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Police Department Not Happy When Every Single One of Its Flock Cameras Gets Stolen
Whether magicians, thieves, or just fed up citizens, somebody has made an entire city’s worth of ALPRs vanish in the night. According to new reporting by MPR News, police in the city of Winona, Minnesota are incensed after their entire fleet of Flock license plate readers went missing. In a press release shared on Facebook,…
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Influencer shot dead in Mexico while live streaming
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities on Wednesday were investigating possible links to organized crime in the shooting death of a well-known influencer gunned down while live-streaming in front of a fast-food outlet in the northwestern city of Culiacán, capital of violence-wracked Sinaloa state. César Gastelum, 25, who was shot dead late Tuesday — apparently targeted by assassins…
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Historic ‘earthquake’ shakes Dems after ‘death star’ fails to thwart progressive: analyst
Abdul El-Sayed‘s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary has become an “earthquake for the Democratic Party old guard,” an analyst reported Wednesday. Investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein detailed in his Substack how the historic upset was something Democrats hadn’t seen since the rise of former President Barack Obama. “The irony here is that Obama actually won…
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SoCal college abruptly kills football program just weeks before start of season
A Southern California college has canceled its football season just weeks before kickoff after school officials said the team did not have enough players to safely compete throughout the season. Los Angeles Pierce College announced Tuesday that it made the “difficult decision” to place its football program on hiatus for the 2026 season after monitoring…
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Wife pleads guilty in stabbing death of Cal Fire captain after hiding out in Mexico for over a month
For the second time, Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi has been found guilty of killing a spouse — both times with a knife. On Tuesday in San Diego County Superior Court, Olejniczak Marodi, 54, confessed to killing her wife, 49-year-old Cal Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi, at their Ramona home on Feb. 17, 2025, according to Tanya Sierra,…
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Trump lawyers face potential criminal contempt charges
Federal prosecutors in Chicago face potential criminal contempt charges. U.S. District Judge April Perry found serious grand jury misconduct in a case stemming from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, according to court records. Perry discovered prosecutors vouched for charges, dismissed skeptical jurors, held private conversations outside the jury room, and redacted over 80 pages of…
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How AI can help with legal problems if you use it carefully
AI is a powerful tool. You can use it to learn how to speak Spanish, fix a toilet or run a marathon. But what about legal advice? Once you wander into the more nuanced parts of life, AI can become harder to rely on. Take relationship advice. A recent study found AI gave answers to…
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A Spider-Man Ad Beamed Directly to Your Car
What does a roughly $100,000 BMW 7 Series buy you? With a few taps on the sedan’s massive touch screen, you can play Pac-Man while it parks itself. Last week, BMW added a new feature to its infotainment system: When drivers start up their car, they are greeted by the following message: “Surprise! Spider-Man just…
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North Carolina congressman Edwards quits reelection bid after committee recommends his censure
WASHINGTON — Embattled North Carolina Republican congressman Chuck Edwards withdrew from his reelection campaign on Wednesday, two days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides in his office. The 65-year-old Edwards, who is serving his second term, said that he made the decision to drop…
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Trump declares ’emergency’ one day before deadline to reveal his finances in court
President Donald Trump declared an ’emergency’ to block the release of his financial records to the BBC one day before a court-ordered deadline. The BBC sought the financial information after Trump sued the company for $10 billion over its January 6 coverage. The records at issue belong to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust —…