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+32 +6Google Report Shows 'Reverse Warrants' Are Swiftly Becoming Law Enforcement's Go-To Investigative Tool
Thanks to its never-ending collection of location data, Google has become a prime target for law enforcement investigators. Using so-called "reverse warrants," investigators ask Google to turn over information for all devices in a geofenced...
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+2 +1Silent Killer: Hydrogen Sulfide Release in Odessa, Texas
A CSB safety video on the October 26, 2019, hydrogen sulfide release at the Aghorn Operating waterflood station in Odessa, Texas. The release fatally injured an Aghorn employee who was working at the facility that evening, as well as his spouse who attempted to locate him at the facility after he did not return home.
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+18 +3Mexico sues US gunmakers in unprecedented bid to stop weapons crossing border
The Mexican government has launched legal action against US gunmakers in an unprecedented attempt to halt the flow of guns across the border, where US-made weapons are routinely used in cartel gun-battles, terror attacks on civilians – and increasingly to challenge the state itself.
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+2 +1Lawsuits That Actually Weren't Ridiculous
Sometimes lawsuits sound ridiculous, but when you dig in, you learn that they actually might have something to them.
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+19 +4Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster not a legal entity but a 'sham religion', tribunal rules
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster will remain in the realms of satire, after an attempt to secure formal recognition as an incorporated entity was knocked by a South Australian legal authority on the grounds that the purported religion is nothing more than a "hoax".
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+2 +1The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case & Media Bias | Andrew Urich
OSU professor Andrew Urich explains preconceived media bias (aka how McDonalds manipulated reporting on the "Hot Coffee" case).
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+23 +4Australia is becoming a surveillance state
Government continues to give more powers to law enforcement.
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+11 +2Redditors Launch A 'Rescue Mission' For Embattled Sci-Hub, With The Ultimate Aim Of Building A Decentralized Version
You might think somebody helping scholars spread their work to a wider audience would be rewarded with prizes and grants, not pursued by the FBI and DOJ. But of course not, because, well, copyright.
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+36 +4How not to agree to clean public toilets when you accept any online terms and conditions
Thousands of people were caught in an online prank where they unknowingly agreed to clean public loos, because they didn't read the small-print. But then again, who does?
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+14 +3Big pharma executives mocked ‘pillbillies’ in emails, West Virginia opioid trial hears
Executives circulated rhymes and emails mocking “hillbillies” who became addicted to opioid painkillers even as the company poured hundreds of millions of pills into parts of Appalachia at the heart of America’s opioid epidemic.
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+18 +3New York Police Union Tells NYPD End Of Qualified Immunity Will Force Officers To... Act Lawfully
One of the NYPD's unions -- the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) -- is feeling ways about stuff again. Last month, the New York City Council passed a number of police reforms which included taking away qualified immunity as a defense in...
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+2 +1Family of man injured in trucking accident criticizes Texas House bill that would make it harder to sue trucking companies
A Texas House bill is drawing criticism from families of loved ones injured in trucking accidents, but supporters say it would cut down on frivolous lawsuits.
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+19 +2Florida Family Indicted for Selling Toxic Bleach as Fake “Miracle” Cure for Covid-19 and Other Serious Diseases, and for Violating Court Orders
The Grenons were manufacturing MMS in a shed. Officers seized dozens of blue chemical drums containing nearly 10,000 pounds of sodium chlorite powder, thousands of bottles of MMS, and other items used in the manufacture and distribution of MMS.
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+27 +9Peloton refuses to recall its Tread+ treadmill after 39 accidents. Its stock is tumbling
Peloton shares fell nearly 9% in afternoon trading following an "urgent warning" from the United States government telling owners of the company's Tread+ to stop using the machine.
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+1 +1Nike to Lil Nas X: Go to Hell
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+14 +2Xinuos—owners of what used to be SCO—file suit against Red Hat and IBM
Suit alleges stolen intellectual property in IBM AIX, and collusion with RHEL.
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+12 +2Connecticut Legislature Offers Up Bill That Would Make Prison Phone Calls Free
A lot of rights just vanish into the ether once you're incarcerated. Some of this makes sense. You have almost no privacy rights when being housed by the state. But rights don't disappear completely.
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+6 +1Georgia House passes election bill that would add restrictions to voting process
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+18 +5Binning single-use plastic for good: how businesses are preparing for SA's plastic ban
The countdown is on until South Australia's single-use plastics ban begins to roll out, with business owners preparing for the change next week.
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+20 +4Charges dropped against woman who called police on Black birdwatcher
Amy Cooper completes therapy involving racial bias instruction. Video of encounter in New York’s Central Park went viral in 2020.
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