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Teen sentenced to 45 years in prison for deadly robbery, but his mother also walked away in handcuffs

An East Alabama courtroom turned raw and emotional as 18-year-old Jadarius Snipes learned he would spend decades in prison for his role in the killing of 23-year-old Ryan Boles. According to WTVM ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
TechCrunch

Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January

Following a spate of lawsuits and investigations over its child safety systems, Roblox is going to implement mandatory facial verification for all users who want to access communication features, ...
PC Gamer

Roblox to make facial age checks mandatory to access any chat features, and will put 'common-sense limits' on the age ranges users can chat within

Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...
NPR

How To Do Everything

Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public ...
ARLnow.com

Help NOT Handcuffs: How do we stop arresting people for poverty crimes?

Homeless people in Arlington, Virginia, have interactions with the police resulting in being arrested for minor crimes, held in jail for several days and even risk dying in jail. Many of the ...
New York Post

I swam 29 miles around Manhattan in handcuffs — I had no idea the danger I was in until I finished

He’s not under arrest — but he sure could use a rest. In September, 49-year-old New Yorker Michael Moreau jumped off the southern tip of Manhattan — and didn’t emerge until he’d swum up the East River ...
Wall Street Journal

The ‘Golden Handcuffs’ Are Off: Private-Equity Employees Leave for Smaller Firms

A job at a big private-equity firm was once a ticket to lifelong riches. Now employees tired of waiting for payouts are leaving for jobs at smaller shops. Usually, the bigger the private-equity firm, ...
The New York Times

Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation. Immigration ...
AOL

The Top 10 Running Back Handcuffs to Target Before Week 12

A few weeks remain before fantasy playoffs begin, and bench depth now matters more than early-season upside. Injuries have reshaped several backfields and put certain backups just one step away from ...