Day: July 12, 2023

Missouri Senator May announces candidacy for US Senate, sets stage for Democratic nomination battle

7:05 pm July 12, 2023

State Sen. Karla May is running for U.S. Senate in Missouri, the St. Louis Democrat announced Tuesday in her hometown. May is vying for the Democratic nomination against St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell and Marine veteran Lucas Kunce. The winner likely will face off against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley in the […]

Georgia swears in grand jury to hear Trump 2020 election case

6:13 pm July 12, 2023

A Georgia judge swore in the jury that will hear former President Donald Trump’s case of potential criminal interference in the state’s 2020 election. Trump may face charges relating to “possible criminal interference in the administration of Georgia’s 2020 general election.” Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney swore in the panel Tuesday, though a date to […]

Girl dies from abuse after AI system computed she was likely safe

6:13 pm July 12, 2023

Japanese police have admitted that they allowed artificial intelligence (AI) to influence their decision not to provide protective custody to a child who later died in her mother’s care. “The AI figures are only for reference,” Mie Prefecture Gov. Katsuyuki Ichimi said at a press conference on Tuesday, stressing the importance of the judgment of […]

Officers in Kenya kill 6 people during rising cost protests, 50 children tear-gassed

6:12 pm July 12, 2023

A police official said officers killed six people Wednesday during new protests in Kenya against the rising cost of living, while a health worker said more than 50 schoolchildren in the capital, Nairobi, were tear-gassed. The opposition leader behind the demonstrations vowed they would continue until a new law imposing more taxes is repealed. The […]

3 decomposed bodies found in remote Colorado campsite, believed to have been there since 2022

6:06 pm July 12, 2023

The badly decomposing bodies of three people were found in a remote Rocky Mountains camp in Colorado, and they may have been lying there since late last year, authorities said. A hiker discovered one of the bodies late Sunday and notified the authorities, who found the other two after arriving at the campsite Monday, Gunnison […]