Day: January 14, 2025

AP’s Lisa Dwyer reports on new developments in the death of a black motorist in Louisiana.

AP’s Lisa Dwyer reports thatthe USDA documented unsanitary conditions at several Boar’s Head plants.

After two men brutally assaulted a security guard on a train platform in St. Louis, police detectives faced a daunting challenge: identifying the attackers. Police turned to facial recognition technology, feeding a blurry image from a small surveillance camera into the software. The software gave them the mugshot of a man who says he had nothing to do with the crime. Christopher Gatlin spent over a year in jail awaiting trial before the case was dropped. Gatlin is one of at least eight people in the United States who have been wrongfully arrested after being misidentified by facial recognition technology. All of those cases were eventually dropped by prosecutors – but only after the suspects fought to clear their names. Business and tech investigations reporter Doug MacMillan unpacks his research into how police are using AI-driven facial recognition and how people like Gatlin have been wrongfully arrested as a result. Today’s show was produced by Emma Talkoff and Trinity Webster-Bass. It was edited by Maggie Penman and Evelyn Larrubia. Thank you to David Ovalle and Aaron Schaffer. Subscribe to The Washington Post here .

We’ll tell you why power to more than 20,000 households in Southern California could be intentionally shut off. Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, is walking back some previous statements during his confirmation hearing. We have the latest on a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal between Israel and Hamas. The US Food and Drug Administration wants packaged food labels to have more information. Plus, a country known for high temperatures is hitting record lows.
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AP correspondent Julie Walker reports southern California faces new wildfire warnings as near hurricane-force winds regain strength.

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports on the Los Angeles area wildfires and the threat of high winds fueling the fire and forcing evacuations.

AP correspondent Joe Federman reports on the ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas.

AP Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports a former first lady will skip Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.