8 h. ago Woman admits to using AI to create fake rape story, mirroring TikTok challenge

Police say a Florida woman used AI to generate fake evidence of a break-in and battery in October

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3 d. ago Pilot suicide exposes hidden mental health crisis in aviation

Pilots say they don’t speak up for fear of losing their licenses

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3 d. ago Monica Dolan: ‘What frightened me most was the children no one even noticed had gone missing’

The Bafta-winning actor says researching Rosemary West exposed the hidden crisis of children who vanish without anyone realising, as she talks to Tara Cobham about joining The Independent’s SafeCall appeal

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5 d. ago The ‘crisis hidden in plain sight’ facing 1.5 million Brits this Christmas

New polling suggests 11 per cent will eat dinner alone on December 25

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9 d. ago ‘There were eight of us, only two are alive’: the growing crisis of arsenic in Argentina’s water

In some of the country’s poorest, driest areas, people rely on water contaminated with arsenic 60 times over safe limits, causing crippling illnesses in familiesIt’s a cloudy winter’s day in El Chañaral, an old Indigenous Wichi community now inhabited only by the Bustamante family. It lies nine miles from San José del Boquerón and near Piruaj Bajo, in Argentina’s northern Copo department.As Batista Bustamante and Lidia Cuellar drink mate tea, their seven-year-old daughter, Marcela, climbs on to her purple bicycle and heads into the scrubland. She reaches a reservoir – a puddle of greenish-brown water – and pulls a pink pair of scissors from her pocket, which she drives into the earth to extract chunks of mud. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Louvre bosses break silence after pranksters snuck fake painting next to Mona Lisa

EXCLUSIVE: The Louvre is considering legal action after two TikTokers managed to smuggle and hang their own artwork near the Mona Lisa, outwitting museum security just weeks after a £76million jewel heist

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2 w. ago Autistic children at greater risk of going missing in ‘hidden crisis’, charity warns

Missing People says autistic young people may be more vulnerable to disappearing and at higher risk of harm, as psychologists call for urgent tailored support

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4 w. ago Men are still faking it till they break: Inside the crisis of hidden depression

On this week’s Well Enough podcast, bestselling author Owen O’Kane and TV presenter Matt Johnson open up to host Emilie Lavinia about the realities of men’s mental health – from masking pain with normality to learning the power of taking the first step toward help

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4 w. ago Men are still faking it until they break: Inside the crisis of hidden depression

On this week’s Well Enough podcast, bestselling author Owen O’Kane and TV presenter Matt Johnson open up to host Emilie Lavinia about the realities of men’s mental health – from masking pain with normality to learning the power of taking the first step toward help

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4 w. ago Kate and Gerry McCann break silence after fake Maddie jailed for harassing them

Julia Wandelt, who falsely claimed to be Madeleine McCann, has been sentenced to to six months in prison for harassing her family - now the parents have responded

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