Jul 25 Watch 6:16 Airline industry grapples with tech failures and near-miss incidents By Miles O'Brien It has been a rough week for the aviation business and its passengers. Delta experienced days of delays and thousands of flight cancellations that angered travelers and gave the airline a black eye. It’s now being investigated by the Department… Continue watching
Jul 25 Video game performers are going on strike over AI concerns. Here’s what to know By Sarah Parvini, Associated Press Leaders of SAG-AFTRA have billed the issues behind the labor dispute — and artificial intelligence in particular — as an existential crisis for performers in the video game industry because the capacity to cheaply and easily create convincing digital replicas… Continue reading
Jul 25 DEA files show agents joked about rape in a chat. Then one was accused of it By Jim Mustian, Associated Press A group of DEA agents boasted of their “world debauchery tour,” shared lurid images of their sexual conquests and at one point even joked about “forcible anal rape.”… Continue reading
Jul 25 Newsom issues order directing California agencies how to remove homeless encampments By Trân Nguyễn, Associated Press Newsom’s order is aimed at the thousands of tents and makeshift shelters across the state that line freeways, clutter shopping center parking lots and fill city parks. Continue reading
Jul 25 Bill strengthening oversight of crisis-plagued federal prisons signed into law By Michael Sisak, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The Federal Prison Oversight Act establishes an independent ombudsman to field and investigate complaints after sexual assaults and other criminal misconduct by staff, escapes and high-profile deaths. Continue reading
Jul 25 Inmates at Louisiana’s Angola prison sue to end working farm lines in brutal heat By Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Associated Press As daily temperatures hit record highs across much of the South, a federal judge has taken an unusual step, challenging the treatment of mostly Black incarcerated workers in the fields. Continue reading
Jul 25 Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities invested By Melina Walling, Mary Katherine Wildeman, Associated Press An Associated Press analysis of county tax data from local governments in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska found wind companies rank among the biggest taxpayers in many rural communities, with their total tax bills at times outstripping that of large farms,… Continue reading
Jul 25 Church sues Colorado town in order to continue sheltering homeless in trailers By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press Echoing arguments made by other churches trying to serve the homeless from Oregon to Ohio, the Colorado church argues that helping those in need is religious activity protected by the Constitution. Continue reading
Jul 25 Uvalde school police officer pleads not guilty to charges related to 2022 mass shooting By Nadia Lathan, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Some of the victims' families have spent more than two years pressing for officers to face charges after 19 children and two teachers were killed inside the fourth grade classroom. Some have called for more officers to be charged. Continue reading
Jul 25 Wildfires prompt California evacuations as crews battle fires in Oregon, Idaho By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Evacuations were ordered in California's Butte and Tehama counties as crews battled a fire reported near Chico just before 3 p.m. Wednesday. Continue reading