A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints. The court voted in an unusual 5-4 alignment Tuesday to put the Texas law on hold, while a lawsuit plays …
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May, 2022
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23 May
“Incendiary devices” found in vehicle after suspect strikes 3 school children, police say
Three children were hospitalized Monday after being struck by a vehicle a few blocks away from an elementary school in Orange County, California, police said. Several “incendiary devices” were found in the vehicle, police said. The suspect drove a vehicle onto the sidewalk and struck three children a few blocks …
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23 May
Pfizer says 3 of its COVID shots give kids under 5 strong protection
Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots. The news comes after months of anxious waiting by …
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15 May
Shoppers and security guard among 10 victims killed in deadly Buffalo shooting
Buffalo, New York — Shoppers out on a weekend afternoon and a retired police officer working as a security guard were among the 10 shot and killed at a Buffalo supermarket by a white teenager who authorities say was motivated by racial hatred. Police said Payton Gendron shot, in total, …
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15 May
Paths to avoid crippling student debt
Twenty-eight-year-old Kera Cheney works for the government, lives in a basement apartment with her boyfriend in San Francisco, and stresses about her college loans. Her student debt now stands at around $280,000. She followed the classic recipe for success, by graduating from Penn State. But now, she’s facing down …
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12 May
California lawmakers push ahead with sweeping children’s online privacy bill
A new children’s online privacy bill is quickly making its way through the California state legislature and could lead to an overhaul of national safety standards for websites likely to be accessed by kids. The California Age-Appropriate Design Code would require social media platforms to switch off geolocation for children, …
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7 May
Massachusetts DA’s initiative to clear backlog of untested rape kit leads to first cold case rape indictment
An initiative by a Massachusetts district attorney to clear a backlog of more than 1,100 untested rape kits from his jurisdiction has resulted in an indictment in a 2010 sexual assault, authorities said Friday. It is the first time someone has been indicted since Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn launched …
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6 May
Virtual land rush is driving up the cost of space in the metaverse
Spurred by fear of missing out on the next big thing, large corporations and institutional investors are gobbling up choice digital real estate, with virtual parcels being bought up almost faster than the environments can be created. Prices for space in the connected virtual- and augmented-reality environments known as the …
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5 May
Karine Jean
White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is replacing Jen Psaki as White House press secretary, President Biden announced Thursday. Psaki will be leaving the White House on May 13, and her impending departure was expected. Longtime top Democratic adviser Anita Dunn is also returning to the White House …
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April, 2022
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28 April
Family of Monique Munoz, woman killed by L.A. teen Brendan Khuri speeding in father James Khuri’s Lamborghini, reaches $18.85 million settlement
The family of a woman killed when a 17-year-old driver crashed his father’s Lamborghini into her car in Los Angeles has reached an $18.85 million settlement in the case, attorneys announced Wednesday. Monique Munoz, 32, was on her way home from work at a hospital on Feb. 17, 2021, when …
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