I've been doing the Elf on the Shelf pranks for my son for years, and he's always known it's me. I don't even use the trademark Elf — I have a little gnome that works just as well. I enjoy it more ...

A viral TikTok trend known as the "AI Homeless Man Prank" is spurring parental panic and prompting police response across the country, as users create AI-altered images showing a homeless man inside ...

The viral TikTok trend has prompted police warnings over safety concerns. A viral trend involving artificially generated images of a "homeless man" has prompted police warnings over safety concerns, ...

The prank has gone viral, causing headaches for law enforcement. The prank has gone viral, causing headaches for law enforcement. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, ...

TikTok’s latest viral prank takes generative AI to unsettling new territory. The “AI homeless man” trend involves creating hyperrealistic images of a disheveled stranger lounging around your house, ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Two Chesterfield County families are pressing charges after they say a senior prank during “prank week” turned into vandalism and a hate crime. Shannon Murray’s son, ...

Howard Stern returned from summer vacation Monday with a prank, duping listeners and news outlets with a bit suggesting he and SiriusXM had agreed to part ways. Enlisted the help of comedian Andy ...

The prank appeared to have been inspired by a social media trend. An 11-year-old Texas boy has died after being shot in the back when he allegedly attempted a door-knocking prank on a neighbor, police ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Get ready for a laughter explosion with this hilarious compilation of funny pranks! From creative scares with oversized spiders to over-the-top gags, this compilation is packed with the best pranks ...

A clout-chasing influencer is facing criminal charges for disrupting several Arizona businesses in pranks that likely made him big bucks online, according to authorities. Heston Cobb — known as ...

Burger chain In-N-Out is suing a YouTuber for trespassing, copyright infringement, business defamation, and other counts because of his allegedly "lewd, unsettling, and bizarre" pranks involving the ...