Day: February 28, 2024

California middle school rocked by circulation of AI-generated nude photos of students

12:46 am February 28, 2024

A middle school in Beverly Hills, California, is investigating the circulation of nude photos of students generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Staff at Beverly Vista Middle School were alerted last week to the dissemination of images that superimposed the faces of some of its students using AI. “We want to make it unequivocally clear that […]

New Orleans hat salesman, 99, honored by French president for WWII service

12:12 am February 28, 2024

A 99-year-old New Orleans businessman best known in the city as a proprietor of his family’s landmark hat store on St. Charles Avenue was honored by the president of France on Tuesday for his military service during World War II. Samuel Meyer, who still puts in a few days a week at Meyer the Hatter, […]

Vikings’ Kevin O’Connell optimistic on potential Kirk Cousins return: ‘We’re heading toward a good place’

12:11 am February 28, 2024

Four-time Pro Bowl quarterback Kirk Cousins is set to officially enter the free agent market next month. The 35-year-old has spent the past six seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, leading the team to the playoffs two times. Cousins was in the midst of arguably the best season of his career until he suffered a season-ending […]

Amid Alabama IVF blowback, Florida shelves bill allowing wrongful death suits for the unborn

12:11 am February 28, 2024

A Florida bill to allow people to file wrongful death lawsuits over the death of a fetus is being shelved because of the political fallout from an Alabama Supreme Court decision that frozen embryos are legally protected children. Republican Sen. Erin Grall decided not to proceed with her bill Monday after opponents cited the Alabama […]

Virginia man charged with threatening church has case taken over by federal prosecutors

12:09 am February 28, 2024

Federal prosecutors have taken over the case against a northern Virginia man arrested last year on suspicion he was about to embark on a mass shooting at a megachurch. Local prosecutors in Prince William County on Tuesday dropped charges against Rui Jiang, 35, of Falls Church, including a charge of attempted aggravated murder against multiple […]