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Malaysia, Indonesia become 1st countries to block Musk's Grok over sexualized AI images

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A phone displaying images of Elon Musk and logos for his social media app X is seen next to logos for his artificial intelligence company xAI and Grok, the generative AI chatbot developed for the social media app.

Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's company xAI, as concerns grew among global authorities that it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images.

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dreadhead
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Trial begins for journalist suing RCMP for arrest at pipeline protest camp near Prince George, B.C.

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Photojournalist Amber Bracken and The Narwhal say RCMP violated Charter rights when they unlawfully arrested and detained Bracken at a Coastal GasLink pipeline protest camp on Wet’suwet’en territory in northern B.C. in 2021.

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ICE agent fatally shoots woman during immigration crackdown in Minneapolis

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Man wearing jacket with FBI on the back stands beside a crashed black SUV with police tape in front of it

A U.S. federal agent shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist when she allegedly tried to run over law enforcement officers during an immigration crackdown in the city, authorities said Wednesday.

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Lawsuit alleges 3 Denny’s workers in Kamloops, B.C., misappropriated $500K in tips

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A civil suit filed in the Supreme Court of B.C. accuses three Denny's workers of misappropriating more than $500,000 in tips from the restaurant chain while working at a Kamloops location between 2023 and 2025.

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6 days ago
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After years on their back foot, here's why Democrats are feeling good about 2026

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New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill celebrates after winning a tightly contested race for New Jersey governor.

For much of the last two years, the U.S. Democratic Party has been on its back foot, enduring painful electoral defeats to an omnipresent Republican opponent while grappling with a troubling decline in voter registration and a listless party base. But in the closing days of 2025, the political pendulum appears to be swinging in their direction.

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dreadhead
13 days ago
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Don't worry, still plenty of time to blow it.
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'Bomb cyclone' forecasted to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions and dangerous travel

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People walk through the snow in Brooklyn after an overnight storm on Saturday in New York City.

A 'bomb cyclone' is intensifying severe winter weather for millions of people across the U.S. The system is expected to knock out power and disrupt holiday travel.

(Image credit: Spencer Platt)

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dreadhead
14 days ago
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Class 3 kill storm
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