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These are nine iconic letters.  On their own, they symbolize the magic of cinema and the American dream.  Perched  on the hills of Los Angeles, the " Hollywood " sign is getting a makeover.    On the program:  cleaning and painting at a height of 14 m.   A dozen workers take care of the star.  To repaint the panel, 1,500 liters of paint will be used. "It's really exciting to work here.  It's an honor to be the leader of this team" , reports one of the construction workers  An advertisement at the origin of the billboard The nine white letters, however, were not destined for such glory.  Installed in 1923 by a real estate developer, the sign was first an advertisement to sell plots in the future district of Hollywood Land.  The letters, which were only supposed to stay for a year and a half, quickly deteriorate.  In 1949, the Chamber of Commerce decided to restore them and remove part of the word:  "Hollywood Land" then became "Hollywood".

And if we needed a new category for cyclones, a category 6: climatologists are asking the question . Forecasts show that Category 3 and above cyclones are expected to double by 2050.  We are beginning to know the toll of Cyclone Ian : at least 107 dead, and 50 billion dollars in damage. It is the biggest hurricane to hit Florida in 60 years. The details of Mathilde Fontez, editor-in-chief of the scientific magazine Espiloon. Mathilde Fontez: Yes, there is the example of Ian. But especially from Hurricane Patricia which hit Central America in 2015, with winds of 350 km/h – it is the most intense ever observed. And Dorian, in 2019, who was also particularly violent. It's a bit like temperature records: cyclone power records have been piling up in recent years. And the cause is the same: global warming.   The climatologists, in the IPCC reports in particular, predicted that these extreme events were going to become more frequent, and intense?  Yes. For cyclones, this is easily explain

It is well known that he asserted that the family of the children who had been murdered at the Sandy Hook school in Connecticut were actors. When the verdict was read out, members of the victims' families who were present in the courtroom shed tears. On Wednesday, October 12, the far-right American conspirator Alex Jones was condemned to pay roughly a billion dollars in compensation to the relatives of victims of a massacre that was carried out in a school in 2012, the existence of which he had denied. Twenty children and six adults were slain in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut in 2012 by a young man armed with a semi-automatic weapon. Notable allegations made by Alex Jones included the one that the students' families were actors. A jury in that state came to the conclusion that he was responsible for compensating them, together with an FBI agent, to the tune of 965 million dollars (995 million euros), both for defamation and moral damage. Families bein

To promote his record with less than a month until legislative elections, US Vice President Joe Biden will visit Colorado, California, and Oregon starting on Wednesday. White House officials said his first stop will be at Camp Hale in Colorado, a World War II-era US Army training facility that will soon be designated a "National Monument" under his watch. The state's leading Democrats have maintained this position for years. As part of a larger plan for environmental investments and social spending authorised by Congress this summer, he will also announce cash to help alleviate the region's drought. A month before the midterm elections, Vice President Joe Biden is ramping up his efforts to promote his record in the hopes of helping the Democratic Party retain control of the Senate. After his time in Colorado, he'll head to California and Oregon to give updates on the state of his infrastructure and living wage initiatives. The Democrat, who is 79 years old, will a

Elon Musk has again changed his mind: the boss of Tesla finally offered Twitter to buy the social network at the price agreed in April, two weeks before the trial scheduled between the two parties on this eventful acquisition. The businessman "intends to conclude the transaction envisaged by the takeover agreement of April 25, 2022", according to the terms provided, wrote his lawyers in a letter addressed to the Californian group on Monday, and filed Tuesday with the American stock market policeman , the SEC. The only condition expressed in the letter: the end of the legal proceedings in progress before the specialized court of Delaware. The title of Twitter took more than 22% at the close of the New York Stock Exchange, after having been suspended all afternoon "pending information", after an article by the Bloomberg agency which revealed this rebound. Elon Musk had offered in the spring to acquire the platform for 54.20 dollars per share, thus valuing it at 44 bil

The assailant, who had fled after his actions in the middle of the Strip, was arrested by a security guard and police. Two people died and at least six others were injured this Thursday, October 6 during a stabbing attack in front of a casino in  Las Vegas , announced the authorities of this American metropolis. The victims of this attack, which took place at the end of the morning on the Strip, this long boulevard where huge buildings dedicated to gambling follow one another for miles, are "victims and locals" , said Sheriff Joe Lombardo during a press conference. The assailant used a large knife with a long blade and struck without warning, said James LaRochelle, a spokesman for the Las Vegas police. The stab wounds were given to a first victim "on the sidewalk without any provocation" , he said. The suspect then attacked several other people along the street. The suspect described by police as a Latino man in his thirties “Two of them are dead, three are in criti