(NBC NEWS) The American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy activists are asking Amazon to stop marketing a powerful facial recognition tool to police, saying law enforcement agencies could use the technology to “easily build a system to automate the identification and tracking of anyone.” The tool, called Rekognition, is already being used by at least one agency — the…
(WHO)A mother duck and her flock of ducklings have a team of complete strangers to thank for saving their lives. On Thursday, 14 ducklings fell into a storm drain on Locust Street in Des Moines, Iowa. Employees of nearby shops and a team of construction workers installing a new manhole jumped into action.
(KTTC)Two Minnesota newspapers on the brink of extinction are trying everything they can to keep publishing at a time when newspapers across the country are closing. The Dodge County Independent and its sister publication the Steele County Times have been covering the local community for more than a century… and if they don’t get help they won’t be open for…
BROWNSVILLE – Had Christian Goodroe not died in a car wreck Dec. 17, 2017, he would have been graduating this month. Instead, his family will be watching others graduate and offering an Edmonson County High School senior a memorial scholarship in Goodroe’s memory. Sunday, May 5, Goodroe’s family is holding a fundraiser Show and Shine at the Edmonson County Fairgrounds….
(NBC NEWS) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that Attorney General William Barr committed a crime during testimony last month. “What is deadly serious about it is the attorney general of the United States of America was not telling the truth to the Congress of the United States. That’s a crime,” Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference….
(WLEX)There are many who want a piece of Kentucky Derby history, and one artist has found an interesting way to sell it. Artist Coleman Larkin has gathered turds (his word. sorry)from the 1997 Kentucky Derby Winner Silver Charm, and he is selling them in jars. Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement President Michael Blowen said that Larkin approached him with the bizarre…
Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron comedy “Long Shot” hits theaters this week. NBC’s Raphael Seth has more.
(NBC News) The realization that kids as young as first and second graders were using smartphones convinced Brooke Shannon that her three daughters should grow up a little more old school. “There were so many children in our elementary school that were going through the day with their heads down instead of their heads up,” Shannon says. The Austin, Texas…
In a SoKY Sunrise special report, WNKY’s Kristy Steward and Matthew White visited Kentucky Downs to get a taste of a fresh mint julep and a look at everything Kentucky Downs has planned to celebrate Derby Day! Don’t forget, you can catch the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby on WNKY NBC 40 on Saturday, May 4, with coverage beginning…
Gabby Springs and Cameron Levis join us to talk about an adult tennis clinic happening on Saturday, May 18. The free clinic is for all skill levels, and will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Kereiakes Park.
