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Colorado to get $615 million as Meta reaches $18 billion settlement in teen social media addiction trial
OAKLAND, Calif. | Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state. Under the settlement, Colorado will receive about $615 […]
Trump scoffs at Iran’s demand for war reparations and other Mideast developments
President Donald Trump on Monday scoffed at Iran’s demand for reparations for devastation caused to the country by the U.S. and Israeli bombardment over the past five months — a demand he said Tehran’s negotiators hadn’t raised until now. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East […]
Magnitude-7.4 quake hits western Colombia, collapsing buildings and killing at least 79 people
BOGOTA, Colombia | A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 79 people, trapping residents under debris of collapsed buildings and forcing people to evacuate their homes as far as the capital of Bogotá. The epicenter was in San Jose Del Palmar, a community of about 4,800 people in the […]
Todd Blanche is narrowly confirmed 50-49 as Trump’s attorney general in an overnight vote
WASHINGTON | The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a vote early Saturday, cementing the command of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer at a Department of Justice that Trump has sought to bend to his will. The Republican-led Senate voted 50-49 to make Blanche the second confirmed attorney general since Trump returned […]
Police investigate discovery of man found dead in north Aurora field
AURORA | Police are searching for clues into how a man died found face down in a field Tuesday morning in north Aurora. Officers were called to an open field in the 1400 block of Idalia Street at about 11 a.m. after reports of a dead man. “A 36-year-old male was found face down in […]
Police investigate discovery of man found dead in north Aurora field
AURORA | Police are searching for clues into how a man died found face down in a field Tuesday morning in north Aurora. Officers were called to an open field in the 1400 block of Idalia Street at about 11 a.m. after reports of a dead man. “A 36-year-old male was found face down in […]
A man arrested at Trump golf course near Los Angeles set to appear in court on weapons charge
LOS ANGELES | A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course while pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump’s visit is due in court Wednesday on a federal weapons charge. Jeanine John Taele, 38, was arrested Sunday at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos […]
Man charged with setting Spokane’s largest wildfire went to prison for killing his father
SPOKANE, Wash. | A man who went to prison for killing his father in 2010 has been charged with intentionally setting the largest of the wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of buildings in and around Washington state’s second-largest city and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. Aaron F. Farinacci, of Spokane, was […]
Trump hails a ‘unique’ Cabinet meeting at Camp David as he seizes on Spain’s migration crisis
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump took Friday’s Cabinet meeting on the road to Camp David, using the historic rustic backdrop of the presidential retreat to boast of his administration’s achievements while seizing on a migrant crisis in Spain to make his case for why voters should keep the Republican Party in power. The Cabinet meeting, […]
Trump hails a ‘unique’ Cabinet meeting at Camp David as he seizes on Spain’s migration crisis
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump took Friday’s Cabinet meeting on the road to Camp David, using the historic rustic backdrop of the presidential retreat to boast of his administration’s achievements while seizing on a migrant crisis in Spain to make his case for why voters should keep the Republican Party in power. The Cabinet meeting, […]