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Meta Rejected Efforts to Improve Children’s Safety, Documents Show
Hours before Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was set to testify Wednesday about child safety online, lawmakers released internal documents showing how his company had rejected calls to bulk up on resources to combat the problem.
Where Southerners Go to Fill the Tank and Feed the Family
INDIANOLA, Miss. — New York City has its bodegas. The South has its gas stations. When you stop for motor oil in Mississippi, you can also grab fried chicken on a stick. In North Carolina, you can buy a steamy bowl of pozole along with batteries and a 5-pound bag of White Lily flour.
Trump Stays on Ballot in Illinois, State Board Rules
CHICAGO — The Illinois State Board of Elections rejected a complaint Tuesday that sought to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot. The appointed eight-member board determined unanimously that it did not have the authority to decide whether Trump had engaged in insurrection, the basis for the complaint. Its ruling can be appealed to the courts.
Global Economy Is Heading Toward ‘Soft Landing,’ IMF Says
WASHINGTON — The global economy has been battered by a pandemic, record levels of inflation, protracted wars and skyrocketing interest rates over the past four years, raising fears of a painful worldwide downturn. But fresh forecasts published Tuesday suggest that the world has managed to defy the odds, averting the threat of a so-called hard landing.
The Accusations Against the Atlanta Prosecutor Fani Willis: What We Know
The election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 14 of his allies in Georgia has been buffeted by allegations that the main prosecutor, Fani Willis, engaged in a romantic relationship with a lawyer she hired to help with the case.
Biden’s Options Range From Unsatisfying to Risky After American Deaths
Even before the drone strike that killed three U.S. service members in Jordan on Sunday, the Biden administration was planning for a moment just like this, debating how it might strike back in ways that would deter Iran’s proxy forces and send a message that Iran would not miss.
GoFundMe Is Remaking Disaster Aid. It Largely Helps the Wealthy.
As climate-fueled disasters destroy more American homes, the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has exploded in popularity. Its appeal is simple: People can provide cash directly to survivors, which is quicker than insurance and often more generous than government aid.
The Key Issues for Business in a Likely Trump-Biden Rematch
After beating Nikki Haley in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Donald Trump reaffirmed his position as the leading candidate to win the Republican nomination. That has business leaders facing the possibility of another Trump presidency, and their investors trying to figure out what it could mean for their bottom lines.
The Campus Wars Aren’t About Gender ... Are They?
In the first weeks of the war between Israel and Hamas, Nancy Andrews read about American college presidents under fire and something nagged at her. Why, she wondered, did it seem like so many of those presidents were women?
Democrats Say Biden Hasn’t ‘Made the Case’ on Climate Despite Achievements
President Joe Biden has done more than any president to tackle climate change, but strategists are grappling with an uncomfortable fact: Voters don’t seem to know it. With Biden facing a bruising reelection campaign against the Republican front-runner, former President Donald Trump, while losing support from younger voters over the war in the Gaza Strip, many Democrats said the president is failing to communicate his most significant policy achievements.
How Some Families Are Breaking the Rules to Apply for Financial Aid
Here’s the good news: The FAFSA website is now open 24 hours a day, seven days a week after a yearslong effort to simplify the process of seeking financial assistance. This month, I watched two high school seniors and their college counselor start the forms from scratch and submit them in just over an hour.
Who Owns This Place? Workers, Partly.
In 2018, Anna-Lisa Miller was working with agricultural cooperatives in Hawaii, helping them reinvest in their communities through shared ownership. Miller, who had gone to law school and had planned to do civil rights litigation, loved the principle of workers partaking in the financial success of their employers, and the next year joined Project Equity, a nonprofit that helps small businesses transition to worker ownership. But it was slow going, with each transaction requiring customized assistance.
Vince McMahon Cuts WWE Ties After Sex Trafficking Accusation
Vince McMahon, the longtime chair and former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, resigned from the board of WWE’s parent company Friday, one day after a former employee accused him of sexual assault and sex trafficking in a lawsuit.
Phones Track Everything but Their Role in Car Wrecks
Cellphones can track what we say and write, where we go, what we buy and what we search on the internet. But they still aren’t being used to track one of the biggest public health threats: crashes caused by drivers distracted by the phones.
Economists Predicted a Recession. So Far They’ve Been Wrong.
The recession America was expecting never showed up. Many economists spent early 2023 predicting a painful downturn, a view so widely held that some commentators started to treat it as a given. Inflation had spiked to the highest level in decades, and a range of forecasters thought that it would take a drop in demand and a prolonged jump in unemployment to wrestle it down.
Leading Museums Remove Native Displays Amid New Federal Rules
NEW YORK — The American Museum of Natural History will close two major halls exhibiting Native American objects, its leaders said on Friday, in a dramatic response to new federal regulations that require museums to obtain consent from tribes before displaying or performing research on cultural items.
Alabama Set to Carry Out First U.S. Execution by Nitrogen
ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama is set to carry out the first U.S. execution using nitrogen gas Thursday evening, potentially opening a new frontier in how states execute death row prisoners despite concerns from death penalty opponents about the untested method.
McConnell Casts Doubt on Border Deal, Saying Trump Opposition May Sink It
WASHINGTON — The emerging bipartisan border deal is hitting fresh snags among Republicans on Capitol Hill because of the opposition of former President Donald Trump, who is closing in on his party’s presidential nomination at a critical time for the agreement.
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