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A police officer monitors video surveillance in the real-time crime center at the Irvine Police Department in California in 2024. It's unclear whether Irvine uses Axon Fusus surveillance software or another software in its crime center.
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Flock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisome
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Bassam al-Hassan was a former Syrian general and a senior advisor to former President Bashar al-Assad. He is living in Lebanon, bankrolled and protected by American and Lebanese authorities.
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Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig during a meeting with technology leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Washington.
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As crypto and prediction markets expand, their regulator shrinks
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