These common drug tests lead to tens of thousands of wrongful arrests a year, experts say. One state is fighting back

A great-grandmother’s medicine tested positive for cocaine – spawning a 15-month legal nightmare, forcing her to refinance ...
Tech Xplore

New AI testing method flags fairness risks in autonomous systems

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to help optimize decision-making in high-stakes settings. For instance, an ...
EdSurge

The AI Use Case Question Teachers Are Still Asking

This article is part of the collection: Teaching Tech: Navigating Learning and AI in the Industrial Revolution. This article is part of the collection: Teaching Tech: Navigating Learning and AI in the ...
Reuters

US music publishers suing Anthropic make their case against AI 'fair use'

March 24 (Reuters) - Music publishers Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), opens new tab, Concord and ABKCO have asked a judge in California to rule that U.S. copyright law does not insulate artificial ...
Austin American-Statesman

Supreme Court blocks appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed

Reed was sentenced to death for the killing of 19-year-old Stacey Stites. Prosecutors have opposed DNA testing of the belt authorities say was used to strangle Stites. They have also accused Reed of ...
NPR

Supreme Court declines to review press freedom case

The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case testing a Texas law allowing law enforcement to arrest reporters who obtain information from government employees. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented ...
news10nbc

Possible changes to New York’s forensic testing guideline could help solve cold cases

ALBANY, N.Y. — Changes to New York’s forensic testing guidelines could help solve more cold cases by allowing evidence to be tested in more laboratories. News10NBC’s affiliate in Albany reports that ...
The Hill

DOJ failed to build criminal case against Biden, aides over autopen use

The Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped its probe into claims made by President Trump that former President Biden and his aides illegally used an autopen to sign officials documents after failing to ...
CBS News

Probe into autopen use by Biden and aides closed by D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office, source says

Federal prosecutors in U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office are dropping a criminal probe into whether former President Joe Biden and his aides unlawfully used an autopen to issue pardons, a person ...
Oregonian

Portland ICE protest case tests limits of federal use of force

Lawyers for protesters and freelance journalists will argue in court this week that federal officers have violated their own policies by battering non-violent people with tear gas, pepper balls and ...
The Boston Globe

SJC orders DNA testing in case of man convicted in 1988 Dartmouth killing

The state Supreme Judicial Court on Friday ordered DNA testing in the matter of a deceased man convicted of murder, a move that could resolve lingering questions about his case and shed new light on ...