Saturday, November 16, 2024

How AI-powered tech landed man in jail with scant evidence

CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to remember their fishing trips with the grandchildren, how he used to braid her hair, anything to jar him back to his world outside the concrete walls of Cook County Jail.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

How AI-powered tech landed man in jail with scant evidence

CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to remember their fishing trips with the grandchildren, how he used to braid her hair, anything to jar him back to his world outside the concrete walls of Cook County Jail.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

How AI-powered tech landed man in jail with scant evidence

CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to remember their fishing trips with the grandchildren, how he used to braid her hair, anything to jar him back to his world outside the concrete walls of Cook County Jail.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

How AI-powered Tech Landed Man In Jail With Scant Evidence

CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to remember their fishing trips with the grandchildren, how he used to braid her hair, anything to jar him back to his world outside the concrete walls of Cook County Jail.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Some local GOP leaders fire up base with conspiracies, lies

A faction of local, county and state Republican officials is pushing lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories that echo those that helped inspire the violent U.S. Capitol siege, online messaging that is spreading quickly through GOP ranks fueled by algorithms that boost extreme content.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Some local GOP leaders fire up base with conspiracies, lies

A faction of local, county and state Republican officials is pushing lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories that echo those that helped inspire the violent U.S. Capitol siege, online messaging that is spreading quickly through GOP ranks fueled by algorithms that boost extreme content.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Some local GOP leaders fire up base with conspiracies, lies

A faction of local, county and state Republican officials is pushing lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories that echo those that helped inspire the violent U.S. Capitol siege, online messaging that is spreading quickly through GOP ranks fueled by algorithms that boost extreme content.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Some local GOP leaders fire up base with conspiracies, lies

A faction of local, county and state Republican officials is pushing lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories that echo those that helped inspire the violent U.S. Capitol siege, online messaging that is spreading quickly through GOP ranks fueled by algorithms that boost extreme content.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Some local GOP leaders fire up base with conspiracies, lies

A faction of local, county and state Republican officials is pushing lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories that echo those that helped inspire the violent U.S. Capitol siege, online messaging that is spreading quickly through GOP ranks fueled by algorithms that boost extreme content.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Financially troubled startup helped power Trump campaign

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign was powered by a cellphone app that allowed staff to monitor the movements of his millions of supporters, and offered intimate access to their social networks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Financially troubled startup helped power Trump campaign

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign was powered by a cellphone app that allowed staff to monitor the movements of his millions of supporters, and offered intimate access to their social networks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Financially troubled startup powered Trump campaign

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign was powered by a cell phone app that allowed staff to monitor the movements of his millions of supporters, and offered intimate access to their social networks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Incendiary texts traced to outfit run by top Trump aide

BOSTON (AP) — A texting company run by one of President Donald Trump’s top campaign officials sent out thousands of targeted, anonymous text messages urging supporters to rally where votes were being counted in Philadelphia on Thursday, falsely claiming Democrats were trying to steal the presidential election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Incendiary texts traced to outfit run by top Trump aide

BOSTON (AP) — A texting company run by one of President Donald Trump’s top campaign officials sent out thousands of targeted, anonymous text messages urging supporters to rally where votes were being counted in Philadelphia on Thursday, falsely claiming Democrats were trying to steal the presidential election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Incendiary texts traced to outfit run by top Trump aide

BOSTON (AP) — A texting company run by one of President Donald Trump’s top campaign officials sent out thousands of targeted, anonymous text messages urging supporters to rally where votes were being counted in Philadelphia on Thursday, falsely claiming Democrats were trying to steal the presidential election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Incendiary texts traced to outfit run by top Trump aide

BOSTON (AP) — A texting company run by one of President Donald Trump’s top campaign officials sent out thousands of targeted, anonymous text messages urging supporters to rally where votes were being counted in Philadelphia on Thursday, falsely claiming Democrats were trying to steal the presidential election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump 'army' of poll watchers led by veteran of fraud claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran Republican operative who got his start in politics by helping to persuade a judge to throw out hundreds of mail-in ballots is organizing an “army” of volunteers for President Donald Trump's campaign to monitor voting in Democratic-leaning areas on Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump 'army' of poll watchers led by veteran of fraud claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran Republican operative who got his start in politics by helping to persuade a judge to throw out hundreds of mail-in ballots is organizing an “army” of volunteers for President Donald Trump's campaign to monitor voting in Democratic-leaning areas on Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

House Dems ask Trump admin to halt COVID border expulsions

NEW YORK (AP) — A group of Democratic lawmakers called on the Trump administration Monday to stop the expulsion of unaccompanied children and other asylum seekers at the U.S. border using emergency powers granted during the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Watchdog org: Trump '16 campaign, PAC illegally coordinated

New documents from a former Cambridge Analytica insider reveal what an election watchdog group claims was illegal coordination between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and a billionaire-funded pro-Trump super PAC.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Watchdog org: Trump '16 campaign, PAC illegally coordinated

New documents from a former Cambridge Analytica insider reveal what an election watchdog group claims was illegal coordination between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and a billionaire-funded pro-Trump super PAC.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Watchdog org: Trump '16 campaign, PAC illegally coordinated

New documents from a former Cambridge Analytica insider reveal what an election watchdog group claims was illegal coordination between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and a billionaire-funded pro-Trump super PAC.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Watchdog org: Trump '16 campaign, PAC illegally coordinated

New documents from a former Cambridge Analytica insider reveal what an election watchdog group claims was illegal coordination between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and a billionaire-funded pro-Trump super PAC.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

LA Times hack: Security breach or harmless prank?

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal prosecutors say Reuters' deputy social media editor conspired with a notorious hacker network to cause an online security breach that should be punished by decades in federal prison.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Thirst-quenching perils

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Deliberately buried

BILLINGS, Mont. - Exxon Mobil Co. had reassured federal regulators and officials from a Montana town since December that an oil pipeline beneath the Yellowstone River was safe, buried deep enough to avoid any accidental ruptures.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Radio host says world's end coming in October

OAKLAND, Calif. - As crestfallen followers of a California preacher who foresaw the world's end strained to find meaning in their lives, Harold Camping revised his apocalyptic prophecy Monday, saying he was off by five months and the Earth actually will be obliterated on Oct. 21.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Apocalypse (not) now

OAKLAND, Calif. - They spent months warning the world of the apocalypse, some giving away earthly belongings or draining their savings accounts. And so they waited, vigilantly, on Saturday for the appointed hour to arrive.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Palin decries 'Dumpster divers' at Calif. campus

TURLOCK, Calif. - Sarah Palin leveled criticism at California's attorney general and others raising questions about her visit to a cash-strapped university, telling supporters that students had better things to do than dive through Dumpsters to find out how much she earns speaking.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Weatherizing program falling short on jobs

FRESNO, Calif. - After a year of crippling delays, President Barack Obama's $5 billion program to install weather-tight windows and doors has retrofitted a fraction of homes and created far fewer construction jobs than expected.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO