OpenAI’s Sora 2, an invite-only platform featuring AI-generated videos, exploded in popularity since its launch. In its first week, the app surpassed 1 million downloads. But as the app grows, so do ethical concerns about its content, all of which is created using artificial intelligence. To get a sense for the technology’s potential — and […]
Gaza’s fragile peace deal hangs by a thread after a deadly weekend of airstrikes, accusations and denials. Israel claimed Hamas violated the ceasefire, while Hamas says Israel overreacted. Plus, the internet hits a wall this morning after an Amazon Web Services outage takes down major sites worldwide — from Snapchat and Robinhood to McDonald’s and […]
Nearly nine hours after initial reports, Amazon Web Services is still experiencing disruptions for many websites across the country. Amazon officials said early Monday morning that they had identified an internal subsystem as the root cause of the outage. Users began reporting outages at 2:45 a.m. EDT. The company stated that the issue originated in […]
The Pentagon says another U.S. strike in the Caribbean has killed three suspected traffickers. The move is part of what the Trump administration is calling its new war on the cartels. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the strike Sunday. He said the boat had affiliations with Ejército de Liberación Nacional, a designated Colombian terrorist organization […]
The FBI and Secret Service are investigating a security scare near Palm Beach International Airport. Officials said the Secret Service found a suspicious hunting stand with a clear line of sight to Air Force One. Officials discovered the structure on Thursday during a routine sweep. They found it just hours before President Donald Trump’s arrival […]
A 155-millimeter artillery shell detonated prematurely over Interstate 5 during a Marine Corps live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday. It scattered shrapnel on a California Highway Patrol (CHP) vehicle and a motorcycle assigned to Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail, according to a CHP report described by The New York Times. Officials did not […]
DNA testing has confirmed that the remains found behind a Philadelphia middle school belong to 23-year-old Kada Scott, who disappeared two weeks ago after leaving work. Philadelphia police said an anonymous tip late Friday led investigators to a wooded area behind the school, where they found her buried in a shallow grave. Days earlier, officers […]
The federal agency tasked with managing and modernizing America’s nuclear weapons is furloughing the majority of its workforce Monday as the government shutdown drags on, according to multiple reports. Roughly 1,400 employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will be sent home, while fewer than 400 personnel will remain to oversee the nuclear stockpile, […]
White House officials are discussing a potential meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the president’s trip to Asia later this month. The development was first reported by CNN over the weekend. The Trump administration has not begun formal arrangements at this point, nor has there been direct communication […]
The Supreme Court said Monday that it would consider whether regular pot smokers could legally own guns. The announcement comes after the Trump administration asked the court to revive a case against a Texas man. Ali Danial Hemani was charged him with a felony because he acknowledged that he had a gun in his home […]
