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By Ciara Cummings Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — So called “false matches” using facial recognition technology (FRT) have led to the wrongful arrests of Black men across the country. But new research from Georgia Tech is aiming to close that widening gap of racial disparities. Calvin Lawrence, a distinguished
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel will take “overall security responsibility” in Gaza indefinitely after its war with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, the clearest indication yet that Israel plans to maintain control there one month into a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives
Continue ReadingTUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — Fire raged Tuesday in a massive World War II-era wooden hangar that was built to house military blimps based in Southern California. The Orange County Fire Authority said in a social media post that allowing the structure to collapse was the only way to fight the fire. “Due to the dynamic
Continue ReadingTUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — Fire raged Tuesday in a massive World War II-era wooden hangar that was built to house military blimps based in Southern California. The Orange County Fire Authority said in a social media post that allowing the structure to collapse was the only way to fight the fire. “Due to the dynamic
Continue ReadingBy BASSAM HATOUM and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BLIDA, Lebanon (AP) — A top U.S. envoy said in Beirut that Washington doesn’t want the ongoing war in Gaza to expand to Lebanon after a Lebanese woman and her three granddaughters were killed in an Israeli strike two days ago. The comments Tuesday from Amos Hochstein,
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By Sara Smart and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Three men were arrested and authorities seized over 220 pounds of controlled substances in a major drug bust earlier this month that included pink fentanyl-laced pills shaped like hearts, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said in a news release. Of an estimated 10
Continue ReadingBy FADLAN SYAM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An ethics council dismissed the chief justice of Indonesia’s top court from the post after finding him guilty of making last-minute changes to election candidacy requirements. The chief of the court’s Honorary Council said Tuesday that Constitutional Court Chief Justice Anwar Usman committed
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The prosecutor overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation is testifying before congressional investigators. The closed-door interview Tuesday marks the first time a special counsel will appear before Congress in the middle of a probe. It comes as House Republicans are aiming to ramp up their
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italian tax authorities are poised to seize some €779 million ($836 million) from Airbnb as a result of its alleged failure to pay taxes owed by landlords using the platform. It’s the latest sign of intense scrutiny of short-term rentals that have proliferated in big cities in
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un memorando de entendimiento firmado por la primera ministra de Italia, Giorgia Meloni, y el primer ministro de Albania, Edi Rama, allana el camino para que Italia construya centros de detención de inmigrantes en Albania en la primavera de 2024, según la conferencia de prensa conjunta que ambos ofrecieron
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — On the afternoon photographer Mayan Toledano snapped a playful bedroom portrait of her friends in Mexico City — an image that would eventually become the cover of her first book — one member of the group, Karla, had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend. Toledano, who is primarily based
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Meta is prohibiting political advertisers from using the company’s new, artificial intelligence tools that help brands generate text, backgrounds and other marketing content, in what the company says is a decision to limit the technology’s potential risks. A company spokesperson told CNN that Meta has updated its policies surrounding
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal Reserve officials are urging banks to work with customers hurt by ongoing deposit delays that have prevented some people from accessing their paychecks and other funds. A number of customers still haven’t received their direct deposit paychecks following a “human error” that damaged the plumbing of America’s banking
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, Daria Tarasova, Maria Kostenko and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said safety rules had been “violated,” leaving soldiers and civilians exposed to a deadly Russian missile strike on a village in the Zaporizhzhia region, which he described as “a tragedy that could have been avoided.” A Ukrainian military
Continue ReadingBy HELENA ALVES and JOSEPH WILSON LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa says he is resigning after being involved in a widespread corruption probe. In a nationally televised address, he said that “in these circumstances, obviously, I have presented my resignation to the president of the republic.” Earlier the state prosecutor said
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK and HARRIET MORRIS Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO allies have frozen their participation in a key Cold War-era security treaty in response to Russia’s withdrawal from the pact. Many of NATO’s 31 allies have signed the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which was aimed at preventing Cold War rivals
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — State media in Myanmar says the military-run Southeast Asian nation is holding its first joint naval exercise with Russia. The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper says the two nations are carrying out maneuvers in the Andaman Sea. Russia is a major supporter and arms supplier
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — El primer ministro de Portugal, António Costa, presentó su renuncia luego de que la Fiscalía General del país (PGR) informara de que estaba siendo investigado en el marco de un amplio caso de corrupción en el que están implicados miembros de su Gobierno. “Hoy me he visto sorprendido por la información,
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The prosecutor overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation is expected to testify before congressional investigators. The closed-door interview Tuesday marks the first time a special counsel will appear before Congress in the middle of a probe. It comes as House Republicans are aiming to ramp
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Plenty of memories are being shared in the wake of the death of Matthew Perry. The “Friends” actor died in an apparent drowning accident at his Los Angeles home recently and the investigation continues into his cause of death, though law enforcement sources said there was no foul
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