Tag: Local governments
States push back against use of facial recognition by police
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about...
Coe gives stamp of approval to Tokyo Olympic test event
<p>SAPPORO, Japan — Sebastian Coe, the head of the world governing body of track and field, said a half-marathon test event run in Japan’s...
Florida inquiry clears Bloomberg over felons voting case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida authorities on Wednesday closed a criminal investigation into fund-raising efforts by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to pay...
Lawsuit seeks Confederate statue’s removal from courthouse
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Civil rights advocates sued a Maryland county on Wednesday to seek the court-ordered removal of a Confederate monument from a...
Shooting highlights lack of body cams among Portland police
<p>PORTLAND, Ore. — Two police officers raised their weapons while sheltering behind a tree in a Portland park. They yelled at a homeless man...
Florida inquiry clears Bloomberg over felons voting case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida authorities on Wednesday closed a criminal investigation into fund-raising efforts by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to pay...
Mexico City subway collapse was a tragedy foretold
MEXICO CITY — The Mexico City elevated subway line that collapsed this week, killing 25 people, was problem-plagued and poorly designed from the day...
States push back against use of facial recognition by police
<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio — Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about...
How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it
Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard of hard times: employers who steal...
Some immigrants, hard hit by economic fallout, lose homes
NEW YORK — Sotero Cirilo sleeps in a small blue tent under a train track bridge in Elmhurst, Queens.
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