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Concerns about AI-written police reports spur states to regulate the emerging practice

Police are getting a boost from artificial intelligence, with algorithms now able to draft police reports in minutes. The technology promises to make police reports more accurate and comprehensive, as well as save officers time.This […]

Opinion: Climate change divides the innovators from the defenders of the status quo

“The European Green Deal is something we owe to our children because we do not own this planet.” These words date back to a few days before Christmas 2019. They defined Ursula Von Der Leyen’s […]

Study finds emotional tweets by politicians don’t always win followers and can backfire with diverse audiences

When a politician uses emotionality on social media to engage with his or her constituents, two things happen. One is that the politician sees an increase in engagement with individual constituents and then at scale. […]

Detroit parents face fines if their children break curfew. Research shows the policy could do more harm than good

Detroit is seeing decline in violent crime, but 33% more young people were victims of gun violence in the city so far in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to local police.This article is […]

Polls and trolls: Is violent online abuse turning women off local politics?

In her final speech as Wellington mayor, Tory Whanau spoke candidly about the relentless online abuse she faced during her term, much of it racist and sexist. None of it would have been reassuring for […]

Poorer health linked to more votes for Reform UK, 2024 voting patterns suggest

Poorer health is linked to a higher proportion of votes for the populist right wing political party, Reform UK, indicates an analysis of the 2024 general election voting patterns in England, published online in the […]

Young people around the world are leading protests against their governments

The spate of public demonstrations against unemployment, corruption and low quality of life around the world is striking because of who is leading them. Young people have used social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, […]

Is the end looming for Canada’s border pre-clearance program with the United States?

At a testy meeting in Banff recently, the American ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, mused about the future of pre-clearance in Canada. Cross-border travel numbers are down, he complained, which makes the cost of the […]

Pro-Palestinian posts on TikTok continue to vastly outnumber pro-Israel posts, research shows

As the Israel-Hamas war erupted in late 2023, a Northeastern University researcher found pro-Palestinian posts on TikTok vastly outnumbered pro-Israeli posts.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

States could be held accountable for private security actions

Governments which employ private military companies, such as Wagner and Africa Corps, can be held liable for any human rights violations committed by these firms, research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has highlighted.This article is […]