Los Angeles, opening arguments began in a Los Angeles County Superior Court case accusing Meta and Alphabet’s YouTube of deliberately designing platforms that addict children, a trial plaintiffs’ lawyers compare to tobacco litigation. Plaintiffs seek liability for harms including depression and self-harm stemming from youth engagement. Separately in Santa Fe,...
Tokyo: Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party won a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives in a Feb. 8 snap election, strengthening Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's position. U.S. officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ambassador George Glass, congratulated Takaichi and officially pledged deeper cooperation, while President Donald Trump praised...
Multiple U.S. communities reported residential and vehicle fires this week, and local fire departments contained blazes, limited structural damage, and reported no fatalities. Incidents included a vehicle fire threatening a Putnam County home, a significant house fire in Cary, a Lorain apartment blaze complicated by frozen hydrants, a Chesapeake residential...
Washington President Donald Trump limited a National Governors Association meeting to Republican governors and did not invite some Democrats. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said the White House excluded them from both a governors meeting with Cabinet members and a bipartisan dinner during the NGA summit...
United States weather services issued regionally varied forecasts: San Diego offices warned a High Surf Advisory with 5–10-foot waves and rip current risks through tomorrow; Birmingham and central Alabama forecast freezing Sunday mornings before daytime highs rise into the 60s; Columbus, Augusta, and Nashville sources predicted a warming trend with...
Washington — President Donald Trump will convene the first meeting of the Board of Peace on Feb. 19 to raise funds for Gaza reconstruction, administration officials said. The session will include world leaders who accepted invitations in January and members of an executive committee to oversee Gaza’s governance, security and...
Washington, President Donald Trump will convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace on Feb. 19 to raise funds for Gaza reconstruction, administration officials said Tuesday. The session will bring invited world leaders and members of an executive committee to discuss Gaza governance, security and redevelopment and is scheduled...
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury indicted a 33-year-old Ohio man on Feb. 6 for threatening to kill U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance during the vice president’s January visit to Ohio, the Justice Department said. Shannon Mathre of Toledo was arrested by U.S. Secret Service agents after the indictment alleged...
California — Governor Gavin Newsom declared Feb. 8 'Bad Bunny Day' Saturday ahead of the Super Bowl halftime show, and public discussion intensified this week. A BetOnline analysis of 170,000 geotagged X posts identified Utah as most likely to boycott. Bad Bunny, announced as the halftime headliner in September, has...
Washington: President Trump said Friday that the US and Iran held an indirect dialogue in Oman and will hold more talks early next week. Trump called the Muscat-mediated meeting on Friday 'very good' and warned of 'very steep' consequences if Iran fails to reach a deal on its nuclear program,...
