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ChatGPT owner OpenAI announced Monday that it’s rolling out some new parental control features months after one of the chatbot’s teen users took his own life, which sparked a lawsuit from his parents. The artificial intelligence company will now allow parents to link their accounts with those of teens ages 13-17, the youngest age range allowed to access the tool. …

To Catch a Predator decoy Dan Schrack said that he has “blocked out” the death of investigation subject Bill Conradt. Conradt died by suicide as investigators from the Dateline segment entered his home. Former detective Walt Weiss said that his participation in the Conradt sting is a “stain on my soul.” To Catch a Predator participants are remembering a man …

The gunman who killed four people in a mass shooting in Midtown in July had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease linked to repeated head trauma, city medical examiners announced Friday. Shane Tamura, 27, had “unambiguous diagnostic evidence” of low-stage CTE, according to the chief medical examiner’s office, which completed its neuropathological examination of his brain tissue. Tamura left a …

Imran Rahman-JonesTechnology reporter and Liv McMahonTechnology reporter Getty Images Instagram’s tools designed to protect teenagers from harmful content are failing to stop them from seeing suicide and self-harm posts, a study has claimed. Researchers also said the social media platform, owned by Meta, encouraged children “to post content that received highly sexualised comments from adults”. The testing, by child safety …

Rudi Johnson offered an uplifting message to Virginia youth last week, urging them to “never give up” days before he reportedly committed suicide on Tuesday at the age of 45. “I want to give a special shutout to all the people who came before me, the alumni from Thomas Dale High School and Ettrick Trojans,” Johnson said in a taped …

Former Pro Bowl running back Rudi Johnson — a three-time 1,000-yard rusher who holds multiple Cincinnati Bengals records — died of an apparent suicide, Florida authorities said Tuesday, as his agent called for more resources to combat CTE. The 45-year-old Johnson’s death is being investigated by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, though “no foul play suspected,” according to an agency statement. …

Former Bengals Star Rudi Johnson Dies by Suicide at Age 45 in His Home State of Florida  Realtor.com Former Auburn, Bengals RB Johnson dies at 45  ESPN Ex-Bengals star Rudi Johnson dead at 45  Fox News Rudi Johnson, former Cincinnati Bengals Pro Bowl running back, dies at 45  NBC News Former Bengals running back Rudi Johnson dead at 45 in suicide  New York Post Source …

Former Bengals running back and Auburn star Rudi Johnson died at the age of 45 after committing suicide a little past midnight Tuesday, police told TMZ. The outlet reported that Johnson had been “struggling with mental health issues and the possible effects of CTE that he could not overcome.” The Bengals drafted Johnson in the fourth round with the No. …

Lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a New York federal judge Monday to sentence him early next month to no more than 14 months in prison for his conviction on two prostitution-related charges, meaning he’d go free almost immediately if the judge agreed. The lawyers made their arguments in a written submission to Judge Arun Subramanian, who has …

Delta State University sign on the campus grounds, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025 in Cleveland, Miss. Sophie Bates/AP hide caption toggle caption Sophie Bates/AP CLEVELAND, Miss. — An autopsy by the office of Mississippi’s state medical examiner concluded that a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University died by suicide, police said Thursday. The police department in …