Fika Juliana Putri, a 19-year-old shopkeeper in East Jakarta, plans to vote in Indonesia's presidential election next week for a once-feared former special forces commander. She likes him, she says, because he's cuddly. A doe-eyed cartoon version of Gen. Prabowo Subianto - produced using generative AI - is emblazoned on billboards across Indonesia. It's reproduced on sweatshirts and stickers, and featured prominently on #Prabowo-tagged posts that have some 19 billion views on TikTok. Prabowo is Indonesia's defence minister. But on social media, his chubby-cheeked AI avatar makes Korean-style finger hearts and cradles his beloved cat, Bobby, to the delight of Gen Z voters. About half of Indonesia's 205 million voters are under 40.

WFAE's Ann Doss Helms found records for one school in Mecklenburg County receiving the scholarships last year, but couldn't find the physical school. Six months later, Teaching Achieving Students Academy still receives state money and she still can’t find it. Helms joined WFAE's Marshall Terry on Morning Edition to talk about it.

A federal court docket shows the Thursday arrests of two Columbus police officers, accused of stealing and selling cocaine, is related to a previous drug trafficking case involving two more Columbus officers. On Thursday, former Columbus officers Joel Mefford, 34, of London and John Castillo, 31, of Grove City were arrested. Indictments against the pair include accusations of stealing from evidence rooms and investigation scenes, as well as passing off the narcotics to another individual to be sold.

Swift's camp accused Jack Sweeney of effectively providing “individuals intent on harming her, or with nefarious or violent intentions, a roadmap to carry out their plans".

Recently, Warren Throckmorton launched a podcast called “Telling Jefferson Lies” that chronicles the career Christian nationalist pseudo-historian David Barton and exposes the ways in which Barton misrepresents and misuses history to promote his far-right political agenda. The podcast is centered about the new second edition of the book Throckmorton co-authored with Michael Coulter called “Getting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Thomas Jefferson,” which was a rebuttal to Barton’s 2012 book, “The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You’ve Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson.”

The ad, which features AI images of pristine beaches and laughing children, has prompted backlash, including a planned protest outside Hulu’s headquarters.

Terence Richardson and Ferrone Claiborne were found not guilty of murdering a police officer. But a judge sentenced them to life in prison.

Serbian DJ turned internet entrepreneur Nebojša Vujinović Vujo floods abandoned news sites with AI-generated articles. But he wants you to know he's a nice guy.

Israeli tactics have little in common with standard counterinsurgency doctrine or rules of engagement. In the first three months​ of Israel’s attack on Gaza around 25,000 Palestinians were killed and around 60,000 wounded, 70 per cent of them women and children. Around 80 per cent of the population of Gaza has been displaced. The rate of killing has been higher than in most wars this century, sometimes reaching more than two thousand deaths a week. There have been airstrikes on ambulances, airstrikes on bakeries, airstrikes on UN schools serving as shelters. Israeli forces have killed more than 150 UN staff. International charities have been reduced to tallying daily limb amputations. While Israeli officials stick to absurd denials that there is any kind of humanitarian crisis, much of urban Gaza has been turned into an uneven igneous landscape of black-grey mounds.

What's next, malware-infected dental floss? But seriously: It's a reminder that even the smallest smart home devices can be a threat. Here's how to protect yourself.

As political ads blanket our screens like never before, the broadcast and tech lobbies are reaping the benefits of protecting the secrets of their dark money benefactors.

The airlines and Boeing say they're committed to safety. Some analysts and aviation experts, however, still have concerns about the Max 9.

The IRS says it expects to collect hundreds of billions of dollars more in overdue and unpaid taxes than previously anticipated using funding provided to the agency.

“Shit is a skyscraper playground,” said one artist who helped tag at least 27 stories of an unfinished luxury development.

When little fish thrive, the results can be spectacular.

“It is incredibly ironic and frustrating how the U.S. government detained him for two years and then funded and armed his killing,” Motaz Alhelou’s former lawyer said.

The WWE godfather has faced decades of allegations. This time is different.

If you want to celebrate your love of beer or marijuana, you won't be able to do that with a personalized plate.From violent to sexual to drug-related, Service

The flight left Portland, Oregon, Jan. 5 bound for Ontario International Airport in San Bernardino County, California, when the door plug blew off.

A jury has found Jennifer Crumbley, mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, guilty on four counts of involuntary manslaughter — one count for each student her son fatally shot at Oxford High School in November 2021. The jurors received Jennifer's case shortly before 10 a.m. on Monday, after sitting through seven days of trial and hearing from 22 witnesses, including Jennifer Crumbley herself. The jurors deliberated for about a day and a half before arriving at their decision Tuesday. The verdict, as defense attorney Shannon Smith noted in her closing arguments on Friday, could have ramifications beyond Jennifer Crumbley's personal fate. Crumbley is the first parent of a school shooter to be held criminally liable for their child's actions, and the jury's findings could set a precedent for similar cases in the future. It might also impact the case of her husband, James Crumbley, who faces trial on identical manslaughter charges in March.