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AP NEWS - Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media - and children's advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them. On Wednesday, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies went before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify as lawmakers and parents

NC NEWSLINE - North Carolina's adoption of the "Parents' Bill of Rights" law has led to school-based policies and practices that discriminate against LGBTQ students, the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) alleges in a federal Title IX complaint against the State Board of Education and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The complaint was filed with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and the U.S. Department of

For about 15 years, Uriel Rincon told authorities he didn't recognize the gunman who he saw kill Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay in the rap star's recording studio. But on Wednesday, Rincon - who was himself wounded in the gunfire - pointed across a courtroom and identified Karl Jordan Jr. as the shooter in one of world's most infamous killings in hip-hop history. "He kind of walked directly to Jay and gave

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Described by their parents as bubbly and constantly laughing, Spc. Kennedy Sanders and Spc. Breonna Moffett became close friends soon after enlisting in the Army Reserve five years ago. Sgt. William Jerome Rivers served a tour in Iraq before joining the same company of Army engineers. The three citizen-soldiers from different corners of Georgia all died in a weekend drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan near

NEW YORK (AP) - A judge refused this week to toss out Fox News' claims that voting technology company Smartmatic is suing the network to suppress free speech. The ruling means that both Smartmatic's multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit and the network's counterclaims can continue toward an eventual trial. Smartmatic says Fox News spread ruinous lies that the voting company helped rig the 2020 election against then-U.S. President Donald Trump. The network

WASHINGTON (AP) - After an extended period of gloom, Americans are starting to feel better about inflation and the economy - a trend that could sustain consumer spending, fuel economic growth and potentially affect President Joe Biden's political fortunes. A measure of consumer sentiment by the University of Michigan has jumped in the past two months by the most since 1991. A survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New

Raleigh, NC (January 27, 2024) — Descendants of Holocaust survivors and Jewish Voice for Peace Triangle NC Chapter hosted an afternoon vigil in Moore Square in Raleigh NC for Holocaust Remembrance Day, with a message to President Biden to stop funding and enabling the genocide of Palestinians. The “Never Again is Now: Holocaust Remembrance Day Vigil” took place one day after the International Court of Justice’s historic ruling, which found South Africa’s claim that Israel

(AP NEWS) An Israeli company has received a preliminary green light from health officials to sell the world's first steaks made from cultivated beef cells, not the entire animal, officials said. The move follows the approval of lab-grown chicken in the U.S. last year. Aleph Farms, of Rehovot, Israel, was granted the initial go-ahead by the Israeli Health Ministry in December, the company said in a news release. The move

UDINE, Italy (AP) - Four more Udinese fans who racially abused AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan were identified and punished on Wednesday. Police said three men and a woman were all given five-year bans - the maximum sentence available - from all sports events in Italy. Ranging in age from 32 to 45, they were identified from the stadium's security camera footage. Another fan had been identified and banned for

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Legal online sports betting in North Carolina is poised to begin in March, state gambling regulators decided Wednesday, setting the start date for the eve of the region's beloved Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament. Members of the state lottery commission, which was tasked by the General Assembly last year to license sports gambling operators, voted unanimously to set noon March 11 as the time in