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[ad_1] The number of prisoners paroled in Louisiana has plummeted under Gov. Jeff Landry to its lowest point in 20 years, the most visible impact of the “tough on crime” policies he campaigned on. The parole board freed 185 prisoners during Landry’s tenure compared with 858 in the two years before his January 2024 inauguration, a 78% drop, according to a Verite News and ProPublica analysis of data provided by the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole. Hundreds of people who would have been paroled under previous administrations now remain in state prisons with little chance of earning…

[ad_1] At Reading, their starting point was identifying the target. They are in League One. Thirty-six clubs currently stand between them and even the foot of the Premier League. But the top division is where they aim to be. The problem to solve is how to get there.”We are looking at what we can do to innovate,” Stuart Fenton tells Sky Sports. “How can we be different?” In a sense, Fenton himself is the personification of that difference. Reading are the first club in England to appoint a head of artificial intelligence. Fenton is a Reading fan so needs no…

[ad_1] Model Context Protocol has a security problem that won't go away.When VentureBeat first reported on MCP's vulnerabilities last October, the data was already alarming. Pynt's research showed that deploying just 10 MCP plug-ins creates a 92% probability of exploitation — with meaningful risk even from a single plug-in.The core flaw hasn't changed: MCP shipped without mandatory authentication. Authorization frameworks arrived six months after widespread deployment. As Merritt Baer, chief security officer at Enkrypt AI, warned at the time: "MCP is shipping with the same mistake we've seen in every major protocol rollout: insecure defaults. If we don't build authentication…

[ad_1] Now 21 years old, the alleged victim has spoken out about her experience for the first time. (BuzzFeed News is referring to her as “G.” to protect her identity.) Then just 11 years old, G. was on the cruise with her grandmother and little sister and was excited about the vacation. “Automatically, as a child, you think it’s going to be amazing,” she said.Before the ship had even cast off for the Caribbean, G. went downstairs to get the Wi-Fi password, she told BuzzFeed News. “I asked the person that was outside of the restaurant for directions to the…

[ad_1] Bottles of Kocabag wines from native Turkish grapes, and one from Cabernet Sauvignon, await tasters at Kav Sarap Butigi, a wine bar and boutique, in Uchisar, Turkey | Photo Credit: Elin McCoy European wines are set to enter the Indian market at lower prices under the bilateral free trade agreement as India will provide import duty concessions under the pact, an official said. Under the pact, the duty on EU wines would fall from 150 per cent to 20 per cent (for expensive ones). For wines below 2.5 euros, there will be no duty concessions. Indian wines, too, will…

[ad_1] North Korean threat actors are once again targeting cryptocurrency developers and professionals using live video calls on Zoom to dupe them into installing malware. Summary North Korean hackers are using deepfake video calls and compromised Telegram accounts to deliver malware targeting crypto professionals. Over $300 million has been stolen using similar tactics. Hackers based in North Korea are using compromised Telegram accounts and deep fake AI videos to impersonate known contacts and deliver malicious payloads, according to BTC Prague co-founder Martin Kuchař. “A high-level hacking campaign is currently targeting Bitcoin and crypto users. I have been personally affected via…

[ad_1] Beyond the Gates weekly spoilers for January 26th through the 30th hint that Vernon Dupree (Clifton Davis) is tossed out and Joey Armstrong (Jon Lindstrom) is attacking someone. Monday Spoilers Beyond the Gates: Nicole Dupree Richardson’s Love Triangle and Anita Dupree’s Health Crisis On Monday, January 26, it’s season 2, episode 16, and Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson (Daphnee Duplaix) catches up with Dani Dupree (Karla Mosley) and tells her what’s new. And what’s new is that she’s sleeping with Carlton Fitzgerald (Robert Christopher Riley). But hot on the heels of Nicole getting her groove back with Dr. Ted Richardson…

[ad_1] EconomyRate of workplace injuries remains high compared with other developed economiesEmergency personnel work at the site of a deadly fire at a lithium battery factory owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell, in Hwaseong, South Korea on Jun. 24, 2024. © ReutersSTEVEN BOROWIECJanuary 27, 2026 12:52 JSTSEOUL — Four years after taking effect, landmark legislation in South Korea has not managed to curb the frequency of industrial accidents, highlighting the persistence of an old problem plaguing the country’s workplaces. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Politics / January 26, 2026 After the murder of Alex Pretti by federal agents, the least national Democrats can do is dismantle ICE. Ad Policy House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer depart a news conference at the US Capitol on January 8, 2026, in Washington, DC.(Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images) The time for triangulating is over. With the second murder of a Minneapolis citizen at the hands of untrained, immunity-drunk, and predatory federal agents, Democrats must fundamentally shift their approach to immigration policy. It’s long past time for the party to move past its…

[ad_1] MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka beat 18-year-old American Iva Jovic 6-3, 6-0 on Tuesday to reach the semifinals at the Australian Open. Sabalenka, who is trying to win her third Australian title in four years, went up 3-0 in the first set and established her dominance early against the 29th-seeded Jovic. But Jovic stayed in the set and had three breakpoint chances in the ninth game, which lasted 10 minutes. Sabalenka raced to a 5-0 lead in the second set with two breaks, taking any momentum away from the young American. Jovic didn’t help herself near the end…