Thursday, October 15, 2026

Eight states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT safety, citing risks to children

Arizona, Iowa and six other states allege OpenAI marketed ChatGPT as safe while knowing of risks, and seek penalties and new safeguards for minors
The Zone of Interest at the Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Canal22 / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

30 Months After Uproar Over Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech, What Do His Pro-Israel Denouncers...

Ten signers of a 2024 open letter condemning the director’s Academy Awards speech told the author whether their views have changed since.
A Social Security Administration office in Milwaukee. Photo: Bohao Zhao / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Social Security benefits rise 3.6 percent in 2027 as inflation accelerates

The increase, the largest since 2023, arrives alongside a projected $6.60 rise in the Medicare Part B premium and a debate over how the adjustment is calculated.
Clinton Street in Iowa City, Iowa. Photo: Billwhittaker / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Iowa hospital custodian deported to Sierra Leone before judge ruled on stay request, advocates...

Fatou Traore held a 2011 order barring removal to her home country. Co-workers, her congresswoman and three bishops had asked for her release.
Displaced people set up camp on the outskirts of Goma, DR Congo. Photo: MONUSCO Photos / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

30 Years of War, 30 Years of Impunity in DR Congo

Thirty years of war and impunity fuel the DR Congo conflict. Ida Sawyer calls for international action to end atrocities and deliver justice

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A guillotine on display in Luxembourg. Photo: Christian Ries / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

If Trumpism descends to grisly entertainment, why not hangings, guillotines, hungry lions, even burning...

Ready, Aim, Fire! with the latest culture of death stunt politics.
The Zone of Interest at the Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Canal22 / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

30 Months After Uproar Over Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech, What Do His Pro-Israel Denouncers...

Ten signers of a 2024 open letter condemning the director’s Academy Awards speech told the author whether their views have changed since.
The City of London skyline. Photo: Colin and Kim Hansen / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fabrications, fraud and false accounting: how Deloitte helped Abramovich hide $10bn

The Big Four firm spent years fabricating corporate papers that helped the sanctioned oligarch conceal assets and dodge tax
Clinton Street in Iowa City, Iowa. Photo: Billwhittaker / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Iowa hospital custodian deported to Sierra Leone before judge ruled on stay request, advocates...

Fatou Traore held a 2011 order barring removal to her home country. Co-workers, her congresswoman and three bishops had asked for her release.

America’s Broken Promises, Iran’s Resolve, and the dangerous Game over the Strait of Hormuz

Iran is telling Washington that the age of expecting automatic concessions in exchange for ambiguous promises is over.

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Biden's approval plummets as key demographic support wavers: staffers voice concern over Gaza policy.
Arizona, Iowa and six other states allege OpenAI marketed ChatGPT as safe while knowing of risks, and seek penalties and new safeguards for minors
Solar cells and wind turbines at the Technical University of Łódź. Photo: Zorro2212 / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. report G20 and development bank clean energy finance averaged $52.7 billion a year from 2023 to 2025