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TikToker Wolfie Kahletti spraying Walmart bananas with insecticide as a prank

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Influencer sentenced to a year in prison for spraying Walmart produce with insecticide as a “prank”

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‘World’s first robot lawyer’: DoNotPay wants to build an AI to help people fight traffic tickets

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‘We all know why’: TikToker says she got speeding ticket in town that is 75% white—but the courtroom is ‘full of POC’

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Case against ‘deepfake mom’ falls apart after prosecutors backtrack on manipulated video claims

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