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Haitian government may be overthrown by gangs, say Caribbean nations

1 week ago | san.com | Kalé Carey |Evan Hummel

A new report is putting Haitian authorities on high alert as it says that gangs are aiming to overthrow the government by targeting a Kenya-led multinational security support force. The news comes as Haiti’s humanitarian crisis continues to worsen. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reports that more than 1 million Haitians are now displaced and nearly 60,000 people fled their homes in the past month alone.
Will Nebraska switch to a winner-take-all system for presidential elections?

2 weeks ago | san.com | Harry Fogle |Kalé Carey

[Kalé Carey]WILL A VOTE NEXT TUESDAY CHANGE HOW NEBRASKA ALLOCATES ITS ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND SWITCH TO A WINNER-TAKE-ALL SYSTEM? THAT’S WHAT LAWMAKERS WILL DECIDE WHEN THEY VOTE ON L-B 3. EVERY FOUR YEARS DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, NEBRASKA SPLITS UP ITS ELECTORAL VOTES. TWO VOTES GO TO THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST VOTES IN THE STATE, WHILE THE REMAINING THREE GO TO THE WINNERS OF NEBRASKA’S THREE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Jury awards former California cop $10M for harassment claims

2 weeks ago | san.com | Kalé Carey |Michael Edwards

[Kalé Carey]A former California police officer sued her department for gender-based harassment and discrimination in 2022. Three years later, a jury awarded her $10 million in damages against the National City Police Department. Ashley Cummins filed a complaint in San Diego County, later amending it in 2023. Cummins, who is openly gay, claimed she was denied opportunities based on both her gender and sexual orientation.
New report claims Hamas is altering Gaza death toll

2 weeks ago | san.com | Harry Fogle |Kalé Carey

HonestReporting claims Hamas’s casualty list has discrepancies, with names disappearing and demographics changing over time. The organization suggests that this may be an attempt to inflate casualty numbers and misrepresent the war’s true impact. The Henry Jackson Society also supports these claims, noting errors in age and gender descriptions of the victims. Both groups highlight a computer outage in Gaza in November 2024 that could be linked to the inaccuracies in the casualty figures.
UN warns of 'severe human rights abuses' in Haiti, illegal flow of weapons

3 weeks ago | san.com | Kalé Carey |Evan Hummel

The United Nation’s latest report on Haiti warns of widespread human rights abuses within the island nation, particularly among the police, amid the unrelenting flow of illegal weapons into the country. Despite the findings, most of the overall number of violent incidents are due to gangs. The report states that there are hundreds of thousands of illegal weapons on the streets of Haiti.
Grill, stove cooking in LA creates nearly as many ozone pollutants as cars: Study

1 month ago | san.com | Kalé Carey |Evan Hummel

According to new research from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, cooking emissions from some of America’s favorite foods are rivaling fossil fuels as an ozone pollutant in the Los Angeles area. Researchers in Southern California measured pollutants known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These toxins are created from cooking on a grill or stove, and scientists found they create roughly the same number of VOCs as vehicles.
OpenAI urging Trump admin to ease regulations on copyrighted material

1 month ago | san.com | Kalé Carey |Evan Hummel

OpenAI is urging the Trump administration to loosen regulations on its industry surrounding copyrighted material. The tech giant submitted its proposal to the federal government on Thursday. The proposal is part of OpenAI’s efforts to influence the Trump administration’s “AI Action Plan.”OpenAI’s push for influence comes after the Trump administration announced the company as part of its Stargate initiative, which gives billions of dollars to Big Tech for AI infrastructure investment.
Wind and solar power generate more US electricity than coal for the first time

1 month ago | san.com | Kalé Carey |Jack Aylmer

Wind and solar power surpassed coal in U.S. electricity generation for the first time last year, contributing 17% of the nation’s power, while coal dropped to 15%. This marks a significant shift from 2017, when coal produced more than twice the electricity of wind and solar combined. Solar power was the nation’s fastest-growing energy source, increasing by 27%, while wind energy grew by 7%.
As many gov't webpages are deleted, Wayback Machine aims to save data

1 month ago | san.com | Kalé Carey |Evan Hummel

In the midst of a flurry of government webpages being taken down by the Trump administration, the Internet Archive is scrambling to save public data before it’s possibly lost forever. Mark Graham, the director of the San Francisco nonprofit’s Wayback Machine, touted the groups work in an interview on Friday.
AG Bondi reviewing Epstein documents for release, could hold client list

2 months ago | san.com | Karah Rucker |Kalé Carey

[Karah Rucker]U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI SAYS SHE’S REVIEWING THE RELEASE OF MORE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S CASE. A STACK OF FILES SITS ON HER DESK, SIGNALING IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THEY’RE MADE PUBLIC WHICH COULD INCLUDE HIS CLIENT LIST. (Bondi: “President Trump has given a very strong directive and that’s going to be followed.”) EPSTEIN, A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER, WAS AWAITING TRIAL ON FEDERAL SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES IN 2019.