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A baby was found abandoned in a front yard during dangerous heat in rural Tennessee, then hours later, four people turned up dead. Authorities believe the cases are connected.

The video, reportedly filmed inside a hotel in West Sussex that is housing hundreds of asylum seekers, also showed piles of empty lager cans and evidence of drug consumption.

Promising Phase 3 trial results from Apnimed suggest a potential game-changing oral pill for sleep apnea could offer a simpler, more tolerable alternative for keeping airways open during sleep. The New York Times reports: For decades, the primary treatment for sleep apnea has been continuous positive airway pressure (or CPAP). Before bed, those with the condition put on a face mask that is connected to a CPAP machine, which keeps the airway open by forcing air into it. The machines are effective, but many find them so noisy, cumbersome or uncomfortable that they end up abandoning them. Now, a more appealing option may be on the way, according to a news release from Apnimed, a pharmaceutical company focused on treating sleep apnea. On Wednesday, the company announced a second round of positive Phase 3 clinical trial results for a first-of-its-kind oral pill that can be taken just before bedtime to help keep a person's airway open. The full results have not yet been released, or published in a peer-reviewed journal. But the findings build on past, similarly positive conclusions from trials and studies. Sleep experts say that what they're seeing in reports so far makes them think the pill could be a game changer. Dr. Phyllis Zee, a sleep doctor and researcher at Northwestern Medicine who was not involved with the trial, said that if approved, the drug could transform the lives of many. That includes not only those who can't tolerate CPAP machines, but also those who can't -- or prefer not to -- use other interventions, such as other types of oral devices or weight loss medications. (Excess weight is a risk factor for sleep apnea.)

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British mother Char Chandler, took to her TikTok to showcase her 'Christmas cupboard' where she has been storing her children's wrapped gifts and festive goodies until December.

Myleene Klass has recalled the horrifying moment Harvey Weinstein offered her a sex contract in a bid to make her famous.

The heated confrontation unfurled in the middle of a quiet residential road in the seaside town of Worthing, West Sussex, on Friday.

Katie French, who worked as a window dresser at the fashion firm, felt let down by staff after suffering a prolapsed disc through lifting heavy items at work, her family claims.

The youngster first complained about a wobbly tooth and swollen jaw, before later being diagnosed with cancer

‘We want kids to know who they are before platforms assume who they are’ says Minister

Australia will require Google to ensure that children aged under 16 cannot sign up for YouTube accounts.…

Freddie Kreyling's parents James and Charlotte have urged others to 'listen to your child'

Carlos G found some C++ that caused him psychic harm, and wanted to know how it ended up that way. So he combed through the history. Let's retrace the path with him.

Here was the original code:

void parseExpiryDate (const char* expiryDate) { // expiryDate is in "YYMM" format int year, month; sscanf(expiryDate, "%2d%2d", &year, &month); //... }

This code takes a string containing an expiry date, and parses it out. The sscanf function is given a format string describing two, two digit integers, and it stores those values into the year and month variables.

But oops! The expiry date is actually in a MMYY format. How on earth could we possibly fix this? It can't be as simple as just swapping the year and month variables in the sscanf call, can it? (It is.) No, it couldn't be that easy. (It is.) I can't imagine how we would solve this problem. (Just swap them!)

void parseExpiryDate(const char* expiryDate) { // expiryDate is in "YYMM" format but, in some part of the code, it is formatted to "MMYY" int year, month; char correctFormat[5]; correctFormat[0] = expiryDate[2]; correctFormat[1] = expiryDate[3]; correctFormat[2] = expiryDate[0]; correctFormat[3] = expiryDate[1]; correctFormat[4] = '\0'; sscanf(correctFormat, "%2d%2d", &year, &month); //... }

There we go! That was easy! We just go, character by character, and shift the order around and copy it to a new string, so that we format it in YYMM.

The comment here is a wonderful attempt at CYA. By the time this function is called, the input is in MMYY, so that's the relevant piece of information to have in the comment. But the developer really truly believed that YYMM was the original input, and thus shifts blame for the original version of this function to "some part of the code" which is shifting the format around on them, thus justifying… this trainwreck.

Carlos replaced it with:

void parseExpiryDate (const char* expiryDate) { // expiryDate is in "MMYY" format int month, year; sscanf(expiryDate, "%2d%2d", &month, &year); //... } .comment { border: none; } [Advertisement] Keep all your packages and Docker containers in one place, scan for vulnerabilities, and control who can access different feeds. ProGet installs in minutes and has a powerful free version with a lot of great features that you can upgrade when ready.Learn more.

Evan LePatner looked devastated as he arrived home Tuesday afternoon. His wife Wesley was one of four killed at a Midtown skyscraper on Monday.

London's iconic West End has more knife crime than almost 15 per cent of the rest of the capital combined, according to research from the Policy Exchange.

An anonymous reader shares an analysis: In most major aviation markets, including the U.S. and Europe, competition is an oligopolistic affair, with several large airlines competing for market share. India's domestic sector, however, is increasingly characterized by the ascent of a single airline. Low-cost carrier IndiGo has achieved an extraordinary concentration of the market, capturing approximately 64.4% of all passenger traffic as of May. More strikingly, the airline operates with a near-monopoly on 66% of its domestic routes, facing little to no direct competition in a significant portion of its network. This position is the culmination of a decade-long expansion that saw the exit of rivals like Jet Airways and GoAir. Today, its remaining competitors continue to struggle; SpiceJet's domestic market share has fallen to just 2% while it operates a reduced fleet of only 19 aircraft. Air India, despite its acquisition by the Tata Group in 2022, has been slow in its restructuring and continues to cede domestic ground, with the flag carrier remaining unprofitable.

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Princess Beatrice added a vibrant touch to her wardrobe with a statement skirt from Farm Rio, which she wore while supporting the Lionesses at their Euros victory parade on The Mall.

Another Aussie company has sacked staff to replace them with AI - as fears grow of a robot takeover sweeping the nation, leaving thousands of workers wondering if their jobs will be next.

As the most famous family in Britain, it's unsurprising that the royals are habitually private people.

Britain's biggest cash savers have racked up interest worth a cool £3million on average - though almost half of it will be paid to the taxman.

An issue with traffic light sequencing caused a backlog in traffic

Russian rumbler has authorities across the Pacific warning of possible problems

A vastly powerful earthquake that radiated out from the eastern Russian coast on Wednesday has caused a significant tsunami but hasn’t disrupted communications or cloud computing services.…