Man gets $300K from settlement after being wrongly accused of theft, cops change facial recognition technology
of City of Detroit The city will pay $300,000 to a man who was wrongfully accused of shoplifting, and as part of the settlement, the city will also change how police use facial recognition technology to identify suspects. Robert Williams’ driver’s license photo was incorrectly determined to be a likely match for a man seen […]
NYSE says technical issue fixed, after Berkshare Hathaway wrongly falls 99% – NBC News
Normal trading resumed late Monday morning after the New York Stock Exchange said technical issues had caused wild swings in the prices of some stocks, including those held by Warren Buffett. Berkshire Hathaway. Shortly after 11 a.m. ET, the New York Stock Exchange said the issue affected its main electronic stock-releasing website, but that trading […]
Varney: AG Letitia James wrongly used her office #shorts
‘Varney & Co.’ host Stuart Varney argues New York’s justice system has become a ‘politicized joke.’ #foxbusiness #shorts … source
Trump was wrongly removed from Colorado ballot, US supreme court rules | Donald Trump
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump was wrongly excluded from Colorado’s primary ballot, paving the way for him to appear on ballots in all 50 states. The court’s unanimous decision overturns a 4-3 Colorado Supreme Court ruling that ruled the former president could not run for office because he committed insurrection […]
NY dad wrongly ID’d as death row inmate by Kim Kardashian speaks out
It’s far from a death sentence. A New York project manager had to tell friends on Monday that he would not be executed after he mistakenly identified reality star Kim Kardashian as a death row inmate who coincidentally shares his name. Ivan A. Cantu warned friends on Facebook that he was not on death row […]
I-Team: Commerce cop on paid leave after wrongly trusting roadside drug test
By Randy Travis Published February 6, 2024 COMMERCE, Ga – The Commerce Police Department placed one of its officers on … source
Deported and disgraced: the students wrongly accused of cheating â podcast | News
Say “Do you find it difficult to understand my English?” muhammad ali. Mohammed lived in the UK to study from the age of 18 to 26, but his visa was canceled in 2014 after the Home Office accused him of cheating in an English exam. He was one of 35,000 students whose visas were revoked. […]
Ex-Twitter engineer says Musk wrongly fired him over leaks to media: book
A former Twitter engineer claims he was unfairly fired due to persistent leaks of news shortly after paranoid Elon Musk bought the social media site, according to a shocking new book. The engineer, Randall Lin, was fired last February after Musk accused him of violating a nondisclosure agreement, Zoe Schiffer writes in “Extreme Hardcore: Inside […]
Biden again wrongly suggests son Beau died from Iraq War in call with grieving soldier’s family
President Biden again mentioned his son Beau’s death this week as he comforted grieving military families. This time, they were the parents of one of the three soldiers killed in a drone strike in Jordan last weekend. The 81-year-old commander-in-chief made a point of mentioning his family’s tragedy in a phone call to Sean Sanders […]
Brooklyn friends who spent decades wrongly imprisoned for 1987 Times Square tourist murder finally cleared
Two Brooklyn friends who spent decades in prison for killing a French tourist in Times Square on New Year’s Day 1987 were finally acquitted Wednesday. Eric Smokes, 56, and David Warren, 53, were arrested in connection with the fatal robbery of Jan Kass, 71, on West 52nd Street, which occurred shortly after the ball dropped […]