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The media is propping up “centrist” analysts warning voters that the progressive and democratic socialist candidates winning elections are “unelectable.” But they’re not disclosing that those analysts are funded by billionaires and mega-corporations.

The Pima County board of supervisors is asking its staff to draft policies intended to provide more transparency and accountability over large development projects in the county, like data centers.  They also asked county staff to create a resolution that, if approved, would put a 120-day moratorium on data centers to give the county time […] The post Pima County moves toward data center moratorium, tighter transparency appeared first on AZ Luminaria.

This story on Peggy Flanagan was originally reported by Mel Leonor Barclay of The 19th. Meet Mel and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Lt. Gov. […] The post Peggy Flanagan could make history for Native American women in November. She’s not the only one. appeared first on MinnPost.

Born in Oceanside in 1960 and raised in Vista, Moore helped establish San Diego’s surprisingly fertile bluegrass community.

Teresa Orozco Villanueva, age 70, passed away on Aug. 9, 2026, in Fort Worth.

One purchase state officials are considering could let people camp across the street from a public shooting range.

(The Center Square) - After recent backlash over law enforcement’s use of Flock Safety cameras, law enforcement officials fear that one of their best tools for solving investigations will be taken away from them. The cameras are used to photograph license plates, and the photos go into a data base to assist with investigations. “I'm afraid we're going to lose this technology,” Chad Bianco, Riverside County sheriff and president of the California State Sheriff’s Association, told The Center Square during an interview. Bianco said that without Flock cameras, law enforcement would be less effective in solving crimes. “It takes an investigation from seconds and minutes back to several months, and possibly not ever be able to [solve] it,” said Bianco, who ran unsuccessfully this year as a Republican gubernatorial candidate. According to Bianco, automatic license plate readers have been used by law enforcement for over 25 years. Bianco said that all of the attention is on Flock now because they are the best cameras. He called them a “game changer for law enforcement.” California saw nearly a 25% reduction in the number of vehicle thefts statewide in 2025. Bianco partly attributed the reduction to the use of Flock cameras, The Center Square previously reported. Bianco also previously told The Center Square that Flock cameras helped the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office solve 14 murders in 2025. “Law enforcement is united behind flock cameras,” Bianco said. Backlash Recent pushback against the use of Flock cameras has led to various government agencies canceling their contracts with the automatic license plate reader company, The Center Square previously reported. The opposition is rooted in privacy concerns and the potential for misuse of the cameras by law enforcement. Flock Safety did not answer questions about how many cameras are used by law enforcement in the state of California, but Courtney Terlecki, spokesperson for Flock Safety, did say that the company has over 12,000 customers across the country including law enforcement agencies, businesses, and home owners associations. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called for the Los Angeles Police Department to not use Flock cameras, citing concerns over how the data is used. "While I support License Plate reading technology and the public safety benefits it provides, Flock Safety has lost the trust of Angelenos and residents of other cities across the country,” Bass said in a statement sent to The Center Square. “There are many companies that provide this technology to cities nationwide. The LAPD needs to identify another company that doesn’t share data." The Center Square reached out to the LAPD and the San Diego Police Department, but they declined interviews. “Flock customers own and control their data. Flock does not own the data. Flock also does not sell the data,” Terlecki wrote to The Center Square. Bianco said that while it doesn’t happen often, he did acknowledge that there are occasions when law enforcement officials misuse Flock cameras. “Everything can be misused by someone. Everything,” Bianco said. Prior to individuals becoming law enforcement officials, Bianco said that there is a screening process that takes place. “I'm hiring from the general population. We do our best to do good background checks, find people's character, and everything else,” he said. “But what happens in their life from that point forward, sometimes we can't control, and sometimes they do stupid things, and sometimes they're illegal.” Bianco said that when this happens, severe punishments are imposed. “We find them. We fire them. We arrest them, and we do it all the time,” Flock told The Center Square. “There is nothing worse for good cops than bad cops, and we have to do everything we can to get rid of them.” According to Terlecki, Flock has built-in tools that fight against misuse of the camera. “We understand people have questions about the technology which is why we have safeguards built into the platform,” Terlecki said. “Our audit assistance tool helps agencies deter and detect potential misuse. We support transparency through tools such as the transparency portal, and we continue to engage with communities to answer questions or concerns.” “We support legislation that establishes clear guardrails, accountability and oversight for license plate reader technology,” Terlecki added. How Flock works Flock cameras are tools that are used by law enforcement to aid investigations. “It's just taking pictures of license plates. That's all. It's not tracking. There's no ability to track anyone. We're not listening. We're not doing video. There's no facial recognition,” Bianco said. “It's just identifying a vehicle, based on either a license plate or some other physical characteristic of the vehicle, like a bumper sticker or a bike rack.” After vehicles are identified as potentially related to a crime, Bianco said law enforcement still has to do “cop work” to determine if the vehicle was involved in the crime. “A hit from a Flock camera does not mean that somebody's guilty of anything. It's just a clue that we use in the investigation,” he said. Bianco said the data acquired by the cameras is only kept for 30 days and that law enforcement has to search “backwards.” He added that the data is not shared with the federal government. “We only can search backwards. We can't search forward. If I know your name, it's not like I can find your car. That's not how it works,” Bianco said. “There is no sharing, zero sharing with the federal government.” Bianco said law enforcement only uses Flock’s automatic license plate reader cameras and does not use cameras that have active surveillance. “There is no active surveillance technology at all in Flock cameras,” he said. The Center Square also reached out to the San Francisco Police Department and the American Civil Liberties Union for comments, but neither responded by the time of publication.

Disabled people like me rely on our neighbors to make day-to-day life possible. The high cost of housing threatens these relationships. The post When Disabled People Are Priced Out, We Lose More Than a Home appeared first on OtherWords.

لەکاتێکدا هاوکێشە ئەمنییەکانی ناوچەکە بە خێرایی دەگۆڕدرێن، ئێران ڕووبەڕووی کۆمەڵێک فشاری نوێ بووەتەوە. لەم هەلومەرجەدا فەرماندەی سوپای قودس سەردانی بەغدای کردووە و لە هەمان کاتدا تاران بانگهێشتی بافڵ تاڵەبانی دەکات، ئێران بە تەمای چییە؟

Rico ezker hegaleko atzelaria da, eta talderik gabe zegoen, azken hiru denboraldietan Getafen jokatu eta gero. Urtebeterako fitxatu du. Yeboah fitxatzeko, berriz, talde gorritxoak hiru milioi euro ordaindu dizkio Goteborgi. Bost sasoirako fitxatu du.

Doutorado em Saúde Coletiva na UERJ analisa como o engajamento comunitário aparece nas diretrizes de pesquisa e investiga de que forma diferentes conhecimentos podem participar da construção da ciência O post Quem tem voz na ciência do HIV? Luciana Kamel, pesquisadora e ativista, investiga o lugar da comunidade nas pesquisas clínicas apareceu primeiro em Mídia NINJA.

From our news partner, the Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute. This year’s El Niño is expected to be record-breaking and already is causing strong effects across three continents. The effects include an increase in temperatures, droughts, and crop failures. In this “NJ Climate Minute,” from our news partner, the Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute, Dr....

What was once a piece of land where dinosaurs roamed 66 million years ago has transformed into a learning experience in which scientists bridge the gap between history and the future of the climate. On Thursday evening, Aug. 6, science lovers and curious learners gathered at the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum to attend the...

Di demekê de ku Qa'anî seredana Bexdayê dike û fişarên ser Tehranê zêde dibin, Îran, Bafil Talebanî bo seredaneke Tehranê bang dike. Civaknas û Pisporê Pirsên Rojhilata Navîn Dr. Fereydon Rehmanî mijarê dinirxîne.

While mail-in prescription orders have been an answer for growing pharmacy deserts, officials say the companies behind those services help cause closures.

Le Rwanda va baptiser 22 bébés gorilles de montagne (Gorilla beringei beringei) le 4 septembre prochain à Kinigi, une localité du nord du pays, à l’occasion de la 21ᵉ édition de Kwita Izina, une cérémonie devenue un symbole mondial des efforts de conservation de cette espèce emblématique. L’annonce a été faite le 11 août 2026 […] The post Le Rwanda s’apprête à baptiser 22 bébés gorilles de montagne, signe d’une conservation en plein essor appeared first on Nouvelles de l'environnement.

«Військовим керівництвом прийнято рішення запровадити певні зміни (обмеження) у ранкових зведеннях стосовно ворожої «балістики» (під час масованих атак) – кількості запущених/збитих/подавлених, або тих, що не досягли цілей»

Sunday voting is declining in North Carolina, with counties that had some Sunday hours during early voting for the 2022 midterm elections deciding to eliminate them this year.  The state Board of Elections approved early voting plans for 80 counties where local boards voted unanimously on days and hours. Of those, about a dozen had […]

(The Center Square) – According to the National Federation of Independent Business, the U.S. Treasury Department’s final rule removing the requirement for companies to report beneficial ownership information with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network will save small businesses from more than $128 billion of regulatory and compliance costs. NFIB Illinois State Director Noah Finley said the BOI mandate would have imposed a heavy compliance burden on small businesses and exposed them to significant penalties for paperwork errors. Finley urged Congress to permanently repeal the BOI law. ILLINOIS JOINS $15.5 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH MORTGAGE SERVICER Illinois and 46 state financial agencies have reached a $15.5 million settlement with one of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers for improperly imposing insurance costs on borrowers who already had active homeowners insurance policies. Pennsylvania-based NewRez LLC agreed to remediate more than $4.5 million to more than 4,200 impacted borrowers nationwide. The company will pay an additional sum of nearly $11 million for costs and penalties. CHICAGO OFFICIALS BREAK GROUND ON $6.5 MILLION HOMELESS SHELTER Chicago officials held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for a hotel-turned-shelter for homeless young adults. La Casa Norte acquired the former North Hotel at 1622 N. California Avenue and plans to convert the space into a 40-room facility for unhoused people between 18 and 24 years of age. The project is supported by $4.09 million from the Chicago Neighborhood Recovery Program, $2 million from state taxpayers through the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and $500,000 from federal taxpayers through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A statement from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office said residents have already begun to move into the building, and rehabilitation of the main floor could be completed by the end of 2027. PROPERTY TAX SEMINAR SET FOR THURSDAY IN MCHENRY McHenry County Chief Assessments Officer Alejandro Benitez is scheduled to speak at a property tax seminar hosted by state Sen. Craig Wilcox, R-Woodstock, on Thursday evening. A statement from the senator’s office said attendees will learn how tax bills are created, about exemptions that can lower tax bills, and how to file an appeal of a tax assessment that is believed to be inaccurate. The event is scheduled to run from 6-7:30 p.m. at McHenry City Hall.

Alejandro Leyva havia denunciado ameaças e buscado proteção durante um ano antes de ser assassinado. Seu caso coloca sob escrutínio a hostilidade do governador de Oaxaca em relação à imprensa e levou jornalistas a exigir garantias para exercer seu trabalho. The post Assassinato de jornalista abala uma imprensa dividida e ameaçada em Oaxaca appeared first on LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center.