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This Washington county is the first to ban facial recognition technology, official says

A county in Washington state banned all local government agencies — including the local sheriff — from using facial recognition technology. The King County Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to prohibit its administrative offices from using software applications that identify a person from an image of their face. “The use or misuse of these technologies

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Midnight deadline approaches for Israeli coalition to unite and challenge Netanyahu

A coalition of Israeli opposition parties were approaching a midnight deadline on Wednesday to form a government, in the most serious challenge yet to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule. The idea that Israel’s longest-serving leader could be unseated became a reality on Sunday, when Naftali Bennett, leader of the small right-wing party Yamina, confirmed he

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Teen fends off bear in backyard

Click here for updates on this story     BRADBURY, California (KABC) — Incredible video shows a wild encounter with a bear in a Southern California backyard. The frightening incident was caught on home surveillance video on Memorial Day. Hailey Morinico, 17, said she heard the family dogs barking in her backyard and saw a massive mama

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Boulder thrown at cruiser

Click here for updates on this story     NEW HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Authorities are looking for the person who threw a boulder at a New Hartford police cruiser over the weekend. It happened between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Sunday at the New Hartford Resident Trooper’s Office behind the town hall. State police said

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