Disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar removed from Michigan sex offender registry

Convicted offender among 20,000 people removed from list after state supreme court ruling on Sora registration law Larry Nassar, the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics physician convicted of sexually abusing girls and women over a period of decades while claiming to provide medical treatment, has been removed from Michigan’s sex offender registry thanks … Read more

Hundreds gather in Mississippi to protest Republican redistricting: ‘This fight is familiar territory’

Dozens of residents testify to legislature’s redistricting committee in heated hearing, the last of eight Hundreds of people gathered across from the Mississippi state capitol building on Thursday evening to rally against the aggressive Republican efforts to draw maps that favor their own party. Shortly after the US supreme court’s decision in Louisiana v Callais, … Read more

Christa Pike remains on ventilator after failed execution in Tennessee

Attorneys say hospital staff are working to clear pentobarbital she was administered from her system Christa Pike remained hospitalized, unconscious and on a machine helping her breathe after her failed execution in Tennessee, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday. The attorneys said hospital staff were working to save Pike’s life and clear the … Read more

Boston mass transit authorities flap around for solution to pigeon menace

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority are now pondering on setting trained falcons on the urban birds The mass transit authorities in the greater Boston region are clawing around for ways to mitigate the excessive local pigeon population – or more graphically, pigeon poo all over stations – and have swooped on the possibility of setting trained … Read more

AI could expose how Georgia voters cast their ballot, researchers warn

A Princeton researcher found that publicly available election records could be combined with AI to link voters to their ballots When voters cast their ballots, their votes are supposed to remain secret: from their family, their neighbors, and the government. But what if artificial evidence could make secret votes visible? Continue reading…

How Trump changed the way US women vote

A decade after his infamous Access Hollywood tape, the gender divide is again shaping a pivotal midterm election A decade ago, Donald Trump’s improbable presidential campaign was rocked – and nearly derailed – by the now-infamous Access Hollywood tape, a 2005 recording in which the real estate developer turned reality TV star boasted about kissing … Read more