Aug 26 Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with states in landmark trial over teen social media addiction By Barbara Ortutay, Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday. Continue reading
Aug 26 WATCH: Presentation of evidence concludes in Lindsay Clancy trial By Leah Willingham, Associated Press Testimony concluded Wednesday in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a mother accused of strangling her three young children in a case that has drawn attention to postpartum mental health. Closing arguments are expected to begin Thursday, before the jury… Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 6:06 Constitutional law professor explains Supreme Court's ruling on mail-in voting By Liz Landers, Doug Adams The Supreme Court on Monday issued an emergency order that allows the Trump administration to move forward, for now, with plans to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections in November. Opponents say it will bring chaos to the… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 6:57 New study reveals widespread signs of brain trauma among former NFL players By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins, Ryan Connelly Holmes At least one in four NFL players has CTE when they die, according to a new study that examined the brains of former pro players. CTE is a brain disease thought to be caused by years of sustained head trauma… Continue watching
Aug 25 For families of Pan Am 103 victims, delayed trial prolongs nearly 4-decade wait for justice By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press The monumental collection of 76 statues in Suse Lowenstein’s backyard captures the moment she and other women learned their loved ones were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. Continue reading
Aug 25 Evacuations ordered in rural Texas as wildfire mushrooms within hours By John Seewer, Associated Press Evacuations were being ordered Tuesday in rural Texas where a wildfire has ballooned in size, burning through ranchland and forcing schools to delay or cancel classes. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watchdog files bar complaint against Pirro over efforts to indict Democrats for video urging troops to resist illegal orders By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The center claims Pirro and her subordinates abused their prosecutorial powers to seek baseless indictments against President Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies. Continue reading
Aug 25 Former FEMA chief on preparing for disaster with a changing climate By Amna Nawaz Craig Fugate led the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through record-breaking disaster years during the Obama administration. In the latest episode of “Settle In,” he speaks with Amna Nawaz about how climate change has upended our models for disaster response,… Continue reading
Aug 25 ICE arrests jump to nearly 50,000 in July, highest monthly total of Trump's crackdown By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Texas and Florida accounted for nearly 20,000 of the July arrests. The agency has been bolstered by billions of dollars from Congress and has hired 12,000 new deportation officers and agents. Continue reading
Aug 25 Federal judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's 'miscarriage of justice' claim and bid for prison release By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Claims by Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell that her sex trafficking conviction was a “complete miscarriage of justice” were rejected Tuesday by a federal judge who said her assertions were based on “speculation, distortions, and/or outright… Continue reading