As a breaking news reporter, I’ve spent hours sitting on hard courtroom benches listening to testimony from detectives, federal agents and others about how authorities solve crimes. Among the various technologies police have at their disposal, location data obtained via warrant through cellular carriers and tech companies like Google have become a popular method for … Read more
Policing has grown increasingly reliant on cellular and GPS data, including information gleaned from geofence warrants. A geofence is a location-based service that uses GPS or other cellular data to create a virtual fence around a geographic location and notes mobile devices that enter. However, such technology is far from the only resource in a … Read more
The nearly 50,000 people who moved to Cincinnati from Appalachia 70 years ago found their new home was much different than the one they left behind. A rural, sparse area of rolling hills was replaced with jam-packed city streets and tight quarters in apartment buildings. The East End, Over-the-Rhine, Camp Washington, South Fairmount and Carthage … Read more
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted Tuesday and roared across the Los Angeles area, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least 16 people, including some who died trying to prevent the fires from engulfing their homes. A Los Angeles County fire official said an untold number of … Read more
Do you have your tickets? Saturday’s Powerball lottery jackpot is worth an estimated $263 million with a cash option of $115.3 million. Latest Powerball winning numbers Saturday’s Powerball are 3-6-32-37-65 and Powerball 4. The Power Play was 3x. Wednesday’s Powerball numbers were 1-20-36-38-43 and Powerball 24. The Power Play was 2x. Did anyone win the … Read more
Jan. 11—One of the first constituent calls Alexandra Wylie answered as the newly hired district legislative aide for state Rep. Tara Lujan was — as she put it — kind of chaotic. The caller, a man, was upset. He said his dog had cancer. He didn’t have the money to pay for its surgery. He … Read more
Jan. 11—Jeremy Rose has spent most of his time in prison. He was sentenced to life in 1995, when he was 17, after pleading guilty to participating in the slayings of two elderly people. He was still a kid when he hit the prison yard — one engulfed in anger at himself and what he … Read more
Jan. 11—A new artificial intelligence platform is helping four New Mexico school districts automate the process of tracking student absences, a task that has grown increasingly burdensome with the rise of chronic absenteeism. So far, AI technology is being tested in pilot programs in Farmington Municipal Schools, Raton Public Schools, the Carlsbad Municipal School District … Read more
Jan. 11—Nancy Margaret Shaffer With her family by her side, Nancy Margaret Shaffer passed away peacefully on Monday, December 23rd, 2024. She was born on October 23, 1937 in Wellington, Kansas. When Nancy was four, her family moved to Albuquerque, NM. This is where Nancy spent the rest of her life, attending Monte Vista Elementary … Read more
Jan. 11—Anita L. (Susie) Alvarado Anita L. Alvarado, affectionately called Susie by her family, friends and colleagues, passed away peacefully at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, FL on November 16, 2024. She was born in Washington, DC on November 18, 1931 to Alfonso and Beatrice (Raphael) Alvarado. She trained first as a nurse … Read more