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Hong Kong activist loses legal fight over prison shorts ban for female inmates

A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...

Jan 13South China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake

The chief constable of one of Britain's largest police forces has admitted that Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant made a mistake in a football (soccer) intelligence report. The report, which led to Isr...

Jan 14The VergeTechnologyImpact

Terror in the trees: Why extremists take cover in Nigeria's forests

Armed groups use Nigeria's forest reserves as bases, illicit trade hubs, and to terrorize communities. A new government strategy hopes to claw back control over the conservation areas....

13hDeutsche Welleworld_newsImpact

What we know about the latest Minneapolis shooting by federal agents

The second fatal shooting this month of an American citizen in Minneapolis at the hands of a federal agent has ratcheted up tensions in the city once again....

1dABC NewscrimeImpact

DHS launches 'Operation Catch of the Day' enforcement action in Maine

The Department of Homeland Security has launched an operation targeting criminal illegal migrants in the state of Maine, according to a DHS spokesperson....

5dABC NewsPoliticsImpact

Uvalde gunman fired 117 shots before officer entered the school: Official

Prosecutors are wrapping up their case against former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer Adrian Gonzales....

Jan 16ABC Newscrime

'Elite': The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid

Article URL: https://werd.io/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46637127 Points: 35 # Comments: 6...

Jan 15Hacker NewsPoliticsImpact

DHS: ICE officers in Minneapolis shoot Venezuelan man in the leg

The Department of Homeland Security says the shooting happened after the agent came under attack. Protestors have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, clashing with federal agents, after Renee Macklin...

Jan 15NPR NewscrimeImpact

Armed Robbers Steal $100,000 of Pokémon Card Merchandise, Hold Customers at Gunpoint

A Pokémon card store in Manhatten has become the latest target for thieves looking to steal merchandise featuring the lucrative pocket monsters — and this time, customers were held at gunpoint. Speaki...

Jan 16IGNcrimeImpact

US strikes alleged drug boat in Pacific, killing 2

The attack represents the first known strike against alleged drug-trafficking boats since the US military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on January 3....

3dDeutsche WellePolitics

France's Navy intercepts sanctioned oil tanker in the Mediterranean sailing from Russia

French maritime authorities for the Mediterranean said the ship, the Grinch, is suspected of operating with a false flag....

4dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

U.S. Court Order Against Anna's Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site

Article URL: https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-court-order-against-annas-archive-spells-more-trouble-for-the-site/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664646 Points: 11 # Comments: 1...

Jan 18Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Can South Korea turn the page with Yoon Suk Yeol in prison?

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to five years in the first criminal case linked to his shock declaration of martial law. Many Koreans seem eager to put the crisis behind...

Jan 16Deutsche WellePolitics

Trump sues JPMorgan in Florida court for $5B over debanking claims: Report

The lawsuit was filed days after the president threatened on social media to sue the banking giant for debanking him weeks after his supporters attacked the US Capitol in 2021....

4dCoinTelegraphPoliticsImpact

Man who assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gets life in prison

Abe was serving as a regular lawmaker after leaving the prime minister's job when he was killed in 2022 while campaigning in the western city of Nara....

5dEuronewsPolitics

'FTL in a Warhammer 40,000 Skin' Game Pulled From Steam After What May Be a Nuisance DMCA Takedown From a Troll Claiming to Be Games Workshop

A strategy game dubbed ‘FTL in a Warhammer 40,000 skin’ was recently pulled from Steam, with its developer suggesting it may have been on the receiving end of a nuisance DMCA takedown from a troll cla...

15hIGNTechnologyImpact

Retrial in murder of Slovak journalist and fiancee begins

The second retrial in the Jan Kuciak murder case began on January 26. Businessman Marian Kocner again faces charges after the Slovak Supreme Court overturned his previous two acquittals....

11hDeutsche Wellecrime

Appeal trial over 2020 teacher's beheading opens in France

An appeal trial opened in Paris on Monday for four men convicted over the 2020 beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty, which shocked France. Paty, 47, was murdered by an 18-year-old Islamist radical f...

13hFrance 24crimeImpact

If the Cops Are Unlawfully Shooting at Me, Can I Shoot Back? [video]

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H3UTmFsE6g Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46749684 Points: 11 # Comments: 0...

2dHacker NewscrimeImpact

WATCH: Suspect in Mississippi synagogue fire allegedly laughed about the attack, FBI says

Federal officials have charged a man with setting fire to the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, claiming that the suspect did so because of the building's "Jewish ties."...

Jan 13ABC NewscrimeImpact
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