#Bulgaria’s leader makes new push to fight endemic corruption

#Bulgaria’s leader makes new push to fight endemic corruption

“#Bulgaria’s leader makes new push to fight endemic corruption” SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria’s interim prime minister on Monday urged the government to redouble its efforts to fight endemic graft, calling for changes in prosecutors’ offices, the judiciary and all law enforcement agencies. Prime Minister Stefan Yanev spoke at a meeting of the government security council…

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#Iowa prisons to resume visitation for vaccinated inmates

#Iowa prisons to resume visitation for vaccinated inmates

“#Iowa prisons to resume visitation for vaccinated inmates” CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Corrections has announced it will resume in-person visitation in early July for those prisoners who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The department announced the decision Friday, the Gazette reported, as more than 58 percent of those incarcerated in Iowa’s…

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#Jennifer Lopez inks first-look, multi-year Netflix deal

#Jennifer Lopez inks first-look, multi-year Netflix deal

“#Jennifer Lopez inks first-look, multi-year Netflix deal” J.Lo has signed on the dotted line. Jennifer Lopez, actress, singer and CEO of the television production company Nuyorican Productions, has inked a multiyear, first-look deal with Netflix, Variety first reported. As part of the deal, Lopez will produce both scripted and unscripted movie and TV content for…

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#Kremlin critic Navalny is returned to prison facility after hunger strike

#Kremlin critic Navalny is returned to prison facility after hunger strike

“#Kremlin critic Navalny is returned to prison facility after hunger strike” Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been returned to the original correctional facility where he had been serving out a sentence after he recovered from a hunger strike at a hospital in a different prison, the TASS news agency reported on Monday. The 45-year-old opposition politician had declared a hunger strike in late March to demand better medical care in prison after experiencing acute leg…

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#Biden admin starts using controversial facial recognition tool on migrants: report

#Biden admin starts using controversial facial recognition tool on migrants: report

“#Biden admin starts using controversial facial recognition tool on migrants: report” The Biden administration is embracing controversial facial recognition technology and other intrusive surveillance tools to process the backlog of thousands of migrants at the US-Mexico border, according to a report.  US Customs and Border Protection has distributed an app called “CBP One” that uses…

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#Bruce Springsteen returning to Broadway this month

#Bruce Springsteen returning to Broadway this month

“#Bruce Springsteen returning to Broadway this month” The Boss is coming back to Broadway — and much earlier than expected. Rocker Bruce Springsteen, whose Broadway show ran for more than a year at the Walter Kerr Theatre in 2017 and 2018, will play Broadway once again beginning June 26 — less than three weeks away….

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#Video chat apps making tweaks to illuminate darker skin tones

#Video chat apps making tweaks to illuminate darker skin tones

“#Video chat apps making tweaks to illuminate darker skin tones” Video conferencing services have for years boasted that their technology is “intuitive” to use or “integrated” to function with other tools, but now vendors such as Google and Cisco can hardly go a blog post without trumpeting a different attribute: “inclusive.” The latest buzzword, and the…

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