US woman falsely charged with bank theft sues for $10m over AI facial recognition
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US woman falsely charged with bank theft sues for $10m over AI facial recognition

Angela Lipps, 50, alleges in suit that Fargo police wrongly relied on AI facial recognition to arrest and charge herA Tennessee woman who was falsely charged with bank theft in North Dakota and jailed for six months has sued for $10m in damages, alleging in a federal lawsuit that Fargo police improperly relied on an artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition system to wrongly accuse her.Angel...

Tennessee woman falsely charged with bank theft in North Dakota sues for $10m in damages
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Tennessee woman falsely charged with bank theft in North Dakota sues for $10m in damages

Angela Lipps, 50, has alleged in suit that Fargo police wrongly relied on AI facial recognition to charge and arrestA Tennessee woman who was falsely charged with bank theft in North Dakota and jailed for six months has sued for $10m in damages, alleging in a federal lawsuit that Fargo police improperly relied on an artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition system to wrongly accuse her.Angel...

Trump administration pushes on with construction of controversial Big Bend border wall

Trump administration pushes on with construction of controversial Big Bend border wall

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Customs and Border Protection faces bipartisan backlash from locals for 30ft border wall through Texas national parkThe Trump administration is pressing forward with construction on the controversial border wall in the Big Bend region of west Texas, even as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) faces furious backlash from local leaders and landowners for its fast-moving plans.Construction began this...

Trump bans CNN, MS Now and Politico from White House

Trump bans CNN, MS Now and Politico from White House

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President has overseen an unprecedented restriction of access for major news media since start of second termUS politics live – latest updatesIn his latest attack on the US constitution’s first amendment and the press, Donald Trump abruptly announced that he is banning outlets CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House over their coverage.In a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday, the US...

US and Denmark reach security deal after Trump’s threats to take over Greenland

US and Denmark reach security deal after Trump’s threats to take over Greenland

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The agreement would allow the US to expand its military presence, while Denmark and Greenland say it preserves their sovereignty and right to self-determinationDonald Trump announced on Friday that the US had struck an Arctic security pact with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland, after threatening for months to take Greenland by force.The US president cast the deal as a personal triumph, claimin...

US and Denmark reach security deal after Trump’s threats to take island

US and Denmark reach security deal after Trump’s threats to take island

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The agreement would allow the US to expand its military presence, while Denmark and Greenland say it preserves their sovereignty and right to self-determinationDonald Trump announced on Friday that the US had struck an Arctic security pact with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland, after threatening for months to take Greenland by force.The US president cast the deal as a personal triumph, claimin...

Texas stops issuing permits for Flock cameras along state roads

Texas stops issuing permits for Flock cameras along state roads

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State’s department of transportation said freeze does not affect nearly 900 cameras already installed along state rights-of-wayAt Republican governor Greg Abbott’s direction, the Texas department of transportation (TxDOT) has stopped issuing permits allowing Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers to be installed along state roads.The pause, confirmed Thursday by an agency spokespe...

Trump signs bill targeting China’s Russia energy imports days before Xi’s US visit

Trump signs bill targeting China’s Russia energy imports days before Xi’s US visit

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US President Donald Trump on Friday signed a new sanctions bill into law that targets Russia’s leading energy buyers – China and India – just days before Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for a state visit. The White House issued a brief statement, saying that the President had “signed into law” the “Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026,” which “authorises and...

Trump and leaders of Denmark and Greenland announce plan to sign Arctic security pact next week – live

Trump and leaders of Denmark and Greenland announce plan to sign Arctic security pact next week – live

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Greenland’s leadership emphasized that the agreement would fall far short of Trump’s stated desire for ‘the acquisition of Greenland by the United States’Sign up for the US Breaking News emailShapiro and Newsom aren’t the only governors making moves on AI lately.Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, announced at a news conference today plans for tighter rules on data center development...

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Sikh truck driver survives harrowing stabbing attack at Wyoming rest stop

Sikh truck driver survives harrowing stabbing attack at Wyoming rest stop

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Suspect charged with attempted murder as driver, identified by surname Singh, reportedly stabbed 17 timesA Sikh truck driver survived harrowing attack in which he was beaten then stabbed 17 times in a rest stop off a Wyoming highway on Sunday, according to news reports.The suspected assailant, Andrew Kris Bzdak, reportedly fled the scene, before Wyoming highway patrol troopers arrested him, the Sa...

Trump says US, Denmark reach deal to expand military presence in Greenland

Trump says US, Denmark reach deal to expand military presence in Greenland

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US President Donald Trump said on Friday he had reached a deal with Denmark to expand the US military presence in Greenland, while respecting Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty. Denmark said the agreement would be signed next week during the UN General Assembly but still requires parliamentary approval.

Trump says son told him he’ll repay Russian oligarch for wedding parties

Trump says son told him he’ll repay Russian oligarch for wedding parties

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US President Donald Trump ⁠said on Friday that his son Donald Trump Jnr has told him he would pay back a Russian oligarch who bankrolled wedding celebrations for him in the Bahamas in May. Democrats in ‌the US Congress launched an investigation this week into reports that Umar Kremlev, a wealthy Russian businessman and president of the International Boxing Association, paid hundreds of thousands o...

Trump signs bill imposing sanctions on Russia and giving him more power to levy tariffs

Trump signs bill imposing sanctions on Russia and giving him more power to levy tariffs

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Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act signed into law tow days after House passed it in bipartisan voteDonald Trump on Friday signed legislation enabling sweeping sanctions on Russia aimed at pressing it into ending its war with Ukraine, and also giving him the power to impose additional tariffs on countries breaking the embargo.The US president signed the Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning R...

Trump says Xi state dinner is ‘a very tough ticket’ as business guest list takes shape

Trump says Xi state dinner is ‘a very tough ticket’ as business guest list takes shape

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US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had turned away friends hoping to attend next week’s state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, as reports emerged that executives from some of China’s biggest companies could join the visit. “This is a very tough ticket for me,” Trump told reporters. “I’ve told a lot of very good friends of mine, you just can’t come.” The president said the Whi...