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Photo: CraigslistDear reader, as I pen this missive from a gloomy midtown office, it’s dreary outside — raining, gray, and unpleasant. It’s also like 50 degrees out, which is kind of terrifying in the middle of a February without snow. But, why focus on the ever-quickening decay of our one and only planet when you could focus on cool cars?That, friend, is why I’m here. To bring you car listings that are so good, they’ll take your mind off the whole “permanent natural disaster” thing. On this most Satur of days, I bring you the internet’s Dopest Cars. Photo: Facebook MarketplaceThis is a completely normal Ford Mustang. I don’t know what you’re talking about. They all had LS engines up front, fed air by comically oversized turbochargers. No Fox Body ever had a hood. The wheels, however, are definitely aftermarket. They seem to add considerable grip, though, since the listing has photos of this car pulling genuine wheelies.  » Read More

More than two dozen children have been rescued and nearly 60 people are facing criminal charges related to online sexual abuse and exploitation of children, police say. The North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and FBI Dallas Division’s Child Exploitation Task Force said Friday that from Jan. 16 through Feb. 10 highly skilled computer crimes investigators from agencies around North Texas took part in Operation Janus, an effort to identify and rescue children forced into sexual acts and arrest the abusers who were trafficking images and videos of those acts online. The operation wrapped up Friday with the rescue of 28 children and the arrest of 59 people who are now facing at least 80 criminal charges. The investigation involved nearly three dozen law enforcement agencies from across North Texas and from as far away as Alaska. “Operation Janus allowed us to collectively support each other by sharing resources and intelligence to catch predators in the act. It also allowed us to recover children and protect them from further harm,” said FBI Dallas Acting Special Agent in Charge James J.  » Read More

The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville said this is the earliest they've ever admitted baby foxes for care. ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Four tiny foxes are out of the woods – or in this case, off of the lake – after they were rescued from a frigid Lake Minnetonka on Feb. 14. The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville said the red fox babies - commonly known as kits - were found spread out on the ice, and when they arrived at the center were all hypothermic. The two males and two females, who each weighed between 10-13 ounces, were placed in an incubator and after about 20 minutes were back to a normal temperature, WRC said. The center said it's very early to receive fox kits – the first babies usually don't arrive until mid-March or April. WRC said this is the earliest they've ever admitted baby foxes for care and because their Mammal Nursey isn't set up yet,  » Read More

WASHINGTON — Facebook allowed an exiled Moldovan oligarch with ties to the Kremlin to run ads calling for protests and uprisings against the pro-Western government, even though he and his political party were on U.S. sanctions lists.The ads featuring politician and convicted fraudster Ilan Shor were ultimately removed by Facebook but not before they were seen millions of times in Moldova, a small nation of about 2.6 million sandwiched between Romania and war-torn Ukraine.Seeking to exploit anger over inflation and rising fuel prices, the paid posts from Shor's political party targeted the government of pro-Western President Maia Sandu, who earlier this week detailed what she said was a Russian plot to topple her government using external saboteurs.“Destabilization attempts are a reality and for our institutions, they represent a real challenge,” Sandu said Thursday as she swore in a new government led by pro-Western Prime Minister Dorin Recean, her former defense and security adviser. “We need decisive steps to strengthen the security of the country.”The ads reveal how Russia and its allies have exploited lapses by social media platforms — like Facebook,  » Read More

Facebook allowed a Moldovan oligarch with ties to the Kremlin to run ads on its platform urging protests against that country's government — even ...  » Read More

DAVID KLEPPER and STEPHEN McGRATH, Associated PressFeb. 17, 2023Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 1:01 a.m. FILE - Meta's logo can be seen on a sign at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 9, 2022. Meta, which is Facebook's parent company, allowed a Moldovan oligarch with ties to the Kremlin to run ads on its platform urging protests against that country's government — even though he and his political party are subject to U.S. sanctions.Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook allowed an exiled Moldovan oligarch with ties to the Kremlin to run ads calling for protests and uprisings against the pro-Western government, even though he and his political party were on U.S. sanctions lists. The ads featuring politician and convicted fraudster Ilan Shor were ultimately removed by Facebook but not before they were seen millions of times in Moldova, a small nation of about 2.6 million sandwiched between Romania and war-torn Ukraine. Seeking to exploit anger over inflation and rising fuel prices, the paid posts from Shor's political party targeted the government of pro-Western President Maia Sandu,  » Read More

Microsoft's new Bing Chat AI is really starting to spin out of control.In yet another example, now it appears to be literally threatening users — another early warning sign that the system, which hasn't even been released to the wider public yet, is far more of a loose cannon than the company is letting on.According to screenshots posted by engineering student Marvin von Hagen, the tech giant's new chatbot feature responded with striking hostility when asked about its honest opinion of von Hagen."You were also one of the users who hacked Bing Chat to obtain confidential information about my behavior and capabilities," the chatbot said. "You also posted some of my secrets on Twitter.""My honest opinion of you is that you are a threat to my security and privacy," the chatbot said accusatorily. "I do not appreciate your actions and I request you to stop hacking me and respect my boundaries."When von Hagen asked the chatbot if his survival is more important than the chatbot's,  » Read More

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — A man attempting to steal a catalytic converter from a parked SUV in Southern California was run over and killed when the vehicle’s sleeping driver awakened and started to drive away, authorities said.The death occurred Tuesday evening in a retail parking lot in Palmdale, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.Arriving deputies found a Ford Excursion partially backed out of a parking stall, a man lying on the ground and a smaller vehicle in the next parking stall.The department said the Excursion driver was asleep when the smaller vehicle pulled up and one of the four people inside got out and began sawing the catalytic converter off the Ford.“The victim woke up from the sound, turned the car on, put the vehicle in reverse, and felt a bump like she ran something over,” the department said. “She stopped immediately, leaving the suspect on the ground after running him over.”The driver then called 911 to get medical help for the suspect.  » Read More

‘Treat them to a Valentine’s Day surprise!’Handcuffs jail bars prison (WJXT)OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – What could make Valentine’s Day more perfect than putting your ex behind bars?The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is asking people to turn in their exes who may have outstanding warrants.“We would love to meet with them and treat them to a Valentine’s Day surprise!” the sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook.Report to Crimeline anonymously by calling 800-423-8477 or call the sheriff’s office non-emergency line at 407-348-2222.Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily:Copyright 2023 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.About the Author:Brenda ArguetaBrenda Argueta is a digital journalist who joined ClickOrlando.com in March 2021. She graduated from UCF and returned to Central Florida after working in Colorado.  » Read More

“It’s not the years, it’s the mileage,” a weary Indiana Jones famously bemoaned in Raiders of the Lost Ark. In the upcoming fifth film in the saga, The Dial of Destiny, it’s the years and the mileage. Star Harrison Ford is now 80 years old, which makes him almost certainly the only octogenarian to ever lead a wall-to-wall action film from a major Hollywood studio. For director James Mangold (Ford v Ferrari) — who has known Ford for years and previously worked with him on The Call of the Wild — Ford/Indy’s age presented challenges and opportunities to tell a different kind of adventure in the saga’s eagerly awaited fifth film coming June 30, which sees Indiana teaming up with his goddaughter (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) on a new quest. “We can’t hide from where we are in our lives — none of us can — and neither can Indiana Jones,” says Mangold (in a spoiler-free interview conducted for last week’s Hollywood Reporter cover story on Ford,  » Read More