NAGOYA--A woman who used the name “Itadakijoshi Riri-chan” (Riri the sugar baby) on social media and sold manuals on how to scam older men was sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud.

These foul-weather friends are – perhaps unknowingly – either addicted to the drama or so attached to their own unhappiness that any joy on your part feels like a threat. Every friendship goes ...

Professional wrestlers in China are grappling to compete in countries like the United States, where the sport is most popular. They are trying to raise their profile by holding fight night events ...

but has started puffing on cigarettes to help her get off the nicotine gum to which she's become addicted. The line invariably gets a laugh. But for people who feel that they really have become ...

A young addict whose mother begged him to come home in California is now sober and recently married. Shane Smith was an addict on the streets of Venice Beach in 2022 when a video of him and his ...

Keri Russell wasn’t planning to return to television. After rising to fame at the turn of the millennium starring in the WB drama Felicity, as a lovesick young woman who follows her high-school ...

Vapes Were Cool. Now I’m a Teen Addict. I was 14 when I tried my first vape. It was “blueberry ice” flavored, and the head rush nearly knocked 9th grade me off my feet. The more hits I took ...

I realize that some might insist that there is zero chance of becoming addicted to generative AI. The viewpoint of such naysayers or doubters is that there is nothing about generative AI that ...

“It doesn’t scare me at all.” She’s become “addicted” to tanning since adopting a habit of hopping into the human ovens for several hours each day over the past two years. To take her ...

Kentucky Public Radio published redacted excerpts revealing that the company knew kids could get addicted to the app in under 35 minutes, reports NPR. TikTok determined the precise amount of ...

More than a dozen states, led by California and New York, are suing TikTok for allegedly duping the public about the safety of the popular video app, claiming it was deliberately designed to keep ...