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The Washington Post: National Guard Troops Withdrawn From L.A., Chicago, Portland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




