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The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know

27 janvier 2026 à 06:00
Landmark trials beginning this week will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.

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The lawsuits will for the first time put social media companies on the spot for creating harmful products, exposing them to new kinds of liability.

Social Media Giants Face Landmark Legal Tests on Child Safety

27 janvier 2026 à 06:00
Starting this week, a series of trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.

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Jury selection is expected to start Tuesday for the first trial in a series of lawsuits that target social media companies with a strategy that had success against tobacco giants.

Winter Storm Debilitates the South, Encasing Cities in Ice and Snow

27 janvier 2026 à 02:04
The forecasts had predicted that the storm could be among the worst in a generation to hit the region. By Monday, it was clear that is exactly what happened.

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Some storm damage in Nashville on Sunday. Nashville Electric Service said that as many as 230,000 people were without power at the peak, the largest number of simultaneous power outages in the agency’s history.

Trump Administration Takes Another Stake in Rare Earth Sector

27 janvier 2026 à 01:35
The administration announced a $1.6 billion deal with USA Rare Earth. The firm also does business with Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of President Trump’s commerce secretary.

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“This investment ensures our supply chains are resilient and no longer reliant on foreign nations,” Howard Lutnick, the secretary of commerce, said of the deal.

F.A.A. Rolls Out Agency Overhaul for Improving Air Safety

27 janvier 2026 à 00:31
The announcement of a reorganization comes nearly a year after a midair collision killed 67 people and prompted a public outcry for enhancing the security of aviation travel.

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Bryan Bedford, the leader of the Federal Aviation Administration, during a hearing at the Capitol last month.

After Mamdani Nods to ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Library E-Book Downloads Surge

27 janvier 2026 à 00:03
As a snowstorm arrived, Mayor Zohran Mamdani reminded New Yorkers that they could access the romance series that inspired the TV show through their public library.

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At a Sunday news conference, Mayor Zohran Mamdani mentioned the New York Public Library’s promotion of “Heated Rivalry,” the romance novel that was adapted into a wildly popular TV show.

Killings in Minneapolis Invert Usual Dynamic Over Policing the Police

26 janvier 2026 à 23:55
It is far rarer and more difficult for state authorities to try to investigate federal law enforcement officials than the other way around.

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Protesters in Minneapolis gather near where Alex Pretti was killed. It is rare for state and local police to try to investigate federal law enforcement officials.

Canada’s Marineland Whales Could Find New Homes in U.S.

26 janvier 2026 à 23:17
Marineland, a closed aquatic park in Ontario, had threatened to euthanize its whales after the government denied an application to send them to China.

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Beluga whales in November at the now-closed Arctic Cove exhibit at Marineland, in Niagara Falls, Canada.

Chinese Pandas Leave Japanese Zoo

26 janvier 2026 à 22:59
As Japan and China feud, an animal long used in Chinese diplomacy has been summoned back home.

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Visitors taking last photos of Xiao Xiao at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Sunday.

Court Affirms Ruling That Alina Habba Served Unlawfully as U.S. Attorney

26 janvier 2026 à 22:53
The Justice Department lost a bid to challenge a decision that had found Ms. Habba was serving unlawfully as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.

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Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer to President Trump, is now a senior adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi and oversees U.S. attorneys across the country.

Thomas Fogarty, 91, Who Helped Revolutionize Vascular Surgery, Dies

27 janvier 2026 à 00:33
Drawing on his love of fly-fishing, he developed a balloon catheter that removes blood clots from patients’ limbs in a minimally invasive way. It has saved millions of lives.

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Dr. Thomas J. Fogarty in 2000 on receiving the Lemelson-M.I.T. Prize for his work in developing medical technologies. He “single-handedly changed the face of cardiovascular surgery,” a colleague said.
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