When you post photos of yourself or friends and family online, you may not imagine they could be used to develop facial-recognition systems that can identify individuals offline. A new site hopes to raise awareness of this issue by offering a rare window into how a fraction of our pictures are used. Training a facial-recognition
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Continue ReadingAmanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet and star of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, has met Michelle Obama only three times, most recently on Inauguration Day. But she left a lasting impression on the former first lady, so much so that Obama interviewed Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, for her cover story in the upcoming
Continue ReadingA US Marshal was shot in Baltimore on Thursday morning while serving an arrest warrant for a fugitive wanted on charges of attempted murder and armed robbery, according to Don Snider, Commander of the US Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force. While serving the warrant at about 6:45 a.m., deputies received gunfire from the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Nashville (WSMV) — A convicted robber has been arrested after he stabbed both the owners of a Donelson restaurant during a robbery attempt on Tuesday night. The suspect, Keenan Ty Cook, 30, walked into the La Hacienda Restaurant on Bell Road during prime dinner hours around 7 p.m.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Washington County, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says SWAT officers found a second victim in another home while investigating a home invasion in the town of Kewaskum Wednesday, Feb. 3. The names of the two victims and the deceased suspect have not been released. “It
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Atlanta (WGCL) — Local nurse Nakeisha Person got an offer she said was too good to pass up, a chance to be a travel nurse. Person, a 29-year-old registered nurse at Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, received an offer for a travel nurse position from Los Angeles-based medical recruiter
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President Joe Biden on Thursday cited the importance of unity and faith during what he described as a “dark, dark time” for many Americans, as he continued the presidential tradition of participation in the National Prayer Breakfast. “For me, in the darkest moments, faith provides hope and solace, provides clarity and purpose, as well,” he
Continue ReadingThe private bankers responsible for lending to President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner resigned from Deutsche Bank last year following allegations related to the unauthorized purchase of a Manhattan condominium. Germany’s biggest bank said in US regulatory filings that Rosemary Vrablic and Dominic Scalzi were “permitted to resign” effective December 31 following allegations that they
Continue ReadingNominations for the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards, which honor the best performances in film and television, will be revealed Thursday. Lily Collins and Daveed Diggs will announce the nominees, beginning at 11 a.m. ET via Instagram Live. The SAG Awards will be simulcast on TNT and TBS on Sunday, April 4. Check back later
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Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger criticized House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Thursday for not taking action against far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and said the GOP leader “needs to stand for truth.” “Kevin needs to be very clear that he’s going to stand for truth in this party,” Kinzinger told CNN’s John Berman on “New Day.”
Continue ReadingThe legal feud between Raiders owner Al Davis and the National Football League is the kind of juicy stuff that ought to be hard to screw up, but ESPN manages to do just that with “Al Davis vs. the NFL,” a “30 for 30” documentary that fumbles away a juicy premise with one exceptionally bad
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Las Vegas (KVVU) — Las Vegas police said an officer was injured and a suspect was killed in a shooting Wednesday. Captain Jamie Prosser with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said about 12:50 p.m. on Feb. 3, the suspect entered The Range 702 gun range in the
Continue ReadingJoJo Siwa is happily in a relationship with “the most amazing, wonderful, perfect, most beautiful girlfriend in the whole world.” The viral teen star who has millions of followers — almost 32 million on Tik Tok alone — appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Wednesday where she talked about going public as a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Hartford, Connecticut (WTIC) — Editor’s note: Due to some personal information in the evidence, FOX61 has decided not to show those specific images. Michelle Troconis’ lawyer, Jon Schoenhorn, filed a motion to dismiss charges on the accusations the police-filed warrant contains “falsehoods, recklessly disregarded the truth, and omitted
Continue ReadingKyle Rittenhouse, the teenager accused of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during the Jacob Blake protests in August, is under further scrutiny by authorities that could lead to his return to jail. Wisconsin prosecutors Wednesday asked to issue an arrest warrant for Rittenhouse, stating he violated his bail agreement by not disclosing
Continue ReadingA former Ugandan rebel commander has been convicted of war crimes at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Dominic Ongwen, a child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army commander, faced 70 charges over a reign of terror in the early 2000s. The LRA’s fugitive chief Joseph Kony waged a bloody campaign from 2002 to 2004 in
Continue ReadingBoston’s mayor has placed his newly appointed Police Commissioner Dennis White on leave after an allegation of domestic violence from the late 1990s surfaced on Wednesday. In a statement provided to CNN, Mayor Marty Walsh said that these “disturbing issues” were not known by him or his staff, but “should have been at the forefront.”
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Another 779,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits on a seasonally adjusted basis in the last week of January, the Labor Department said Thursday. For yet another week, claims were nearly four times the level of the same period last year, before the pandemic brought the nation to a standstill. This underscores once again that
Continue ReadingA US Marshal was shot while executing a search warrant for a wanted suspect at 6:15 a.m. on Thursday in Baltimore, police spokeswoman Lindsey Eldridge told CNN. US Marshals returned fire and killed the suspect, according to Eldridge. The marshal was taken to Shock Trauma hospital and his condition is unknown at this time, Eldridge
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