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Hundreds of Utahns rallied peacefully at the State Capitol over the Stratos Project, a roughly 40,000-acre data center near the Great Salt Lake backed by Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary, as a debate over water, jobs, and the lake's future intensifies.
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Erin Brockovich launched a nationwide map tracking AI data centers, and residents have already flagged concerns at 2,716 locations across nearly every state.
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A new bill, Senate Bill 784, would write Michigan's universal free school meals program permanently into state law — reviving a debate over cost and who should pay.
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Minnesota's Senate voted 65-0 to become the first state to ban AI nudification apps, letting victims sue app makers and exposing them to fines up to $500,000 per violation.
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Three Vietnam War veterans have filed a federal lawsuit to stop a 250-foot 'Independence Arch' from rising near Arlington National Cemetery, arguing it was approved without congressional sign-off.
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed Senate Bill 397, blocking ICE from warrantless arrests in schools, hospitals, churches, and courthouses. The Trump administration has already sued.
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Texas Rangers arrested ICE agent Christian Castro on five counts tied to the January shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis. Prosecutors allege video contradicts his self-defense account.
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The Pentagon is offering troops free tickets to the UFC fight Trump plans to host at the White House — but only service members who meet the military's waist-to-height fitness standard make the cut.
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Gov. Ned Lamont signed Senate Bill 397, barring ICE from warrantless arrests in schools, churches, hospitals, and courthouses, letting detained people sue agents, and requiring officers to show their faces.
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More than 600 people rallied at the Utah State Capitol against a 40,000-acre data center backed by Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary, warning it could drain the shrinking Great Salt Lake and more than double the state's electricity use.
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Minnesota is the first state in the nation to criminalize AI 'nudification' apps. Governor Tim Walz signed the law after it passed 132-1 in the House and 65-0 in the Senate, letting victims sue app owners and allowing $500,000 fines per violation.
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Erin Brockovich launched an interactive map letting Americans report AI data center concerns. In one week, 1,800+ reports came in from 47 states.
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