Google Will Delete Your Data by Default—in 18 Months…
June 24, 2020
Starting today, the search giant will make a previously opt-in auto-delete feature the norm.
Facebook ordered to stop harvesting user data by Germany’s top court…
June 24, 2020
What's next: The court has mandated that people should be able to prevent their Facebook data from being associated with WhatsApp and Instagram accounts, outside websites and third-party apps without their consent, as Germany's antitrust watchdog argued last year.
Albuquerque Declares All Parks ‘Education Facilities’ to Ban the Lawful Carry of Firearms…
June 24, 2020
McConnell accuses Dems of ‘bizarre new ultimatum’ on police reform, as bill poised to fail…
June 24, 2020
“Now in the last 48 hours this bizarre new ultimatum, now they don’t want to take up the issue,” he said. “They don’t want a debate, they don’t want amendments, they'll filibuster police reform from even reaching the floor of the Senate unless the majority lets the minority rewrite the bill behind closed doors in advance.”
AI experts say research into algorithms that claim to predict criminality must end…
June 24, 2020
“Let’s be clear: there is no way to develop a system that can predict or identify ‘criminality’ that is not racially biased — because the category of ‘criminality’ itself is racially biased,” write the group.
Justice Department Considering Probe of Minneapolis Police Department…
June 24, 2020
The investigation — proposed to lawmakers as an "option" — would look into behaviors beyond just Floyd’s death, which sparked massive protests nationwide calling for an end to police brutality. Some Republicans have reportedly opposed such inquiries because they could be a financial burden on cash-strapped cities and hurt police morale.
National Guard deploying unarmed personnel to protect DC monuments…
June 24, 2020
"The District of Columbia National Guard is responding to a request to support law enforcement officials and has dispatched unarmed personnel, with others on stand-by," National Guard spokesman Major Robert Perino said in a statement to CNN. "Activated Guardsmen are expected to provide security for local monuments and critical infrastructure."
Protesters attack state senator and topple statues outside Wisconsin State Capitol…
June 24, 2020
I took this pic- it got me assaulted & beat up. Punched/kicked in the head, neck, ribs. Maybe concussion, socked in left eye is little blurry, sore neck & ribs. 8-10 people attacked me. Innocent people are going to get killed. Capitol locked- stuck in office.Stop violence nowPlz! pic.twitter.com/Zw2hdfYG66
— Tim Carpenter (@TimCarpenterMKE) June 24, 2020
They tore down a statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg, an abolitionist who died in battle against the Confederate Army at Chickamauga in 1863.
Planes, Casinos, Sexual Harassment and a Chinese Billionaire: LA Councilman Charged In Massive Bribery Case…
June 24, 2020
AOC beats back Dem challenger in NY congressional primary…
June 24, 2020
Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., fended off a challenge by former CNBC contributor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera to win the Democratic primary in New York’s 14th District, the Associated Press projected Tuesday.
GRAPHIC: NY Man Seen Walking Around With A Knife Protruding From His Head…
June 24, 2020
Roberto Perez, 36, appeared unfazed as he walked around with a large knife protruding from his head. The injury was allegedly the result of a stabbing that occurred during a domestic violence incident with two other individuals said the NYPD...
Victory: Indiana Supreme Court Rules that Police Can’t Force Smartphone User to Unlock Her Phone…
June 24, 2020
In the case, Seo v. State, the court found that the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination protected a woman against unlocking her phone because complying with the order was a form of “testimony” under the Fifth Amendment. Indiana joins Pennsylvania, which ruled strongly in favor of the Fifth Amendment privilege in a compelled decryption case last year. Meanwhile, state supreme courts in New Jersey and Oregon are also considering this issue.
24-year-old Republican Madison Cawthorn beats Trump-backed candidate in North Carolina primary race for Meadows seat…
June 24, 2020
But Cawthorn emphasized that he’s a strong Trump supporter and stressed that he wouldn’t be beholden to anyone in the nation’s capital if won election to Congress. He won the backing of a slate of local officials and also received some support from a super PAC that backs candidates allied with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
D.C. Reporter Says Democrats Quietly Admit Biden Lacks ‘Mental Acuity’…
June 24, 2020
“A lot of Democrats will tell you, at least privately, that he does not have the mental acuity that he even had a couple of years ago and this is a candidate that simply would not able to withstand the type of press conferences that the current president has, as far as them going on for an hour, an hour and a half, taking questions with multiple outlets with no ground rules attached,” Concha said.
Tri-state governors, NY, NJ, CT, announce quarantine for out-of-state visitors…
June 24, 2020
Travelers from states with infection levels of 10 percent per 100,000 population on a weekly average would be required to quarantine for 14 days upon entering New York, New Jersey or Connecticut. Cuomo said that currently, visitors from Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Utah and Texas would have to submit to the quarantine orders.
Appeals court orders judge to dismiss criminal case against Michael Flynn…
June 24, 2020
In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of Flynn and the Trump administration in preventing U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan from exercising his discretion on whether to grant the department’s motion to clear Flynn...
‘Welcome to the age of copper’: Why the coronavirus pandemic could spark a red metal rally…
June 24, 2020
"Huge green and digital stimulus programs, especially in Asia and Europe, will create the conditions for a boom in copper demand — electric vehicles, 5G networks, and renewable power generation all require large amounts of the red metal," Gloystein said.
White House wins ruling on health care price disclosure…
June 24, 2020
The Trump administration put one in the win column with a court ruling Tuesday upholding its plan to require insurers and hospitals to disclose the actual prices for common tests and procedures in a bid to promote competition and push down costs.
Walmart, Mississippi Baptist Convention, join others in calls to change Mississippi state flag…
June 24, 2020
The retailer announced it will no longer sell or display the Mississippi flag in any of its stores or online.
Someone faked a 911 call to the Tampa Police Department. They reported that there was a shooting and one person injured. When the cops showed up they got mobbed by a few hundred people…
June 24, 2020