SAN FRANCISCO — Meta said Tuesday it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers' accounts on Instagram and Facebook, including posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. The social media giant based in Menlo Park, California, said in a blog post that while it already aims not to recommend such...
49ers Turn Their Focus to Playoffs After Losing a Mostly Meaningless Finale
SANTA CLARA — When the San Francisco 49ers arrived at training camp back in July, the bitter taste of last season's postseason disappointment still lingered over the team. Now that they have finished the regular season as the No. 1 seed in the NFC following a mostly meaningless 21-20 loss...
Scientists Find About a Quarter Million Invisible Nanoplastic Particles in a Liter of Bottled Water
The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time by a microscope using dual lasers. Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities...
Feeling Caucus Confusion? Your Guide to How Iowa Works
WASHINGTON — The race for the White House officially begins in less than two weeks, and despite some prolonged jockeying over the election calendar, the long primary season will once again begin in Iowa with a caucus process that has served as the lead-off voting event since the 1970s. While...
Defense Secretary Austin Treated for Prostate Cancer During Secretive Hospitalization, Doctors Say
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer, and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, his doctors said Tuesday. The cancer revelation answers the main question about Austin’s hospitalization, which has now lasted eight days. But...
Hezbollah Launches Drone Strike on Base in Northern Israel, but Military Says There’s No Damage
GHANDOURIYEH, Lebanon — Hezbollah said it launched a drone strike at the Israeli army's northern headquarters Tuesday in retaliation for recent strikes in Lebanon that killed top Hamas and Hezbollah officials. Israel's military acknowledged that one of its army bases in northern Israel was targeted but said there were no...
Earth Shatters Global Heat Record in ’23 and It’s Flirting with Warming Limit, European Agency Says
Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. The European climate agency Copernicus said the year was 1.48 degrees Celsius (2.66 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times. That's barely below...
With Trump in Court, Judges Express Skepticism of Claims He’s Immune From Prosecution
WASHINGTON — With Donald Trump listening intently in the courtroom, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former president was immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The panel of three judges, two of whom were...
Michigan Overpowers Washington as Harbaugh Delivers a National Title
HOUSTON — Jim Harbaugh raised the championship trophy as gold and white confetti sprayed over his team and “We Are the Champions” blared. Nine years after he took over at Michigan, Harbaugh delivered on the lofty expectations he brought with him to his beloved alma mater. Blake Corum ran for...
The White House Will Review Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s Lack of Disclosure on His Hospital Stay
WASHINGTON — The White House said Monday the administration will review what rules or procedures weren't followed when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin did not disclose his hospitalization for days to President Joe Biden and top officials at the Pentagon and the National Security Council. The Pentagon maintained its silence on...