Illegal gambling FBI raid in Wilder sparks community outrage for ‘excessive force’

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The FBI, together with a number of enforcement agencies, raided an illegal gambling operation in Wilder, Idaho. Four men have been arrested as part of an operation involving around 200 law enforcement personnel on October 19. A federal search warrant was served, carried out by federal, state, and local agencies to address a suspected illegal […]


KB Home unveils its first ‘fire-resilient’ community in California

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KB Home’s new wildfire-resilient neighborhood in Escondido, California. CNBC Just months after raging wildfires destroyed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, California-based KB Home is unveiling what it calls its first “wildfire-resilient” community. The development, in Escondido, just outside San Diego, will have 64 single-family homes when completed that all meet the wildfire […]


Meta Community Notes to use open-source technology from Elon Musk’s X

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta’s upcoming Community Notes feature for monitoring misinformation through crowdsourcing will use some technology developed by Elon Musk’s X for its similar service. On Thursday, Meta revealed in a […]


Innovative Study by UPenn and NYPL Finds That Public Libraries Positively Impact Community Health and Well-Being

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And, while the surveys collected and analyzed in the study were specific to the New York Public Library, researchers believe they can be extended to other libraries—be they in rural, urban, or suburban areas—across the country. Daphna Blatt, the NYPL’s Senior Director of Strategy & Public Impact and one of the people involved in the […]