A 12-year-old boy has died after attempting to replicate a scene from the South Korean Netflix series Squid Game as a prank. An inquest ruled that the boy, Sebastian Cizman, died by hanging, with ...

Michael Che is glad that Saturday Night Live didn’t let him do the more brutal version of his April Fool’s Day joke on Colin Jost. “That was a tough one for him to recover from,” Che told Mike ...

The internet cavalry has come to the defense of a bride-to-be after her fiancé’s family pulled a so-called “prank” on her, with many claiming the stunt is nothing short of “bullying”. In the ...

Michael Strahan had quite the scare on Fox's NFL Sunday. The former footballer shrank away in horror, as he was ambushed from behind by a masked man during a broadcast, all as part of a pre-Halloween ...

People wearing Halloween masks banged on a family’s door in Alexandria and said they would break in and kill the residents. Police investigated the case as an attempted burglary – and learned ...

A viral TikTok trend known as the "AI Homeless Man Prank" is spurring parental panic and prompting police response across the country, as users create AI-altered images showing a homeless man inside ...

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BIG RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Law enforcement agencies in Michigan are warning about a trend on TikTok where people are pranking friends and family with artificial intelligence videos. The videos make it ...

The viral TikTok trend has prompted police warnings over safety concerns. A viral trend involving artificially generated images of a "homeless man" has prompted police warnings over safety concerns, ...

A viral trend involving artificially generated images of a "homeless man" has prompted police warnings over safety concerns, with officials calling it "stupid and potentially dangerous." The trend ...

The prank has gone viral, causing headaches for law enforcement. The prank has gone viral, causing headaches for law enforcement. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, ...

A trend is going viral on TikTok of people using AI to prank their loved ones that an intruder is in their home. Police are issuing a warning to users that the prank could result in criminal charges.