National·2026-04-29T13:09:34+00:00
Families sue OpenAI over Canadian mass shooter's use of ChatGPT
New lawsuits allege employees urged company to notify authorities months before deadly Tumbler Ridge attack Families of seven victims of a mass shooting at a secondary school in British Columbia are suing OpenAI and the company’s CEO for negligence after it failed to alert authorities to the shooter’s troubling conversations with ChatGPT. The families allege that employees urged Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, and other senior leaders to notify Canadian law enforcement agencies eight months before the attack, but the company decided not to warn authorities and deactivated the shooter’s account.
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World·2026-04-29T19:48:24+00:00
The Iran war now has a price tag ($25 billion), but still no end date
The Pentagon estimates the war has cost $25 billion over the past two months. In congressional testimony, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not say when the war might end.
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Region·2026-04-29T15:49:37+00:00
Nick Reiner returns to court in killings of parents Rob and Michele Reiner
Jake Reiner, the couple's eldest son, recently spoke out , describing his parents as his "guiding lights" and "the most giving people I have ever known." SEE ALSO | Rob and Michele Reiner's son Jake Reiner speaks out in new statement: 'My living nightmare'. The night before, Nick Reiner -- who had been living on his parents' property -- got into an argument with Rob Reiner at a holiday party and was seen acting strangely, sources told ABC News. LOS ANGELES -- Nick Reiner has a pretrial hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the deaths of his parents, director Rob Reiner and Michelle Reiner.
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