DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has refused to vacate a ruling denying a conservative media outlet and an activist group access to records related to President Joe Biden’s gift of his Senate papers to the University of Delaware. Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller News Foundation sought to set aside a 2022 court […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — A gear crack that led to a fatal crash of a V-22 Osprey last year may have been started by weak spots in a metal used to manufacture that part, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The November crash killed eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members. It was […]
Read MoreMore people are being released from Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest correctional facility with nowhere to go home to, and experts say housing shortages, unco-ordinated community supports and a high number of inmates on pretrial detention are to blame. Dan McGettigan, founder and director at rehabilitation non-profit Turnings, says it’s increasingly harder to find stable, safe […]
Read MoreThe phone call to the B.C. premier’s office came on a Saturday in May 2023, one day after a scathing inspection report detailed multiple environmental infractions along the route of a major gas pipeline under construction in the province. The report, issued by the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office, outlined damage to sensitive wetlands and other […]
Read MoreA ransomware attack has targeted the central data systems of Paris’ Grand Palais and other museums in the Réunion des Musées Nationaux network, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. Some of the venues in the network are hosting competitions for the Summer Olympics. The attack, detected on Sunday, hit data systems used by around 40 […]
Read MoreCampaign promises to fund mental health care, reinstate public school boards and give tax breaks for dog adoptions are among the pledges that, nearly three years into his mandate, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has either tossed aside or been slow to enact. On the cover of the Progressive Conservatives’ 140-page 2021 party platform, the […]
Read MoreHow old are you? What is your gender? Are you Indigenous? Are you a Canadian citizen? Do you have a family? Those are just a few of the data points that a new artificial intelligence system will use to determine if somebody might be at risk of chronic homelessness in Ottawa, thanks to a team-up […]
Read MoreFuneral directors across the country are warning grieving families about a trend of third-party websites republishing obituaries for profit. Jim Bishop, the funeral director for Bishop’s Funeral Home in Fredericton, said he’s noticed an increase in grieving people who use his services complaining of altered death notices — sometimes with erroneous details — appearing on […]
Read MoreShow Notes for Saturday August 3rd. Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating. Show Notes: Senators call on Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers’ sale of driving data to brokers https://fipa.bc.ca/senators-call-on-federal-trade-commission-to-investigate-automakers-sale-of-driving-data-to-brokers/ FIPA 2015 The Connected Car https://fipa.bc.ca/connected-car/ FIPA 2019 Update to ‘The Connected Car’ https://fipa.bc.ca/2019-update-to-the-connected-car/ A Privacy Code Practice for […]
Read MoreDENVER (AP) — Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters, a hero to election conspiracy theorists who is accused of orchestrating a breach of election security equipment, was trying to prevent voting information from being erased, her lawyer said at the start of her trial Wednesday. Under the laws in place in 2021, when Peters allowed […]
Read MoreNewfoundland and Labrador’s Progressive Conservatives called Thursday for the removal of the chair of Memorial University’s board of regents after he forwarded an alumna’s pro-Palestinian campaign email to her father last month. In a news release, Paul Dinn, the Official Opposition education critic, said Glenn Barnes showed a “severe” lack of professionalism and judgment and […]
Read MoreDENVER (AP) — A trial is set to begin Wednesday for former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters, a hero to election conspiracy theorists who is accused of orchestrating a breach of election security equipment. The case against Peters centers around accusations that in May 2021 she allowed a man using someone else’s security badge to […]
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