{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Meta youth safety trial kicks off in California The latest kids online safety trial against Meta kicked off Wednesday in a California federal court, where the technology giant is accused of designing its platforms to be addictive for young users. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File Jury selection began Wednesday...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday defended his endorsement of Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong after her loss, while accusing some of “caricaturing and labeling” her “based on a few statements.” “I appreciate that Democrats can have differences over single payer healthcare, free childcare, pausing data centers and other issues @FrancescaHongWI fought for,” Khanna...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) on Monday signed a bill lifting the restriction on abortion at or after 24 weeks, making the state's abortion law one of the broadest in the country. "We've heard so many stories –– stories that are filled with a lot of pain and anguish and heartache and a lot of...
Rob Reiner's son Nick Reiner will face two counts of first-degree murder with "lying in wait" special circumstances for the death of his parents, according to an indictment made public Wednesday. The addition of a special circumstance to Nick Reiner's charges suggests the Los Angeles district attorney believes the Hollywood icon's son may have waited...
A Texas court ruled a surrogate from Alaska must receive medical care after the baby’s intended parents demanded an abortion due to health defects. The court issued a temporary restraining order for McKenna West, the surrogate, that stated that she could not refuse medical care in Dallas and could not remove the child from the...
A former employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was charged Wednesday in a superseding indictment against the civil rights nonprofit, with the Department of Justice (DOJ) accusing Heidi Beirich of overseeing payments to informants monitoring hate groups. The charges are the first to be brought against an individual in the matter. The original...
President Trump announced via TruthSocial that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will step down from her role at the end of the month to focus on her family.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges Wednesday against 11 people for their alleged involvement in a decadelong "multimillion-dollar marriage fraud scheme" that federal prosecutors said secured Chinese nationals permanent U.S. resident status. In an indictment filed in the Southern District of New York, federal prosecutors alleged that these people participated in an “extensive” plot...
A federal appeals court upheld a Federal Railroad Administration rule mandating certain trains must operate with two crew members after a challenge from railroad companies and industry groups. Six railroads and two trade groups — including Union Pacific Railroad, Berkshire Hathaway-owned BNSF Railway, the Association of American Railroads and the American Short Line and Regional...
Palestinian students, faculty and alumni are suing Columbia University for discrimination, alleging the school fostered a "hostile campus climate" and unfairly targeted them with disciplinary investigations following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks on Israel. In the lawsuit, filed Monday in New York County court, four students and one faculty member argue that Columbia deliberately...
The State Department on Tuesday announced it has established a task force to end "birth tourism," or the practice of traveling to a country to give birth there, escalating President Trump’s campaign against birthright citizenship, the constitutional right granting American citizenship to babies born in the United States. “As President Trump has made clear, citizenship...
As Congress enters its August recess, lawmakers are racing to reconcile different continuing appropriations resolutions to prevent a government shutdown before the Oct. 1 fiscal deadline and subsequent midterm elections.
The Trump administration is expected to spend at least $900 million on White House construction projects that will be fueled in part by taxpayer dollars without the approval of Congress, according to a new report from The Washington Post. In addition to the demolition of the East Wing and subsequent White House ballroom construction, President...
Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade on Tuesday predicted a “kinetic war” between the U.S. and Iran will take place prior to Labor Day, just two months before the midterm elections. Kilmeade suggested President Trump will put economic pressure on Iran over the next several weeks, but that in the end, firepower will be necessary. “I think...
