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Vancouver Police Board says report on complaint of arrest quotas coming in June
The Vancouver Police Board says a “full report” into a complaint about political motivations and arrest quotas for a crack down on crime in the Downtown Eastside will be delivered in June. Director Allan Black has told a board meeting the complaint centred on the Vancouver Police Department’s “recent expectation of setting arrest quotas,” and…
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Slovaks rally to condemn legislation they say would harm nongovernmental groups
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Protesters rallied in Slovakia’s capital and several other cities Thursday to condemn legislation approved by Parliament that they say could curb free expression and hamper the work of nongovernmental organizations. People who gathered at Bratislava’s Freedom Square compared the measure to Russia’s “foreign agent” law, which has been criticized as repressive,…
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Trump science cuts target bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more
Ashley Dayer’s dream of winning a National Science Foundation grant to pursue discoveries in bird conservation started when she was an early-career professor with an infant in her arms and a shoestring laboratory budget. Competition is intense for NSF grants, a key source of funding for science research at U.S. universities. It took three failed…
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EU data authority launches probe into Frontex migrant interview breaches
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s border and coast guard agency is collecting information from migrants that could end up identifying vulnerable people seeking sanctuary from persecution in their homelands, according to a report by the EU’s data protection watchdog. The European Data Protection Supervisor, or EDPS, also announced that it is launching an investigation…
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China warns of artificial intelligence risks, calls for beefed up national security measures
A meeting headed by party leader and President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged “dedicated efforts to safeguard political security and improve the security governance of internet data and artificial intelligence,” the official Xinhua News Agency said. Xi, who is China’s head of state, commander of the military and chair of the party’s National Security Commission,…
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Census Bureau again delays release of most detailed data from 2020 census
The U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday that it would delay the release, and narrow the scope, of some of the most detailed data from the 2020 census — until next year. Detailed numbers dealing with household types — such as if the household is a family — broken down by race and ethnicity, and whether…
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FTC charges Amazon with privacy violations over Alexa and Ring cameras
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon will pay more than $30 million to settle alleged privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring. The Federal Trade Commission voted to file charges in two separate cases Wednesday that could also force the company to delete certain data collected by its popular internet-connected devices. In…
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Nevada becomes latest to enhance penalties for election worker intimidation after statewide exodus
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Those who harass, intimidate or use force on election workers performing their duties in Nevada could soon face up to four years in prison under a new law signed by the Western swing state’s Republican governor on Tuesday. The law is meant to deter attacks against those in state and…
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Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge put South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold Friday until the state Supreme Court can review the measure, giving providers a temporary reprieve in a region that has enacted strict limits on the procedure. Judge Clifton Newman’s ruling that put the state’s…
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Oregon man died waiting for an ambulance, highlighting lack of emergency responders
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man died while waiting over a half-hour for an ambulance after being struck by a hit-and-run driver last month, according to emergency dispatch logs, an incident that Portland firefighters say highlights their frustration at a lack of available ambulances to respond to emergency calls. The Bureau of Emergency Communications 911…