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Former Meta Exec Shreds the Company’s Muse AI Agent as “Insane” Privacy Risk
After decades of establishing itself as one of the worst guardians of personal data, Meta raised eyebrows this year by encouraging users to hand over their email logins and credit card information to its new AI agent, Muse. The tool, a privacy nightmare anthropomorphized by a furry apparition, can crawl through years of personal instant…
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A party animal becomes a dad — and a real filmmaker is born — in ‘Club Kid’
Hollywood has been cranking out films about unprepared men thrust into fatherhood since the silent movie days when Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp found a littler tramp on his doorstep and raised the ragamuffin as his own in 1921’s “The Kid.” Since then, we’ve seen unwitting uncles (John Candy’s Buck), a triad of dads (“Three Men…
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How one US city cut its infant mortality rate by half
A decade ago, a water lead crisis launched Flint, Michigan, into national headlines. But for years, the city of roughly 80,000 has also quietly carried the weight of a tragically high newborn mortality rate. In 2024, there were 9.4 infant deaths for every 1,000 births in Flint — nearly twice the mortality rate of 5.54…
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GOP senator put party on path to destruction with ‘unusual statement’ about Trump: report
A remark that NRSC Chair Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) made in early 2025 captures the strategy now being blamed for the Republican wipeout, according to The Washington Sun. According to insiders, Scott laid out his personal priorities that didn’t match the committee’s mission, and that approach has now come home to roost. The cycle had…
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Dad throws his two young kids from parking garage before jumping in shocking murder-suicide
A father threw his two young children to their deaths from a Pennsylvania parking garage before jumping after them in a truly horrific murder-suicide, according to police. Patrick Lynch, 42, his son James, 8, and daughter Caroline, 6, were found dead near the foot of a parking garage in the affluent Pittsburgh suburb of Mt.…
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‘Bachelor’ alum Melissa Rycroft speaks out after second DWI arrest, reveals mental health struggles: ‘I need help’
“Bachelor” alum Melissa Rycroft spoke out about her mental health struggles after she was arrested for her second DWI in 13 months. “First, please know how deeply ashamed and embarrassed I am, especially knowing how much this has affected my friends and family,” she wrote on Instagram Tuesday. “I want to share something personal, and…
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Scientists Intrigued by Incredibly Long Structure Lurking in Nearby Star System
A mere 63 light-years from Earth lurks an enormous structure that spans around 1,000 astronomical units — or 93 billion miles — with the evocative nickname of “Cat’s Tail.” The structure, believed to be largely made of dust, is located in the Beta Pictoris star system, and was first directly observed by NASA’s James Webb…
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Marc Maron is figuring out what to do with all his free time
Marc Maron signed off of his podcast for the last time over a year ago the same way he always did. “Boomer lives!” It was an exclamation that paid tribute to his cat. His feline went missing after he moved to L.A. from New York. These days, Maron is still having conversations with his pets.…
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‘Not a hit on me’: Trump faults candidates and Fox News, not himself, for Republican losses
WASHINGTON — As the scale of the Republican Party’s losses came into focus late Tuesday, President Trump watched from the White House and went looking for someone to blame. First it was Fox News. Just before midnight, with Democrats projected to seize control of the House, Trump wrote on Truth Social that the network “bears responsibility for…
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‘Rubio is over’: Controversial Trump ally emerges as new contender to take over State Dept
Republican insiders are already writing Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s political obituary after Tuesday’s midterm drubbing, and a controversial Donald Trump loyalist is reportedly maneuvering to replace him. As Democrats swept to control of the House and Senate, Trump officials began pointing fingers at the Iran War, which has cost taxpayers at least $47 billion…