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• Washington is struggling to catch up on artificial intelligence

  15-05-2023 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  As industry experts and academics sound alarm bells, Washington has quickly turned its attention to artificial intelligence.
  
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• Florida teacher under investigation for showing a Disney film with a gay character

  15-05-2023 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Florida teacher says she is being investigated by the state’s Education Department after showing her students a Disney animated movie featuring a gay character.
  
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• New US report alleges religious freedom violations in China, Iran India

  15-05-2023 23:43 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The annual survey documents alleged mistreatment and persecution worldwide.
  
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• Miami-Dade police said they won't ask for paperwork in stops ahead of sweeping immigration law

  15-05-2023 23:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  As Florida gets ready to implement a new sweeping immigration law this summer, Miami-Dade County police said they do not plan on pulling over drivers to require them or car passengers to show paperwork confirming anyone's immigration status.
  
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• Myanmar Rohingya: What future for the refugee baby lucky to survive?

  15-05-2023 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In the world's largest refugee camp, with no access to education, Rohingya children face a bleak future.
  
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• IPL: The remarkable reinvention of cricket legend MS Dhoni at 41

  15-05-2023 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MS Dhoni has successfully transformed himself into a formidable lower-order batsman for his IPL team.
  
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• 'Doomsday': Singapore renters sound the alarm as prices surge

  15-05-2023 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The surge in rent has become a major issue in the South East Asian country.
  
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• Thailand elections: Move Forward looks to make history

  15-05-2023 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A young, progressive party won more seats than any other. Will the senate and courts let them govern?
  
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• Indianapolis officer pleads guilty to federal charge for kicking handcuffed man

  15-05-2023 23:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  An Indianapolis police officer accused of kicking a handcuffed man in the face during a 2021 arrest pleaded guilty Monday to a federal charge
  
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• UK men offered £10K to pose as dads in visa scam, BBC investigation finds

  15-05-2023 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An undercover probe finds agents brokering deals between migrant women and men with UK passports.
  
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• Special counsel issues report criticizing FBI for launching Trump-Russia investigation

  15-05-2023 22:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  The special counsel who spent four years investigating the Trump-Russia probe accused the FBI of acting negligently.
  
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• Football player with Down syndrome sues Ohio community college for disability discrimination

  15-05-2023 21:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  An Ohio man who was the first person with Down syndrome to play and score a point in a college football game is now suing the school, its president and several staffers
  
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• Martha Stewart makes a splash with 'historic' Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover

  15-05-2023 21:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Culinary icon Martha Stewart is set to make history as she becomes one of this year's cover models for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, which hits stands later this week.
  
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• WATCH: This adorable baby tortoise is stealing hearts on social media

  15-05-2023 20:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  We can’t get enough of baby Fig.
  
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• Florida professor dubbed 'Dr. Deep Sea' sets world record for longest time spent living underwater

  15-05-2023 20:19 via foxnews.com
  
  A Florida professor has set the world record for the longest time spent living underwater without depressurization. Dr. Joseph Dituri, 55, has spent 74 days living in Jules' Undersea Lodge at the bottom of 30-foot-deep lagoon in Key Largo as of Monday and plans to spend at least 100 days there, according to the Associated Press. The duration breaks the previous record of 73 days that was set by two professors who also lived in the lodge in 2014. "The curiosity for discovery has led me here," Dit
  
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• Missing Suzanne Morphew's husband speaks out 3 years after wife's vanishing

  15-05-2023 20:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Barry Morphew, a Colorado man accused of killing his wife, Suzanne Morphew, in 2020 before charges against him were dropped in 2022, spoke out Monday, marking three years since Suzanne went missing. It was the first time Barry, 55, has spoken publicly since he filed a lawsuit seeking $15 million from the 11th Judicial District attorney and other prosecutors for allegedly violating his civil rights after they accused him of killing his wife and then subsequently dismissed the charges. "It's very
  
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• Convicted Maryland child rapist and former Catholic school teacher dies in prison

  15-05-2023 20:10 via foxnews.com
  
  A convicted child rapist, whose crimes were recently highlighted in an extensive state report on sex abuse and coverups within the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died last week in prison, according to Maryland’s corrections agency. John Merzbacher, 81, was serving four life sentences after his 1995 rape conviction for committing sexual abuse while he was a teacher at a Catholic middle school in Baltimore in the 1970s. He died Friday of natural causes in the infirmary at Eastern Correctional Ins
  
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• President Joe Biden endorses Heather Boyd in primary for vacant state House of Representatives seat

  15-05-2023 20:09 via foxnews.com
  
  A Democrat running for a vacant seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives received President Joe Biden's endorsement Monday in a race likely to determine control of the legislative chamber, with implications for abortion rights, the 2024 presidential contest and Gov. Josh Shapiro's agenda. Biden cited the majority House stakes and referred to abortion rights in backing Heather Boyd in a special election against Republican Katie Ford in suburban Philadelphia's Delaware County. Biden's sta
  
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• Key issues ahead of Pennsylvania's GOP primary include election integrity, mail-in voting law

  15-05-2023 20:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Election integrity and Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law are prominent subjects in the state's Republican primary contest for an open state Supreme Court seat, as Donald Trump continues to baselessly claim that the 2020 election was stolen. This year, two GOP primary rivals for the state Supreme Court seat in Tuesday's primary election are signaling their disapproval of Pennsylvania’s expansive mail-in voting law. In one appearance last month, Carolyn Carluccio, a Montgomery County judge,
  
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• Census rejects city complaints over 2020 population undercounts

  15-05-2023 20:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Some of the largest U.S. cities challenging their 2020 census numbers aren't getting the results they hoped for from the U.S. Census Bureau — an effort by Memphis to increase its official population resulted in three people being subtracted from its count during an initial appeal. Some successes have come from challenges to totals of "group quarters" — dorms, jails and nursing homes. They were among the most difficult to count as campuses closed and prisons and nursing homes were loc
  
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• Nigerian Afrobeat star Seun Kuti arrested for allegedly assaulting a cop

  15-05-2023 20:02 via foxnews.com
  
  A Nigerian Afrobeat star was arrested Monday after being accused of assaulting a police officer in the commercial hub of Lagos. Seun Kuti was detained at the Lagos State police headquarters after turning himself in, according to police spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin, who tweeted photos of the celebrity in handcuffs. The son of Nigerian musical icon and political agitator Fela, who himself was serially detained by Nigerian military regimes, Kuti was "captured on video assaulting a police officer
  
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• UN migration agency elects Amy Pope, an American, as its 1st female director

  15-05-2023 20:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Amy Pope of the United States elbowed aside her European boss Monday to land the top job at the International Organization for Migration, winning her bid to become the first woman to lead the U.N. migration agency. Pope, 49, defeated IOM Director General Antonio Vitorino of Portugal, the European Union candidate, who swept into the post five years ago by trouncing a candidate put up by the Trump administration for a job that was long been held by Americans. Vitorino’s prospects for a secon
  
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• Fan hit with lifetime ban, assault charge after Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe shoved during match

  15-05-2023 20:01 via foxnews.com
  
  A man attending an English Premier League game over the weekend has been charged with assault and received a lifetime ban from Leeds United after he allegedly pushed Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe near the end of the match, police said.  West Yorkshire Police released a statement Sunday confirming that a man who entered the field at Elland Road Football Stadium during Saturday’s match and shoved Howe near the sideline has been charged with assault and entering the field of play.&
  
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• Texas Democrat defends backing GOP bill banning gender care for minors: 'Children are not political pawns'

  15-05-2023 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Texas state Rep. Shawn Thierry – a Democrat representing the Houston area – is defending backing a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the Lone Star State, crossing party lines to vote in favor of a bill that would restrict access to surgeries and cross-sex hormones to those under the age of 18. "I just don't think this is something that we can play politics with. Children are not political pawns," Thierry said Monday on "Fox & Friends First."  After embarkin
  
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• Lori Vallow smirks in new mugshot after conviction in her children's murders

  15-05-2023 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Lori Vallow, the so-called "Doomsday mom" convicted Friday in the murders of her two children, can be seen grinning in a new mugshot released Monday morning. An Idaho jury on Friday found Vallow guilty on two counts of first-degree murder for killing 7-year-old J.J. Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan around September 2019, and three counts of conspiracy to murder J.J., Tylee and her husband Chad Daybell's first wife, Tammy Daybell. She was also found guilty of grand theft for stealing her childre
  
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• 'LEGAL THEFT': Texas police seized a man's life savings. Now the state is putting his cash on trial

  15-05-2023 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Ameal Woods set off for Houston in May 2019 to buy a second tractor-trailer and expand his trucking business. His family had saved more than $40,000 to make the dream a reality, but as Woods drove through Harris County, red and blue lights flashed behind him. A sheriff's deputy accused Woods of following a truck too closely. The deputy didn't give him a ticket, but he did take all of Woods' cash. This week, the state of Texas is heading to court to make sure Woods never gets his life savings bac
  
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• Groundbreaking Latina leader in California politics, Gloria Molina, dies at age 74

  15-05-2023 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Gloria Molina, a groundbreaking Chicana leader in state and local California politics for more than 30 years, has died after a three-year battle with cancer, her family announced. She was 74. Molina died Sunday evening at her Mount Washington home, surrounded by her family, her daughter, Valentina Martinez, said in a statement. Molina, a Democrat, was the first Latina to serve in the state Assembly, on the Los Angeles City Council and on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. NATIVE AMERIC
  
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• Free up storage space on your Android with this updated app

  15-05-2023 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  One of the biggest issues that comes with having a smartphone is maintaining storage space. It's easy to lose track of all the pictures and videos you take, the apps you download, and the games you play regularly. However, an updated version of the Files by Google app for Android users is now making it much easier to clear up some storage space. CLICK TO GET KURT’S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER Files by G
  
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• AOC's tweets attacking CNN 'pumped up' Trump during town hall: Report

  15-05-2023 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  During a commercial break at his rowdy town hall on CNN last week, former President Trump was reportedly "pumped up" after he saw tweets from liberals lambasting the network for hosting him, including one from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. According to a report in Axios, Trump aides showed him Democrats live-tweeting the event and lamenting that Trump was essentially winning in the format. In front of a Republican audience in New Hampshire, Trump enjoyed applause and laughter as he field
  
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• Suspect arrested in Washington state after allegedly breaking into university dorms, groping students

  15-05-2023 19:48 via foxnews.com
  
  A Washington state man in has been arrested after allegedly breaking into two dorm rooms at Pacific Lutheran University and groping students who were asleep, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said. Dylan Robinson was booked into jail for assault and burglary charges Sunday evening after getting into a locked dormitory on the university’s campus earlier that morning, FOX13 Seattle reported. The first incident allegedly unfolded around 4:15 a.m., according to a woman who told poli
  
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• Top conservative advocacy group targets House Democrats over crime with new ad blitz

  15-05-2023 19:43 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX – A leading conservative advocacy group that backs Republican causes is taking aim at House Democrats over the issue of crime and urging Congress to support a new measure that backs law enforcement. The news ads by the American Action Network (AAN), which were shared first with Fox News on Monday, spotlight Democrats who voted against a bill by the House Republican majority that was signed into law earlier this year by President Biden and aimed at nullifying a propos
  
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• Pickup truck explosion outside Maine governor's mansion sparked by faulty battery in cordless drill

  15-05-2023 19:43 via foxnews.com
  
  A pickup truck fire and explosion outside the Maine governor's mansion last week was traced to a faulty battery in a cordless drill, officials said. The unoccupied truck was parked on Chamberlain Street, just feet from the white fence surrounding the Blaine House, when smoke began pouring from the vehicle, followed by flames and a blast on Thursday. The incident caused some concern because of proximity to the governor's residence. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills was working at her Statehouse office
  
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• Martha Stewart, 81, lands Sports Illustrated cover as she poses in daring swimsuit

  15-05-2023 19:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Martha Stewart has made history as the oldest woman to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit issue. Stewart, 81, posed in a daring swimsuit as she revealed how she prepped for the photo shoot. "I didn't starve myself, but I didn't eat any bread or pasta for a couple of months," Stewart said during the "Today" show. "I went to Pilates every other day and that was great; I'm still going to Pilates every other day 'cause it's so great. And I just, I live a clean life anyway – g
  
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• Guardians fans get in wild brawl at Progressive Field as team beats Angels

  15-05-2023 19:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Cleveland Guardians fans got to watch more than just a baseball game on Saturday as fans in the stands at Progressive Field were seen in a melee. The fight occurred during a game between the Guardians and the Los Angeles Angels. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM It is unclear what sparked the brawl. A video posted to social media showed a man in a blue windbreaker jacket holding nachos in a heated conversation with a man sitting below him. The man, in a red shirt and blue cap, g
  
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• Western Slovakia crash between bus and truck kills 1, injures 59 others

  15-05-2023 19:34 via foxnews.com
  
  A crash between a bus and truck on a major highway in western Slovakia killed one person and injured dozens, officials said on Monday. Firefighters reported that at least 59 people were injured. The accident closed the D2 highway that links the Slovak capital, Bratislava, with the neighboring Czech Republic, police said. SLOVENIA FIREWORKS COMPANY EXPLOSION KILLS 1, INJURES 2 Details about the nature of the injuries have not been released, but rescuers said some people were seriously hurt. Slova
  
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• Anovion Technologies plans to build $800M factory in southwest Georgia

  15-05-2023 19:32 via foxnews.com
  
  A company that's trying to become a major American-based supplier of graphite for electric batteries announced Monday it will invest $800 million to build a factory in southwest Georgia, hiring 400 workers. Anovion Technologies, based in Chicago, said it would make synthetic graphite anode in Bainbridge. Production of the key ingredient for lithium ion batteries is supposed to start in 2025. The plant would build on Georgia's push to recruit makers of electric vehicles and their suppliers. Repub
  
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• JK Rowling exposes trans activists pushing fake story about children being 'upset at her views'

  15-05-2023 19:30 via foxnews.com
  
  JK Rowling exposed pro-transgender activists for copying and pasting messages about made-up stories of children they said were "upset at her views." The Harry Potter author shared various examples of different accounts posting the same messages to Twitter that claim they are parents of a transgender daughter who is "heartbroken" over Rowling's views on gender.  "My trans daughter used to love your books, but after you became a bigot she cried and asked me ‘daddy, why do people hate th
  
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• Indiana man paints massive American flag mural on roof of hardware store: ‘A lot of pride’

  15-05-2023 19:30 via foxnews.com
  
  The pride for America shown by one small business is through the roof. A hardware store in Nashville, Indiana, called Bear Hardware, had a sprawling mural of the American flag painted on its roof by painter Adam Long. During an appearance on "Fox & Friends" on Monday, Long shared how the painting, which took 14 days to complete, was a request from the store owner to show off the store's patriotism. ARTIST REVEALS PAINTING OF OUR AMERICAN FLAG IN ‘THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD&rsquo
  
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• German prosecutors charge 4 men involved in far-right group with crimes of violence

  15-05-2023 19:28 via foxnews.com
  
  German authorities have filed charges against four alleged members of a far-right group that aimed to kill left-wing extremists, following an investigation targeting several organizations, prosecutors announced Monday The four men, identified only as Leon R., Maximilian A., Eric K. and Bastian A., in line with local privacy rules, were charged with crimes including serious bodily harm, resisting and attacking police officers, disturbing the peace and violating Germany’s weapons law. The me
  
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• 3 killed when truck shooting at other vehicle crashes during two-state chase

  15-05-2023 19:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Three people have died in a truck after someone in it fired at a different vehicle in South Carolina and then the truck crashed into a North Carolina house while trying to get away from law enforcement, authorities said. The chase started around 1 a.m. Sunday in Blacksburg, South Carolina, and ended with the pickup, which had turned off its headlights, slamming into a house in Shelby, North Carolina, causing significant damage, investigators in both states said. Three people in the truck between
  
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• Shooting at Georgia motorcycle club event kills 2, injures 3

  15-05-2023 19:26 via foxnews.com
  
  Two people were killed and three others injured when shooting broke out at a motorcycle club gathering in Georgia, authorities said. The Richmond County Sheriff's Office said it arrested 10 people in the shootings in Augusta, where a motorcycle club was holding an event Saturday night. "A rival motorcycle gang, yet to be identified, came to that event," Sheriff Richard Roundtree told reporters. "Words were exchanged and multiple shots were fired." GEORGIA DEMOCRAT STANDS ALONE IN STATE PARTY IN
  
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• Israel's UN ambassador calls for boycott of 'antisemitic event' at world body

  15-05-2023 19:26 via foxnews.com
  
  JERUSALEM, Israel—The United Nations is embroiled in a new anti-Israel scandal amid allegations that the world body is again distorting history and spreading antisemitism by staging a first-ever official Palestinian commemoration event that attacks the founding day of Israel’s rebirth as a nation. The UN-sponsored commemoration day for what the Palestinians called the "Nakba" or "catastrophe" on May 15 – the same day as the 75th anniversary of Israel’s modern foundin
  
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• Primaries in Kentucky, Pennsylvania may indicate mood of voters heading into election year

  15-05-2023 19:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Off-year elections on Tuesday in Kentucky and Pennsylvania could send early signals about the mood of voters ahead of next year's races for the White House and Congress. The Kentucky governor's race is a table-setter for what should be a bruising general election contest. Republican voters will settle on a nominee to challenge incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who has enjoyed high approval ratings but will have to fend off a GOP challenge in a state Republicans usually dominate. Two candid
  
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• Pacific Island leaders urge rich countries to do more to help control climate change

  15-05-2023 19:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Pacific Island leaders criticized rich countries on Monday for not doing enough to control climate change despite being responsible for much of the problem, and for making money off of loans provided to vulnerable nations to mitigate the effects. Leaders and representatives from Pacific Island nations demanded at a U.N. climate change conference in Bangkok that the world make more effort to put aside differences in combating the environmental impact, especially as their countries emerge from the
  
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• Finnish military training jet crashes, forcing pilots to eject

  15-05-2023 19:13 via foxnews.com
  
  A military training jet crashed in central Finland and Monday, the Finnish Air Force said, adding the pilots ejected. The British made single-engine Hawk aircraft crashed south of Keuruu, which sits some 180 miles north of Helsinki. The air force said on Twitter that the pilots were undergoing health checks. Police said they and rescue services were at the scene. SMALL PLANE CRASHES IN WYOMING, PILOT ESCAPES UNHARMED It is unclear what caused the plane to crash.
  
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• Ron DeSantis bans state funding for diversity, inclusion programs at Florida public universities

  15-05-2023 19:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation banning all state funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the state's universities on Monday. DeSantis signed the legislation, SB 266, on the campus of the New College of Florida, an institution he has made drastic changes to this year. SB 266 prevents any public university from using state funding to pay for DEI programs, and it also grants university presidents more authority over hiring practices. The bill is DeSantis' latest
  
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• Washington Supreme Court reverses man’s conviction on grounds of implicit racial bias in jury selection

  15-05-2023 19:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that prosecutors discriminated against a Black man by striking the last Black person from his jury pool nearly two decades ago. Theodore Rhone, 65, will get a new trial as the high court takes steps to rectify a national history of racism and the persistence of implicit bias in jury selection, The Seattle Times reported. The unanimous decision was issued Thursday. SAN FRAN’S REPARATIONS COMMITTEE PROPOSES $5 MILLION TO EACH BLACK LONGTIME RESIDENT, TO
  
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• 'Congress is clearly behind on AI' and needs bipartisan effort to create regulations: Lawmakers weigh in

  15-05-2023 18:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Members of Congress provided a range of opinions on regulating AI, but several agreed that bipartisanship is the key to moving forward with a framework, lawmakers on Capitol Hill told Fox News.  China and the European Union have recently drafted AI regulations, but Congress hasn't passed any legislation since the tech's recent rapid development. Republicans worry that lawmakers could overregulate AI and harm innovation, while Democrats fear that machine learning poses potential threats to c
  
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• Ross Chastain's aggressive driving draws ire of NASCAR legend: 'He’s going to make a lot of enemies'

  15-05-2023 18:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson got into a wreck in the final laps at Darlington Raceway in the Goodyear 400 on Sunday, costing them both a chance at a first-place finish. Chastain led 93 of the 295 laps of the race and was just ahead of Larson in the final stage when he drove up the track and got into the No. 5. Chastain ended up sideways and Larson perpendicular to him. Chastain had to be towed to the garage, while a damaged Larson was able to finish. Larson finished 20th and Chastain dropped to
  
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• Massachusetts police officer shoots, wounds sword-bearing man

  15-05-2023 18:50 via foxnews.com
  
  A Massachusetts police officer shot and wounded a man who was moving toward the officer armed with a sword, authorities said. The man was shot in Oxford on Sunday morning and was treated at a hospital, the Worcester district attorney’s office said in a statement. It didn't provide the man's condition, say whether he faces charges or say what led to the encounter. The officer, who wasn't hurt, was placed on paid administrative leave per department protocol when an officer shoots someone, sa
  
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