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Countries Across Europe Take Action to Ban Social Media for Minors
Ece Yildirim, Gizmodo.com
At least 15 governments on the continent are planning social media bans inspired by Australia.
Feb 8, 2026, 8:18 PM
In Lodge Grass, Montana, a Crow community works to rebuild from meth's destruction
Katheryn Houghton, NPR
Meth is a problem most everywhere, but particularly in Indian Country. In one small town on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, new buildings serve as symbols of a town trying to rebuild after being devastated by addiction.
Jan 8, 2026, 10:00 AM
Poverty, unemployment skyrocket in the Gaza Strip after Israel’s war
Ola Al-Asi, Al Jazeera English
Gaza's economy has plummeted by 87 percent in two years, deepening poverty and leaving thousands without resources.
Jan 4, 2026, 7:10 AM
U.S. could block asylum on public health grounds under Trump regulation
By Ted Hesson, Yahoo Entertainment
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The U.-Mexico border access to asylum under a newly finalized regulation drafted during the COVID-19 pandemic in President...
Dec 29, 2025, 4:35 PM
Gaza storm kills Palestinian woman as Israeli curbs on aid compound misery
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Extreme weather leaves thousands homeless as tents collapse amid strong wind and heavy rain.
Dec 28, 2025, 1:20 PM
WATCH: Hero middle schoolers help save bus driver
ABC News
Surveillance video from inside a school bus shows the moment heroic students in Ashland, Ohio, helped save a bus driver in medical distress.
Dec 26, 2025, 1:54 PM
Trump Declares Fentanyl To Be A ‘Weapon Of Mass Destruction’ So He Can Get Back To Boat Strikes And Martial Law
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
There is no doubt that fentanyl is a dangerous drug. It has long since surpassed heroin on the list of drugs people only do once. That its prevalence has more to do with pharma companies irresponsibly pushing opioids than drug pushers pushing a new drug often…
Dec 16, 2025, 5:28 PM
WATCH: Providence Mayor Smiley on visiting Brown shooting survivors
ABC News
"We're all saddened and scared and tired, but what they've been through is something entirely different."
Dec 14, 2025, 5:42 PM
Home Of The Worst Nuclear Disaster In US History Will Now Power AI
staff@bgr.com (Briley Kenney), BGR
AI data centers are gobbling up energy faster than power grids can supply it, that's why the US is resuscitating a nuclear plant with dark history.
Dec 12, 2025, 8:17 PM
WATCH: Waymo cars in apparent ‘standoff’ cause traffic jam in San Francisco
ABC News
Three Waymo self-driving cars caused a traffic jam on a San Francisco street after they became involved in an apparent "standoff."
Dec 9, 2025, 5:52 AM
National Park Service Cuts Free Entry for MLK Day, Juneteenth and Adds Trump's Birthday
TMZ Staff, TMZ
Donald Trump is giving Americans a new way to celebrate his birthday -- free entry to national parks! Two other holidays -- Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- are getting the boot, however. The calendar of free entry dates on the National…
Dec 6, 2025, 2:30 PM
Sudan’s Khartoum needs ‘urgent’ help due to severe food shortages: Report
Faisal Ali, Al Jazeera English
Report by NGOs also finds healthcare system largely not functioning in Khartoum, months after city recaptured by army.
Dec 5, 2025, 4:57 PM
Floods and Storms Are Ravaging the Jersey Shore. Why Do We Keep Building It Back?
Maria Fontoura, Rolling Stone
The government has spent more than $3 billion on beach replenishment over the last four decades. But with worsening climate change, experts say more dramatic change is in order
Dec 5, 2025, 1:00 PM
Links 11/30/2025
Haig Hovaness, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our strategic daily links: subway drumming, robot trek, long COVID, Tehran pollution, China space program, EU squabbles, Mideast horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, an…
Nov 30, 2025, 11:55 AM
Links 11/28/2025
Conor Gallagher, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our daily links, including DC shooting, data center forever chemicals, pension scheme bailouts, and the Ukraine settlement sham.
Nov 28, 2025, 11:55 AM
Airlines expect a record 31 million flyers over Thanksgiving. Here's what to do if your flight gets delayed or canceled.
Taylor Rains, Business Insider
Weather has already caused flight problems in Texas, and more storms are expected through the weekend. Here's tips for when things don't go to plan.
Nov 26, 2025, 11:00 AM
Armed attacks, aid cuts provoke record hunger levels in Nigeria: WFP
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Nearly 35 million people 'projected to face severe food insecurity', including 'famine-like conditions'.
Nov 25, 2025, 7:48 AM
Government officials issue dire warning that the US could experience 100-fold increase in blackouts — here's what homeowners need to know
Susan Elizabeth Turek, Yahoo Entertainment
Myriad factors can cause blackouts.
Nov 25, 2025, 7:00 AM
Gaza food kitchens still missing essential products despite ceasefire
BBC News
Israel is allowing more food into Gaza, but aid workers say vital ingredients needed to improve people's diets are still missing.
Nov 24, 2025, 12:19 AM
Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries
STEVE KARNOWSKI and JULIE CARR SMYTH, Yahoo Entertainment
The agency was largely absent from that space for elections this month in several states, a potential preview for the 2026 midterms. Shifting priorities of ...
Nov 23, 2025, 12:49 PM
This Week In Techdirt History: November 16th – 22nd
Leigh Beadon, Techdirt
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, we featured a guest post about the many problems with the idea of upload filters, while Poland was trying to get them excluded from the EU Copyright Directive. Twitch was continuing to trip over itself in response to its DMCA…
Nov 22, 2025, 8:30 PM
The Shutdown Is Over, but Its Damage Is Not
Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic
Its effects will linger for some time.
Nov 22, 2025, 12:00 PM
Shelters plea for Gazans as winter rains raise fears of more disease and death
BBC News
Displaced Palestinians face life-threatening conditions, as aid agencies appeal for more shelters to be allowed in.
Nov 18, 2025, 12:33 AM
Links 11/15/2025
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our saucy daily links: seal escape, flu vaccine poor expectations, China v. US soyabeans, Berlin v. Huawei, Starmer sinking, Houthi Red Sea escalation, Mark Levin v. Tucker, Ukraine more dire, Trump interview backfire, no THC? Trump cuts some tariffs, datacen…
Nov 15, 2025, 11:55 AM