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Month: January 2024

Meta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children’s advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them. On Wednesday, the CEOs of

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The Fed is fed up with data revisions

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal Reserve officials have said countless times they take a “data-dependent approach” to their policy decisions, including their current conundrum of when to slash interest rates. But what if the data isn’t as dependable as it once was? That’s what appears to be happening — and it’s

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Crash tests indicate nation’s guardrail system can’t handle heavy electric vehicles

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Preliminary tests by a University of Nebraska road safety research facility and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers point to concerns that the nation’s roadside guardrails are no match for new heavy electric vehicles. At a news conference Wednesday, a university official said a first-of-its-kind

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Una adolescente se suicidó días después de que la atacaran en la escuela. Ahora su familia demanda a la junta escolar

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Hace casi exactamente un año, Adriana Kuch, de 14 años, fue atacada por un grupo de adolescentes en un pasillo de la Secundaria Central Regional de Berkeley Township, Nueva Jersey. Nadie esperaba que fuera la última semana de su vida. Adriana había sufrido acoso escolar antes de la agresión del

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Democratic field set for special election that could determine control of Michigan House

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic candidates Peter Herzberg and Mai Xiong have advanced in the race to fill open seats in two Democratic-leaning Michigan House districts. Xiong is a second-term commissioner in Macomb County and will face Republican Ronald Singer in the April 16 special election. Herzberg has served on

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Directivos de Meta, TikTok y otras grandes tecnológicas responden en el Senado de EE.UU. sobre el impacto de las redes sociales en los adolescentes

urielblanco (CNN) — El Congreso interrogó, una vez más, a un destacado grupo de líderes de redes sociales este miércoles sobre los riesgos que sus plataformas representan para los jóvenes. Los CEO de Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord y X, antes conocido como Twitter, testificaron ante la Comisión Judicial del Senado. La audiencia adquirió más relevancia este

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Former Memphis police officer says Tyre Nichols was initially pulled over on suspicion of speeding in newly released videos

By Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — Newly released videos from the city of Memphis, Tennessee, appear to shed light on the reason why Tyre Nichols was initially stopped by police last year – an encounter that eventually led to his death and sparked fresh protests over how police in America treat people of color. Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man,

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