Bishops are trying to understand what’s behind the wave. People joining the church described their reasons as highly personal. Go to Source Author: Elizabeth Dias https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Juries Take the Lead in the Push for Child Online Safety
A pair of verdicts held social media companies accountable for harming young users, highlighting a growing backlash as Congress struggles to pass legislation. Go to Source Author: Cecilia Kang https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Is Big Tech Facing a Big Tobacco Moment?
Back-to-back courtroom losses have put technology giants, including Meta and Google, in uncertain territory as they face lawsuits and bans on teen users. Go to Source Author: Andrew Ross Sorkin, …
The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know
Landmark trials are testing a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. Go to Source Author: Cecilia Kang https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Saving Hermit Crabs by Breeding Them in the Suburbs
Often treated as throwaway pets, hermit crabs can live 50 years. Mary Akers, a self-taught expert, wants people to appreciate them as much as she does. Go to Source Author: …
Local Opposition Is Slowing A.I. Data Centers. Wall Street Has Noticed.
Tech companies are running into resistance from neighbors and may not be able to build at the pace they promised investors. Go to Source Author: Lydia DePillis https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Seeking a Sounding Board? Beware the Eager-to-Please Chatbot.
A new study of popular AI models shows that their feedback on social situations is far from impartial. Go to Source Author: Teddy Rosenbluth https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
How Can America Be So Miserable When It’s So Rich?
The just resentments of a shrinking middle class. Go to Source Author: David French https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
It’s Not Trump. It’s America.
The country’s faith in its ability to shape the world to its liking is a much older malady. Go to Source Author: Lydia Polgreen https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Zelensky Says U.S. Is Conditioning Ukraine’s Security Guarantees on Donbas Surrender
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that President Trump “still chooses a strategy of putting more pressure on the Ukrainian side.” Go to Source Author: Maria Varenikova https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
The Kennedy Center Is Giving Bill Maher the Mark Twain Prize
The annual award that recognizes merit in humor is going to the satirist and talk show host who has been critical of President Trump and political correctness. Go to Source …
Dash Crofts, of the Soft-Rock Duo That Sang ‘Summer Breeze,’ Dies at 87
Seals & Crofts had a number of Billboard Top 20 songs in the 1970s before their chart topper brought them global fame. Go to Source Author: Tim Balk https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Oscars Will Move to a Venue Outside Hollywood
The event will be held in downtown Los Angeles starting in 2029 as part of a deal between the academy and AEG, a developer of entertainment venues. Go to Source …
Californians with deep ties to Jalisco rattled by cartel violence and fears of bloody power struggle
Fear of cartel violence in Mexico surged across the border and into California where families with ties to Mexico frantically tried to check on family back home. Read full story …
Transgender women are banned from the 2028 L.A. Olympics by a new IOC policy
Eligibility for women’s competition at the 2028 L.A. Olympics and beyond will be determined by a one-time genetics test through saliva, a cheek swab or a blood sample. Read full …
He was busted for gun possession. Now he’s running for L.A. City Council
Estuardo Mazariegos believes his gun conviction makes him a better candidate. Read full story Author: Noah Goldberg
Shaikin: The signs say Uniqlo Field. You will continue to say Dodger Stadium
Are the Dodgers baseball’s version of a gold mine? Yes. Do they spend big and win big? Also yes. Do you mind if Uniqlo essentially covers Freddie Freeman’s salary this …
The Assisted Suicide of Lofty State and Local Taxes
We get the government we choose to elect, hence the government we deserve. Voting for ever-higher punitive taxes on the rich is arguably a form of civic suicide. Consider that …
UK forecast to see biggest hit to growth from Iran war out of major economies
The OECD downgrades forecasts for many of the world’s biggest economies due to the US-Israel war with Iran. Read full story Author:
NS&I customers to get compensation ‘where appropriate’ over premium bond delays
The boss of the government-backed bank has also resigned following complaints over accessing funds. Read full story Author: