The deepfakes came to light in May 2024 when the school received additional information and filed a ChildLine report with the state, but a criminal investigation began only after parents notified law enforcement, according to an investigation by the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. (Goldberg, USA Today)
Read MoreIllinois and New York recently joined 11 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing people with serious illnesses to end their lives with a doctor’s help. While most states still ban physician-assisted death, a majority of Americans see the practice as morally permissible or don’t consider it a moral issue, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. (Leppert, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreAs states that already ban abortion look to further restrict access this year, much of the focus is on pills sent by out-of-state providers. A survey released Tuesday helps explain the emphasis. It suggests that more women in states with bans obtained abortions last year using the pills prescribed via telehealth than by traveling to places where it’s legal. (Mulvihill, AP News)
Read MorePolice arrested the woman, Alexia Moore, on a murder charge. In the warrant, investigators said she had “unlawfully and with malice aforethought caused the death of Baby Girl Moore.” (Rojas, Belluck & Eastman, The New York Times)
Read MoreResearchers from the University of British Columbia found that first-semester college students who texted a randomly selected fellow first-semester college student every day for two weeks experienced around a nine percent reduction in feelings of loneliness. (Thomas, 404 Media)
Read MoreAt a time when the U.S. and Israeli militaries are dropping thousands of bombs on a majority-Shiite Muslim nation, the explicitly Christian nature of Mr. Hegseth’s call stood out. (Jaffe & Dias, The New York Times)
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