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University of Georgia cancels classes after woman found dead on campus (apnews.com)
The University of Georgia canceled classes after authorities say a woman was found dead on campus after a friend told police she had not returned from a morning run.
Disturbing AI Images of Children Found for Sale on Shutterstock (petapixel.com)
Someone used Shutterstock's AI image generator to create them.
Sultan: Girl Scouts threaten legal action over troop's fundraiser for children in Gaza (www.stltoday.com)
The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri sent an email and said members could not raise money that represents “partisan politics” and must “stay neutral.”
Ala. hospital halts IVF after state’s high court ruled embryos are “children” (arstechnica.com)
Anger and uncertainty spread in wake of Friday's ruling by the state's Supreme Court.
A Florida high school required parents' permission for students to watch Disney's 'Tangled,' prompting some to say local education laws are 'out of control' (www.businessinsider.com)
One parent said the influx of permission slips is getting "out of control" and "burdensome."
Another executive in Japan's Eneos group sacked for sexual harassment (mainichi.jp)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The chairman of a subsidiary of Japanese major oil refiner Eneos Holdings Inc. has been dismissed over sexual harassment, the firm said Wednesday, in the third such incident within the corporate group since 2022.
Japanese mafia boss conspired to traffic nuclear materials, says US (www.bbc.com)
Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, allegedly tried to sell material he believed would go to Iran to build a nuclear bomb.
Unvaccinated Florida kids exposed to measles can skip quarantine, officials say (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday, nearly 20 percent of the school's 1,067 students were reportedly absent.
Oklahoma police say nonbinary teen's death was not result of injuries from high school fight (apnews.com)
Police in Oklahoma say a teen who died a day after an altercation at school did not die as a result of injuries sustained in the fight.
Alex Jones Estate Liquidation Gets Sandy Hook Families’ Vote (news.bloomberglaw.com)
The families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims voted overwhelmingly in favor of a plan to wrap up Alex Jones’ bankruptcy proceedings by liquidating the right wing talk show host’s assets.
Israeli soldiers are looting Gaza homes en masse (www.972mag.com)
Soldiers describe how stealing Palestinian property has become totally routine in the Gaza war, with minimal pushback from commanders.
The Empty Adderall Factory (nymag.com)
A drugmaker’s feud with the DEA is exacerbating the ADHD meds crisis — at a rate of 600 million missing doses a year.
‘Ruining my career’: calls grow for Japan to change law on married surnames (www.theguardian.com)
Japan is the only country in the world that requires spouses to use the same name, but after decades of inaction, appetite for change is building
Russia-Ukraine latest: X suspends Navalny wife's account - as Moscow puts brother on wanted list (news.sky.com)
The widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, has had her X account suspended. Meanwhile, his brother has been put on Moscow wanted list's. Listen to a Daily podcast special on Russian opposition in the wake of Navalny's death as you scroll.
Israel sets Ramadan deadline for feared Rafah invasion (thehill.com)
Israeli officials appear to have set a deadline to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah — the largest refugee camp in the coastal territory — for the Muslim holy day of Ramadan on March 10.
Measles erupts in Florida school where 11% of kids are unvaccinated (arstechnica.com)
Over 100 children at the school are susceptible to virus.
Alexei Navalny's body 'in morgue' as inmate describes 'mysterious commotion' - Russian news outlet (news.sky.com)
According to a Russian news outlet, Alexei Navalny's body is now in a morgue, but no post-mortem examination has yet been performed. The same media organisation also cites an inmate who described a "mysterious commotion" on the night before his death was announced.
West Virginia House passes bill allowing prosecution of librarians (www.newsandsentinel.com)
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates debated the merits of removing protections for public librarians and school librarians from criminal prosecution in the off chance a minor encounters books and content some consider to be obscene.
Utah House committee approves Ten Commandments bill despite constitutional concerns (www.ksl.com)
A Utah lawmaker is no longer pushing for public schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments but wants to add other biblical precepts and the Magna Carta to the curriculum.
The Great Compression: Thanks to soaring housing prices, the era of the 400-square-foot subdivision house is upon us (www.nytimes.com)
Robert Lanter lives in a 600-square-foot house that can be traversed in five seconds and vacuumed from a single outlet. He doesn’t have a coffee table in the living room because it would obstruct the front door. When relatives come to visit, Mr. Lanter says jokingly, but only partly, they have to tour one at time....
Nintendo Is Telling Game Publishers Switch 2 Will Be Delayed (www.bloomberg.com)
Nintendo Co. is advising game publishers that its next-generation console will be delayed until the early months of 2025, according to people with knowledge of the matter....
Frozen embryos are ‘children,’ Alabama Supreme Court rules in couples’ wrongful death suits (www.al.com)
The state's highest court reversed a judge's dismissal of the case involving embryos destroyed by a wandering Mobile hospital patient.
Murder victim Kelly Wilkinson repeatedly visited police in fear. They said she was ‘cop shopping’ (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Family calls for inquest, saying Wilkinson visited police ‘almost every day’ before she was murdered by her husband in 2021
Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot (arstechnica.com)
Air Canada appears to have quietly killed its costly chatbot support.
‘What Was She Supposed to Report?:’ Police Report Shows How a High School Deepfake Nightmare Unfolded (www.404media.co)
An in-depth police report obtained by 404 Media shows how a school, and then the police, investigated a wave of AI-powered “nudify” apps in a high school.
‘What Was She Supposed to Report?:’ Police Report Shows How a High School Deepfake Nightmare Unfolded (www.404media.co)
An in-depth police report obtained by 404 Media shows how a school, and then the police, investigated a wave of AI-powered “nudify” apps in a high school.
Chun Ki-won: Hero pastor jailed for sexually abusing North Korea teenage escapees (www.bbc.com)
Hailed as "Asia's Schindler" for helping North Koreans flee, he has been jailed for sexual abuse.
Chun Ki-won: Hero pastor jailed for sexually abusing North Korea teenage escapees (www.bbc.com)
Hailed as "Asia's Schindler" for helping North Koreans flee, he has been jailed for sexual abuse.
Conservative group tells judge it has no evidence to back its claims of Georgia ballot stuffing (apnews.com)
A conservative group that claimed to uncover a ballot stuffing scheme in Georgia has told a judge it has no evidence to back up its allegations.
Israel Media Report Netanyahu Has Pulled Out of Cease-fire Talks in Egypt (www.nytimes.com)
Some family members of the hostages still in Gaza criticized any such decision and protested outside the homes of Israeli officials.
Israel Media Report Netanyahu Has Pulled Out of Cease-fire Talks in Egypt (www.nytimes.com)
Some family members of the hostages still in Gaza criticized any such decision and protested outside the homes of Israeli officials.
Catalina Foothills instructor with infamous past linked to Only Fans (www.kvoa.com)
Rachel Dolezal was under fire in 2014, accused of misidentifying herself as black while serving as the head of the NAACP in Spokane, WA before resigning amid the backlash....
Silent Hill 2’s latest trailer ‘does not reflect the spirit of the game’, Bloober Team president says (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Elderly Alaska man is first reported person to die of recently discovered Alaskapox virus (apnews.com)
Alaska state health officials say an elderly man has died from Alaskapox. It's the first known fatality from the recently discovered virus.
Unions call for strikes at Ubisoft studios in France to protest wages: 'We cannot tolerate being treated as expendable to mitigate their bad decisions' (www.pcgamer.com)
Last-minute negotiations to avert the strike failed to produce results, so they're hitting the streets.
Police Announce an Arrest in the Theft of a Jackie Robinson Statue (www.nytimes.com)
EA flop Immortals of Aveum reportedly cost around $125 million, former dev says "a AAA single-player shooter in today's market was a truly awful idea" (www.gamesradar.com)
Personally I would not call Immortals of Aveum an AAA game. 😅...
How Mastodon made friends with Meta (www.platformer.news)
Founder Eugen Rochko on helping Threads federate, dodging venture capital, and why he hopes Bluesky abandons its protocol
Killing of three women in a week sparks femicide protests in Somalia (www.theguardian.com)
Police name husbands as suspects in separate deaths of women, two of whom were pregnant
How Spoutible’s Leaky API Spurted out a Deluge of Personal Data (www.troyhunt.com)
Ever hear one of those stories where as it unravels, you lean in ever closer and mutter “No way! No way! NO WAY!” This one, as far as infosec stories go, had me leaning and muttering like never before. Here goes: Last week, someone reached out to me with what
Ian Miles Cheong says he loves Malaysia, is not Pro-Israel | New Straits Times (www.nst.com.my)
KUALA LUMPUR: Controversial Malaysian influencer, Ian Miles Cheong, has clarified that he does not advocate for Israel, despite claims circulating on social media.
Baby in Missouri dies after mother mistakenly puts her in oven for nap (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli cops killed a 4-year-old Palestinian girl, then took 10 days to return her body (www.haaretz.com)
Border Police opened fire indiscriminately at a vehicle that tried to burst through a checkpoint, also firing 32 rounds into a taxi carrying a mother and her children. One of them, a little girl, was shot dead
‘This should not have happened,’ lawyer says of 16-year-old’s death at poultry plant (mississippitoday.org)
Family of 16-year-old worker killed cleaning a machine at Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg files lawsuit.