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Meta knowingly misled children and teens about safety, NM jury finds
In a first-of-its-kind verdict, the jury found Meta hid what it knew about child exploitation on its social media platforms, prioritizing profits over safety.
Call a boomer or zoomer: Magic phone booth bridges the generational divide
There’s a loneliness epidemic in America that’s hitting two generations especially hard: boomers and zoomers.
Meta goes to trial in New Mexico over child-exploitation claims
New Mexico's Department of Justice says Meta has knowingly allowed the social media platforms Instagram and Facebook to become the "largest online marketplace for predators seeking to exploit children."
The star of this weekends' Ryder Cup: the course, Bethpage State Park
The Ryder Cup starts Friday.
RFK Jr. greeted by protesters during visit to Martha's Vineyard
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was greeted by well over 100 protesters when he touched down on Martha's Vineyard. He was there to meet with a...
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Suicide is a leading cause of death in the U.S. prison system. How can jails reduce risk factors?
Numbers out of the Justice Department show that most suicides in jail happen shortly after booking — nearly half of them within the first week.
Jail death data finds ‘natural causes’ and ‘unavailable' the top causes of death
Over a four-year period between 2019 and 2023, nearly 4,000 people died in U.S. jails, according to data compiled by The Marshall Project.
Chimpanzees use medicinal plants to treat themselves and others: What it says about empathy
A new study from Uganda's Budongo Forest draws on decades of data suggesting chimps understand the specific medicinal properties of certain plants and will go out of their way...
Soviet spacecraft plummeting back to Earth: What to know
In 1972, a Soviet spacecraft bound for Venus failed to escape Earth’s gravity and got stuck orbiting our planet. Now, 50-odd years later, the spacecraft’s landing capsule is due to...
One family's escape from the Fall of Saigon for the U.S.
The Truong Le family was one among tens of thousands to flee Vietnam in 1975 for a new life in America. They were lucky to get out alive.