This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...

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 ...

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A 25-year-old NYPD officer returned fire after he was shot on Monday morning, with his assailant ending up dead, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a press conference. NYPD ...

It’s tempting to recycle an old wisecrack and call “One Shot With Ed Sheeran” the kind of Ed Sheeran thing you’ll like if you like this kind of Ed Sheeran thing. Except that there aren’t any Ed ...

Oh, James Beer, B E E R E. The title acting Chief acting chief. They Thank you. Shortly before noon today, the Oakland Police Department received calls and reports of shots being fired in and around ...

New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd, 29, was upgraded to stable condition Wednesday after he was shot in the abdomen early Sunday morning in New York. Boyd was previously listed in critical but stable ...

As thousands gathered at Chicago’s Millennium Park Friday evening for the annual tree-lighting ceremony, social media posts advertising the latest and what would become perhaps the deadliest “teen ...

Laney College athletic director John Beam, a prominent figure on Netflix's "Last Chance U" series, was shot on the school's campus in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 13, and later died on Nov. 14, ...

An NYPD cop took a shotgun blast to the face after being ambushed in Brooklyn by a suspected killer early Monday morning — but got off the fatal shot that downed the crazed gunman, police and sources ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least five people were shot Friday night in the Loop, according to a Chicago alderman. There was a large Chicago police presence in the 100 block of North State Street, where at ...

Two women were shot after chasing a man who attacked their tow truck driver father at a downtown Atlanta gas station. The shooter fled after the shooting and the victims are expected to recover at ...