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Van Kampen passed away surrounded by her family after being diagnosed with cancer , a statement shared on behalf of Sir Mark and her daughter Juliet confirmed.

A new law is being considered by New York's state legislature, reports a local news outlet. "if passed, will require anyone buying a 3D printer to pass a background check. If you can't legally own a firearm, you won't be able to buy one of these printers..." It is illegal to print most gun parts in New York. Attorney Greg Rinckey believes the proposal is an overreach. "I think this is also gonna face some constitutional problems. I mean, it really comes down to a legal parsing of what are you printing and at what point is it technically a firearm?" [Ascent Fabrication owner Joe] Fairley thinks lawmakers should shift their focus on those partial gun kits that produce the metal firing components. Another possibility is to require printer manufacturers to install software that prevents gun parts from being printed. "They would need to agree on some algorithm to look at the part and say nope, that is a gun component, you're not allowed to print that part somehow," said Fairley. "But I feel like it would be extremely difficult to get to that point."

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It was plunged into the limelight for the most horrendous reason last year

EXCLUSIVE: Khun Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 60, was killed with four other people when his personal Leonardo AW169 helicopter span out of control and smashed into the ground in a fireball

Unity Mitford's pattern is now well established: nearly every day she goes to the small Osteria Bavaria restaurant in Munich, hoping Adolf Hitler will be there.

Gladiators viewers declared the rebooted BBC show was ruined after it was announced a fan favourite had been forced to quit the competition.

A county transit police detective fed a poor-quality image to an AI-powered facial recognition program, remembers the Washington Post, leading to the arrest of "Christopher Gatlin, a 29-year-old father of four who had no apparent ties to the crime scene nor a history of violent offenses." He was unable to post the $75,000 cash bond required, and "jailed for a crime he says he didn't commit, it would take Gatlin more than two years to clear his name." A Washington Post investigation into police use of facial recognition software found that law enforcement agencies across the nation are using the artificial intelligence tools in a way they were never intended to be used: as a shortcut to finding and arresting suspects without other evidence... The Post reviewed documents from 23 police departments where detailed records about facial recognition use are available and found that 15 departments spanning 12 states arrested suspects identified through AI matches without any independent evidence connecting them to the crime — in most cases contradicting their own internal policies requiring officers to corroborate all leads found through AI. Some law enforcement officers using the technology appeared to abandon traditional policing standards and treat software suggestions as facts, The Post found. One police report referred to an uncorroborated AI result as a "100% match." Another said police used the software to "immediately and unquestionably" identify a suspected thief. Gatlin is one of at least eight people wrongfully arrested in the United States after being identified through facial recognition... All of the cases were eventually dismissed. Police probably could have eliminated most of the people as suspects before their arrest through basic police work, such as checking alibis, comparing tattoos, or, in one case, following DNA and fingerprint evidence left at the scene. Some statistics from the article about the eight wrongfully-arrested people: In six cases police failed to check alibis In two cases police ignored evidence that contradicted their theory In five cases police failed to collect key pieces of evidence In three cases police ignored suspects' physical characteristics In six cases police relied on problematic witness statements The article provides two examples of police departments forced to pay $300,000 settlements after wrongful arrests caused by AI mismatches. But "In interviews with The Post, all eight people known to have been wrongly arrested said the experience had left permanent scars: lost jobs, damaged relationships, missed payments on car and home loans. Some said they had to send their children to counseling to work through the trauma of watching their mother or father get arrested on the front lawn. "Most said they also developed a fear of police."

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Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghisseh were shot Saturday morning after a gunman opened fire in the Supreme Court in a 'planned assassination', according to the judiciary's website.

This Tesco may as well be a retail park with the amount of stores it has inside it

It was revealed by MailOnline the Zara and Sam had split last month after five years together with Zara recently revealing has has moved out of their Chelsea home.

Protesters had initially planned to rally around the Broadcasting House on Portland Place to protest alleged bias in the BBC 's coverage of the conflict in Gaza.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson's merciless assault on the school system was deemed so destructive Tory shadow minister Laura Trott branded her 'our very own Miley Cyrus'.

The Love Island host, 30, looked jaw-dropping capturing herself in the mirror clip as she calmly stood still while the yellow serpent twirled around her.

In a phone interview with NBC News, Trump said he hadn't yet made a final decision but was considering the move ahead of assuming office on Monday.

The JLS star, 38, is currently on the Strictly Come Dancing: Live Tour, as his other half shared an update on the family emergency.

Dramatic images have captured the moment a World War II shell was detonated by the Royal Navy Bomb Squad after it was found in an Isle of Wight garden.

Violent predators are being shipped across the border and released into the mountains - but terrified locals don't know where they've been freed.

Ethan Bowes, 19, was captured throwing items at police officers during the riots in Middlesbrough, and seen goading them as they tried to control the violence which erupted in the town centre on August 4

A Dutch top flight star found themselves in a gruesome moment of concern during a recent cup match after appearing to pop his eye out of its socket while blowing their nose.

Following the challenges cameras captured the resident bodybuilders and gymnasts returning to their dressing room, with viewers begging for the segment to be scrapped.