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UK bans under-16s from using social media apps including TikTok and YouTube
LONDON | Britain will ban children aged under 16 from using a range of social media apps, including Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, to protect them from harmful content and excessive screen time, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday. The plan was met with mixed reaction, with some praising Starmer for taking action and others questioning […]
Drone strikes kill over 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first 5 months of 2026, UN rights chief says
CAIRO | Drone strikes killed more than 1,000 civilians in war-torn Sudan in the first five months of 2026, a senior United Nations official said Monday as the unmanned aerial vehicles turn the conflict deadlier for civilians. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said his office has documented a “sharp increase” in drone […]
Stocks leap worldwide, and oil prices drop after the US and Iran reach a tentative deal on their war
NEW YORK | Stock markets rallied worldwide, and oil prices eased after the United States and Iran reached a tentative deal to get the global flow of crude going again. The S&P 500 rose 1.7% Monday on hopes that this time, the announcement of an Iran-U.S. agreement will mean a long-term fix to a conflict […]
The Knicks made a championship run that will be remembered in New York and in NBA history
NEW YORK | By the time Jalen Brunson and the Knicks returned home, it was as easy to find something orange around New York as at Halloween. The city was caught up in this championship run for nearly two months and the party will last at least a few days more, with the Knicks’ first […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says Trump’s Justice Department is investigating him and his wife
SACRAMENTO, Calif | Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that the Justice Department is investigating him and his wife, accusing the Trump administration of targeting him for political purposes as he weighs a presidential bid. Newsom, a longtime political rival of the Republican president, said in a video posted on X that federal agents […]
GANDELMAN: America loves a comeback. Meet Hunter Biden, again
For years, Hunter Biden was less a person than a political symbol. Republicans turned him into a one-man crime wave, Democrats often treated him as a liability to be ignored, and much of the media covered him as a walking scandal. Now, in one of the strangest political plot twists, he’s becoming a major social […]
FDA’s e-cigarette authorization: Fruity vapes not significantly better than tobacco ones
WASHINGTON | Fruit-flavored e-cigarettes recently authorized by the Food and Drug Administration were not significantly better at helping smokers quit than tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes, according to a new memo that’s likely to stir more questions about the agency’s decision. The FDA last month gave its first OK to fruit-flavored vapes — essentially endorsing them as a […]
Movie Review: This train’s going fast, but the jokes fly even faster in “Stop! That! Train!’
Presidential candidates take note: If you ever want an effectively simple campaign slogan, you could do worse than this: “SHE FUN!” That’s the slogan that got President Judy Gagwell — aka RuPaul — elected, and if it puts a smile on your face, it’s a good sign that lots of other, er, gags from Gagwell […]
Firefighters say discarded cigarette sparks Aurora apartment fire early Monday. 1 hospitalized
AURORA | Firefighters rescued an unconscious resident from a smoke-filled apartment early Monday after a fire, likely started by a discarded cigarette, broke out in a first-floor apartment unit in Aurora, Aurora Fire Rescue officials reported. It was the second home-fire in a week in Aurora blamed on cigarettes. On Friday, 10 people were forced […]
MONDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video
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