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California is forging ahead with food waste recycling. But is it too much, too fast? ( apnews.com )

Two years after California launched an effort to keep organic waste out of landfills, the state is so far behind on getting food recycling programs up and running that it’s widely accepted next year’s ambitious waste-reduction targets won’t be met....

Ex-Illinois lawmaker abruptly pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering, halting federal trial ( apnews.com )

Former Illinois lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate William “Sam” McCann abruptly pleaded guilty on Thursday to nine felony counts of wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, halting his federal corruption trial over misusing up to $550,000 in campaign contributions....

Cyberattacks on hospitals are likely to increase, putting lives at risk, experts warn ( apnews.com )

Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier Midwestern children’s hospital, and that the U.S. government is doing too little prevent such breaches....

San Francisco's Ankle Monitor Rules Put On Hold by Federal Court ( www.law360.com )

In the suit, the plaintiffs challenged what they called "systematic intrusions on the privacy" of people released pretrial on electronic monitoring in San Francisco by forcing criminal defendants to agree to a set of rules they claimed were not authorized by the court....

American Express, Visa, Mastercard move ahead with code to track gun store purchases in California ( www.cbsnews.com )

Major credit card companies are moving to make a merchant code available for firearm and ammunition retailers in order to comply with a new California law that will allow banks to potentially track suspicious gun purchases and report them to law enforcement, CBS News has learned....

Republican lawmakers are backing dozens of bills targeting diversity efforts on campus and elsewhere ( apnews.com )

Diversity initiatives would be defunded or banned from universities and other public institutions under a slate of bills pending in Republican-led legislatures, with some lawmakers counting on the issue resonating with voters in this election year....

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