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Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images and deepfakes

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They have also summoned billionaire owner Elon Musk for questioning. X and Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI also face intensifying scrutiny from Britain’s data […]

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Calgary schools approve use of heavily vetted AI tools for learning

Though many AI tools have been approved for use in Calgary’s schools, robots won’t be teaching the city’s students. Both the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) and Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD), have approved the use of AI tools for teachers, citing the technology’s ability to rapidly personalize texts and create engaging lessons. In a […]

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Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS raises conflict of interest concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Legal experts say President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax information raises a plethora of legal and ethical questions, including the propriety of the leader of the executive branch pursuing scorched-earth litigation against the very government he is in charge of. The lawsuit, filed […]

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Attorney says Gabbard is holding up a complaint about her actions, which her office denies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has withheld a complaint made about her conduct from members of Congress for eight months, claiming the delay is needed for a legal review, an attorney for the person making the allegations said Monday. The complaint was reviewed by the office of the intelligence community’s inspector […]

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Speaker Johnson faces tough choices on partial government shutdown and debate over ICE

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson faces tough days ahead trying to muscle a federal funding package to passage and prevent a prolonged partial government shutdown as debate intensifies over the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement operations. Johnson signaled he is relying on help from President Donald Trump to ensure passage. Trump struck a […]

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Johnson says no quick House vote to end partial shutdown and blames Democrats for their ICE demands

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday it will be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote, all but ensuring the partial federal shutdown will drag into the week as Democrats and Republicans debate reining in the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement operations. Johnson signaled he is […]

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Undercover investigation of Meta heads to trial in New Mexico in first stand-alone case by state

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a stream of lawsuits against Meta is getting underway in New Mexico, with jury selection starting Monday. New Mexico’s case is built on a state undercover investigation using proxy social media accounts and posing as kids to document sexual solicitations and the […]

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Police say New Brunswick seniors home has more than a dozen victims of sex offences

Police in southern New Brunswick are investigating allegations that at least 12 residents of a seniors complex in Saint John were victims of what investigators have described as sexual offences. The Saint John Police Force confirmed Friday that no arrests have been made. But Staff Sgt. Shawna Fowler said in a statement that police have […]

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A.A. Wright Public School Champions Inclusion Through Student-Led Braille Club

When most Grade 5 students spend their lunch hour playing games or chatting with friends, Legacie Shipman-Rogers is doing something extraordinary: teaching her peers to read and write Braille. At A.A. Wright Public School in Wallaceburg, the weekly Braille Club has become far more than an extracurricular activity. It’s a vibrant celebration of inclusion, led […]

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DHS ramps up surveillance in immigration raids, sweeping in citizens

Luis Martinez was on his way to work on a frigid Minneapolis morning when federal agents suddenly boxed him in, forcing the SUV he was driving to a dead stop in the middle of the street. Masked agents rapped on the window, demanding Martinez produce his ID. Then one held his cellphone inches from Martinez’s […]

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New fees on your rent? You may have a case at the rental office

“Processing fees” for online rent payments are resurfacing in Yellowknife, years after the Northwest Territories’ rental office warned another landlord that similar fees could be considered an improper rent increase. Cabin Radio has heard from several tenants that Midwest Property Management – one of the larger landlords in Yellowknife – recently switched to a new […]

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‘I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees

Lydia Romero strained to hear her husband’s feeble voice through the phone. A week earlier, immigration agents had grabbed Julio César Peña from his front yard in Glendale, California. Now, he was in a hospital after suffering a ministroke. He was shackled to the bed by his hand and foot, he told Romero, and agents […]

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