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Video: Hawley’s hearing calls for AI accountability

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, recently co-chaired a hearing emphasizing the need for Congress to safeguard American creators’ rights against exploitation by major AI firms. Senator Hawley focused on ensuring fair compensation for the creative work of everyday Americans, including journalists, bloggers, […]

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US Marshals arrest over 73,000 fugitives in 2023

In fiscal year (FY) 2023, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) successfully apprehended 73,362 fugitives, comprising 28,065 federal and 45,297 state and local warrant cases. This averages to 293 arrests per day over 250 operational days. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco emphasized the Justice Department’s commitment to reducing violent crime through targeted efforts against major […]

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U.S. House Democrats and advocates push for additional federal child care funding

(Missouri Independent) – U.S. House Democratic leaders called on Congress to pass President Joe Biden’s $16 billion supplemental childcare funding request. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York and Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts gathered with childcare activists and other House Democrats at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol. Childcare providers with the […]

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60 charged in major drug trafficking case involving heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl

Eight indictments were unsealed in the District of Columbia, Southern District of California, Central District of California, and Northern District of Illinois charging 60 Mexican and foreign nationals with international heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana trafficking. The unsealing of the indictments comes at the same time that the Department of the Treasury’s Office of […]

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Congress is haggling over border security: Where does it stand?

(Missouri Independent) – As Congress negotiates the White House’s $106 billion supplemental aid request for Israel, Ukraine and U.S. border security, fights over immigration policy have tied up the request. The White House sent its proposal that includes nearly $14 billion in supplemental border security funding to Congress in late October, but it will likely look different after going […]

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HMC Farms voluntarily recalls whole peaches, plums and nectarines, sold nationwide, because of possible health risk

The HMC Group Marketing, Inc., which does business as HMC Farms, is voluntarily recalling peaches, plums, and nectarines sold in retail stores between May 1 and November 15, 2022, and between May 1 and November 15, 2023. The fruit is being recalled because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism […]

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Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing to pay more than $23 million for Clean Air Act violations and environmental harm related to its Kansas refinery

The Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing LLC and its affiliated companies (CRRM) for violations of the Clean Air Act and a previous consent decree related to the operation of its petroleum refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas. These violations resulted in illegal emissions of various pollutants […]

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Global measles threat continues to grow as another year passes with millions of children unvaccinated

Following years of declines in measles vaccination coverage, measles cases in 2022 have increased by 18%, and deaths have increased by 43% globally (compared to 2021). This takes the estimated number of measles cases to 9 million and deaths to 136,000 – mostly among children – according to a new report from the World Health Organization […]