Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media…
Read more Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut backFor years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through deliberate design choices that addict kids to their platforms and fail to protect…
Read more Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to childrenLOS ANGELES — The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their…
Read more Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial set in Los AngelesThree of the world’s biggest tech companies face a landmark trial in Los Angeles starting this week over claims that their platforms — Meta’s Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok and…
Read more Meta, TikTok and YouTube face landmark trial over youth addiction claimsNEW YORK — Halena Herrera can’t cross a street without thinking about the pickup truck that barreled toward her, killing her best friend and three other people, at…
Read more Drunk driver gets 24 years to life in prison for killing 4 people at July 4 barbecue in NYC parkPresident Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that military strikes on suspected drug boats his administration has been carrying out for more than two months in the Caribbean Sea…
Read more FACT FOCUS: There’s no proof each strike on alleged drug boats saves 25,000 lives, as Trump claimsSANTA ANA, Calif. — The ex-wife of a Los Angeles Angels employee at the center of the overdose death of one of the team’s star pitchers will face…
Read more Ex-wife of Angels employee to face cross examination in trial over pitcher’s overdose deathVICTORIA, Seychelles — The people of Seychelles voted Saturday in an election to choose a new leader and parliament, with President Wavel Ramkalawan seeking a second term in…
Read more Seychelles president seeks a second term as people vote in African tourist havenMarine biologists on Florida’s Space Coast have released June Cleaver, a 230-pound loggerhead turtle, back into the ocean MELBOURNE, Fla. — She may not wear a pearl necklace…
Read more June Cleaver the loggerhead turtle is released into the ocean off Florida after rehabThe Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office hopes the arrival of its first new deputy in five years will help it winnow down the time it takes to finalize reports,…
Read more Honolulu morgue aims to start giving families answers faster with new deputyBOSTON — The question of whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi can stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released…
Read more Nibi the ‘diva’ beaver to stay at rescue center, Massachusetts governor decidesThe thing about birthing a lamb on camera is you only get one take. Saoirse Ronan had been getting up at dawn to observe local farmers in Orkney…
Read more Saoirse Ronan felt happy and settled. That’s why she could play an alcoholic in ‘The Outrun’SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will make it illegal for social media platforms to knowingly provide addictive feeds to children without parental consent beginning in 2027 under a bill…
Read more California governor to sign a law to protect children from social media addictionATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Ten percent of young men in the U.S. show behavior that indicates a gambling problem, compared to 3% of the general population, a new…
Read more Poll shows young men in the US are more at risk for gambling addiction than the general populationLOS ANGELES — The arrest of five people in the overdose death of Matthew Perry has revealed key details about the final days of the “Friends” star, most…
Read more ‘Shoot me up with a big one’: A timeline of the last days of Matthew PerryFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — TikTok has agreed to withdraw a rewards feature that raised concerns about its potential to encourage excessive screen time, particularly among children, the European…
Read more TikTok agrees to withdraw rewards feature after EU raised concerns about potential online addictionThe Democratic-controlled Vermont Legislature on Monday overturned a number of the Republican governor’s vetoes, passing measures to prevent drug overdoses, restrict a pesticide that’s toxic to bees and…
Read more Vermont Legislature overrides governor, passing overdose prevention, renewable energy, tax measuresOKLAHOMA CITY — The death of a nonbinary student the day after a fight inside an Oklahoma high school restroom has been ruled a suicide, the state medical…
Read more Death of nonbinary teen Nex Benedict after school fight is ruled a suicide, medical examiner saysA Rhode Island city has approved the first state-sanctioned safe injection site, a place where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they…
Read more Providence approves first state-sanctioned safe injection site in Rhode IslandLOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents began Tuesday night — a crucial part of the region’s efforts to confront the crisis of tens…
Read more Annual count of homeless residents begins in Los Angeles, where tens of thousands live on streets
