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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — New York City is suing a handful of social media networks, alleging their platforms’ designs exploit young users’ mental health and cost the city $100 million in related health programs and services each year. In the lawsuit against TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube, the city of New
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government says it will hold a presidential election as soon as possible given that the country’s top election authority has overturned a decree by President Macky Sall to postpone the vote. Sall in early February sought to postpone the Feb. 25 election
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Paulina Nares (CNN) — Cada día, Estados Unidos va siendo arrastrado más profundamente hacia el pantano legal, político y constitucional de Donald Trump. Esta difícil situación se vio exacerbada por un día de crudo drama el jueves en un puñado de ciudades, en múltiples casos que involucraron a personalidades desafiantes que a menudo intercambiaban difamaciones
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The announcement of Alexey Navalny’s death on Friday thrust fresh urgency into the roiling debate in Washington over how forcefully to counter Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, a question of wide-ranging consequence on which President Joe Biden and his likely opponent Donald Trump have adopted diametrically opposed positions.
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A deadly shooting at a Colorado college put part of the campus on a short lockdown. Residents of a student apartment complex at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs were told to lock their doors and turn off their lights for several hours but campus police later said on social media
Continue ReadingBy Christl Dabu Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Advocates say a universal basic income program could make a difference in helping people struggling in precarious and low-income jobs. But some wonder if it will effectively tackle the problem of poverty and if Canada could even afford a program. The
Continue ReadingBy NICK INGRAM, SCOTT MCFETRIDGE and JIM SALTER Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two juveniles were charged with crimes connected to the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally, authorities said Friday, as the city tries to recover in the aftermath of the violence. A news release from the Jackson
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — Concerned about the harms of disinformation, Canada’s cyberspy agency has launched a new advertising campaign warning Canadians to be wary about information online that triggers their emotions. “If it raises your eyebrow, it should raise questions. Check the facts before you
Continue ReadingLAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health officials say they are removing all children from the care of a nature-based therapy program nearly two weeks after the death of a 12-year-old New York boy. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday the action “needed to be taken to ensure the health
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La Met Gala, la noche más importante del año en el mundo de la moda, está a la vuelta de la esquina, y finalmente se ha anunciado cuál será el tema y a sus coanfitriones: Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny y Chris Hemsworth. Los organizadores anunciaron el jueves que el
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic, saying the decision by his wife to invoke marital privilege made it impossible for them to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. They said Friday that after his wife opted not to testify, their motion to admit 911
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau is thinking about how to ask about sex. People have opinions. Dozens of health officials, civil rights groups, individuals and businesses have weighed in about how the statistical agency should ask about sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time on its most comprehensive survey
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau is thinking about how to ask about sex. People have opinions. Dozens of health officials, civil rights groups, individuals and businesses have weighed in about how the statistical agency should ask about sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time on its most comprehensive survey
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Red Bull future engine supplier Ford Motor Co. says it is awaiting the results of an investigation into alleged inappropriate behavior by team principal Christian Horner, but a top executive stressed that Ford holds its company and partners to very high moral standards.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seven of nine firefighters injured when a truck’s fuel tank exploded have been released from a hospital, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman said Friday. The two firefighters who were most seriously injured remained hospitalized, Capt. Erik Scott said in a video update on social media.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seven of nine firefighters injured when a truck’s fuel tank exploded have been released from a hospital, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman said Friday. The two firefighters who were most seriously injured remained hospitalized, Capt. Erik Scott said in a video update on social media.
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A medication used to treat asthma can now be used to help people with food allergies avoid severe reactions. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new use for Xolair. It is the first medication approved to reduce allergic reactions caused by accidental exposure to foods
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo es una realidad en al menos 30 países de los 193 estados miembros de la ONU, según un reporte de 2020 de la Asociación Internacional de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales, Trans e Intersex (ILGA, por sus siglas en inglés) y la suma de
Continue ReadingBy Mark Poulose Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — As we continue to learn more about the shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl Parade, we begin to learn more about the heroic deeds of some in attendance. One local teen was separated from his father in the hysteria, but
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday defended his record on the border, saying his impeachment by House Republicans has no basis in fact or law and he has no plans to slow down his work. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at the Munich Security Conference, his
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