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Zuckerberg grilled about Meta's strategy to target 'teens' and 'tweens' - 2026-02-18T18:54:48-05:00
The billionaire tech mogul's testimony was part of a landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles. The jury's verdict in the case could shape how some 1,600 other pending cases from families and school districts are resolved.

The Trump administration is increasingly trying to criminalize observing ICE - 2026-02-18T18:26:43-05:00
ICE officers often tell people tracking and watching them that they are breaking federal law in doing so, but legal experts say the vast majority of observers are exercising their constitutional rights.

8 backcountry skiers found dead and 1 still missing after California avalanche - 2026-02-18T17:02:45-05:00
Authorities say the bodies of eight backcountry skiers have been found and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California. Six others were found alive.

Wrapping snow in blankets. Can it save the ski season? - 2026-02-18T16:55:49-05:00
Warming temperatures and snow droughts in the West threatens a billion-dollar industry. One ski area is experimenting with insulated blankets to keep snow from melting.

FDA reverses course on Moderna flu shot - 2026-02-18T16:39:15-05:00
The Food and Drug Administration's about-face comes a little more than a week after the agency refused to consider the company's application to market the new kind of influenza vaccine.

Trump would like the government he leads to pay him billions - 2026-02-18T12:00:00-05:00
President Trump is asking the federal government for billions of dollars in damages, putting his own Justice Department on the spot and creating an unprecedented ethical morass.

Australia bans a citizen with alleged IS links from returning from Syria - 2026-02-18T11:53:00-05:00
The Australian is among a group of 34 women and children who had planned to fly from Damascus to Australia on Monday but were turned back by Syrian authorities to the Roj detention camp due to procedural problems.

Do the people building the AI chatbot Claude understand what they've created? - 2026-02-18T11:39:29-05:00
Anthropic is one of the world's most powerful AI firms. New Yorker writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus explains how they're trying to make chatbot Claude more ethical, and the implications of AI's widening use.

Russia's hybrid warfare rattles Poland and NATO - 2026-02-18T11:09:22-05:00
Russia is stepping up covert attacks across Europe — rail sabotage, drones, cyberstrikes — testing NATO. Polish officials warn "disposable agents" are sowing fear and weakening support for Ukraine.

'Let them shower in hotels': Johannesburg Premier faces backlash amid water crisis - 2026-02-18T11:00:00-05:00
In South Africa, as taps run dry in Johannesburg, Africa's richest city, a tone deaf remark by a senior politician there unleashes fury.