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ICE rejects suggestion that its officers wear body cameras that automatically activate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration officials need to ensure that body cameras worn by officers are uniformly activated when needed, a government report released Wednesday said, following a series of contentious shootings and aggressive arrests by ICE officers. The agency rejected the recommendation, saying that using cameras that automatically activate when an officer pulls their […]

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Blockbuster-era law governing privacy of video rentals gets a fresh look from the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — In 1988, Congress enacted a law to protect the privacy of video rentals after a journalist published details of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork’s movie rental history during his Senate hearings. Nearly four decades later, the court is weighing how the Blockbuster-era statute fits into the modern age of digital commerce. The […]

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Texas prosecutor says ICE officer appeared to intentionally strike a man with a vehicle in Houston

HOUSTON (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer appeared to intentionally drive a vehicle into a man in Houston, breaking his leg, a Texas prosecutor said, warning an investigation by his office could result in criminal charges. Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, underwent surgery for a broken leg after he was hit by a […]

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Supreme Court sides with Trump administration in lawsuit seeking records on Elon Musk’s DOGE

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court, siding with the Trump administration, agreed on Tuesday to hear arguments in a watchdog’s lawsuit seeking public records about trillionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The high court is intervening for a second time in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington’s case, which seeks access to DOGE […]

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Nevada scientist among those logging ‘lost’ species as fewer endangered species are listed

Long before Las Vegas’ Fremont Street was a gambling hub festooned with neon lights, Oreocarya insolita, a shin-high wildflower with white blossoms, bloomed each spring in the creosote scrub brush. But a confirmed sighting of Oreocarya insolita hasn’t been logged in the Las Vegas area for nearly 100 years. And as far as scientists know, […]

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Rights groups urge social media platforms to resist Turkish orders to block accounts

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — More than a dozen human rights groups urged social media platforms, including X, on Monday to resist Turkish court orders blocking hundreds of accounts belonging to journalists and activists. The 21 organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Article 19, also called on the Turkish government to stop issuing the blocking orders, […]

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San Diego Police Department Is Weighing Using AI to Write Police Reports

Earlier this year, the San Diego Police Department made headlines for a policy that prohibited officers from using artificial intelligence to produce police reports. Now, the department is opening the door to do just that. A request for information issued by the department on July 31 describes the department looking for a program “that utilizes AI technology to assist […]

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Emergency help was delayed by confusion after failed execution of Christa Pike, 911 calls reveal

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed execution last month, according to 911 dispatch recordings. The recordings, obtained Monday by The Associated Press through a public records request, show that precious minutes elapsed as officials and responders tried to […]

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Iran calls latest US response to proposal insufficient, and other Mideast developments

A senior Iranian official says Tehran finds the latest U.S. response to a proposal to end the war “insufficient” and warns of attacks on regional data centers and cables if fighting intensifies again. Meanwhile, Israel’s former attorney general took the witness stand in corruption cases against Benjamin Netanyahu, as the political future of the country’s […]

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A timeline of developments in AI safety since the attack on Hugging Face

In one alarming announcement after another, artificial intelligence companies in recent months have shared examples of their technology acting in ways that appeared to evade instructions from humans. The episodes have highlighted the vulnerabilities in AI security and raised questions over how the fast-growing technology can be developed safely as its usage becomes more widespread […]

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FBI arrests suspect in ShinyHunters hack of the bureau’s jobs portal

The FBI has arrested an accused co-conspirator of a criminal hacking group that said last month that it had breached the bureau’s jobs portal and obtained sensitive and personal data on nearly all employees of the law enforcement agency, Director Kash Patel said Friday. The arrest was the latest targeting ShinyHunters, the group that claimed […]

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FBI arrests Canadian in ShinyHunters hack of the bureau’s jobs portal

The RCMP says a Canadian has been arrested by the FBI in connection with an attack from a criminal hacking group which breached the bureau’s jobs portal and obtained sensitive and personal data on nearly all the FBI’s employees. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed on Friday the arrest of another co-conspirator in the ShinyHunters attack. […]

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