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Chicago has joined a growing list of cities that have cut ties with a controversial company that tries to reduce urban gun violence with 24/7 technology that listens for the crack of gunshots and immediately notifies police.This month, Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the city would not renew its contract with SoundThinking, the California-based company behind ShotSpotter, software that uses a network of hidden neighborhood sensors to detect the sound of gunfire.Chicago was spending around $9 million…

Yesterday, apropos of nothing, Bleeding Cool looked at the shape-shifting powers of Ms Marvel, and how she had stopped using them.Published Tue, 30 May 2023 10:57:11 -0500 by Rich Johnston | Last updated Tue, 30 May 2023 10:57:36 -0500 | Yesterday, apropos of nothing, Bleeding Cool looked at the shape-shifting powers of Ms Marvel, and how she had stopped using them mostly, as she discovered that when she shape-shifted, any injuries her body had received no longer healed while she was in a different shape, and put a…

The says its Science and Technology Directorate division has created a portable gunshot detection system with the help of a company called Shooter Detection Systems (SDS). The agency notes that whereas other systems , SDS Outdoor can pinpoint flashes of gunshots as well. DHS claims this approach can reduce false positive rates. DHS has not disclosed details about the accuracy of the system. SDS, which is owned by , says its indoor gunshot detection system has a near-100 percent detection rate with fewer than one false…

Federal Police clash with protesters in front of the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in downtown Portland as the city experiences another night of unrest on July 25, 2020 in Portland, Oregon.Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images)The Department of Homeland Security says it’s taking already controversial gunshot detection technology and making it portable. Though the agency hopes its newly announced mobile monitoring system could add a sense of safety and security at music venues and other live events, a privacy expert…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDenise Richards has called out the “asshole” who said they “hoped” a gunshot that was fired at her “grazed her neck”.On Monday (14 November), Richards was involved in an incident where the pick-up truck she was in was shot at by a motorist while she was with her husband, Aaron.The Starship Troopers actor’s representative said that the couple had slowed down to look for street parking…

Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images)A federal lawsuit filed against the city of Chicago is calling into question law enforcement’s use of controversial gunshot detection technology for gathering key pieces of evidence. The suit, filed this week by the MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern University’s law school, alleged Chicago police misused inaccurate and unreliable tech from the firm ShotSpotter and didn’t pursue additional leads. The suit accuses police of putting “blind faith,” in ShotSpotter’s supposed evidence.The…

A 65-year-old man named Michael Williams spent almost a year in jail over the shooting of a man inside his car before prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss his case due to insufficient evidence. Now, the MacArthur Justice Center has sued the city of Chicago for using ShotSpotter, which it calls an "unreliable" gunshot detection technology, as critical evidence in charging him with first-degree murder. The human rights advocate group out of Northwestern University accuses the city's cops of relying on the technology and…

Recently, I was standing inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building, waiting to be ushered into the Senate gallery to witness the voting on and passage of the first piece of commonsense gun legislation in nearly 30 years. The committee room buzzed with energy, and as I looked around, I came to realize that it was full of gunshot survivors who are fierce advocates of responsible gun ownership. Some of them had been trying to end gun violence for decades. Those survivors include myself, a trauma surgeon. I was nearly killed…

Article content Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man who was found suffering from gunshot wounds following a crash in Pickering on Thursday afternoon. Article content Durham Regional Police say officers responded to the area of Taunton and Brock Rds. around noon for a single-vehicle crash. Upon arrival they found a grey Honda that had come to a stop metres from the road with the driver inside suffering from serious injuries. The driver, who was the vehicle’s lone occupant, was pronounced dead at…