Users Can Sue Facebook Over Facial Recognition Software, Court Rules
A federal court said Facebook users in Illinois can sue the company over face recognition technology. Facebook said users can choose to turn off the feature. It plans to seek a review of the ruling....
View ArticleFood-Snatching Gull In Your Vicinity? Study Suggests Making Eye Contact
Researchers in the U.K. found that making eye contact with the hungry gulls may deter them from swiping your food. (Image credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
View Article'I've Got Nothing Over Here': Michigan Man Deported By ICE Dies In Baghdad
"It's crazy to know that he died alone in a country he'd never been in," Jimmy Aldaoud's sister told NPR. He had arrived in the U.S. with his Iraqi family when he was a very young child. (Image...
View ArticleDOJ Official Behind Failed Census Citizenship Question To Leave Department
John Gore, the main Justice Department official behind the Trump administration's failed push for a citizenship question, is set to leave the department, a person familiar with the matter tells NPR....
View ArticleSenate Will Discuss Gun Proposals In September, McConnell Says
"What we can't do is fail to pass something," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told WHAS radio. "The urgency of this is not lost on any of us." (Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
View ArticleTrump Names New Acting Director Of National Intelligence
President Trump named Joseph Maguire shortly after the deputy director of national intelligence resigned. Maguire is currently director of the National Counterterrorism Center. (Image credit: J. Scott...
View ArticleAmerican With No Medical Training Ran Center For Malnourished Ugandan Kids....
When she was 19, Renee Bach founded a charity that went on to care for over 900 severely malnourished babies and children. Now she is being sued by two of the mothers whose children died. (Image...
View ArticleAlabama To Allow Sandhill Crane Hunting After More Than 100 Years
The season begins later this year. The state joins Tennessee and Kentucky as the third state east of the Mississippi River to permit sandhill crane hunting. (Image credit: Education Images/Universal...
View ArticleChicken Plants See Little Fallout From Immigration Raids
The Trump administration says its crackdown helps discourage illegal immigration. But workers' advocates warn it leaves vulnerable employees open to exploitation and unsafe working conditions. (Image...
View Article'I'm The Shooter,' El Paso Suspect Allegedly Told Police
The suspect was in his car, stopped at an intersection when law enforcement officials pulled up behind him. That's when he got out with his hands in the air. He allegedly said he targeted Mexicans....
View ArticleAmericans Largely Support Gun Restrictions To 'Do Something' About Gun Violence
President Trump says he supports "really intelligent background checks." It's unclear what exactly that means, but support for universal background checks is near universal among Americans. (Image...
View ArticleNo Safe Drinking Water On Reservation Leaves Thousands Improvising
The Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon has been without safe drinking water since late May, and some people don't have any running water at all. (Image credit: Emily Cureton/OPB)
View ArticleDayton Survivor Who Lost Dad After Tornado Hit His Home: 'I Can't Rebuild A...
Dion Green is a Dayton resident grappling with double loss. His father was killed last weekend in the Dayton mass shooting. Just months before, his house was badly damaged by tornadoes. (Image credit:...
View ArticleAt 'High Five' Camp, Struggling With A Disability Is The Point
A day camp in Nashville uses "constraint-induced therapy" to help kids who have physical weakness on one side — often because of a stroke or cerebral palsy — gain strength and independence. (Image...
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