MrDeepFakes said that a critical service provider terminated service, resulting in massive data loss. The site, which featured nonconsensual, sexually explicit content, said it would not relaunch.
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Senate confirms Trump’s pick to run Social Security amid upheaval at the agency
Tech CEO Frank Bisignano will be leading the federal agency that runs programs providing retirement, survivor and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income for the very poor.
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Supreme Court upholds Trump’s ban on transgender military members while appeals continue
The justices blocked a lower court order that temporarily halted the ban’s enforcement.
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Syrian Druze recall what they believe to be past lives — even vivid details
In Syria’s large Druze minority, a belief in reincarnation binds the community together.
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Michelle Williams’ biggest takeaway from ‘Dying for Sex’: Pleasure belongs to you
Williams’ FX/Hulu series follows a woman with terminal cancer who decides to pursue her own sexual pleasure. She says the show is about sex, friendship and “being scared and brave at the same time.”
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The conclave to choose a new pope is about to begin
As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave.
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Feeding the hungry will be harder than ever for the world’s largest food aid agency
The World Food Programme, a U.N. agency and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is facing cuts in its budget that experts are describing as “unprecedented.”
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Police found a missing woman 60 years after she disappeared. She wants to stay hidden
Sauk County Sheriff’s Office says Audrey Backeberg, now in her 80s, is living outside of Wisconsin. The detective who managed to track her down says she “had her reasons for leaving” in July 1962.
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Port Sudan was a safe haven in Sudan’s civil war. Now it’s being attacked
The strikes are the first on the de-facto capital along the Red Sea. About a quarter of a million refugees have fled to the state where Port Sudan resides since the civil war erupted two years ago.
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Trump offers $1,000 incentive to migrants who leave the country voluntarily
The Homeland Security Department pitched the monetary incentive as a more “dignified” way to leave the country, while saving taxpayers money.
