting Drug-Smuggling Submarine
Incredible footage from Coast Guardsmen shows them leaping onto a drug-smuggling submarine in the open ocean in the Pacific last month. The U.S. Coast Guards say the submarine was purpose-built to hold large amounts of drugs and evade detection by authorities. NBC New York video.