Devin Brosnan, one of the two Atlanta police officers charged in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, has not agreed to be a witness for the prosecution, his lawyer said on Thursday, contradicting an assertion by the lead prosecutor on the case.

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Facebook Inc said on Thursday it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organized hate.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Donald Trump a major setback on his hardline immigration policies, blocking his bid to end a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants - often called "Dreamers" - who entered the United States illegally as children.

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Mexico's foreign ministry said on Thursday it would monitor the continuity of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program in the United States after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump's bid to abolish it.

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The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm a federal judge who is a protege of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to an influential appeals court in Washington.

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Former top White House aide John Bolton delivered a damning indictment of his former boss, saying Donald Trump's behavior in office and dealings with foreign leaders showed he was unfit to be president of the United States.

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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday revelations in a book by a former top White House aide show President Donald Trump is unfit and unprepared to be president and Democrats will continue oversight of the Republican president's behavior.

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Juneteenth, an annual U.S. holiday on June 19, has taken on greater significance this year following nationwide protests over police brutality and the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and other African Americans.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-4 against President Donald Trump's move to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that offers work permits and deportation relief to certain immigrants who came to the country illegally as children.

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Electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc wants to start building a large vehicle assembly plant in the southwestern United States as early as the third quarter of this year, the company told Texas officials in documents made public this week.

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The author was severely injured after being stabbed on stage at an event in New York State.

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The blaze broke out at a Coptic Christian church in the city of Giza causing a stampede.

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On the frontline of the wildfires in France is a tactical team trying to stay ahead of the flames.

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The trip comes just 12 days after a controversial tour by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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People can be seen running as a massive plume of smoke spreads quickly following the explosion.

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Freya had to be euthanised because the public went too close to her, officials said.

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President Zelensky says soldiers who shoot at the Zaporizhzhia plant will become "a special target".

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The attacker opened fire on a bus as well as people waiting in a car park near the Western Wall.

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Raila Odinga and William Ruto are running neck and neck with almost half of the results confirmed.

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The staggering profit comes amid soaring oil prices in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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NIST-led engineers are working on building a real-time alert system

AI could help save firefighters' lives by predicting fire flashovers before they occur, according to new research published this week. ?

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Do we want to recognise machines as authors?

The creative nature of neural networks is leading some to consider whether it might be worth changing current US laws that only grant copyright protection for works created by humans.?

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Plus: How Google is using language models to improve search, and watch Heinz's AI ketchup advert

In-brief Another day, another rogue AI chatbot on the internet.?

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FDA says yes to the tests

AI software capable of mapping tumor tissue more accurately to help surgeons treat and shrink prostate cancer using a laser-powered needle will soon be tested in real patients during clinical trials.?

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Tl;DR - the news isn't good

Black Hat In Brief Victor Zhora, Ukraine's lead cybersecurity official, made an unannounced visit to Black Hat in Las Vegas this week, where he spoke to attendees about the state of cyberwarfare in the country's conflict with Russia. The picture Zhora painted was bleak.?

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Don't have the budget or customer base for Graviton-class silicon? Intel thinks it can help

In a quest to deliver better application performance and greater efficiency, many software and hardware vendors are turning to custom silicon to achieve their goals.?

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Six years on web devs finally settle on sensor privacy defenses

Six years after web security and privacy concerns surfaced about ambient light sensors in mobile phones and notebooks, browser boffins have finally implemented defenses.?

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There goes the weekend...

A high-severity Palo Alto Networks denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability has been exploited by miscreants looking to launch DDoS attacks, and several of the affected products won't have a patch until next week.?

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Once the modchip plans are live, you can, too

Black Hat A security researcher has shown how to, with physical access at least, fully take over a Starlink satellite terminal using a homemade modchip.?

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Company insists it's doing so 'to honor people?s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) choices'

Meta's Instagram and Facebook apps on iOS devices have been injecting JavaScript code into third-party websites from their custom in-app browser, gaining access to data that would be unavailable were those pages loaded in a stand-alone, WebKit-based iOS browser.?

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Dealmaster also has the Xbox Series S, Apple Watch Series 7, and Nvidia Shield TV.

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The book The Short Story of the Universe really does have it all.

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Researchers have proposed a variety of theories to explain symptoms of COVID long-haulers.

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Meanwhile, officials in London reported finding poliovirus over 100 times in sewage.

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The smallest consumer OLED TV LG makes currently measures 42 inches.

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Supported or not, new or old, this is everything you need to know.

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"We're watching stellar evolution in real time."

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Samsung hasn't changed the Galaxy Fold battery density for four years, and it shows.

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Plan came after GOP complaints, but FEC says it doesn't violate ban on contributions.

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Scientists opposed whaling and secretly tracked its toll.

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