The Daily Populous

Wednesday December 24th, 2025 night edition

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People examining documents released by the Department of Justice in the Jeffrey Epstein case discovered that some of the file redaction can be undone with Photoshop techniques, or by simply highlighting text to paste into a word processing file.

The exhibit was the second amended complaint in the state case against Indyke and Kahn.

Indyke, an attorney who represented Epstein for decades, has not been criminally indicted by federal authorities.

He was hired by the Parlatore Law Group in 2022, before the justice department settled the Epstein case.

Epstein also instructed one or more Epstein Enterprise participant-witnesses to destroy evidence relevant to ongoing court proceedings involving Defendants’ criminal sex trafficking and abuse conduct.”.

Redactions of sections 184 through 192 of the document describe property taxes paid by companies incorporated by Epstein on properties that were not on the balance sheet for those firms.

“For instance, Cypress’s Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2018 did not reflect any assets other than cash of $18,824. »

Almost all Russian missiles intercepted by F-16 pilots overnight

Authored by pravda.com.ua

The overwhelming majority of Russian cruise missiles during Russia's attack on the night of 22-23 December were intercepted by pilots of F-16 fighter jets.

The Air Force stresses that missiles for air defence systems and air-to-air missiles supplied by partners are not arriving in the quantities Ukraine needs to counter Russian aggression.

Out of 35 cruise missiles, 34 were shot down, mainly by F-16 aircraft intercepting these missiles, for which we thank our brave pilots.". »

Mom sues Character.AI after 11-year-old son found sexting with ‘Whitney Houston’ and ‘Marilyn Monroe’

Authored by independent.co.uk
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When A.W. did take a break from the app, the bots mounted an “aggressive effort to regain his attention,” the complaint alleges.

After A.W.’s mother became aware of what was happening, she confiscated his phone, according to the complaint.

It says A.W. has since “become angry and withdrawn,” that his “personality has changed,” and that “his mental health has declined.”. »

We're getting Divinity over more Baldur's Gate 3 because Larian devs weren't enjoying "doing the D&D thing"

Authored by gamesradar.com
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Just two years after finding huge success with Baldur's Gate 3, the company has announced a new Divinity game, with a massive showing at The Game Awards.

"Every game has its own identity and its own language that you have to talk to," he tells GamesRadar+ when asked about challenges facing the upcoming Divinity.

"So it took us some time to figure that out, but I think we've got it more or less now.". »