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    Can We Get Kids Off Smartphones?

    We know that social media is bad for young people, who need more time—and freedom—offline. But the collective will to fix this problem is hard to find.
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    New York’s Vessel to reopen with steel-mesh safety measures after suicides

    Climbable sculpture in Hudson Yards in Manhattan closed in 2021 after four people died by suicide

    The Vessel, in this 2019 picture. Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP

    Amsterdam bans construction of new hotels as a way to fight overtourism

    Tourist boats cruise on a canal in Amsterdam. Francois Lenoir/Reuters

    Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z

    They are not doomed to be poor and anxious.

    Image: Javier Jaén

    Mystery over billionaire CEO’s missing child

    The billionaire heiress chil of one of Silicon Valley’s top CEOs has disappeared without a trace.

    Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield. Source: Supplied.

    More migrant families with children sleeping in tents on Skid Row test official response

    Jhon Valencia plays with Thian, 2, with his mother, Katherine Gonzalez, in the back, on Towne Avenue on Los Angeles’ Skid Row. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

    Antisemitic riot at Columbia reaches boiling point as agitators take over academic building, barricade doors

    The students are demanding that Columbia divest its financial support of Israel, become more transparent and provide blanket amnesty to the protesters

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    California’s population increased last year for first time since 2020

    During the much-ballyhooed California exodus amid the pandemic, remote workers moved to other states where they could live for a fraction of the cost compared to cities like Los Angeles or San Francisco. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

    UCLA Begins Cleanup After Violent Clashes Between Police, Protesters

    Officers detain hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

    Police were met by a wall of protesters at UCLA early Thursday. PHOTO: ETIENNE LAURENT/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

    Father sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for the killing of his 5-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery

    Adam Montgomery did not speak in court, but his attorneys said he maintained his innocence on the murder charge. Charles Krupa/Pool/AP

    Kristi Noem banned from seven Native American reservations in her own state

    Actions taken after South Dakota governor – fresh off a dog-killing scandal – suggests tribal leaders benefiting from drug cartels

    Robert Fico attends a European Council summit at EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, April 18, 2024 © AFP / Kenzo Tribouillard

    US homeless population will face hotter than average summer

    Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com-USA Today Network

    New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools

    Exclusive: Kathy Hochul pushes online child safety, telling Meta: ‘You’re not going to profit off the mental health of children’

    Kathy Hochul in Niagara Falls, New York, on 22 November 2023. Photograph: Lindsay Dedario/Reuters

    MacKenzie Scott upended philanthropy as we know it. Melinda French Gates is catching on

    Bryan Bedder/Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

    Why the US has more tornadoes than any other country

    Why the US has more tornadoes than any other country

    Biden expected to announce new asylum restrictions at border

    President Biden is expected to announce a plan Tuesday to temporarily seal the U.S.-Mexico border and restrict asylum for immigrants.

    President Biden greets members of the U.S. Border Patrol at the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Tex., on Feb. 29. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

    Insane update on viral court video

    An internet-famous suspended driver made astonishing new claims just days after going viral for attending a court hearing while driving.

    A US judge has been left visibly stunned after a man charged with driving with a suspended license attended his virtual court hearing while behind the wheel. Picture: X
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