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Month: September 2023

New Jersey’s Ocean City taps AI gun detection in hopes of thwarting mass shootings

New Jersey’s Ocean City taps AI gun detection in hopes of thwarting mass shootings

Mats Silwan/Getty Images (OCEAN CITY, N.J.) — With decades of failed attempts at gun reform amid the frequency in mass shootings, some have sought alternative solutions through artificial intelligence. The Ocean City School District in New Jersey, as well as the city’s boardwalk, have implemented new technology developed by ZeroEyes, […]

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Surfside condo collapse investigators say pool deck construction ‘deviated’ from design requirements

Surfside condo collapse investigators say pool deck construction ‘deviated’ from design requirements

CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — Federal investigators looking into the Surfside, Florida, condo building collapse that killed 98 people in June 2021 revealed new findings in the probe on Thursday. The report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s investigation into the cause of the disaster […]

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Harsh Weather Causes Spike In Utah Beef Prices

Harsh Weather Causes Spike In Utah Beef Prices

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Unfavorable weather conditions for cattle ranching this year has caused a spike in Utah’s beef prices. According to ranchers, shoppers should expect the price hike to continue for at least the rest of the year, saying a harsh winter and drought are to blame. The […]

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Utah Most Debt-Ridden State In U.S.

Utah Most Debt-Ridden State In U.S.

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utahns have more debt than any other group of Americans. New rankings by fintech PR firm Cultural Currents Institute ranks Utah the most debt-ridden state in the nation. A study by the group found the average Utah household owes 138-percent of the state’s average annual […]

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Maloy Wins CD-2 GOP Nomination

Maloy Wins CD-2 GOP Nomination

(St. George, UT) — Congressman Chris Stewart’s former aide, Celeste Maloy, has won the Republican nomination in the race to take his place in the U.S. House after he resigns next week. Maloy took more than 38-percent of the vote in the sprawling district that includes Washington and Iron counties. […]

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11-year-old dead, woman injured after shots fired into car in Albuquerque

11-year-old dead, woman injured after shots fired into car in Albuquerque

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — Albuquerque police are investigating after an 11-year-old boy was fatally shot and a woman was critically injured in a car near a minor league baseball stadium late Wednesday. Police said someone fired “several shots” at a truck that the boy and woman were in […]

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Deliberations underway in ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress trial

Deliberations underway in ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress trial

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jury deliberations are underway Thursday in the trial of former Trump adviser Peter Navarro on charges of defying a subpoena issued in February 2022 by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Navarro, who under Donald Trump was director of the White […]

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Couple found safe after targeted kidnapping; two suspects arrested, one at large

Couple found safe after targeted kidnapping; two suspects arrested, one at large

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — A man and woman who were taken from their San Antonio home in a targeted kidnapping have been found safe, and two suspects are in custody, police said Thursday. Officers responded to the couple’s home around 6 a.m. Wednesday and found five children — […]

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Phoenix poised to break record for most 110-degree days

Phoenix poised to break record for most 110-degree days

ABC News (NEW YORK) — As a dangerous heat wave hits the nation, Phoenix is poised to break its record for most 110-degree days. Phoenix has seen 52 days this year with a high temperature of at least 110 degrees. The city’s record is 53 days, which was set in […]

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Hurricane Lee strengthens to Category 4: Projected path, maps and tracker

Hurricane Lee strengthens to Category 4: Projected path, maps and tracker

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Lee, now churning over the Atlantic Ocean, intensified very rapidly on Thursday, strengthening from a Category 2 hurricane to a Category 4 hurricane. Lee is forecast to become a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph by Thursday night. Lee is expected to […]

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