A Florida teenager is facing charges after allegedly faking his own kidnapping and shooting himself in the leg as part of the hoax, according to officials. Caden Speight, a 17-year-old from Citrus Springs, Florida, was arrested and charged on Tuesday with presenting false evidence, shooting into a conveyance, making a false report of a crime and possessing a firearm as …
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A still showing an AI-created crowd at a big public event from OpenAI’s publicity video for its new video generation platform Sora 2. AI crowd scenes have traditionally posed a big technical challenge for companies like OpenAI and Google. But their models are improving all the time. OpenAI hide caption toggle caption OpenAI A Will Smith concert video tore through …
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A man who was detained moments after Turning Point USA executive director Charlie Kirk’s killing has been arrested on allegations of trying to thwart authorities by falsely confessing to the fatal shooting. After being arrested on Monday, 71-year-old George Zinn faces a count of obstructing justice – a second-degree felony – in the wake of Kirk’s killing at Utah Valley …
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Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A Nothing Phone 3 retail demo has been spotted making misleading claims about photo samples. Android Authority has spoken to two of the photographers who shot the pics, who confirm they did not use the Phone 3 at all. Asked for comment, Nothing has not denied these claims, and instead says that it plans …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Lying to your lenders is a bad enough idea when you’re an individual. It’s even worse when you’re a country. That’s the specter critics of President Donald Trump have raised after he fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics this month after disappointing jobs data. While there’s no indication the data has been …
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Ever since the first hit podcasts launched 15-20 years ago it has been nearly impossible to track the precise size of their audiences. Now, Bill Simmons, the “Podfather” himself, is calling out dishonesty in the industry. Simmons would know. Since 2020, Simmons has helped lead Spotify’s expansion into podcasting and was promoted this year to head of talk strategy for …
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A man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the United States to avoid sexual assault and fraud allegations was convicted of rape in Utah on Wednesday, prosecutors said. A Salt Lake County jury found Nicholas Alahverdian, who has been identified and charged by authorities in Utah as Nicholas Rossi, guilty after three days of testimony. Deliberations began Wednesday. …
Read More »SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials. A jury in Salt Lake County found Nicholas Rossi guilty of a 2008 rape after a three-day trial in which …
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Aug 13, 2025, 03:05 PM ET Officials will be cracking down on college football players who feign injuries, the number of overtime timeouts will be reduced and referees will use different verbiage when announcing the results of video reviews. Those are among the changes for the 2025 season, the National Football Foundation announced Wednesday in its annual summary of rules …
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A man accused of faking his death and fleeing to the United Kingdom to avoid rape charges faced an alleged victim in court Monday as a jury trial in Utah began. The man known in the U.S. as Nicholas Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, is accused of sexually assaulting two women in Utah in 2008. He has pleaded …
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