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New data center construction projects are springing up across the United States, as the tech industry seeks to meet huge computing demand to power artificial intelligence and the massive volume of content now stored online. Tech leaders have said the projects will bring jobs and other benefits to local communities. And they frame new data centers as essential to America winning the global AI race. But Americans are increasingly wary about that push. A growing movement to block new AI data centers has spread around the country.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/11/tech/ai-data-centers-neighbors-reaction-callout
Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow is facing backlash online after the Hollywood A-lister and lifestyle entrepreneur starred in an advertisement for a luxury Israeli real estate project. The 53-year-old actress appears in the promotion for 51 Park, a 51-story real estate project in the coastal city of Herzliya, just north of Tel Aviv. In the ad, which was shot in New York and released this week, Paltrow says, “There’s a reason the world’s most iconic buildings are by a park. 51 Park.” Asked if the building is in New York, she says, “Herzliya. Israel.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/11/middleeast/gwyneth-paltrow-israel-herzliya-intl-latam
The numbers “8647” — a phrase generally used to signal opposition to President Donald Trump — appeared etched into the grass on the National Mall on Thursday, days before massive crowds are expected in the area for a UFC match on Trump’s birthday on Sunday. Live webcam images from the top of the Washington Monument show the numbers appearing as dead grass along a large portion of the Mall, east of the World War II Memorial. It’s not clear when the markings first appeared. The numbers were not visible in photos from Getty Images of the National Mall taken on June 5. The markings did not appear to be easily distinguishable from the ground level Thursday afternoon. Witnesses said several emergency vehicles blocked off the area around 1 p.m., while the US Army Golden Knights parachute team landed on the Mall.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/11/politics/8647-grass-national-mall
A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison on Friday over charges linked to military drones sent over Pyongyang to help create a pretext for his failed December 2024 martial law declaration, Yonhap reported. The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon guilty of abuse of power and aiding the enemy, saying he had conspired in the October 2024 drone incursion from the outset, the news agency said. The phone notes that reveal an alleged plan to bait Kim Jong Un with drones
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/11/asia/south-korean-yoon-suk-yeol-drone-case-jail-intl-hnk