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Man convicted in 2024 rideshare sexual assault
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 43-year-old man was convicted on aggravated kidnapping and sexual assault charges stemming from a rideshare sexual assault that happened in May 2024, according to the Travis County District Attorney’s Office. Maurys O. Madruga-Mesa was initially arrested and charged with sexual assault, KXAN previously reported. He was indicted on that charge in…
Read MoreArch Manning: 'Nowhere else I wanted to be besides Texas'
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Coming back to the Manning Passing Academy as a starting quarterback for Texas is certainly a full circle moment for Arch Manning. Before Manning starts this fall for the Longhorns, he’s a counselor with his family this weekend at the Manning Passing Academy. Texas quarterback Arch Manning runs up field during the…
Read MoreLauren Sánchez Reveals What Name She’s Using After Jeff Bezos Marriage
Lauren Sánchez is starting fresh. The journalist and Blue Origin all-female space flight crew member, who married Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in a lavish ceremony in Venice, Italy, on June 27, promptly changed her name and username on Instagram to Lauren Sánchez Bezos following the ceremony. The rest of her Instagram feed? Completely wiped, now featuring just…
Read MoreUS Supreme Court porn site ruling sets stage for broader online age verification debate
AUSTIN (KXAN)– The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday to uphold a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users’ ages, setting a precedent that could affect similar legislation in more than 20 states. The court applied “intermediate scrutiny” to House Bill 1181, finding the law only incidentally burdens adults’ First Amendment rights while serving…
Read MoreWhat Do Meta and Anthropic’s ‘Fair Use’ Wins Mean for A.I. Copyright Cases?
Meta and Anthropic received major copyright decisions this week. Getty Images for Unsplash+ As generative A.I. tools continue to proliferate at a rapid pace, lawsuits from content creators concerned about how these systems are trained have followed just as swiftly. While two rulings this week favored Anthropic and Meta, upholding their use of copyrighted books…
Read MoreTony Hawk Reveals How Son Riley Hawk, Frances Bean Cobain Are Adjusting to Parenthood
Tony Hawk’s son Riley Hawk is skating smoothly into parenthood. Nine months after Riley, 32, and his wife Frances Bean Cobain—the daughter of Courtney Love and the late Kurt Cobain—welcomed their baby boy Ronin, the skateboarding legend revealed how the new parents are adjusting to life with a little one. “It’s all a wild ride,…
Read MoreKim Kardashian, Leonardo DiCaprio and More Celebs at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Italian Wedding
These stars had prime insight into Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s glamorous Italian wedding. Indeed, Kylie Jenner, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Brady, Usher and Sydney Sweeney were among the 200 guests invited to see the Amazon founder and his longtime love tie the knot in in Venice, Italy, on June 27. Other familiar faces in the crowd included Khloe Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Corey…
Read MoreMan accepts 7-year prison sentence, connected with case where woman's body was found burned
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 47-year-old man accepted a seven-year prison sentence in exchange for pleading guilty Thursday in a case where a woman’s body was found burned in northwest Austin in September 2023, according to court records. Andrew Cole pleaded guilty to tampering/fabricating physical evidence with the intent to impair a human corpse, a second…
Read MorePrince Harry Makes Surprise Appearance in New York City
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Give Daughter Lilibet Royal Treatment With Disneyland Birthday Prince Harry is inspiring future leaders. The Duke of Sussex made a surprise appearance at the 2025 NEXUS Global Summit June 27 in New York City, where he discussed his and wife Meghan Markle’s Archewell Foundation. During his conversation with NEXUS CEO Rachel…
Read MoreFrom CARMEN.maquia to Creative Black Tie, Ballet Hispánico’s Emerald Gala Dazzled
Eduardo Vilaro, Henry R. Muñoz III and Ana Navarro. Patrick McMullan via Getty Image Late last month, more than 450 of New York’s cultural changemakers and balletomanes gathered in the Art Deco–inspired Ziegfeld Ballroom in their best “Creative Black Tie” to honor business leader, activist and Tony- and Emmy-winning producer and philanthropist Henry R. Muñoz…
Read MoreIs Using ChatGPT to Write Your Essay Bad for Your Brain?
TIME reporter Andrew Chow discussed the findings of a new study about how ChatGPT affects critical thinking with Nataliya Kosymyna. Kosymyna was part of a team of researchers at MIT’s Media Lab who set out to determine whether ChatGPT and large language models (LLMs) are eroding critical thinking, and the study returned some concerning results.…
Read MoreTennis Stars Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka Have a Playful Reunion After Controversy
Sharon Osbourne vs. Ashton Kutcher In September 2023, while playing a game called Stir the Pot with her daughter Kelly Osbourne on E! News, Sharon said the That ’70s Show alum was the rudest celebrity she had ever met, branding him, a “rude, rude, rude, rude little boy” and a “dastardly little thing.” He did not respond to her remarks publicly.…
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