<p>Maricopa County’s and Arizona’s handling of the death penalty have been questioned for years. A 2016 report cited the county as one place with a history of “overzealous prosecutors, inadequate defense and a pattern of racial bias and exclusion.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-death-penalty-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-death-penalty-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mar</span><span class="invisible">icopa-county-death-penalty-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/deathpenalty/" rel="tag">#DeathPenalty</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
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<p>Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.</p><p>Despite an outcry over increased arrests in Tennessee, two states — Georgia and New Mexico — followed its lead by passing laws that will crack down harder on hoax threats.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/school-threats-laws-georgia-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/school-threats-laws-georgia-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sch</span><span class="invisible">ool-threats-laws-georgia-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a></p>
<p>Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.<br>---</p><p>In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/sexual-abuse-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-minnesota?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/sexual-abuse-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-minnesota?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sex</span><span class="invisible">ual-abuse-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-minnesota?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/sexualabuse/" rel="tag">#SexualAbuse</a> <a href="/tags/church/" rel="tag">#Church</a> <a href="/tags/religion/" rel="tag">#Religion</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Suddenly Cares About 'Insurrectionists' & Protecting Cops</p><p><a href="/tags/insurrectionists/" rel="tag">#Insurrectionists</a> beat <a href="/tags/cops/" rel="tag">#cops</a> w/flag poles, crushed them w/riot shields, tased them in the neck, & spat on them during the deadly attack on the US Capitol on <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a>, 2021. But when Trump claimed on Monday that he has no tolerance for "insurrectionists" who clash w/ <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> officers, he wasn't talking about the 1,500 rioters he pardoned upon assuming office earlier this year;</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/hypocrisy/" rel="tag">#hypocrisy</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-insurrectionists-protecting-cops-1235359943/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-insurrectionists-protecting-cops-1235359943/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rollingstone.com/politics/</span><span class="invisible">politics-news/trump-insurrectionists-protecting-cops-1235359943/</span></a></p>
<p>Seven years after North Dakotans voted to amend the constitution and create an ethics commission, state officials are claiming the agency cannot actually impose penalties for ethics violations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-ethics-commission-enforcement-authority?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-ethics-commission-enforcement-authority?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-dakota-ethics-commission-enforcement-authority?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>Amid Increasing Domestic Violence, Illinois Struggles to Review Fatalities<br>—</p><p>Four years after the state called for a network of domestic violence review panels, only seven counties have joined committees. Glaringly absent from the program: Cook County, home to Chicago and about 40% of the state’s population.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/deaths-are-rising-but-illinois-domestic-violence-review-boards-have-yet-to-offer-solutions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/deaths-are-rising-but-illinois-domestic-violence-review-boards-have-yet-to-offer-solutions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dea</span><span class="invisible">ths-are-rising-but-illinois-domestic-violence-review-boards-have-yet-to-offer-solutions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a></p>
<p>An EPA complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that a harmful disinfectant was being used without proper protection at an ICE facility in California.</p><p>Last week, the case — filed against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor — was dropped without explanation.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-legal-complaint-geo-group-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/epa-legal-complaint-geo-group-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/epa</span><span class="invisible">-legal-complaint-geo-group-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Montana Renews Accused Cancer Doctor’s License Despite Criminal, Civil Inquiries<br>—</p><p>Questions about whether oncologist Dr. Thomas Weiner would be permitted to continue practicing medicine intensified after a ProPublica investigation exposed a trail of patient harm tied to his practice.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-medical-license-renewed?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-medical-license-renewed?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tho</span><span class="invisible">mas-weiner-montana-medical-license-renewed?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/montana/" rel="tag">#Montana</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts<br>---</p><p>The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kri</span><span class="invisible">sti-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a></p>
<p>Judge deems <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> grant cuts illegal</p><p>A federal judge in Boston on Monday said the termination of National Institutes of <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/grants/" rel="tag">#grants</a> for <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> on <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#diversity</a>-related topics by Trump's admin's was "void & illegal," & accused the government of discriminating against minorities & <a href="/tags/lgbt/" rel="tag">#LGBT</a> people.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/business/healt</span><span class="invisible">hcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/</span></a></p>
<p>Illinois Has Virtually No Homeschooling Rules. A New Bill Aims to Change That.<br>—</p><p>Following a ProPublica and Capitol News Illinois investigation, an Illinois lawmaker introduced legislation that aims to protect homeschooled students from abuse or neglect.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-homeschool-regulations-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/illinois-homeschool-regulations-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ill</span><span class="invisible">inois-homeschool-regulations-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/homeschool/" rel="tag">#Homeschool</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Georgia Won’t Say Who’s Now Serving on Its Maternal Mortality Committee After Dismissing All Members Last Year<br>—</p><p>Before ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, the names of committee members had been publicly released. Now, Georgia says releasing the identities would be a violation of state law.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">rgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>As Idaho Pushes to Reform Its Coroner System, Counties Seek to Make It Less Transparent<br>—</p><p>A bill moving forward with bipartisan support is described as a first step to addressing problems highlighted in a state report and by ProPublica. Meanwhile, counties seek to end access to coroners’ records that were key to ProPublica’s findings.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-system-reform-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-system-reform-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-coroners-system-reform-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/deaths/" rel="tag">#Deaths</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/records/" rel="tag">#Records</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a></p>
<p>Federal Judge Deems Trump Administration’s Termination of NIH Grants Illegal<br>—</p><p>In a ruling issued Monday, the judge called the government’s directives “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered funding for some of the NIH grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be restored.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes<br>—</p><p>Four months after Missouri voted to legalize abortion, Republican lawmakers are proposing a 100% tax credit — capped at $50,000 per year — for taxpayers who donate to crisis pregnancy centers.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/missouri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mis</span><span class="invisible">souri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Connecticut Lawmakers Seek Overhaul of Towing Laws<br>—</p><p>A new bill addresses nearly all of the issues raised in a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation that found people’s cars were being sold shortly after they were towed.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-lawmakers-seek-overhaul-of-towing-laws?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-lawmakers-seek-overhaul-of-towing-laws?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/con</span><span class="invisible">necticut-lawmakers-seek-overhaul-of-towing-laws?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/connecticut/" rel="tag">#Connecticut</a> <a href="/tags/towing/" rel="tag">#Towing</a> <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>He Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.<br>—</p><p>Nine prisoners have walked free after evidence presented by members of a forensics team turned out to be wrong — yet one man still awaits execution based on their testimony.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jimmie-duncan-bite-mark-analysis-death-row-junk-science?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jimmie-duncan-bite-mark-analysis-death-row-junk-science?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lou</span><span class="invisible">isiana-jimmie-duncan-bite-mark-analysis-death-row-junk-science?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a></p>
<p>Church leaders held meetings where children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and forget the abuse. An internal church document also suggests that, when appropriate, both parties be brought together for a discussion.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-investigation-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-investigation-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/min</span><span class="invisible">nesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-investigation-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/duluth/" rel="tag">#Duluth</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/church/" rel="tag">#Church</a> <a href="/tags/religion/" rel="tag">#Religion</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a></p>
<p>ProPublica has sued the FDA, accusing the agency of withholding information about the safety and availability of generic drugs critical to millions of Americans.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-fda-lawsuit-drug-safety?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-fda-lawsuit-drug-safety?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-fda-lawsuit-drug-safety?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> Leader Suggested Violating <a href="/tags/courtorders/" rel="tag">#CourtOrders</a>, <a href="/tags/whistleblower/" rel="tag">#WhistleBlower</a> Says</p><p><a href="/tags/emilbove/" rel="tag">#EmilBove</a> III, a <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> judicial nominee [& fmr Trump criminal defense atty], voiced his intent to disobey court orders as others stonewalled & misled judges, according to a complaint.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/felon47/" rel="tag">#felon47</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/politics/justice-department-emil-bove-trump-deportations-reuveni.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/politics/justice-department-emil-bove-trump-deportations-reuveni.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/justice-department-emil-bove-trump-deportations-reuveni.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> & <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.indie.host/@ToSDR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ToSDR</span></a></span> - FOSS project to summarise & grade terms of service, founded 2012</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@creativecommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>creativecommons</span></a></span> - Org promoting creative commons licences</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@commissionerHR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>commissionerHR</span></a></span> - Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://curia.social-network.europa.eu/@Curia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Curia</span></a></span> (English) & <span class="h-card"><a href="https://curia.social-network.europa.eu/@Curia_fr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Curia_fr</span></a></span> (French) - Court of Justice of EU</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BGH_Bund" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BGH_Bund</span></a></span> - German Federal Court of Justice (in German)</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BVerwG_de" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BVerwG_de</span></a></span> - German Federal Administrative Court (in German)</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@bundesfinanzhof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bundesfinanzhof</span></a></span> - German Federal Fiscal Court (in German)</p><p>🧵 1/6</p>
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<p>N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign a bill that bans anonymous complaints to the state child abuse hotline. The law would still maintain the confidentiality of callers.</p><p>The change comes in the wake of a 2023 ProPublica investigation that showed how the hotline had been weaponized by people endlessly calling in baseless allegations against exes or rivals.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-bans-anonymous-child-welfare-reports?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/new-york-bans-anonymous-child-welfare-reports?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/new</span><span class="invisible">-york-bans-anonymous-child-welfare-reports?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a></p>
<p>"A federal judge in California ruled Monday that Anthropic likely violated copyright law when it pirated authors’ books to create a giant dataset [...] but that training its AI on those books without authors' permission constitutes transformative fair use under copyright law. "</p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-training-ai-on-authors-books-is-legal-but-pirating-them-is-not/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.404media.co/judge-rules-training-ai-on-authors-books-is-legal-but-pirating-them-is-not/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.404media.co/judge-rules-tr</span><span class="invisible">aining-ai-on-authors-books-is-legal-but-pirating-them-is-not/</span></a></p><p>via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/114739272177738351" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@404mediaco/114739272177738351"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@404mediaco/11</span><span class="invisible">4739272177738351</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/llms/" rel="tag">#LLMs</a></p>
<p>Before the automobile industry invented the catalytic converter, the costs of reducing air pollution seemed astronomical, enough to bankrupt the entire industry. After they invented the catalytical converter, the costs were manageable. And they only invented it because they were faced with the threat of being shut down.<br></p>Industries creating harms often claim that controls and regulations are impossible, would bankrupt them, etc., trying to make their existence into a zero-sum game (for some people to have the benefit of our industry, other people must suffer). AI companies claim they must steal copyrighted works because they could not exist otherwise; or be allowed to use as much electricity as they demand in spite of the costs. But it's B.S., and we should stop accepting this rhetoric. Forced to innovate to reduce harms, these industries have innovated, and made themselves even more profitable than they were when they were dragging their feet about it like children who don't want to clean their rooms.<br><br>From <a href="https://lpeproject.org/blog/is-climate-change-an-externality/" rel="nofollow">Is Climate Change An Externality</a><br><br><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/innovation/" rel="tag">#innovation</a><br>
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<p>After Vernor’s breathing machine stopped working, a Lincare representative promised his mother a company respiratory therapist would stay in contact “until we get him a new machine.”</p><p>But she didn’t hear from Lincare until 7 days later, the same day Vernor died.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/lincare-wrongful-death-lawsuit-sleep-apnea-oxygen?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/lincare-wrongful-death-lawsuit-sleep-apnea-oxygen?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lin</span><span class="invisible">care-wrongful-death-lawsuit-sleep-apnea-oxygen?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/sleepapnea/" rel="tag">#SleepApnea</a></p>