| Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims
- The social media giant settled with 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, and agreed to make major changes to its products over claims its platforms endangered children.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:55:31 +0000
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| What Child Actors Understand About Hayden Panettiere
- We might have worked on different sets, for different directors, in different eras, but every child actor bears the same recognizable wounds.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:49:14 +0000
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| Deadly Nepal Flood May Have Been Caused by ‘Ice Avalanche,’ Scientists Say
- An initial assessment of satellite imagery suggests an “ice avalanche” from a high-altitude glacier sent a giant cascade into the valley below.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:46:19 +0000
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| What’s Changing For Teens on Instagram and Facebook After Meta Settlement
- Meta agreed to set more time limits and enhance protections in its platforms for young users, but was short on some specifics.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:22:32 +0000
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| F.D.A. Approves the Drug Daraxonrasib That’s Poised to Transform Pancreatic Cancer
- In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:03:34 +0000
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| Tim Curry, Star of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Dies at 80
- The actor’s gift for garish eccentricity was indelibly appropriate for the outlandish, cross-dressing mad scientist Frank-N-Furter.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:50:08 +0000
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| How Dollywood Captured the Essence of Dolly Parton
- Her idea to create a “fantasy city” that celebrated her home region turned into a billion-dollar attraction that maintained its authentic feel.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:19:45 +0000
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| What to Know About Social Media Addiction Lawsuits Against Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube
- Landmark trials are testing a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:08:30 +0000
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| Iran War Weighs on Virginia Beach Voters in Key House Race
- The conflict with Iran is uniquely salient to the Virginia Beach voters deciding which party will win a critical House contest.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:05:57 +0000
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| Over 100 Indian Pilgrims Are Among the Missing in Nepal Floods
- Many of them were traveling to or from a Himalayan peak that is revered by Hindus as the spiritual home of the god Shiva.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:57:25 +0000
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| ‘You’re Ruining My Dreams’: C.T.E. Study Adds to Family Tension Over Football
- Many families are engaged in tense debates after a new study found a high percentage of N.F.L. players had developed degenerative brain disease.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:55:32 +0000
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| Oil Prices Dip on News of Progress in Hormuz Talks
- The two countries said they would create a temporary shipping lane and clear mines in the waterway. Global oil prices dipped after the joint announcement.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:20:42 +0000
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| Trump Administration Wants Billion-Dollar Businesses to Qualify as ‘Small’
- Higher revenue and employee limits for small businesses that get federal contracts and loans could disadvantage the smallest companies, their owners say.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:15:18 +0000
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| Dolly Parton Outsmarted Every Dumb-Blonde Joke
- Nothing a critic or comic said about Parton — and they said plenty — compared with what she said about herself. She stepped on their punchlines and took away their power.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:46:53 +0000
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| Reno Has Long Known of Wildfire Risk. The Hawk Fire Proved It’s Real.
- The Sierra Nevada region is a hot spot for wildfires and some see the Hawk fire as providing an impetus for hardening communities against catastrophe.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:39:03 +0000
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| Ukraine’s Most Potent Weapon: The Software Orchestrating Its Drone Army
- The Delta system pulls together battlefield data to identify targets, creating a miles-wide “kill zone.” The technology is credited with helping to cut Russian advances to a near standstill.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:38:54 +0000
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| Even as Trump’s Standing Slips, He Slingshots Darline Graham to Victory
- After facing low approval ratings and endorsement setbacks, the president made a show of force in lifting Darline Graham to the Republican nomination for Senate in South Carolina.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:34:38 +0000
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| Meet Dean Roy, the 15-Year-Old Running for Vermont Governor and Ready for ‘Impact’
- Dean Roy, 15, will appear on the ballot in November as a third-party candidate. He said his generation’s concerns, like affordability and climate change, have been ignored for too long.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:17:23 +0000
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| Did the Zodiac Kill the Black Dahlia? This Crime Writer Thinks So.
- The novelist Michael Connelly knows he is putting his reputation on the line with the podcast “Killer in the Code.” But despite critics’ skepticism, he finds the evidence “completely convincing.”
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:15:14 +0000
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| Bessent Faces Credibility Test in Quest to Tame Markets
- The Treasury secretary is confronting the limits of his ability to reshape the economy ahead of midterm elections.
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:05:42 +0000
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