An inmate at New York City's infamous Rikers Island jail died in custody Saturday, marking the fifth death this year, a Department of Corrections spokesperson confirmed to UPI. Controversial billionaire Elon Musk admitted Saturday that his microblogging platform Twitter has experienced a roughly 50% drop in revenue and has a "heavy debt load." A cybersecurity firm discovered a new generative artificial intelligence tool called WormGPT being sold to criminals as another firm created a malicious tool called PoisonGPT to test how to spread fake news online. An inmate said to have "survivalist skills" who escaped custody in Pennsylvania and sparked a manhunt has been taken back into custody, police said Saturday. A man who shot four people dead in the small Georgia town of Hampton is still on the run as police vowed to "hunt" the suspect down. James Cameron is denying media speculation that he is considering making a movie about the OceanGate submersible disaster that killed five people in June. One police officer is dead and two others are in critical condition Saturday after a late-night shoot-out on the streets of Fargo, N.D. Morgan Fairchild has announced the death of her longtime beau, Mark Seiler. The pop-rock band Walk on the Moon says it is going on hiatus after 18 years of recording and touring. The National Lottery's Mega Millions Jackpot has reached $640 million for Tuesday's drawing. The current jackpot has been running since April 18 when a ticket won a $20 million jackpot. Wagner Group forces have arrived in Belarus, Ukraine's border guard confirmed Saturday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to drive a wedge been the mercenaries and their boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin. California and federal wildlife officials have vowed to do everything possible to safely capture a sea otter that has been "aggressively" approaching surfers and kayakers in the Pacific Ocean near Santa Cruz. A series of explosions set off by a fire at a Dow Chemical plant near Baton Rouge, La., prompted shelter-in-place warnings for areas residents before it was lifted later on Saturday. An escaped homicide suspect, described as "very dangerous" and possessing "survivalist skills," has been spotted on a doorbell camera in northwestern Pennsylvania, authorities say. Italy and other areas of Mediterranean Europe braced Saturday for record temperatures as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit as a punishing "Cerberus" heat wave gathered strength. HGTV, Trading Spaces and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition star Ty Pennington has announced via Instagram that he was hospitalized this week with a throat abscess. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Saturday, declaring support for the war-torn nation across multiple fronts during a meeting with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. Rapper Lil Uzi Vert's "Pink Tape" is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly "doing well" after his office confirmed he was admitted to the emergency department of a hospital near Tel Aviv on Saturday. At least 22 people have been killed and thousands more were forced to leave their homes due to heavy rains and landslides in South Korea, authorities said Saturday. Marketa Vondrousova ran to the net and punched a quick return, beating an exhausted Ons Jabeur for a straight-sets victory and her first Grand Slam title in the Wimbledon 2023 women's final Saturday in London. Michael Pena says playing former Navy Seal and senior CIA operative Domingo Chavez in the globe-trotting thriller, "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan," reminded him that the world is a big and dangerous place. Former Arizona Coyotes center Alex Galchenyuk threatened to kill Scottsdale, Ariz., police officers and their families while being stopped and arrested last week, police reports indicate. The Kremlin said Saturday is it checking into reports that a controversial intercontinental ballistic missile fired by North Korea this week landed in its territorial waters, official media reported. |
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