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“He spent three and a half years of his life with 20 other children in the same place, in the same room, in this little iron bed. He had no choice, no freedom,” Angelina, who was born on November 29, 2003, told MSN in 2007 about Pax’s childhood in an orphanage on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Although Maddox lives with sisters Zahara and Shiloh, “all of a sudden he’s in a very free situation with his new siblings and his mom and dad,” Angelina continued. “He’s learning English and he’s very loving and wild and free.…
A customer shops at a grocery store on March 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida.Joe Radle | Getty ImagesHigher food prices in the United States as a result of the Iran war could be the most politically damaging outcome of the conflict, months before a crucial US election. Two years ago, President Donald Trump won re-election by defeating high prices for eggs, bacon and other grocery store staples. Now, he and the Republican Party could face even more food price increases as they seek to maintain control of Congress in this year’s midterm elections.Democrats are trying to capitalize on the surge…
Anthropic has filed documents to create a new political action committee. This shows that AI Labs, like its peers, is devoting significant resources to influencing policy and regulation. AnthroPAC plans to make donations to both political parties during the midterm elections, including current D.C. lawmakers and emerging political candidates. The PAC will be funded by voluntary employee contributions of up to $5,000, Bloomberg reported. The organizational statement filed with the Federal Election Commission includes the signature of Anthropic’s Treasurer Allison Rossi. TechCrunch has reached out to Anthropic for more information. AI companies, allies and competitors in a new and often…
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and actor/musician Donald Glover greet Nintendo’s Yoshi after the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on March 31, 2026.Ryan Sirius Sun | Getty Images Sports | Getty ImagesA group of regional sports networks is shrinking, ending a once-lucrative business and determining the fate of local baseball, basketball and hockey broadcasts, even though live sports boasts the highest television ratings. RSNs are perhaps feeling the most pressure from the losses plaguing pay-TV bundles as consumers turn to streaming. Currently, this model is rapidly declining.…
Several OpenAI executives are being moved to new roles, Bloomberg reports. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the personnel changes to TechCrunch. AGI Development CEO Fiji Simo announced in a memo that OpenAI Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap is taking on a new role leading “special projects” that involve “complex transactions and investments across the company.” He will report directly to CEO Sam Altman. Denise Dresser, the former Slack CEO who recently joined OpenAI as chief revenue officer, will take over some of Lightcap’s COO duties on an interim basis. NEW: OpenAI’s Fidji Simo today announced executive changes. She will take several…
Instacart CEO Fiji Simo speaks in an interview on Bloomberg Studio 1.0 on Thursday, March 3, 2022 in San Francisco, California.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFiji Simo, OpenAI’s head of product and business, on Friday announced several leadership changes and revealed that he will be taking extensive medical leave due to worsening neuroimmune disease.OpenAI hired Simo in May, but she told staff in a Friday memo that her condition, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), had returned several weeks before she started. She said the past month had been “particularly challenging health-wise” and decided she needed a few weeks…
A February UN report detailed four sexual abuse investigations involving members of the Multinational Security Support (MSS), a Kenyan-led, US-backed military mission combating gang violence in Haiti, including one involving a 12-year-old child. “In 2025, the United Nations received four allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse involving personnel from multinational security assistance missions in Haiti,” the report said. “All allegations were found to be substantiated by an investigation conducted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.” Three of the victims were children and were allegedly raped. The fourth alleged sexual assault victim was 18 years…
December 31, 2024: Baldoni, Wayfarer and others sue The New York TimesBaldoni, Wayfarer, Heath, Sarowitz, Nathan, TAG, Abel, RWA Communications, Wallace and Street Relations filed a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times on December 31st. The lawsuit, obtained by E!, accuses The New York Times of defamation, false and minor invasion of privacy, promise fraud, and breach of implied contract for an article about a retaliatory smear campaign the plaintiffs allegedly waged against Lively after she raised concerns about alleged misconduct on set. The plaintiffs denied the accusations, saying the report was “false” and based on Lively’s CRD…
Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to “monitor transits” through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported Thursday morning, citing officials.Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Law and International Affairs Kazem Ghalibabadi said tanker traffic along the vital oil route “should be supervised and coordinated” with both countries, according to a translation of the report by IRNA.”Of course, these requirements are not meant to be restrictive, but rather to facilitate and ensure safe navigation and provide better service to vessels passing through this route,” Gharibabadi was quoted as saying.U.S. stock indexes, which had fallen sharply on Thursday…
Italian authorities have launched a double murder investigation into the deaths of a mother and her teenage daughter after a Christmas Eve meal last year after prosecutors said preliminary blood tests found the poison ricin in their bodies. Antonella Di Iersi, 50, and Sara Di Vita, 15, were treated at Caldarelli Hospital in southern Italy on December 24 for suspected food poisoning, but died two days later. Prosecutors said subsequent blood tests detected the deadly substance ricin in the victim’s blood. Symptoms of ricin poisoning vary depending on how you came into contact with the substance, such as ingesting, inhaling,…