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By BARBARA ORTUTAY and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press When whistleblower Frances Haugen on Tuesday revealed internal Facebook studies of the harms its Instagram service can cause, particularly for teenagers, she reinforced concerns about the popular photo-sharing app. But what can parents do? Trying to get your kids to quit Instagram might be a lost cause.

By JAMEY KEATEN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press ZURICH (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to hold a virtual meeting before year’s end amid rising tensions. The agreement in principle for the talks was disclosed after White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and senior Chinese foreign policy adviser

SILVER CITY, N,M. (AP) — New Mexico authorities say a man on probation has been charged in the fatal beating of his wife with an ax after authorities used data from his ankle monitor to find her body in a national forest where the couple had gone to cut firewood. State police say Armando Zamora

By LISA MASCARO, JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has given Democrats a new offer to extend the federal debt ceiling through an emergency short-term extension. The Senate has gone into recess so lawmakers can discuss the proposal, delaying a procedural vote on a House-passed bill

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Health care giant Kaiser Permanente has put more than 2,200 employees nationwide on unpaid leave for choosing not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. That’s a little over 1% of its workforce. The company says the employees have until Dec. 1 to get vaccinated and those who choose not to will

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks have closed slightly higher on Wall Street as investors recovered from nearly a week of high volatility. Major indexes recouped early losses after the market turned around when Senator Mitch McConnell offered Democrats a short-term extension of the debt ceiling, temporarily relieving some uncertainty

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Toy companies are racing to get their toys onto store shelves ahead of the holidays as they face a severe supply-network crunch. Toymakers are feverishly trying to find containers to ship their goods while searching for new alternative routes and ports. Some are flying in

By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Martine Moïse, the widow of Haiti’s assassinated president, has traveled to her homeland to answer questions behind closed doors from a judge overseeing the murder case. Surrounded by heavy security, Moïse entered the courthouse in the capital of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, emerging almost three hours later.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A barge company responsible for a Mississippi River oil spill that damaged Louisiana shoreline habitat in 2008 has agreed to pay $2.1 million in damages and buy and preserve a wildlife area just miles from downtown New Orleans. News outlets report the U.S. Justice Department on Monday announced the settlement, which