Anxiety grows in Portland, Oregon, amid Trump’s effort to send in National Guard

[ad_1] Portland, Oregon — Ongoing protests outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Portland, Oregon, have largely been contained to a single block in the downtown South Waterfront neighborhood, but the perception of Portland as unsafe has created ripple effects across this 135-square-mile city. On one particular October day, Mother’s Bistro and…

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Judge approves $1.5 billion settlement over AI company Anthropic’s alleged use of pirated books

[ad_1] A federal judge on Thursday approved a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots. U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued the preliminary approval in San Francisco federal court Thursday after the two sides worked to address his…

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Graphic photos from crime scene where Bryan Kohberger killed 4 won’t be released, Idaho judge rules

[ad_1] An Idaho state judge is blocking the release of some graphic photos taken by investigators after Bryan Kohberger killed four University of Idaho students in 2022, ruling that the release would cause “extreme emotional distress” for the victims’ families and that it “outweighs the public’s interest in how the investigation was conducted or the…

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