Law & Defense
What Americans really think in these troubled times
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America’s 911 system is in the throes of its own emergency
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Supreme Court leaves rulings on executing the intellectually disabled in place
The man at the center of this case, Joseph Clinton Smith, was found to have an intellectual disability while in...
The Oklahoma Communities Gutted by ICE
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Trump admin. has up to 120,000 pages of documents on Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison transfer
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ChatGPT gave me chilling advice—as I simulated planning a mass shooting
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Victims allege OpenAI and Sam Altman are responsible for a mass shooting
A community vigil in Tumbler Ridge two days after the rural community experienced one of Canada's deadliest shootingsPaige Taylor White/AFP/Getty...
Homeland Security’s new task force website sanitizes Trump’s deportation agenda
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Survivor’s lawsuit against Florida sheriff moves forward
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and two of his detectives are being sued for mishandling a child sex abuse case.Chris...
The chilling role of ChatGPT in mass shootings and other violence
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