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Teen victim of AI-generated "deepfake pornography" urges Congress to pass "Take It Down Act"

Dec 18, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Jim Axelrod

Bill targets AI-generated "deepfake pornography" Anna McAdams has always kept a close eye on her 15-year-old daughter Elliston Berry's life online. So it was hard to come to terms with what happened 15 months ago on the Monday morning after Homecoming in Aledo, Texas. A classmate took a picture from Elliston's Instagram, ran it through an artificial intelligence program that appeared to remove her dress and then sent around the digitally altered image on Snapchat.
What led a former ballerina to fatally shoot her husband?

Dec 3, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Jim Axelrod |Paul LaRosa |Dena Goldstein

What led a former ballerina to fatally shoot her husband? Case update: On Dec. 3, 2024, Ashley Benefield was sentenced to 20 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of probation. After nearly four years, the trial of Ashley Benefield, the former ballerina charged with second-degree murder for shooting her estranged husband Doug, began in the summer of 2024. In the lead-up to the trial, a small group appeared near the courthouse to support Ashley's claims of self-defense.
How cities are breathing new life into their urban rivers

Oct 21, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jim Axelrod

How cities are breathing new life into their urban riversFor decades, the Willamette River that runs through Portland, Oregon, was a look-but-don't-touch situation. "When we first moved here, there was no way in hell you'd get in the water," resident Matthew Mangus said. The river was contaminated by raw sewage and had been closed for swimming since 1924, but now things are very different.
Inside the "hustle kingdom," where overseas scammers prey on Americans online

Sep 24, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Debora Patta |Sarah Carter |Sheena Samu |Andy Bast |Jim Axelrod

Down a dusty alley in the Ghanaian capital Accra, young men huddle together in a small, dark room and cast off their true identities, taking on the phony role of women looking for love online. They call it their hustle kingdom. They are West Africa's "Yahoo boys," fraudsters who swindle Americans out of millions of dollars by luring them into all kinds of scams -- many preying on widowers looking for love and companionship.
What led a former ballerina to fatally shoot her husband?

Sep 7, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jim Axelrod |Paul LaRosa |Dena Goldstein

After nearly four years, the trial of Ashley Benefield, the former ballerina charged with second-degree murder for shooting her estranged husband Doug, began in the summer of 2024. In the lead-up to the trial, a small group appeared near the courthouse to support Ashley's claims of self-defense. Among the supporters was Ashley's mother Alicia and Ashley and Doug's 6-year-old daughter Emerson, who stopped to speak to a reporter.
Bruce Springsteen on the poetry of his classic album

Jul 21, 2024 | newspub.live | Jim Axelrod

Big Ten media days are upon us. The festivities begin in Indianapolis on July 23. USC will be there. It’s time for the Trojans to get to know their Big Ten neighbors, even the ones which only recently moved into the neighborhood. Nebraska has not been a longtime Big Ten school, so the program’s greatest football moments naturally occurred long before Big Ten membership existed.
Nonprofit seeks to bridge the political divide through meaningful conversation

Jul 18, 2024 | hashtagkhabri.com | Hashtag Khabri |Jim Axelrod

Richmond, Virginia — Recent polling confirms what so many Americans feel, that the current political climate is dividing us. But an initiative from the nonprofit group StoryCorps seeks common ground through shared stories in an effort to bridge that divide. In a recent conversation hosted by StoryCorps, two men from different generations and opposite ends of the political spectrum sat down for a chat.
U.S. Army officer resigns in protest over U.S. support for Israel

Jun 4, 2024 | flipboard.com | Jim Axelrod |Andy Bast |Michael Kaplan |Kathryn Watson

Middle East5 hours agoWe Never Thought An American Civil War Would Be Amusing. Until Nowdailycaller.com - Gage Klipper • 5hWith all of Corporate America decked out in rainbows, you know it’s pride month — and that means legions of pervert parades across the country.
How a woman, left for dead, survived a violent home invasion

May 12, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jim Axelrod

This story originally aired on May 20, 2023. Tiny Colts Neck, New Jersey, sits just 50 miles from New York City. But it might as well be a world away. In July 2013, this quiet community was rocked by news of a violent home invasion where the victim was stabbed repeatedly. The only thing more shocking: the victim survived. Donna Ongsiako: My name is Donna Ongsiako. … I lost in total, close to three quarters of the blood in my body. There's no earthly reason why I'm alive. None.
The history and spectacle of the Kentucky Derby

Apr 28, 2024 | aol.com | Jim Axelrod

April 28, 2024 at 9:24 AMEvery year the Kentucky Derby is one of America's great pageants, as a horse-loving, hat-wearing, julep-swilling crowd of 150,000-plus breaks out its Sunday best on the first Saturday of May, in the shadow of those iconic white spires at Louisville's Churchill Downs. "First Saturday in May means something to millions of people," said Mike Anderson, president of Churchill Downs. "It's Derby Day!"But this isn't "every year" – it's even more special.