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Toronto Sun
23-05-2025
- Toronto Sun
Indigenous Amazon tribe says Times story led to its members being smeared as porn addicts
Published May 22, 2025 • 3 minute read This June 22, 2019, file photo shows the exterior of the New York Times building in New York. Photo by Julio Cortez / AP LOS ANGELES — An Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued The New York Times, saying the newspaper's reporting on the tribe's first exposure to the internet led to its members being widely portrayed as technology-addled and addicted to pornography. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The Marubo Tribe of the Javari Valley, a sovereign community of about 2,000 people in the rainforest, filed the defamation lawsuit seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages this week in a court in Los Angeles. It also names TMZ and Yahoo as defendants, alleging that their stories amplified and sensationalized the Times' reporting and smeared the tribe in the process. The suit says the Times' June 2024 story by reporter Jack Nicas on how the group was handling the introduction of satellite service through Elon Musk's Starlink 'portrayed the Marubo people as a community unable to handle basic exposure to the internet, highlighting allegations that their youth had become consumed by pornography.' 'These statements were not only inflammatory but conveyed to the average reader that the Marubo people had descended into moral and social decline as a direct result of internet access,' an amended version of the lawsuit filed Thursday says. 'Such portrayals go far beyond cultural commentary; they directly attack the character, morality, and social standing of an entire people, suggesting they lack the discipline or values to function in the modern world.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In a statement to The Associated Press, a Times spokesperson said: 'Any fair reading of this piece shows a sensitive and nuanced exploration of the benefits and complications of new technology in a remote Indigenous village with a proud history and preserved culture. We intend to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.' The theme of Nicas' story was that after less than a year of service, the community was now facing the same kinds of struggles with the pervasive effects of the internet and the proliferation of smartphones that much of the world has dealt with for years. Nicas listed a broad range of those challenges: 'teenagers glued to phones; group chats full of gossip; addictive social networks; online strangers; violent video games; scams; misinformation; and minors watching pornography.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. He later wrote that a tribal leader 'is most unsettled by the pornography. He said young men were sharing explicit videos in group chats, a stunning development for a culture that frowns on kissing in public.' The piece makes no other mention of porn, but that aspect of the story was amplified and aggregated by other outlets including TMZ, which ran a story and accompanying video headlined, 'Elon Musk's Starlink Hookup Leaves A Remote Tribe Addicted To Porn.' The suit says the video segment 'falsely framed the Marubo Tribe as having descended into moral collapse.' Messages seeking comment from TMZ and Yahoo were not immediately answered. The misperceptions brought on by the aggregation and repackaging of the story led the Times to publish a follow-up. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'The Marubo people are not addicted to pornography,' Nicas wrote in the the second story. 'There was no hint of this in the forest, and there was no suggestion of it in The New York Times's article.' That did not satisfy the tribe, which says in the lawsuit that it 'failed to acknowledge the role the NYT itself played in fueling the defamatory narrative. Rather than issuing a retraction or apology, the follow-up downplayed the original article's emphasis on pornography by shifting blame to third-party aggregators.' Nicas wrote that he spent a week with the Marubo tribe. The lawsuit says that while he was invited for a week, he spent less than 48 hours in the village, 'barely enough time to observe, understand, or respectfully engage with the community. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The lawsuit was first reported by Courthouse News. The plaintiffs also include community leader Enoque Marubo and Brazilian journalist and sociologist Flora Dutra, both of whom appeared in the story. Both were instrumental in bringing the tribe the internet connection, which they said has had many positive effects including facilitating emergency medicine and the education of children. They cited the TMZ video, which shows them setting up antennas for the connection, as creating the 'unmistakable impression' that the two 'had introduced harmful, sexually explicit material into the community and facilitated the alleged moral and social decay.' The lawsuit seeks at least $180 million, including both general and punitive damages, from each of the defendants. 'The fallout from the publication was not limited to public perception,' the suit says, 'it destroyed lives, institutions, and culturally significant projects.'
Toronto Sun
19-05-2025
- General
- Toronto Sun
Passenger jet had to abort takeoff to avoid runway collision at LaGuardia Airport
Published May 19, 2025 • 3 minute read In this Friday Jan. 25, 2019, file photo is the air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Photo by Julio Cortez / AP Federal officials are investigating why two planes got dangerously close on a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport earlier this month despite the airport being equipped with an advanced surface radar system that's designed to help prevent such close calls. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that they are investigating the May 6 incident when a Republic Airways jet had to abort takeoff because a United Airlines plane was still taxiing across the runway. In audio from the tower that ABC obtained from the website the air traffic control said to the pilot of the Republic Airways jet: 'Sorry, I thought United had cleared well before that.' At the time that controller was directing the Republic Airways jet to takeoff, a ground controller on a different radio frequency was directing the United plane to a new taxiway after it missed the first one it was supposed to use to exit the runway. United Airlines didn't immediately respond to questions about the incident while Republic Airways and the airport referred questions to the FAA. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The number of close calls in recent years has created serious concerns for the FAA, NTSB and other safety experts. The NTSB's investigation of a February 2023 close call in Austin highlighted the concerns, but there have been a number of other high-profile near misses. In one case, a Southwest Airlines jet coming in for a landing in Chicago narrowly avoided smashing into a business jet crossing the runway. RECOMMENDED VIDEO LaGuardia is one of just 35 airports across the country equipped with the FAA's best technology to prevent such runway incursions. The ASDS-X system uses a variety of technology to help controllers track planes and vehicles on the ground. At the other 490 U.S. airports with a control tower, air traffic controllers have to rely on more low-tech tools like a pair of binoculars to keep track of aircraft on the ground because the systems are expensive. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Expanding the systems to more airports is something Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy would like to do if Congress signs off on his multi-billion-dollar plan to overhaul the nation's aging air traffic control system. But it's clear the technology is not perfect because close calls continue happening. The FAA is taking a number of additional steps to try to reduce the number of close calls, and it plans to install an additional warning system at LaGuardia in the future. But the rate of runway incursions per 1 million takeoffs and landings has remained around 30 for a decade. The rate got as high as 35 in 2017 and 2018. But generally there are fewer than 20 of the most serious kind of incursions where a collision was narrowly avoided or there was a significant potential for a crash, according to the FAA. That number did hit 22 in 2023 but fell to just 7 last year. To help, there are efforts to develop a system that will warn pilots directly about traffic on a runway instead of alerting the controller and relying on them to relay the warning. That could save precious seconds. But the FAA has not yet certified a system to warn pilots directly that Honeywell International has been developing for years. The worst accident in aviation history occurred in 1977 on the Spanish island of Tenerife, when a KLM 747 began its takeoff roll while a Pan Am 747 was still on the runway; 583 people died when the planes collided in thick fog.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
2025 Preakness Stakes guide: Date, location, time, TV channels, betting favorites and more
Dirt kicks up as a horse gallops at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on May 18, 2023. (Julio Cortez / AP file) The 150th running of the Preakness Stakes takes place Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. While some luster has been lost with Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty not running, there is still plenty of intrigue. Here's what you need to know ahead of the Triple Crown's second leg. 2025 Preakness Stakes Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025 Advertisement Post time: 6:50 p.m. ET Where: Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore How to watch: NBC and streamed on Peacock Full Field and Post Positions with odds via NBC Sports No. 1 Goal Oriented (6-1) Jockey: Flavien Prat | Trainer: Bob Baffert Career Highlight: Won an allowance optional claiming race May 3 at Churchill Downs. Fun Fact: Baffert has won the Preakness a record eight times. Goal Oriented has run two races and won both. This race, however, is a major step up in class for the young colt. No. 2 Journalism (8-5) Jockey: Umberto Rispoli | Trainer: Michael W. McCarthy Career Highlight: Won the Santa Anita Derby. Finished second in the Kentucky Derby. Fun Fact: McCarthy has trained one Triple Crown race winner, 2021 Preakness Stakes champion Rombauer. Rispoli has yet to win a Triple Crown race. No. 3 American Promise (15-1) Jockey: Nik Juarez | Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas Career Highlight: Faded late and finished 16th in the Kentucky Derby Fun Fact: Trainer D. Wayne Lukas has won the Preakness seven times. His first came with Codex in 1980. His most recent was with Seize the Grey last year. No. 4 Heart of Honor (12-1) Jockey: Saffie Osborne | Trainer: Jamie A. Osborne Career Highlight: Finished second behind Admire Daytona at the UAE Derby in his last race on April 5. Fun Fact: Without question the most international horse in the field. Heart of Honor's parents are from Kentucky and Chile. He was trained outside of London, sold in France, and earned his stripes racing in Dubai. No. 5 Pay Billy (20-1) Jockey: Raul Mena | Trainer: Michael E. Gorham Career Highlight: Won the Federico Tesio at Laurel Park on April 19 to earn a spot in the Preakness. Fun Fact: This is the first Preakness for Gorham as well as Pay Billy's ownership group. No. 6 River Thames (9-2) Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. | Trainer: Todd A. Pletcher Career Highlight: Finished second to Sovereignty in the Fountain of Youth Stakes. Fun Fact: Todd Pletcher is 0-10 all-time in the Preakness. Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness Stakes entrant Mystik Dan leaves the track after a workout ahead of the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on May 16, 2024. (Julio Cortez / AP file) No. 7 Sandman (4-1) Jockey: John Velazquez | Trainer: Mark E. Casse Career Highlight: Won the Arkansas Derby. Finished seventh in the Kentucky Derby Fun Fact: One of Sandman's owners is Vincent Viola, who also owns the Florida Panthers of the NHL. Advertisement No. 8 Clever Again (5-1) Jockey: Jose Ortiz | Trainer: Steven M. Asmussen Career Highlight: Won the 2025 Hot Springs at Oaklawn Park Fun Fact: Clever Again is 2-1-0 in three starts and has amassed just north of $198,000 in career earnings ... but was originally purchased for $500,000 at the 2023 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. No. 9 Gosger (20-1) Jockey: Luis Saez | Trainer: Brendan P. Walsh Career Highlight: Won the G3 Lexington at Keeneland on April 1. Has raced three times with two wins and one second-place finish in his career. Fun Fact: Gosger is workmates with East Avenue, who finished eighth in the Kentucky Derby. This article was originally published on
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
FOX says it will broadcast Texas-Ohio State in Week 1 of 2025 season. Fans do not approve
FOX says it will broadcast Texas-Ohio State in Week 1 of 2025 season. Fans do not approve AUSTIN (KXAN) — Typically, fans get upset about most things involving their favorite team. Fan is short for fanatic, after all. But the level of anger and frustration by fans on the platform X after it was announced that FOX would broadcast the Week 1 college football game between Texas and Ohio State on Aug. 30 could even make the most reasonable person blush. Advertisement Sarkisian recaps NFL draft, says recruiting will 'hammer' state of Texas at Houston event Neither the network nor the schools have announced the game time, but fans are assuming that FOX will make it its 'Big Noon Kickoff' game, meaning it'll begin at 11 a.m. CT and be part of FOX Sports' competitor to ESPN's 'College GameDay.' Fans don't think the rematch of the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Cotton Bowl Classic should be a day game. An overwhelming number of X users chimed in to express their feelings on a post by the FOX College Football account. 'Big Noon Kickoff is the worst thing to happen to American sports,' said one reply. Advertisement Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian watches from the sideline during the second half of the Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal game against Ohio State, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Ohio State head coach Ryan Day celebrates after the Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal game against Texas, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) A Texas helmet made with tire treads was showcased at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. (KXAN photo/Billy Gates) Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian speaks at the head coaches press conference Thursday ahead of Friday's College Football Playoff semifinals at the Cotton Bowl Classic at AT&T Stadium. (KXAN photo) Texas running back Jaydon Blue, left, runs past Ohio State safety Lathan Ransom to score on a touchdown reception during the second half of the Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal game, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Texas supporters carry flags during the first half of the Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal game between Texas and Ohio State, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ''Big Noon' is quickly becoming the worst two words in college football,' said another. And here's one more, just for good measure. 'Literally nobody on the planet wants this game at noon, so please do not make it noon.' FOX's goal is to own the noon timeslot on Saturdays during the college football season, so having a game with two of the top three most-watched teams in 2024 certainly fits the bill. Texas drew an average of 7.36 million viewers per game, behind only Georgia's nearly 8.5 million. Ohio State averaged roughly 6.7 million viewers for the third-most. MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at The game has all the makings of a classic early-season heavyweight bout with the defending national champion Buckeyes hosting Arch Manning and the Longhorns. Under Steve Sarkisian, the Longhorns have worked back into national relevance, earning spots in the CFP semifinals the past two seasons, but haven't quite finished the job. Advertisement Could this be the year Texas does it? That's anyone's guess, but it appears the first game will be under the sun rather than under the lights, unless FOX does something no one thinks they'll do. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KXAN Austin.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
U.S. backup Oettinger outplaying starter Hellebuyck in NHL playoffs with Stars up 3-1 over Jets
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) defends against a shot by Dallas Stars' Thomas Harley (55) in the third period of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Dallas, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) stops a shot from Winnipeg Jets center Gabriel Vilardi (13) in the third period of Game 4 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Dallas, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson) Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck reaches for the puck as the Dallas Stars celebrate a goal scored by Wyatt Johnston in the third period of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Dallas, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Dallas Stars' Jake Oettinger defends against a shot from the Winnipeg Jets in the second period of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Dallas, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Dallas Stars' Jake Oettinger defends against a shot from the Winnipeg Jets in the second period of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Dallas, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) defends against a shot by Dallas Stars' Thomas Harley (55) in the third period of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Dallas, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) stops a shot from Winnipeg Jets center Gabriel Vilardi (13) in the third period of Game 4 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Dallas, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson) Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck reaches for the puck as the Dallas Stars celebrate a goal scored by Wyatt Johnston in the third period of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Dallas, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Dallas Stars' Jake Oettinger defends against a shot from the Winnipeg Jets in the second period of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Dallas, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) DALLAS (AP) — Winnipeg Jets fans have showered Jake Oettinger with chants referring to his role as the USA Hockey backup goalie to Connor Hellebuyck during the 4 Nations Face-Off earlier this year. Well, that 'U.S. backup' has Dallas on the verge of its third consecutive trip to the Western Conference Final. Oettinger has mostly outplayed Hellebuyck throughout these NHL playoffs and in the second-round Western Conference series that the Stars lead 3-1 over the top-seeded Jets. Advertisement 'Not personal at all. Just trying to beat a good team. There's a lot of other things going on other than me versus Connor,' Oettinger said after his 31-save performance in a 3-1 win at home in Game 4. 'He's been good and gave them a chance to win, and I'm expecting his best game of the season next game.' That will be Game 5 in Winnipeg on Thursday night, the first opportunity for the Stars to close out the series. The 26-year-old Dallas goalie is 7-4 with a .917 save percentage this postseason, allowing 10 goals the past five games. The latest was one he probably should have stopped in Game 4, but the puck slid under his legs for a tying goal a minute into the second period. 'Great response ... unflappable. Our history with him, there was no panic on the bench. They knew that with Jake, that one goal like that, it wasn't going to bleed into four or five, that he had the mental toughness to recover quickly,' Stars coach Pete DeBoer said Wednesday. 'And he did, and he was our best player the rest of the way.' Advertisement Hellebuyck's postseason troubles While Hellebuyck is the odds-on favorite to win his third Vezina Trophy, that award is for the top goalie of the regular season. It has been another difficult postseason so far for the Michigan-born goalie who turns 32 on Monday — which would be the day of a Game 7 at home that the Jets would have to force for a chance to advance. Hellebuyck is 5-6 with an .851 save percentage and 3.48 goals-against average in the playoffs, after a league-high 47 wins and eight shutouts in the regular season with a .925 save percentage and 2.00 GAA. He has lost his past nine road playoff starts since 2023, including 0-5 with a 5.84 GAA this year. 'Every loss is frustrating,' Hellebuyck said. "That being said, I'm really looking forward to the next one. Leave it all out there.' Advertisement It will be at home, where Hellebuyck had a 21-save shutout as the Jets won 4-0 in Game 2. He has exactly 21 saves in each of the four games against the Stars. Winnipeg has scored only five goals in its three losses to the Stars. Its only lead in those was for 5 minutes, 13 seconds in Game 1 before Mikko Rantanen's second-period hat track. 'At the end of the day, we've got to get him some run support. He'll do his job,' Jets coach Scott Arniel said of his goalie. 'We've got to get him the lead, we've got to get out in front. Make this team chase us, instead of us chasing them like we have in the last couple of games.' Mikael Granlund had a hat trick against Hellebuyck in Game 4, with a goal in each period. Advertisement Oettinger's goals Oettinger, already in his fourth consecutive postseason, has talked about the obvious goal of wanting to win a Stanley Cup. He also wants to be the starting goalie for the United States in the 2026 Milan Olympics. 'I still consider him a really young goaltender, so, yeah I mean he's special,' DeBoer said. 'He's been to two conference finals now and I think he's looking to find a way to make sure we go further this year.' Hellebuyck was the No. 1 goalie for the Americans at the 4 Nations tournament in February, when they finished as the runner-up to Canada. Stars fans in Game 4 on Tuesday night got a chance to chant 'Otter's better!, Otter's better!' Advertisement 'It's been unreal. Just can't help but put a smile on your face when the crowd's chanting your name and stuff," Oettinger said. "Hopefully I can continue to play well, and they can continue chanting my name.' ___ AP NHL playoffs: and
