Few years on the Earth
Arch Manning, the highly publicized Texas quarterback and member of one of American football’s most recognizable families, found himself at the center of an unexpected controversy this week after laughing about an AI-generated video involving Texas coach Steve Sarkisian and ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe. What began as a lighthearted comment during a press conference … Read more
Shalini Thakur, a 38-year-old woman from Sacramento, California, was killed in a shooting outside a Panera Bread, a tragedy that has drawn renewed attention to the dangers of stalking, restraining-order violations and the limits victims can face when trying to protect themselves. According to authorities and court documents described in reports, Thakur had previously sought … Read more
The death of 22-year-old Alexis “Lexi” Kramer in a fiery McLaren crash in Irvine, California, has brought renewed attention to the young Florida model, her passion for cars and motorcycles, and the events that led her to California just days before the tragedy. Kramer died alongside 27-year-old James Wehr when a 2019 McLaren crashed shortly … Read more
Julie Kaputa, a high school senior from upstate New York, found herself at the center of an unusual school disciplinary dispute after she was suspended on the first day of classes for bringing a cup of coffee into her classroom. Kaputa is an honors student at Beaver River Central School in Beaver Falls, New York, … Read more
Malone Lam, a 22-year-old man who came to the United States from Singapore, has pleaded guilty to his role in one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history. Lam admitted to participating in a scheme that resulted in the theft of more than $240 million worth of bitcoin from a wealthy Washington, D.C., resident. … Read more
Matthew Eric Jenkins was a 20-year-old man from Shelby Township, Michigan, whose life was tragically cut short just one week after he moved to Florida to begin a new chapter through the Disney College Program. Jenkins had recently arrived in the state with plans to take part in the internship program at Walt Disney World, … Read more
Nekime Oxendine is a North Carolina state trooper who is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Captain Adam Bean. According to the information contained in search warrants and reports, the case centers on a complicated romantic relationship involving Oxendine, Bean and a woman who had … Read more
A Florida family of four was found dead Tuesday after the small plane carrying them disappeared while traveling from the Bahamas toward Miami. The aircraft was being piloted by 80-year-old Mario Lamar, who was traveling with his 79-year-old wife, Lili Lamar, and their two grandchildren, 28-year-old Sofi Sosa and 22-year-old Christian Sosa. The family had … Read more
Anuradha and Vikas Sinha are an Indian-origin engineer couple who have made a major contribution to the University of North Texas (UNT), donating $20 million to establish a new college focused on artificial intelligence and advanced analytics. The university has announced that the new institution will be named the Anuradha and Vikas Sinha College of … Read more
Jacob Coxon, an artificial intelligence researcher who recently resigned from Anthropic, has drawn attention after issuing a stark warning about the future of increasingly powerful AI systems. Coxon said he had spent the past three years working in pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the leading companies developing advanced artificial intelligence models. … Read more