President Trump denied knowledge of a New York Times report detailing a 2019 classified SEAL Team 6 mission in North Korea. The report alleges that unarmed North Korean civilians were killed during an aborted operation to intercept Kim Jong-un's communications, approved by Trump. The Pentagon and U.S. Special Operations...
A 12-year-old girl, Sophia Forchas, critically injured in a Minneapolis church shooting, shows signs of improvement, though her survival remains uncertain. Sophia, the most severely wounded child survivor, suffered severe brain damage from a bullet that remains lodged in her brain. Her neurosurgeon, Dr. Walt Galicich, expressed cautious...
The Powerball jackpot has reached an estimated $1.8 billion for Saturday's drawing, the second-largest in US history. Winners can choose a lump sum of roughly $826.4 million or an annuity. Financial expert Dan Geltrude advises taking the lump sum if you can manage it wisely, but warns against...
OpenAI is restructuring its Model Behavior team, merging it with the Post Training team to integrate AI personality development more closely with model creation. The team, known for mitigating sycophancy and bias in models like GPT-4 and GPT-5, will now report to Max Schwarzer. Team founder Joanne Jang...
US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.'s actions regarding the CDC have sparked widespread concern. He fired the CDC director, Susan Monarez, and other senior staff, after claiming she lacked trustworthiness. Kennedy, a known vaccine critic, has also dismissed the CDC's vaccine advisory panel, replacing it with a handpicked group....
Anthropic, an AI company, will pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by authors who claimed the company used pirated copies of their books to train its chatbot, Claude. This landmark settlement, if approved, could reshape legal battles between AI companies and creatives over copyright infringement. ...
Israel's military claims control of 40% of Gaza City and plans a large-scale ground offensive to fully occupy it, aiming to retrieve hostages and dismantle Hamas rule. Around 60,000 reservists have been called up. The offensive has already leveled neighborhoods, displacing thousands and causing a humanitarian crisis. ...
The NFL's 2025 season kicks off internationally with a matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers at Arena Corinthians in São Paulo, Brazil. Star quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert will face off at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. This free-to-stream game, available on YouTube,...
The Trump administration is seeking to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran national, to Eswatini. This follows previous attempts to deport him to Uganda, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Garcia's attorneys claim he faces persecution or torture in these locations, citing a prior wrongful deportation to El...
AI companion app Dot is shutting down on October 5th. Launched in 2024, Dot aimed to be a personalized friend and confidante, offering advice and emotional support. However, the startup, New Computer, cited diverging visions for its closure, not explicitly mentioning concerns surrounding the growing scrutiny of AI...
