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The sound of graduating from college in the AI summer of 2026: boo!

"There is a fear in your generation that the future has already been written, that the machines are coming, that the jobs are evaporating."

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Student hackers get revenge on final exams as ‘ShinyHunters’ takes down nearly 9,000 schools study software

Cyber threat analyst Luke Connolly described ShinyHunters as a loose affiliation of teenagers and young adults based in the U.S. and the U.K.

08.05.2026 7

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‘Highly qualified White, Asian, and other students were denied admission’: DOJ accuses UCLA of discrimination

The finding escalates the ongoing standoff with UCLA, which has focused mostly on the main campus’s response to allegations of antisemitic harassment.

06.05.2026 4

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At least 20 communities with large warehouses are stealth targets for massive ICE detention centers. ‘There was absolutely no warning’

In many cases, mayors, county commissioners, governors and members of Congress learned about ICE’s ambitions only after the agency bought or leased...

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Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis, and AI-generated jokes are just slowing down animal control’s primate chase

“It's been a lot in regard to AI and what's genuine and what's not,” city health spokesperson Willie Springer. “People are just having fun.”

13.01.2026 7

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13-year-old girl attacked a boy showing an AI-generated nude image of her. She was expelled

When the sheriff's department looked into it, they took opposite actions from the school district, charging two boys accused of sharing explicit...

22.12.2025 7

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Judge fond of wearing Elvis Presley wig in court agrees to resign after letter accused him of violating ‘order and decorum’

Matthew Thornhill wrote that he was intending “to add levity at times when I thought it would help relax litigants."

23.11.2025 10

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‘People are exceptionally panicking’: SNAP disaster leaves many Americans unable to feed their pets, let alone pay their bills

Sarah Lungwitz, a 46-year-old auto parts store worker, worries she might have to surrender her cat, Bambi, and two dogs, Spike and Chloe.

08.11.2025 8

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A judge once called Leavenworth’s federal prison a ‘hell hole.’ CoreCivic will get $4.2 million per month to reopen the long-shuttered facility to hold thousands of migrants arrested by ICE

“Never in our 42-year company history have we had so much activity and demand for our services as we are seeing right now,” said CoreCivic CEO...

16.06.2025 8

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Her 12-year-old son has autism and epilepsy and was kicked out of class. Now she waits for answers with the Education Department in limbo

“It’s a scary time right now to be a parent of special needs kiddos,” said one mom.

22.02.2025 10

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