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The King's Trough Complex is a several-hundred-kilometer-long, canyon-like system of trenches on the North Atlantic seafloor. Its formation was long thought to be the result of simple stretching of ...

Mountain View police criticized the company supplying its automated license plate reader system after an audit turned up "unauthorized" use by federal law enforcement agencies. At least six offices of ...

SEATTLE — A bill aimed at regulating automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras has successfully passed the Washington State Senate with a 40-9 vote. Sponsored by Sen. Yasmin Trudeau (D-Tacoma), SB ...

A federal judge in Virginia ruled Tuesday that the City of Norfolk’s use of nearly 200 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) from Flock is constitutional and can continue, dismissing the entire case ...

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License plate reader cameras made by Flock Safety have drawn attention and criticism nationwide over privacy and civil liberties, but in Diboll, the police chief and his command staff say the ...

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Massive hot tubs have been deployed across the Big Apple for the first time in nearly five years to melt snow from Sunday’s deadly winter storm. Massive snow-melting hot tubs have been deployed by the ...

I did the math to see how much an air fryer costs to run versus the big oven. Here's what I found. David Watsky Managing Editor / Home and Kitchen David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a ...