Senators question DOJ funding for AI-powered policing tech

CHICAGO (AP) — A Democratic senator said the U.S. Justice Department needs to look into whether the algorithm-powered police technologies it funds contribute to racial bias in law enforcement and lead to wrongful arrests.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Senators question DOJ funding for AI-powered policing tech

CHICAGO (AP) — A Democratic senator said the U.S. Justice Department needs to look into whether the algorithm-powered police technologies it funds contribute to racial bias in law enforcement and lead to wrongful arrests.

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

Senators question DOJ funding for AI-powered policing tech

CHICAGO (AP) — A Democratic senator said the U.S. Justice Department needs to look into whether the algorithm-powered police technologies it funds contribute to racial bias in law enforcement and lead to wrongful arrests.

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

Senators question DOJ funding for AI-powered policing tech

CHICAGO (AP) — A Democratic senator said the U.S. Justice Department needs to look into whether the algorithm-powered police technologies it funds contribute to racial bias in law enforcement and lead to wrongful arrests.

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

FDA: N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused

The Biden administration has taken the first step toward ending an emergency exception that allowed hospitals to ration and reuse N95 medical masks, the first line of defense between frontline workers and the deadly coronavirus.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Resilient redwood forest a beacon of hope for California

BIG BASIN REDWOODS STATE PARK, Calif. (AP) — Eight months after a lightning siege ignited more than 650 wildfires in Northern California, the state’s oldest park — which was almost entirely ablaze — is doing what nature does best: recovering.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

FDA: N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused

The Biden administration has taken the first step toward ending an emergency exception that allowed hospitals to ration and reuse N95 medical masks, the first line of defense between frontline workers and the deadly coronavirus.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Resilient redwood forest a beacon of hope for California

BIG BASIN REDWOODS STATE PARK, Calif. (AP) — Eight months after a lightning siege ignited more than 650 wildfires in Northern California, the state’s oldest park — which was almost entirely ablaze — is doing what nature does best: recovering.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

FDA: N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused

The Biden administration has taken the first step toward ending an emergency exception that allowed hospitals to ration and reuse N95 medical masks, the first line of defense between frontline workers and the deadly coronavirus.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Resilient redwood forest a beacon of hope for California

BIG BASIN REDWOODS STATE PARK, Calif. (AP) — Eight months after a lightning siege ignited more than 650 wildfires in Northern California, the state’s oldest park — which was almost entirely ablaze — is doing what nature does best: recovering.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Resilient redwood forest a beacon of hope for California

BIG BASIN REDWOODS STATE PARK, Calif. (AP) — Eight months after a lightning siege ignited more than 650 wildfires in Northern California, the state’s oldest park — which was almost entirely ablaze — is doing what nature does best: recovering.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

FDA: N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused

The Biden administration has taken the first step toward ending an emergency exception that allowed hospitals to ration and reuse N95 medical masks, the first line of defense between frontline workers and the deadly coronavirus.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Officers maced, trampled: Docs expose depth of Jan. 6 chaos

Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day said they were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police working to protect Congress.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Officers maced, trampled: Docs expose depth of Jan. 6 chaos

Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day said they were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police working to protect Congress.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Officers maced, trampled: Docs expose depth of Jan. 6 chaos

Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day said they were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police working to protect Congress.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Officers maced, trampled: Docs expose depth of Jan. 6 chaos

Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police working to protect Congress.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Officers maced, trampled: Docs expose depth of Jan. 6 chaos

Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police working to protect Congress.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Officers maced, trampled: Docs expose depth of Jan. 6 chaos

Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police working to protect Congress.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Officers maced, trampled: Docs expose depth of Jan. 6 chaos

Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police working to protect Congress.

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

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

Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell

Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige Ameritech, can churn out 1 million masks every four days, but he doesn’t have orders for nearly that many. So he recently got approval from the government to export them.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell

Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige Ameritech, can churn out 1 million masks every four days, but he doesn’t have orders for nearly that many. So he recently got approval from the government to export them.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell

Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige Ameritech, can churn out 1 million masks every four days, but he doesn’t have orders for nearly that many. So he recently got approval from the government to export them.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell

Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige Ameritech, can churn out 1 million masks every four days, but he doesn’t have orders for nearly that many. So he recently got approval from the government to export them.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Trump official says vaccine expected starting in January

A Trump administration official leading the response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.S. can expect delivery of a vaccine starting in January 2021, despite statements from the president that inoculations could begin this month.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Trump official says vaccine expected starting in January

A Trump administration official leading the response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.S. can expect delivery of a vaccine starting in January 2021, despite statements from the president that inoculations could begin this month.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Trump official says vaccine expected starting in January

A Trump administration official leading the response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.S. can expect delivery of a vaccine starting in January 2021, despite statements from the president that inoculations could begin this month.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Cautious optimism in fight against massive California blazes

California fire officials are sounding cautiously optimistic after dodging a potentially major lightning storm

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Northern California wildfires threatening thousands of homes

Wildfires raging through Northern California are threatening thousands of homes and blackening the skies near San Francisco as crews struggle to surround them despite steep terrain and blistering heat

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Relief package billions can't buy hospitals out of shortages

The billions of tax dollars headed for hospitals and states as part of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus response bill won't fix the problem facing doctors and nurses: a critical shortage of protective gowns, gloves and masks.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Relief package billions can't buy hospitals out of shortages

The billions of tax dollars headed for hospitals and states as part of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus response bill won't fix the problem facing doctors and nurses: a critical shortage of protective gowns, gloves and masks.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Relief package billions can't buy hospitals out of shortages

The billions of tax dollars headed for hospitals and states as part of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus response bill won't fix the problem facing doctors and nurses: a critical shortage of protective gowns, gloves and masks.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Experts ponder causes of New York's 'breathtaking' outbreak

NEW YORK (AP) — How did the coronavirus outbreak get so bad in New York?

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Key medical glove factories cutting staff 50% amid virus

Malaysia's medical glove factories, which make most of the world's critical hand protection, are operating at half capacity just when they're most needed, The Associated Press has learned.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Key medical glove factories cutting staff 50% amid virus

Malaysia's medical glove factories, which make most of the world's critical hand protection, are operating at half capacity just when they're most needed, The Associated Press has learned.

BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Key medical glove factories cutting staff 50% amid virus

Malaysia's medical glove factories, which make most of the world's critical hand protection, are operating at half capacity just when they're most needed, The Associated Press has learned.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Charities face growing need in pandemic without volunteers

For more than a week, Elaine Peoples, who cooked for a now-shuttered day care center, has been out of work. At 68, she's also at a higher risk for catching the new coronavirus. Nonetheless, she's showing up four days a week for her volunteer shift at an increasingly crowded Brooklyn …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Imports of medical supplies plummet as demand in US soars

The critical shortage of medical supplies across the U.S., including testing swabs, protective masks, surgical gowns and hand sanitizer, can be tied to a sudden drop in imports, mostly from China, The Associated Press has found.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Imports of medical supplies plummet as demand in US soars

The critical shortage of medical supplies across the U.S., including testing swabs, protective masks, surgical gowns and hand sanitizer, can be tied to a sudden drop in imports, mostly from China, The Associated Press has found.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Rights group: Lacoste gloves made in Chinese internment camp

Gloves made in China for the popular French brand Lacoste appear to have been sewn inside a factory where ethnic minorities face forced ideological and behavioral re-education, according to a U.S.-based labor rights group.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Workforce education needed

A $10 billion-a-year effort to protect sensitive government data, from military secrets to Social Security numbers, is struggling to keep pace with an increasing number of cyberattacks and is unwittingly being undermined by federal employees and contractors.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO

How bad will it be?

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO

From prayers to fury

Bowe Bergdahl stands, hands at his sides, his loose-fitting Pashtun smock and pants bright white against the rocky landscape. The hillsides are dotted with armed Afghans, rifles ready.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Tech workers enjoy 'Silicon Valley' series

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Gunman kills 6 before dying

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Limo firm hacked; politician, celeb data breached

An Internet security firm says a limousine software company has been hacked, exposing credit card numbers and potentially embarrassing details about close to one million customers, including politicians, star athletes and corporate executives.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO

Going nowhere

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Caribbean gold?

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Biden in Latin America today

Vice President Joe Biden heads to Latin America today amid unprecedented pressure from political and business leaders to talk about something U.S. officials have no interest in debating: decriminalizing drugs.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

35,000 worldwide convicted for terror

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

US border security: Huge costs, mixed results

HIDALGO, Texas - Perched 20 feet above a South Texas cabbage field in a telephone booth-sized capsule, a National Guardsman passes a moonlit Sunday night with a gun strapped to his hip, peering through heat detector lenses into an adjacent orange grove.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO