The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating trading activity connected to Situational Awareness, the artificial-intelligence-focused hedge fund run by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner. The inquiry follows the fund’s dramatic July 2026 losses, when its portfolio value fell 67% amid an AI-stock selloff and margin calls forced it to unload much of its public-stock … Read more
A bizarre viral “Cat in the Hat serial killer” scare spread across Ireland and the United Kingdom in August 2026, with social-media posts purporting to show a menacing figure resembling the character from the 2003 Cat in the Hat movie stalking neighborhoods, watching homes and pursuing people. Police ultimately intervened to debunk the claims, saying … Read more
Sony Music Entertainment and several affiliated record labels sued Kroger in August 2026, accusing the grocery giant and numerous affiliated businesses of repeatedly using copyrighted songs without permission in social-media advertisements, including promotional videos created by paid influencers. Sony says it has identified at least 392 allegedly unauthorized uses of its recordings. Kroger has not … Read more
Jessica Orton Lyman, 44, and her 8-year-old son, Eli Ronin Fox Painter, were shot inside their Saratoga Springs, Utah, home in March 2025. Eli died at the scene, while Lyman died in a hospital three days later. After a 17-month investigation, police arrested Lyman’s teenage son, who was 15 at the time of the killings. … Read more
Target faced widespread criticism in August 2026 over a children’s Halloween clown costume that critics said evoked racist blackface and minstrel-show imagery. The retailer removed the costume from sale, publicly apologized and said it was reviewing how the product had been approved. The Costume And Backlash Target Sold A $25 Children’s Circus Clown Costume. The … Read more
Tracking the investigation into the death of 50-year-old Southwest Airlines flight attendant Jenny Lupton, who was found dead during a work layover in Waikiki, Hawaii, in August 2026. Lupton’s family says the Honolulu medical examiner told them she appeared to have fallen from the balcony of her 24th-floor hotel room, but police have not publicly … Read more
Emiliane Tamara Nunes Carvalho is a 24-year-old Brazilian nursing technician and mother of two who was rescued on August 21, 2026, after allegedly being abducted by her former partner and held captive for about five days in Águas Lindas de Goiás, near Brazil’s Federal District. Police found Carvalho restrained inside a house and arrested her … Read more
Rafael Cayetano Blanco is a 38-year-old Guatemalan man who worked as a lifeguard aboard the MSC Cruises ship MSC World America. Miami-Dade authorities arrested Blanco when the ship returned to PortMiami on August 22, 2026, after investigators accused him of engaging in sexual activity with a 17-year-old passenger on two occasions during the cruise. Blanco … Read more
Ava Walters was a 20-year-old Alabama State University student whose death at an off-campus university facility in Montgomery, Alabama, on August 23, 2026, is being investigated as a homicide. Montgomery police arrested 22-year-old Jalil Bivens of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and charged him with murder in connection with Walters’ death. Police have not publicly disclosed how … Read more
Tracking the controversy surrounding comedian and musician Reggie Watts’ relationship with the late Katherine Early McCollough after her family, friends and several of Watts’ former partners made allegations about heavy drug use, emotional control and reckless behavior in an August 2026 Rolling Stone investigation. McCollough died by suicide in Peru in March 2026, months after … Read more