UN approves 40-member scientific panel on the impact of artificial intelligence over US objections
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a 40-member global scientific panel on the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence, with the United States strongly objecting. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who
Canadian and UK finance groups pause new ventures with DP World over CEO’s emails with Epstein
Financial groups in Canada and the United Kingdom said they’ve paused future ventures with the company DP World after newly released emails showed a yearslong friendship between the company’s CEO, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, and Jeffrey Epstein.
DEA supervisor arrested as US shutters Dominican Republic office during visa-fraud probe
MIAMI (AP) — A supervisor at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s office in the Dominican Republic has been arrested as part of an investigation into abuse of a U.S. visa program for confidential informants, a current and
ICE blocked detainees’ access to lawyers in Minnesota, judge finds
Feb 12 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ensure that detainees have access to their attorneys in Minnesota, after finding that the agency had blocked thousands of people from
Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Ruemmler resigns after Epstein disclosures
Feb 12 (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathy Ruemmler has resigned, CEO David Solomon said on Thursday, after documents released by the U.S. Justice Department last month showed Ruemmler accepted gifts from late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A judge orders DHS to give Minnesota detainees swift access to lawyers before transfers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to give immigrants detained in Minnesota access to attorneys immediately after they are taken into custody and before they are transferred out of state.
Palestinian protester, detained for nearly a year, says ‘inhumane’ jail conditions prompted seizure
A Palestinian woman who has been held in an immigration jail for nearly a year after she attended a protest in New York City said she suffered a seizure after fainting and hitting her head last week,
2 teens charged with attempted murder for allegedly plotting mass shooting at Indiana high school
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities have charged two teenagers with attempted murder and conspiracy for allegedly plotting to stage a shooting at a central Indiana school that one of the teens attended. Alexis Pickett, a student Morristown
Exclusive-FBI blocked from key access to evidence in Nancy Guthrie abduction case, source says
By Jana Winter WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie’s mother, impairing its ability to assist in
Jeanine Pirro files a $250,000 negligence suit in New York over a trip-and-fall
RYE, N.Y. (AP) — Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has filed a $250,000 negligence lawsuit against her suburban hometown north of New York City and a power utility after claiming she tripped