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CBS News
10 hours ago
- CBS News
Chicago police investigating at least 7 separate shootings overnight
Police are investigating at least seven different shootings since 9 p.m. Thursday. So far, no arrests have been made. The shootings took place at the following times and locations: Englewood, 9:10 p.m. A 32-year-old man was walking out of a store, in the 600 block of West 63rd Street, when an armed person fired shots, hitting him multiple times in the torso. Chicago police said the victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he died. No arrests have been made. Police are investigating. Near North Side, 11:30 p.m. Chicago police said an 18-year-old was shot while walking with a group of friends near Hobbie Street and Cambridge Avenue. Police say the shooter got away, but they are talking to a person of interest. The teen is expected to recover. Englewood, 1:43 a.m. Chicago police said a 29-year-old man was trying to break up a fight between two women, in the 6700 block of South Parnell Avenue, when a man took out a handgun and fired shots. The 20-year-old victim was shot in the shoulder and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition. Police said the gunman left the scene. No arrests have been made. Englewood, 2:05 a.m. Chicago police said a 56-year-old woman was standing with a group of people in the 6800 block of South Winchester when a person approached and fired shots. The woman was shot in the right calf. She was taken to Christ Hospital in good condition. No other injuries were reported. No arrests have been made, and police are investigating. Englewood, 2:15 a.m. Another shooting was reported on 63rd Street. Police said a man was shot several times at the Citgo gas station on 63rd Street, right off the Dan Ryan Expressway. Police said three men with guns approached the car he was parked in, shot the 37-year-old, and ran off. The man was hit in the back and the elbow and is in good condition at the hospital. No one is in custody. Near West Side, 2:52 a.m. Two men were in a yard in the 300 block of South Campbell Avenue when police said they heard gunshots and felt pain. The 29-year-old man was shot int he right foot and the 33-year-old man was shot in the leg. They took themselves to Stroger Hospital where they were listed in good condition, police said. No arrests have been made. Area Four detectives are investigating. South Loop, 3 a.m. Police said a 27-year-old man approached a group breaking into his car in the 2000 block of South Wabash Avenue. Police said the group fired shots, hitting the man in the back. He was taken to Northwestern Hospital in good condition. Police said no one is in custody. Area Three detectives are investigating.
Forbes
11 hours ago
- Forbes
AI Is Behind 50% Of Spam — And Now It's Hacking Your Accounts
AI is taking over the spam and phishing sectors. getty Artificial Intelligence is, I admit with a certain amount of begrudging respect, impressive to put it mildly. At least when it is used to help make work more efficient and leisure more, erm, leisurely. However, when AI is misused or employed for nefarious purposes, it becomes a concern for all of us. We've already seen this when the first big story broke as an AI attack on Gmail users went viral in 2024. Things have changed since then, and not for the better, as the latest research reveals. Now, half of your spam is generated by AI, and cyberattacks are increasingly using AI-powered methods. Here's what you need to know. It's official: more than half of the spam that you receive has been created using AI tools. That's the finding of newly published research, a collaboration between Barracuda and researchers from Columbia University and the University of Chicago, which found that, in April 2025, the actual number was 51%. This isn't altogether surprising. After all, AI does a better job, for the most part, in producing less spelling and grammatical errors, ensuring that linguistically the messages are understandable across geographies, and can be tweaked to have just the right tone to convince the reader to respond. And that, dear reader, is concerning. Not from the perspective of spamming in the broader sense, but rather when it comes to cybersecurity implications, as such techniques are applied to phishing attacks. The same report found that, already, 14% of the business email compromise attacks analyzed were AI-generated. Extrapolate that across all phishing attack scenarios, and I'm sorry to say, the situation will soon become untenable. Wei Hao, a PhD student at Columbia University, and one of the researchers behind the report, said that 'spam showed the most frequent use of AI-generated content in attacks, outpacing use in other attack types significantly over the past year.' What the research also found was that AI-generated emails didn't differ significantly from human-generated attack emails, at least not in terms of engendering a sense of urgency. It appears that AI, like human attackers, recognises the effectiveness of this method in persuading a recipient to act and become a victim. 'Urgency is a deliberate tactic commonly used to exert pressure and elicit an unthinking response from the recipient,' Hao said, which suggested 'attackers are primarily using AI to refine their emails and possibly their English rather than to change the tactics of their attacks.'
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
Scientists discover 'remarkable' diet that's said to ease insomnia in one day
Eating five fruit and vegetables each day has been the message peddled by health gurus for decades. That guidance, designed to stave off heart disease and cancer, has stood for more than two decades and is highlighted regularly in public health campaigns. Now researchers say reaching the daily quota could also slash the risk of insomnia within just a day. According to US scientists, who tracked dozens of adults, those who hit the target improved their sleep quality by almost a fifth, compared to those who failed to eat a single fruit or vegetable. People who opted for healthier carbohydrates, like whole grains, also displayed better sleep. Experts, who labelled the diet tweak 'remarkable', said it showed not to underestimate the importance of nutrition for better sleep. Dr Esra Tasali, an expert in sleep medicine at the University of Chicago and study co-author, said: 'It's remarkable that such a meaningful change could be observed within less than 24 hours. 'Dietary modifications could be a new, natural and cost-effective approach to achieve better sleep.' More than five million people in the UK are thought to suffer from chronic insomnia, which is defined as struggling to fall or stay asleep at least three nights a week for more than three months. In the study, scientists tracked the eating habits of 34 healthy young adults, aged 28 on average. They reported their daily food consumption using an app and wore a wrist monitor that allowed the researchers to objectively measure their sleep patterns. Scientists specifically looked at 'sleep fragmentation,' a measure that reflects how often a person awakens or shifts from deep to light sleep throughout the night. Writing in the journal Sleep Health, they said daily diet was linked to 'meaningful differences' in the subsequent night's sleep. They found those who ate at least five cups of fruit and vegetables per day experienced a 16 per cent boost in sleep quality compared to those who ate no fruit and veg. People who ate more red and processed meat were also more likely to suffer fragmented sleep, the scientists said. 'Sixteen per cent is a highly significant difference,' Dr Tasali added. Dr Marie-Pierre St-Onge, a nutrition scientist at Columbia University and study co-author, also said: 'Small changes can impact sleep. That is empowering—better rest is within your control.' The NHS has long recommended Britons eat five daily portions of fruit and vegetables to keep us healthy. But only about one-third of women and a quarter of men achieve it, official data shows. And it's become even less possible for many as in recent years the price of fresh produce has gone up by an average of 39 per cent—with carrots increasing by as much as 150 per cent. Some research has suggested the target doesn't go far enough and that we need to double it for the optimal benefits. Meanwhile, leading diet guru Professor Tim Spector, who founded the Zoe nutrition app, recommends a different approach with 30 different types of plant every week. Last year, a study found that around one in six Brits suffer insomnia, yet 65 per cent never seek help for their sleep problem. The poll of 2,000 people, by The Sleep Charity, found nine in ten experience some sort of sleep problem, while one in two engage in high-risk or dangerous behaviours when unable to sleep. Poor sleep has been linked to a number of health problems, including cancer, stroke and infertility. Experts have long advised that waking up during the night does not necessarily mean you have insomnia, which figures suggest affects up to 14million Brits. Still, sleep deprivation takes its own toll, from irritability and reduced focus in the short term, to an increased risk of obesity, heart disease and diabetes.
CBS News
5 days ago
- CBS News
Chicago man charged with shooting woman during fight in South Deering
A man was charged with shooting a woman during a fight in South Deering early Saturday morning. Quentin Batteast, 39, of Chicago, was charged with felony counts of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm. Chicago police said just before 2:30 a.m., the victim, a 41-year-old woman, was in a vehicle with a known man when an argument led to a fight. That's when he pulled out a gun and fired shots at her. She was hit in the left shoulder and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition. Responding officers arrested Batteast. He is scheduled to appear at a detention hearing on Sunday.
CBS News
12-06-2025
- CBS News
Man riding dirt bike dies after crashing into pole on South Side, police say
A 24-year-old man is dead after crashing a dirt bike early Thursday morning on the city's South Side. It happened around 2:30 a.m. in the 7400 block of South Wabash Avenue in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. Chicago police said the victim was riding a dirt bike when he crashed into a pole. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. His identity was not released. No other injuries were reported, according to police. It is unclear what caused the victim to crash the dirt bike. Area detectives are investigating.
