Court Tosses Evidence After PD’s Own Pole Camera Undercuts Officer’s Claims About Seeing A Gun

Does this look like someone carrying a gun? That’s from a recent federal court decision [PDF], granting defendant Luis Cerda’s motion to suppress. NYPD sergeant Christopher Colon saw something else. He saw a gun. He needed to see a gun. He was so desperate to bust someone else entirely (Alberto Santiago, a.k.a. “Dot Com”) that […]
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/05/court-tosses-evidence-after-pds-own-pole-camera-undercuts-officers-claims-about-seeing-a-gun/

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Biden has already canceled $66 billion in student loans. Here’s how 3 people received debt relief

Washington (CNN) — Even though the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, more debt will be canceled during his time in office than under any other president.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/biden-has-already-canceled-66-billion-in-student-loans-here-s-how-3-people-received/article_1e65a63d-7659-5b25-908b-24fedcd30520.html

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Traveling Smithsonian exhibit highlights Southern Illinois artists, history

A traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition is showing the innovation of rural regions with a special focus on Southern Illinois artists and the history of salt production in Gallatin County.
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/smithsonian-museum-energy-exhibit-spark-illinois/article_b8faa3c6-1073-11ee-8de0-f36e6ba0b671.html

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Sheriff's office arrests two women accused of prostitution

The women were arrested after the McCracken County Sheriff's Office says an undercover detective contacted one of them via an ad offering sex for money.
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/sheriffs-office-arrests-two-women-accused-of-prostitution/article_476a1c7a-107b-11ee-86fb-7702a7f5d026.html

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Apple Threatens To Remove Top Nostr App Because It Allows Tipping

I’ve mentioned a few times that one of the decentralized social media services I’m following closely is nostr, which is an incredibly lightweight protocol, enabling lots of people to (very simply) create their own relays and clients. Unlike Mastodon or Bluesky, Nostr isn’t federated. You don’t join a server. You just get a key pair… […]
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/14/apple-threatens-to-remove-top-nostr-app-because-it-allows-tipping/

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Unresponsive small plane over Washington causes military jet to scramble, later crashes in Virginia

A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation’s capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia. The fighter jet caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across…
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/unresponsive-small-plane-over-washington-causes-military-jet-to-scramble-later-crashes-in-virginia/article_1e93c209-a4fe-5075-9abb-d7e256288f21.html

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Copyright Abuses Preview A World Without Section 230

Recently artist and actor David Choe made headlines by citing alleged copyright violations to scrub the internet — including journalists’ social media accounts — of clips from a 2014 podcast where he seemingly admitted raping a masseuse. He later claimed that he made up the story for shock value and said it should be taken as performance art. The […]
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/15/copyright-abuses-preview-a-world-without-section-230/

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GOP leader McConnell returning to Senate after head injury

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell will be back at work in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, almost six weeks after a fall at a Washington-area hotel and undergoing extended treatment for a concussion.
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/gop-leader-mcconnell-returning-to-senate-after-head-injury/article_039b9bf0-dd1c-11ed-a164-3fdba5677c59.html

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Nashville sends Justin Jones back to the Tennessee House days after GOP lawmakers ousted him

(CNN) -- The Nashville Metropolitan Council on Monday voted to reappoint Justin Jones to the Tennessee House of Representatives, sending the ousted lawmaker back to occupy the House District 52 seat as an interim representative.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/top-stories/nashville-sends-justin-jones-back-to-the-tennessee-house-days-after-gop-lawmakers-ousted-him/article_c8452fd8-d7eb-11ed-9b02-4b93fb39829c.html

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Police searching for 13-year-old reported missing in Carbondale

Investigators ask anyone who knows where Bryce F. Stang is to call the Carbondale Police Department at 618-457-3200.
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/police-searching-for-13-year-old-reported-missing-in-carbondale/article_5b78562c-d323-11ed-8e47-c7486be75220.html

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