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Lawsuit Alleges That ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic
In June 2025, 29-year-old Christian Faith Madison died after after walking into oncoming traffic in the early hours of the morning. Now her family is suing OpenAI, arguing that ChatGPT stoked Madison’s grandiose religious delusions — and, in the process, encouraged her suicide. The wrongful death lawsuit, which was filed in California in June and but…
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Polygamy scandal threatens to derail GOP candidate’s expected primary win
Rep. Andy Biggs is expected to coast to victory in Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial primary Tuesday, but a decade-old legislative episode involving a polygamist sect accused of child sexual abuse is resurfacing as a potential liability heading into the general election. In 2013, as Arizona officials pushed to strip authority from the Colorado City Marshal’s Office…
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The Wingman
Photographs by Philip Cheung “My wife, Gabby, was shot in the head.” Obviously, I knew this. Senator Mark Kelly’s wife, the former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, was shot in the head and grievously wounded in a mass shooting outside a Tucson Safeway in 2011. It was one of the most notorious acts of political violence in…
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Trump-loving Argentina president becomes ‘laughing stock’ after World Cup tweet misfire
Argentine President Javier Milei ignited howls of laughter after firing off a celebratory tweet — moments after his nation suffered a pulverizing loss to Spain in the 2026 World Cup championship. The Donald Trump ally apparently neglected to unschedule a victory tweet Sunday and announced to his followers plans to celebrate the Argentine National Team,…
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Mayor Mamdani struggles to define who the ‘working class’ is in a word salad interview
New York City’s socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, struggled to define who the “working class” is in a word salad response to a question about the people he vows to fight for. Mamdani, in a lengthy interview with the New York Times published over the weekend, was asked point-blank by journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro, “How do you…
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Sydney Sweeney cozies up to Scooter Braun in PDA-filled photos from Australia getaway
Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun are getting cozy Down Under. The “Euphoria” actress shared a carousel of snaps of her and the record exec’s trip to Australia. In one snap, the couple is posing next to a helicopter, while another showed them at an outdoor adventure course. Sydney Sweeney shared sweet snaps of her and…
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Trump’s World Cup backfire erased him from the global view of America
That photo from Sunday at the World Cup. I don’t even need to go any further because you automatically know what I’m talking about. Spain, world champions, standing on the podium, arms open, ready to hoist the trophy, and Donald Trump planted there with them, soaking up a moment that belonged to somebody else. FIFA’s…
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Lindsey Graham’s death reveals ‘legislative train wreck’ he left GOP: report
The death of Sen. Lindsey Graham has left Senate Republicans scrambling to untangle a mess that the late South Carolina Republican had been wrestling with as the chair of the Senate Budget Committee. According to a report from Politico, it will be up to his replacement, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), to jump “directly into a…
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How Livestreamed Child Abuse Is Challenging How We Think About Online Privacy
—Photo-Illustration by TIME (Cavan Images/Getty Images; Yuliya Taba—Getty Images) Content warning: This story contains descriptions of child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation, and trafficking that some readers may find distressing. Teresita was never a girly girl. Growing up in the choked urban sprawl north of Manila, she spent her childhood running wild with neighborhood kids,…
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L.A.’s best new Korean spa is like Wi Spa but with free parking and less crowding (for now)
When the world becomes too much for me — right now that’s a dangerous heat wave and an even more heated news cycle (not to mention a family member in the hospital) — I do what I always do: soak. Yes, in hot water, despite the weather. Typically I do that at Wi Spa. But…