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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently said that former US President Donald Trump is believing in false information. This happened after Trump suggested that Ukraine should hold elections while still in the middle of a war. Zelenskyy seems to think this idea is not practical right now. This story is still developing, and more updates may come soon.

On February 14, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) and the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) shared a letter about the investigation into the death of Suchir Balaji, a whistleblower from OpenAI. They concluded that Balaji died by suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The police stated they found no evidence of foul play.

The letter explained that Balaji was alone when he died, and there were no other injuries on his body. The gun he used was registered to him, and it was found at the scene. Search history on his computer showed he had been researching brain anatomy. His mother reported that he was feeling stressed after quitting his job.

The police said they found Balaji’s DNA on the gun and gunshot residue on his hands, but his parents do not believe it was a suicide. They are convinced there was foul play involved, especially since Balaji had spoken out about OpenAI’s alleged copyright violations.

Balaji’s mother, Poornima Ramarao, is asking the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate further. She argues that there’s evidence suggesting he could not have committed suicide because of a drug that affected his muscle control. They are now waiting for details from a forensic expert and toxicologist to support their claims.

Poornima insists they won’t stop until they prove that Balaji was murdered, and she plans to examine the letters from OSCE and SFPD further.

Kaya Walker, who was the president of the College Republicans at NYU, stepped down after making some comments about Barron Trump, the president’s son. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, she described Barron, who’s 18 and attends NYU, as “sort of like an oddity on campus.”

Walker later said she regrets her decision to resign. “I’ve worked really hard to support conservative ideas at NYU. Being a Republican here can be tough,” she explained. “I put so much effort into building up my club, and we’ve seen a lot more students joining and having fun this past year.”

In the Vanity Fair article, Walker said Barron’s classmates told her he didn’t interact much on campus. “He goes to class, and then he goes home,” she added.

Walker mentioned that her comments were taken out of context. She told the NY Post, “They made it seem like I was saying Barron was strange for commuting to school, which is not what I meant at all. I commute too!”

Barron lives with his family in a different part of New York City and travels to school from their home instead of living on campus.

After the comments, the College Republicans of America criticized Walker, saying her words didn’t match their values and that they were inappropriate. Will Donahue, the CRA president, said chapter leaders should be careful when talking to “left-wing journalists” like Vanity Fair, warning that they often twist what people say.

He confirmed that the CRA advised Walker to resign, but he also said she made the choice herself. The College Republicans group has over 200 chapters across the country, including one at NYU.

A new map shows that if a nuclear attack happened, 75% of people in the United States—up to 250 million—could be killed instantly. The team at Halcyon Maps created this scary map using information from FEMA, which helps with emergency situations. They looked at how far the blast would go, how radiation spreads, and where people live.

The map reveals that the most crowded spots in the U.S., like big cities on the East Coast, Midwest, West Coast, and the South, would be the main targets. States like California and much of the East Coast would face dangerous radioactive fallout. Survivors might have to stay in shelters for over three weeks to avoid the harmful effects of radiation.

Very few areas, like parts of western Texas, Nevada, Michigan, and Wisconsin, would initially survive the attack. But those places wouldn’t be safe for long because of something called nuclear winter. People exposed to high radiation could experience serious health problems like nausea, fatigue, skin burns, and in some cases, it could be deadly.

The map also points out over 100 military sites, especially missile silos in states like Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, and North Dakota, which are likely first targets in an attack. Missiles from Russia and China can reach the U.S. in just 30 minutes, and if launched from a submarine close to U.S. borders, they could hit in as little as 15 minutes.

Right now, Russia has 5,580 nuclear warheads, more than the U.S.’s 5,044, while China has between 500 and 600. Experts say the chances of nuclear war have gone up a lot in recent years because the U.S. and Russia have stopped following important agreements to control nuclear weapons.

Dr. John Schuessler from Texas A&M University said that Americans are right to be worried about the U.S. getting involved in international conflicts, but luckily, the U.S. has mostly avoided wars in Europe and the Middle East so far.