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Utah Becomes The First State to Limit Teen Social Media Use

Protecting children in Utah starting March 1st, 2024, Social media companies will no longer be able to collect a child’s data or be targeted for advertising any longer. This bill will also block children’s access between 10:30 pm and 6:30 am unless adjusted by the children’s parental guardian.

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Man In Southwest Ranches Faces 29 Charges Over Dead and Starving Animals In His Property

39-year-old man Arnold Musgrove; a citizen of Southwest Ranches, a town in Broward County, Florida; was arrested due to an animal neglect and cruelty investigation involving dead and uncared-for farm animals on his property. He was charged with three counts of cruelty to animals and 26 counts of unlawful abandonment or confinement of an animal.

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Biden Makes First Presidential Trip to Ottawa to Highlight US-Canadian Unity

The trip will be brief but busy. President Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will arrive in Ottawa sometime after 6 p.m. and meet with Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, at Rideau Cottage. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called the meeting an “intimate gathering.”

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Antisemitic Incidents In The US Are At The Highest Level Recorded Since 1970s

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which tracks anti-semitic behavior, reports that incidents in the US increased by more than a third in just one year and reached nearly 3,700 cases in 2022. This number is growing steadily into this year and is regarded as the largest year-on-year increase since the organization began collecting data in 1979.

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Tiktok Facing Renewed Pressures to Sell or Face a Ban from U.S

The proceedings are reminiscent of an emergency executive order in 2020 under the Trump administration, levying broad sanctions against tik tok to pressure them into selling to the US buyer. Some of the sanctions threatened were the withdrawal of American advertisers through the app and possibly pulling the app from Apple and Google app stores.

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Another Death at Fort Hood Military: The Host to Multiple Homicides and Suicides

Now Ana Basaldua Ruiz, a 20-year-old female soldier, has been found dead at the Fort Hood military base. According to the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division, “at this point in the investigation into the death of Pvt. Ana Basaldua Ruiz, no foul play is evident, and will remain under investigation.”. However, Ana’s parents are saying she repeatedly complained, only weeks before her death, about recurrent sexual harassment by other service members which, include one of her superiors.

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Stephen Smith Death, Linked to Murdaugh Estate, Now Being Investigated as Homicide

The death of Stephen Smith is now being investigated as a homicide, a spokesperson for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division told CNN. The development comes almost two years after the killing of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh brought about new speculation about the 19-year-old nursing student’s death.

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Biden Creates New National Monuments in Nevada and Texas to Protect the Land

Castner Range is a site with ancient rock art, cultural deposits, and historic military locations. The land, which is a part of Fort Bliss, was a training site up until 1966 and needed to be remediated because of unexploded munitions. It is known for waves of yellow and orange poppies in the spring.”When you see it, it’s just breathtaking,” Biden said. “Once it is safe for public access following remediation of military munitions … Castner Range will become a natural classroom offering unique opportunities to experience, explore, and learn from nature in a unique setting that is close to a major urban center.”

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Video Footage of Irvo Otieno’s Death Released, as Indictments Handed Down

The video shows an already restrained and seemingly calm Otieno being restrained by two deputies on the floor at Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie County. The deputies’ bodies partially block a clear view of Mr. Otieno, but he appears docile, with nearly imperceptible movements. At some point, deputies seem to sense that Otieno is presenting some type of threat and/or combativeness and proceed to lay him on the hospital floor and begin to restrain him. More and more officers join in until there are 7 deputies kneeling on him. The attempt to restrain him reportedly lasted for roughly 12 minutes before medical professionals were called in to administer life-saving procedures, as Mr. Otieno was rendered unconscious and completely unresponsive.

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Virginia Teacher Shot by 6-year-old Opens Up about her Exhausting Recovery: ‘I try to stay Positive’

Abigail Zwerner, a first-grade Virginia teacher who was critically injured after a 6-year-old student intentionally shot her during class, said her recovery remains exhausting. On the day of the incident, Zwerner was instructing her class when the student took out a 9 mm handgun, legally purchased by his mother, when a single gunshot was fired.

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Man Attempts to Kidnap a Child from School Bus Stop

A 30-year-old man, Jamaal Germany, has been arrested for an attempted kidnapping of a Redland Middle School student in Montgomery County, Maryland. Germany has been detained and transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit.

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Suspect in Custody After School Shooting in Texas

Early this morning, a gunman, whose identity has yet to be released, opened fire outside of Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas. Not much information has been released yet, but we do know that at least two students were injured and that the suspect, who is believed to be a 17-year-old male, has been detained.

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