Author: Jesse Bedayn
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US military jets hit in Iran war are the first shot down by enemy fire in over 20 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran shooting down two American military jets marks an exceedingly rare assault for the U.S. that has not happened in more than 20 years and shows the Islamic Republic’s continued ability to hit back despite President Donald Trump asserting it has been “completely decimated.” The attacks came five weeks after U.S. and…
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Emails reveal Epstein’s network of the rich and powerful despite sex offender status
By the time Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, he had established an enormous network of wealthy and influential friends. Emails made public this week show the crime did little to diminish the desire of that network to stay connected to the financier. Thousands of documents released by…
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AI pervades everyday life with almost no oversight. States scramble to catch up
Lawmakers in at least seven states are taking big legislative swings to regulate bias in artificial intelligence
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Rotting bodies, fake ashes and sold body parts push Colorado to patch lax funeral home rules
Colorado lawmakers have unveiled a bill that would install requirements for funeral home directors after nearly 200 bodies were found stacked and rotting in a funeral home in September
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A chunk of Republican primary and caucus voters say they wouldn’t vote for Trump as the GOP nominee
A small but substantial chunk of Republican primary and caucus voters say they would be so dissatisfied if Donald Trump became the party’s presidential nominee that they wouldn’t vote for him in November’s general election
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Colorado lawmakers clash over bills to protect transgender people’s use of a chosen name
The Democratic majority in Colorado’s House has pushed forward two bills protecting transgender people’s chosen names
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Concerns were raised about the Return to Nature funeral home years ago. Why did authorities take so long to act?
The Fremont County coroner reported suspicions about bodies being poorly treated at Return to Nature funeral home more than three years before nearly 200 decomposing bodies were discovered inside a decrepit building in October, according to newly unsealed court documents that raise questions about how the mistreatment of corpses was able to continue for so…
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Nearly 200 abused corpses were found at a funeral home. Why did it take authorities years to act?
Court documents say a county coroner reported suspicions about bodies being poorly treated by a Colorado funeral home more than three years before nearly 200 decomposing bodies were discovered inside a decrepit building last October
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A record number of Americans can’t afford their rent. Lawmakers are scrambling to help
A new Harvard University study found that half of U.S. renters are paying nearly a third of their income on rent
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Suspect in Club Q nightclub mass shooting expected to take plea deal: Report
The suspect in the mass shooting at Club Q last November is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 25, several survivors told The Associated Press. Word of a possible legal resolution of last…