Social media platform X has blocked searches linked to Taylor Swift after fake, AI-generated explicit images of the pop star were posted to the site. Attempted searches for “Taylor Swift” currently return no results on the platform, formerly known as Twitter, with users instead shown an automated error message. Joe Benarroch, head of business operations […]
The family of a former Atlanta Charter School Assistant Principal is fighting for someone to be held accountable for his death. Abnerd Joseph was shot and killed in a Chicago high-rise by a neighbor. Months later, no charges have been filed. Jay Charles remembers his brother always stood out. “When you would meet Abnerd you […]
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Search teams were deployed following an avalanche Wednesday at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe, officials said. The avalanche occurred around 9:30 a.m. at Palisades Tahoe, the resort said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. “Our Patrol and mountain operations teams are performing a search at this time,” […]
Law enforcement in California handcuffed and detained Black and Indigenous residents during traffic stops at significantly higher rates than white people in 2022, according to data released on Wednesday. The annual racial profiling report from a state board analyzed 4.5m vehicle and pedestrian stops conducted by 535 law enforcement agencies, the first time departments from […]
Loved ones are searching for a boy who disappeared in East Los Angeles over the weekend. The critically missing boy was identified as Oscar Eduardo Flores Sorta, 13, by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Sorta was last seen on Saturday, Dec. 23 in the 900 block of South Downey Road at around 2 p.m. […]
Weight-loss drugs were this year’s most searched health trend in Yahoo Search, and for good reason: 2023 was flooded with headlines about how the injections and pills can help people lose a significant amount of weight, along with the risks and complications that can go along with using them. Much of the popularity of weight-loss […]
Dec. 23—SIBLEY, Miss. — “Stop, Rick. I think we are passing it.” It was the day after Christmas. My brother, Rick, and I were rolling along the back roads of Sibley, a very small community on U.S. Route 61, 14 miles south of Natchez, Mississippi, our hometown. Every now and then, a rifle shot or […]
Florida’s public colleges and universities would no longer be allowed to select their presidents in total secrecy, under proposed new legislation. State Sen. Tina Polsky, D-Boca Raton, filed a bill this week that would require a college or university to select three to five finalists whose names would become public. Her bill is in response […]
Dec. 17—WILLMAR — While assisting Kandiyohi County Community Corrections agents to complete house visits and searches at the homes of those on probation on Dec. 15, the Willmar Police Department ended up arresting two. A 21-year-old Willmar man was arrested on numerous firearm charges after a loaded handgun, without a serial number, was found under […]
Google just gave internet enthusiasts a look at the trending searches that transfixed hearts and minds in 2023. It’s easy to see the influence from TikTok and YouTube in many of those categories. “Rizz” (short for “charisma”) was the top trending slang term, in addition to being crowned Oxford’s Word of the Year, and “how […]