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After NASCAR’s Greg Biffle and family died, police now think ‘friends’ stole from them
Less than a month after former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family died in a plane crash last year, investigators say two of their “friends” conspired to break into the empty home and took cash, guns and financial information in an attempt to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. More than 40 search warrants…
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Ghana becomes the latest African country to reject a US health deal, citing data sharing concerns
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana has rejected a proposed health deal with the United States over concerns about data privacy and is now seeking a new agreement, an official said Friday. It was the latest African country to walk away from the deal over similar concerns. The deal included provisions that would have allowed U.S.…
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Oliver’s AI policy reaches fruition
The issue of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has, at long last, a policy addressing it within the Town of Oliver’s working spaces. The new policy was brought for consideration and approval at the April 27 Regular Council meeting, and follows multiple conversations on how best to govern AI use within Town Hall, and on other Town…
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Essex gives final approval for personal watercraft business to lease space at Colchester Harbour
Town of Essex Council has approved a by-law that will allow Jet Wave – a business looking to rent out personal motorized watercrafts – to lease space at the Colchester Harbour. The business will be able to lease space on the north-side of D Dock, as a result, in addition to space for a 10’by10’…
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Bring military, spy agencies under federal whistleblower law, review report urges
A federal review report says members of the military and key spy agencies should be able to expose wrongdoing and file complaints through the government’s whistleblowing regime. The recommendation is among almost three dozen suggested changes in the newly released review of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. The law, which came into force in…
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Health data of 500,000 members of a UK project offered for sale online in China
LONDON (AP) — DNA and other confidential health data from 500,000 people who volunteered for a massive U.K. health study were offered for sale online in China following a data breach this week, the British government said Thursday. The information from the U.K. Biobank database was found listed for sale on the website Alibaba, but…
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Justice Department’s watchdog is reviewing compliance with the law mandating Epstein files release
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog announced a review Thursday of the department’s compliance with the law mandating the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, stepping into a politically sensitive saga that has shadowed the Trump administration over the past year. The audit from the inspector general’s office will focus on how the…
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Body of Canadian killed in pyramid shooting turned over to family: Mexican officials
The body of a Canadian tourist killed when a gunman opened fire from one of Mexico’s most visited pyramids has been turned over to her family, Mexican officials confirmed. The attorney general’s office for Mexico state said the woman’s family went to its regional office this week in the municipality of Texcoco. “There, after necessary…
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Ford government’s restrictive and retroactive information clampdown passes
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government passed legislation Thursday that makes the records of the premier, cabinet ministers and their staff secret, after refusing to hold public hearings and speeding through a late-night sitting. Ford has admitted that part of the rationale for the clampdown is to kill a request from Global News to obtain his…
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Ford urged to apologize for personal insults hurled in the legislature
Ontario’s opposition parties called on Premier Doug Ford to apologize for a personal insult he hurled — and repeated — at a Liberal member of provincial parliament Thursday during a debate about a law that restricts public access to his records. Most of the day’s question period was focused on amendments in the budget bill…
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B.C. energy regulator finds non-compliant black smoke flaring by LNG Canada
LNG Canada has been ordered to identify the root causes of “black smoke flaring” from its facility in Kitimat, B.C., and implement measures to prevent it by October. The British Columbia Energy Regulator issued the order Wednesday after an inspection revealed at least two instances of non-compliance with the company’s permit, which limits the emission…