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The phone rings. It's your grandson's voice — shaky, scared, saying he's been in an accident and needs money wired immediately, don't tell Mom and Dad. Except it isn't him. It's a voice generated by an AI tool trained on a few seconds of audio pulled from a social media video, and the "accident" is a script scammers have been refining for years. The Federal Trade Commission has been...

If you're a parent of a high schooler or a college student planning to re-enroll next fall, there's a date you need to know: the 2027–28 FAFSA has opened, and the U.S. Department of Education says this marks the second consecutive year it has launched the form earlier than its original schedule. That's good news for families — but only if you're ready to move on it. Why the early...

Winning the lottery is usually imagined as a solution to life's problems. A paid-off house. No more financial stress. More freedom. More time with family. But new research suggests a sudden increase in wealth can also change relationships in unexpected ways — including who gets married, who has children and, in some cases, who gets divorced. A study highlighted by PsyPost examined tens of thousands of lottery players in Sweden and found...

Artificial intelligence may live in the cloud, but the infrastructure powering it is increasingly becoming a very local issue. That reality was on full display in Memphis on October 6, 2026, when a highly anticipated City Council vote over a proposed data center moratorium ended amid protests, arguments and a physical altercation outside the council chamber. According to Action News 5, more than 100 people attended the meeting, where council...