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Top Missouri lawmaker repays travel reimbursements wrongly taken from state

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s House speaker says he’s returning money to the state after inappropriately taking reimbursements for hotels and other expenses. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Tuesday reported Speaker Dean Plocher so far has repaid the House $3,379. The Missouri Independent first reported years of expenses that Plocher has gotten state reimbursement

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States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children’s mental health

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Dozens of US states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms. A lawsuit filed by 33 states in

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