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Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in a landmark social media addiction trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury found Meta and YouTube liable Wednesday in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services, awarding the plaintiff $3 million in damages.After more than 40 hours of deliberation across nine days, California jurors decided Meta and YouTube were negligent in the design or operation of their platforms. The jury also decided each company’s negligence was a substantial factor in causing harm to the plaintiff, a 20-year-old woman who says she became addicted to social media as a... Read More
Record-high passenger wait times at airports, but no deal yet on the 40th day of the shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Air travelers are experiencing the highest wait times ever under the Transportation Security Administration, the agency's acting head said Wednesday, as the latest offer to end a funding impasse and put restraints on President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda met fierce resistance in Congress.The TSA's Ha Nguyen McNeill described the mounting hardships facing unpaid airport workers — piling up bills and eviction notices, even plasma donations to make ends meet — and warned that lawmakers must ensure "this never happens again."
“This is... Read More
Savannah Guthrie in NBC News interview appeals for help finding her missing mother
A tearful Savannah Guthrie, in her first interview since her 84-year-old mother was apparently abducted from her Arizona home, said that “someone needs to do the right thing” and come forward with information to help the investigation.“We are in agony,” she told NBC News colleague Hoda Kotb in a portion of the interview aired Wednesday on the “Today” show. She said she wakes up in the middle of each night thinking of what her mother went through.
NBC said Wednesday that a full interview with its “Today” show host will air on the program Thursday and It... Read More
The Latest: TSA official stresses record-high airport wait times as shutdown drags on
Over two hours into a House Homeland Security committee hearing, lawmakers and Transportation Security Administration officials are stressing the urgency of the ongoing government shutdown as TSA workers scrape by without pay and long security lines wind through some airports.The shutdown may force TSA to consider closing some airports until funding resumes, said Ha Nguyen McNeill, the agency’s acting administrator. She said multiple airports are experiencing callout rates higher than 40%.
Senators are chasing a deal that would fund much of the department, including... Read More
The clock is ticking for San Jose State to change its policy on a transgender athlete
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration gave San Jose State University 10 days to resolve what the U.S. Education Department has deemed are Title IX violations involving transgender athletes, saying the school will face legal action and the possible loss of federal funding if it fails to comply.The department in January found that the university had discriminated against women by letting a transgender athlete play on the women’s volleyball team. The department issued its ultimatum in a Tuesday letter.
Kimberly Richey, assistant secretary for civil rights,... Read More
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- Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in a landmark social media addiction trial
- Record-high passenger wait times at airports, but no deal yet on the 40th day of the shutdown
- Savannah Guthrie in NBC News interview appeals for help finding her missing mother
- Trump will travel to Beijing for rescheduled China trip May 14-15, after delay due to Iran war
- Teens get probation after using AI to create fake nudes of classmates
- Woman pleads not guilty to trying to murder Rihanna and to assaulting the singing superstarâs family
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