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Deepfake Porn Could Be A Growing Problem Amid AI Race
Artificial intelligence imaging can be used to create art, try on clothes in virtual fitting rooms or help design advertising campaigns. But experts fear the darker side of the easily accessible tools could worsen something that primarily harms women,
Guitarist Mark Sheehan of Irish band The Script dies at 46
Ireland's president has led tributes to Mark Sheehan, guitarist with Irish rock band The Script, after his death at the age of 46.
Pope Slams 'Insinuations' Against John Paul II as Baseless
Pope Francis on Sunday publicly defended St. John Paul II, condemning as "offensive and baseless" insinuations that recently surfaced about the late pontiff.
Fox News and 2020 Election Lies Set to Face Jury Come Monday
Starting Monday in a courtroom in Delaware, Fox News executives and stars will have to answer for their role in spreading doubt about the 2020 presidential election and creating the gaping wound that remains in America's democracy.
New Push on US-run Free Electronic Tax-Filing System for All
It's that time of year when throngs of taxpayers are buckling down to file their income tax returns before Tuesday's filing deadline. Many often pay to use software from private companies such as Intuit and H&R Block.
Colorado Offers Safe Haven for Abortion, Transgender Care
A trio of health care bills enshrining access in Colorado to abortion and gender-affirming procedures and medications became law as the Democrat-led state tries to make itself a safe haven for its neighbors, whose Republican leaders are restricting care.
Transgender Adults Brace for Treatment Cutoffs in Missouri
Ellie Bridgman spent her Thursday night shift at a local gas station in Union, Missouri, planning for the day she'll lose access to gender-affirming treatments the transgender and nonbinary 23-year-old credits with making "life worth living."
Threats to Dictionary Publisher Land Man a Year in Prison
A California man who made violent anti-LGBTQ-related threats against dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster Inc. over its updated gender definitions was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison.
Grand Jury Indicts Alaska Illustrator on Threat Charges
A grand jury has indicted an Alaska children's book illustrator on charges of terroristic threatening after authorities said he posted around the capital city transphobic notes that referenced shooting children.
Texas County Roiled by Book Ban Considered Closing Libraries
Leaders in a rural Texas county held a special meeting but drew back from the drastic option of shutting their public library system rather than heeding a federal judge's order to return books to the shelves on themes of sexuality and gender.
Biden Taps Gaga, Clooney, Garner, Others for Arts Committee
The White House announced a slate of members for the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, a panel of artists, museum professionals, academics and philanthropists that serves as an advisory board to President Biden on culture issues.
Gov. DeSantis Surrogates Escalate Tit-For-Tat Versus Disney
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees to Disney World's governing board have launched a fresh salvo in the fight to control the resort, seeking to expand their authority after their Disney-controlled predecessors abdicated most powers to the company.
Report: Thomas Sold Real Estate to Donor, Didn't Report Deal
Conservative mega-donor Harlan Crow purchased three properties belonging to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his family, in a transaction worth more than $100,000 that Thomas never reported, according to the non-profit investigative journalism o
Latest Ruling on Pill Shifts US Abortion Landscape Again
A federal appeals court has kept an abortion pill available, clarifying the U.S. abortion landscape but not settling it. The court's decision late Wednesday preserved but narrowed access to an abortion pill across the U.S.
What is Discord, the Chatting App Tied to Classified Leaks?
The chatting app Discord, which is one of the most popular ways gamers communicate online, finds itself at the center of an investigation into the leak of classified documents.
Montana Close to Becoming 1st State to Completely Ban TikTok
Montana lawmakers moved closer to banning TikTok, a move bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers envision.
Court Preserves Access to Abortion Drug, Tightens Rules
A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not by mail.
Musk Says Owning Twitter 'Painful' but Needed to be Done
Billionaire Elon Musk has told the BBC that running Twitter has been "quite painful" but that the social media company is now roughly breaking even after he acquired it late last year.
States Confront Medical Debt That's Bankrupting Millions
An estimated 100 million Americans who have amassed nearly $200 billion in collective medical debt — almost the size of Greece's economy — according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Debate Resumes on Nebraska Bill to Ban Trans Care for Minors
Nebraska lawmakers have begun a second round of debate on a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors that has proved to be so contentious, it's led opponents filibuster every single bill before the Nebraska Legislature since late February.