Other passengers support man who opened emergency exit and walked on plane’s wing in Mexico airport

Other passengers support man who opened emergency exit and walked on plane’s wing in Mexico airport

MEXICO CITY — At first it sounds like a typical case of bad behavior aboard airplanes. The Mexico City International Airport acknowledged in a statement Friday that a man had opened an emergency exit and walked out on a wing of a plane that was parked and waiting for takeoff Thursday. The airport said the…

Microsoft Teams outage blocks access, limits features for some users

Microsoft Teams outage blocks access, limits features for some users

Microsoft Teams experienced an outage on Friday that blocked access for some and led to what Microsoft calls “multiple issues” for many users. The issue began around 11 a.m. EST and grew rapidly in scope, according to outage tracker DownDetector. Users complained of an inability to access the service, delays in sending and receiving messages,…

A private prison health care company accused of substandard care is awarded new contract in Illinois

A private prison health care company accused of substandard care is awarded new contract in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it’s used for three decades, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the firm and statewide complaints alleging substandard care. Pittsburgh-based Wexford Health Sources was one of two companies responding to a request for proposals from the Illinois Department…

Deepfake explicit images of Taylor Swift spread on social media. Her fans are fighting back

Deepfake explicit images of Taylor Swift spread on social media. Her fans are fighting back

NEW YORK — Pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift are circulating online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix. Sexually explicit and abusive fake images of Swift began circulating widely this week on the social media platform X. Her ardent fanbase of…

Vince McMahon named black sex toys after black WWE wrestlers: suit

Vince McMahon named black sex toys after black WWE wrestlers: suit

Vince McMahon used black and white dildos to sexually assault a former WWE employee — and named the sex toys after WWE wrestlers according to their race, the employee alleged in her explosive sex-trafficking suit. Janel Grant, 43, alleged that McMahon and another WWE executive took turns sexually assaulting her at the company’s Stamford, Conn.,…

George Carlin’s Estate Sues Podcasters Over A.I. Episode

George Carlin’s Estate Sues Podcasters Over A.I. Episode

The estate of the comedian George Carlin sued the makers of a podcast on Thursday after they claimed to use artificial intelligence to impersonate Carlin for a comedy special. The lawsuit was filed against Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen, hosts of the podcast “Dudesy,” saying that they infringed on the estate’s copyrights by training an…

Spirit shares sink after JetBlue casts doubt on $3.8B merger

Spirit shares sink after JetBlue casts doubt on $3.8B merger

JetBlue Airways on Friday expressed doubts over closing its $3.8 billion merger with Spirit Airlines, saying that it might not meet certain conditions required as part of the deal before the due date. Shares of Spirit tumbled 17% after the announcement, adding to their losses of about 55% this month that were sparked by a US judge’s…

Lance Storm wants criminal charges for WWE’s Vince McMahon

Lance Storm wants criminal charges for WWE’s Vince McMahon

Retired WWE pro wrestler Lance Storm weighed in on “disgusting” claims that Vince McMahon sexually abused a female staffer, including with sex toys that he named after wrestling stars, per a bombshell lawsuit filed Thursday. “Look, I was one of the few that said he needed to be gone when the story first broke,” Storm…

Vince McMahon sex trafficking accuser met WWE boss in Trump-managed condo

Vince McMahon sex trafficking accuser met WWE boss in Trump-managed condo

The former WWE employee who alleged she was sexually assaulted and trafficked by Vince McMahon was grief-stricken over the passing of her parents and desperate for a job when she met the wrestling mogul at the luxury condo where they both lived, according to her lawsuit. McMahon lived in the duplex penthouse at Park Tower…

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