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TikTok was aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective, according to internal documents and communications exposed in a lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky. The details are among redacted portions of Kentucky’s lawsuit that [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals panel has temporarily halted two permits needed to begin construction on a pipeline project in Tennessee that will supply a natural gas plant. In a split 2-1 decision, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel delivered a ruling that, for now, prevents Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC [...]
CHICAGO (AP) — As transportation hubs across the country attempt to win back riders who haven’t returned since the pandemic — 26 percent as of September 2023 — one major obstacle is the perception that transit crime is on the rise. Many systems are bulking up enforcement and targeting their efforts on people who try [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia, China and Iran are increasingly relying on criminal networks to lead cyberespionage and hacking operations against adversaries such as the United States, according to a report on digital threats published earlier this week by Microsoft. The growing collaboration between some governments and criminal hackers has alarmed national security officials and cybersecurity [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with federal authorities who last week said that the financial institution's lax practices allowed significant money laundering over multiple years. Canada-based TD Bank pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, the largest bank in United States history to do so, [...]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Southeast Asian leaders last week during an annual summit meeting that the United States is concerned about China’s “increasingly dangerous and unlawful” activities in the disputed South China Sea and pledged the U.S. will continue to uphold freedom of navigation in the vital sea [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigrants who built lives in the United States after being brought here illegally as children were among more than 200 demonstrators who gathered last week outside a federal courthouse in New Orleans, at which three appellate judges heard arguments over the Biden administration's policy shielding them from deportation. At stake in [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will receive a 2.5 percent cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced last week. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees translates to an average increase of more than $50 for retirees every month, agency officials said. About 72.5 million [...]
The state Department of Commerce Division of Financial Institutions has issued a consumer alert, due to a recent cyberattack, to Ohio residents who have used services provided by MoneyGram. The money transmitter, which is licensed with the department, operates in more than 200 cities in the state. The breach occurred Sept. 20-22 and involved an [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court last week heard arguments for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who is seeking another day in court in his long quest to throw out his murder conviction and death sentence. The case that has produced a rare alliance in which lawyers for Glossip and the state argued [...]