Safiyah Riddle

Italian Brain Rot

Arts & Entertainment

Gen Z’s beloved ‘Italian Brain Rot’ is unproductive and pointless—and that may be the point

By Safiyah Riddle and The Associated Press

Kylan Darnell

The twisted economics of ‘RushTok’: Some sorority pledge influencers can pay their tuition, but they’re fleeing online hate and backlash

By Safiyah Riddle and The Associated Press

LA County mansion

Bizarre discovery of 21 children in LA home raises questions about lack of regulations for surrogacy

By Ed White, Safiyah Riddle, and others

Utah State Rep. Verona Mauga stands next to Arthur Afa Ah Loo, who was shot and killed in the "No Kings" protest

Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, the 39-year-old killed at the ‘No Kings’ protest, was a Project Runway contestant and designed clothing for ‘Moana 2’

By Safiyah Riddle, Hannah Schoenbaum, and others

Grant Hardin, the former police chief known as the "Devil in the Ozarks"

A former police chief, sentenced to 30 years in prison for first-degree murder, escaped jail by wearing a disguise. Now police are searching caves and forests to find the ‘Devil in the Ozarks’

By Jeff Martin, Andrew DeMillo, and others