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AI-powered police body cameras, once taboo, get tested on Canadian city's 'watch list' of faces
Police body cameras equipped with artificial intelligence have been trained to detect the faces of about 7,000 people on a "high risk" watch list in the Canadian city of Edmonton, a live test of whether facial recognition technology shunned as too intrusive could have a place in policing throughout North America.
But s ... (full story)
Geauga County judge suspended for detaining two teens who refused to visit their father: Court dismisses charges relating to First Amendment protected activities
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently suspended Geauga County Probate-Juvenile Court Judge Timothy Grendell for 18 months, with 12 months stayed. A Supreme Court majority found Judge Grendell violated the Code of Judicial Conduct by impermissibly ordering two teenage boys to be held in a detention facility in an attempt to force them ... (full story)
Youngstown Attorney Indefinitely Suspended for Insurance Fraud
The Supreme Court of Ohio today indefinitely suspended a Youngstown lawyer who was convicted of insurance fraud for falsely inflating $859,464 worth of client medical bills when submitting claims.
Anthony Fusco has been under an interim suspension since September 2022 following his conviction for third-degree felony insurance fr ... (full story)
A year after Bashar Assad fled, Syria struggles to heal
HOMS, Syria (AP) — A year ago, Mohammad Marwan found himself stumbling, barefoot and dazed, out of Syria's notorious Saydnaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus as rebel forces pushing toward the capital threw open its doors to release the prisoners.
Arrested in 2018 for fleeing compulsory military service, the father of ... (full story)
ICE arrests of Afghans are on the rise in the wake of National Guard attack, immigration lawyers say
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — On a recent afternoon, Giselle Garcia, a volunteer who has been helping an Afghan family resettle, drove the father to a check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She warned him and his family to prepare for the worst.
The moment the father stepped into the ICE office in California's ... (full story)