The United Nations reported that over 6,000 people were killed in a three-day period during an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan's Darfur region in late October. The offensive on the city of el-Fasher included widespread atrocities, potentially constituting war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to the U.N. Human Rights Office.
Meanwhile, the fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files continues to have a more significant impact in Europe than in the United States. According to NPR, European figures, including royals, government officials, and politicians, are facing consequences such as job losses and the opening of law enforcement investigations. In contrast, the U.S. response has been more muted. For example, Peter Mandelson was fired last year from his position as Britain's ambassador to the U.S. and resigned from the UK Labour Party earlier this month, over ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In other news, the FBI announced that DNA recovered from a glove found near the home of Today show host Savannah Guthrie's mother appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door in Tucson the night she vanished. The glove, discovered in a field, was sent for DNA testing, and preliminary results were received on Saturday, according to the FBI. The search for Nancy Guthrie, 84, who was last seen on January 31 and reported missing the following day, is now in its third week. Authorities previously stated they had not identified a suspect, but blood was found on the front porch of her home.
In a separate incident, Ars Technica retracted an article containing fabricated quotations generated by an AI tool and attributed to a source who did not say them. The publication stated that this was a "serious failure of our standards" and that direct quotations must always reflect what a source actually said. Ars Technica has reviewed recent work and has not identified additional issues, indicating that this appears to be an isolated incident.
Finally, the enduring mystery of Bigfoot continues to captivate. Ars Technica reported on researchers who have interviewed 130 Bigfoot hunters, exploring the cultural impact of the iconic image captured in 1967 of a 7-foot-tall, ape-like creature in Northern California. While most believe the image to be a hoax, some argue it has never been definitively debunked.
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