Rochester whistleblower sues Mayo Clinic over AI safety

 

A former senior administrative official at the Mayo Clinic has filed a whistleblower lawsuit in Rochester, Minnesota, alleging retaliation after she raised alarms about the hospital system’s rapid adoption of artificial intelligence. Filed and reported on Thursday, July 9, 2026, the complaint claims Mayo Clinic leadership prioritized speed and market...

Manitowoc Resident Claims $3.8 Million Megabucks Jackpot

 

MANITOWOC — A Manitowoc resident, Rudolph Baumann, won the $3.8 million Wisconsin Lottery Megabucks jackpot from the June 24 drawing and claimed the prize last week at the Wisconsin Lottery headquarters in Madison. He purchased the winning ticket at the Kwik Trip on East Green Bay Avenue in Saukville; the...

El Paso opens station; council halts 5 Points upgrades

 

El Paso opened its new Central Fire Station downtown on Thursday, July 9, city officials said, consolidating Fire Stations 1, 9, and 11 into a $23 million facility funded by the voter-approved 2019 Public Safety Bond. The opening included public tours, public art displays, firefighter demonstrations, and recruitment information from...

Buffalo priest charged after devices seized during search

 

Buffalo, N.Y. This week federal prosecutors charged Jeffrey Nowak, a 46-year-old former pastor in Cheektowaga, with receipt and possession of child pornography after investigators executed a search warrant at his Lackawanna home on Wednesday and seized electronic devices and a USB drive, officials said. The U.S. Attorney's Office filed a...

Political Wire Promotes Ground News Blindspot Feed Discount

 

United States. Taegan Goddard's Political Wire this week recommended the Ground News app and website, highlighting its aggregation of global news, bias and factuality indicators, and its Blindspot Feed which tracks asymmetrical coverage. The posts state that the service surfaces stories under-covered on one side and direct readers to a...

Yankton Man Sentenced 45 Years For Child Pornography

 

Yankton, South Dakota. U.S. Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange sentenced Robert Barbetti, 34, to 45 years in federal prison on July 6, 2026, after a conviction on two counts of Production of Child Pornography; reports state Barbetti used social media platforms including Snapchat and Wink to coerce minors between 2018...

Georgia election board adopts two confidence-boosting rules

 

ATLANTA — Georgia's State Election Board adopted two rules Wednesday aimed at bolstering public confidence in the state's voting system, banning one vote-counting method not in imminent use and adopting a second regulation that Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr warned could be a constitutional overreach, affecting touchscreen-to-paper tabulation procedures statewide. State...

Detroit man charged with killing girlfriend after shooting

 

Detroit: On July 6, 2026, Detroit police responded just after 2 a.m. to a home on the 9300 block of Birwood Avenue and found 49-year-old Latoya Reeves with gunshot wounds to her chest and right hand; medics transported her to a hospital where she later died. Wayne County prosecutors allege...

State Attorneys Urge FCC To Curb Robocall Practices

 

HARRISBURG, Pa. Attorney General Dave Sunday and a coalition of state attorneys general formally urged the Federal Communications Commission this week to tighten rules limiting scammers' ability to buy and spoof legitimate phone numbers, filing a joint request and participating through the Anti-Robocall Multi-State Litigation Task Force that engaged the...

NAMPA republishes AFP headlines with Geneva photo caption

 

Geneva — NAMPA on July 6 published a photo caption showing Namibia's Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, alongside ITU officials at the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva. The same NAMPA feed displayed AFP-style datelines and headlines dated July 7–10 referencing distinct events while the body...