Sunday Reads: Feb. 15

Happy Valentine’s Day weekend, Great Falls. Here’s this week’s reading list.

Associated Press: Copyright chaos has been disrupting the figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics

The New York Times: States weigh bills to allow you to make your own electricity

Reuters: Four states sue Trump administration over cuts to public health funding

DefenseScoop: Customs and Border Protection personnel — not U.S. troops — used military laser to shoot object near El Paso

RouteFifty: Researchers warn of AI, data centers’ water impact

CyberScoop: Why your AI doctor doesn’t follow HIPAA: The hidden risks of medical chatbots

KFF Health News:  Clinics sour on CMS after agency scraps 10-year primary care program only months in

Associated Press: Trump’s EPA rejects climate change as health threat, but science strongly disagrees

Stat:  What the FDA’s Moderna rejection means for every vaccine maker

The New York Times: Senate questions health care firm for profiting off program meant for poor

The Washington Post: National Guard Troops Withdrawn From L.A., Chicago, Portland

The New York Times: Beyond the big cities, ICE is rattling small-town and exurban America

The Washington Post: ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers

The New York Times: ‘Worse than the pandemic’: Restaurants say ICE presence imperils business

RouteFifty: Arizona Senate panel advances bill that shields police surveillance cameras from public scrutiny

ProPublica and The Denver Post: How intoxicating hemp seeped into the nation’s first recreational cannabis market

The Economist: The world’s most powerful woman

The Washington Post: A new mortgage crisis is quietly hitting those who can least afford it (column)

The Economist: Don’t ban teenagers from social media

The Atlantic: America’s convenience-store conundrum