
As concerns about social media's harmful effects on teens continue to rise, platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new features they say will make their services safer and more age appropriate.
by BARBARA ORTUTAY / AP Technology Writer 16 minutes agoPresident Joe Biden, whose elder son Beau died of cancer years after deploying to Iraq, signed legislation on Wednesday expanding federal health care services for millions of veterans who served at military bases where toxic smoke billowed from huge "burn pits."
by CHRIS MEGERIAN / Associated Press 1 hour agoThe nearly $50 million defamation verdict against Alex Jones for his years of lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre is far from a final reckoning.
by JAKE BLEIBERG, DAVE COLLINS and MICHAEL TARM / Associated Press 2 hours agoInvestigators searching for a Georgia man missing since 2016 may have found human remains buried in the mud at the bottom of a pond near Augusta.
by Associated Press 3 hours agoRepublican politicians and candidates are distorting how a major economic bill passed over the weekend by the Senate would reform the IRS and affect taxes for the middle class.
by JOSH KELETY and ALI SWENSON / Associated Press 4 hours agoDemocratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has COVID-19, her campaign said Wednesday.
by Associated Press 5 hours agoFormer President Donald Trump is due Wednesday to face questioning under oath in New York's civil investigation into his business practices. But will he answer?
by JENNIFER PELTZ / Associated PressElon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion worth of shares in Tesla as the billionaire gets his finances in order ahead of his court battle with Twitter.
by MICHELLE CHAPMAN / AP Business WriterThe number of coronavirus deaths fell by 9% in the last week while new cases remained relatively stable, according to the latest weekly pandemic report released by the World Health Organization Wednesday.
by Associated PressFirefighters were battling a wildfire in southwestern France on Wednesday in a region known for its pine forests that was ravaged by flames last month.
by Associated PressKobe Bryant was one of the most photogenic sports figures in Los Angeles and images of him seen by millions around the world — smiling in victory, grimacing in agony — keep his memory alive.
by Associated PressA beluga whale that became a French celebrity after a wrong turn took it up the Seine River had to be euthanized Wednesday after experiencing health complications during an urgent rescue operation, authorities said.
by THOMAS ADAMSON / Associated PressA Muslim man from Afghanistan was charged Tuesday with killing two other Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, authorities said, and he is suspected in two similar slayings that sparked fear in Muslim communities nationwide.
by STEFANIE DAZIO and MARIAM FAM / Associated PressU.S. health officials on Tuesday authorized a plan to stretch the nation's limited supply of monkeypox vaccine by giving people just one-fifth the usual dose, citing research suggesting that the reduced amount is about as effective.
by MATTHEW PERRONE / AP Health WriterThe FBI's unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump's Florida residence ricocheted around government, politics and a polarized country Tuesday along with questions as to why the Justice Department — notably cautious under Attorney General Merrick Garland — decided to take such a drastic step.
by ZEKE MILLER, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO / Associated PressDonald Trump invoked the Fifth Amendment and wouldn't answer questions under oath in the New York attorney general's long-running civil investigation into his business dealings, the former president said in a statement Wednesday.
by MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK / Associated PressA Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, most likely closing the case that shocked a nation and galvanized the modern civil rights movement.
by MICHAEL GOLDBERG and ALLEN G. BREED / Associated Press/Report for AmericaFalling gas prices gave Americans a slight break from the pain of high inflation last month, though the surge in overall prices slowed only modestly from the four-decade high it reached in June.
by CHRISTOPHER RUGABER / AP Economics WriterEast Tennessee State University says researchers have discovered evidence of the extinct "bone-crushing" dog at a fossil site that also included herbivores, a sabretooth cat and alligators.
by Associated PressThe birds no longer sing, and the herbs no longer grow. The fish no longer swim in rivers that have turned a murky brown. The animals do not roam, and the cows are sometimes found dead.
by DAKE KANG, VICTORIA MILKO and LORI HINNANT / Associated PressAfter declaring the decision final, a state court backpedaled Monday and reopened a lawsuit that invalidates a protected area in Brazil's Amazon.
by FABIANO MAISONNAVE / Associated PressThey call him "El Jefe," he is at least 12 years old and his crossing of the heavily guarded U.S.-Mexico border has sparked celebrations on both sides.
by MARIA VERZA / Associated PressAngel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class, winning scholarships from prestigious colleges. But on this test — a University of Wisconsin exam that measures what new students learned in high school — all he could do was guess.
by COLLIN BINKLEY / AP Education Writer