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The 30-yard line at Highmark Stadium in Buffalo bears a stylized number 3 in support of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who remains hospitalized after suffering a cardiac arrest and collapsing during a game Monday night.

Shows of support and signs of unease mark the first NFL Sunday since Hamlin's injury

2:08pm January 08, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The NFL kicked off its first game-packed Sunday after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field Monday night.

After Kevin McCarthy's election as speaker, Congress looks ahead

8:01am January 08, 2023

After fifteen rounds of voting, House Republicans finally got Kevin McCarthy as their House Speaker. We look at what that means moving forward, in taking on the work that Congress must undertake.

This combination of 2017-2022 photos shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. On Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, Seattle Public Schools filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, suing the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.

Seattle's schools are suing tech giants for harming young people's mental health

5:30am January 08, 2023

by The Associated Press

The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for a mental health crisis among youth.

Supporters wave flags and cheer as they listen to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speak during the ruling AKP party's rally on Nov. 27, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.

The State Department will begin spelling Turkey as Türkiye

5:00am January 08, 2023

by Juliana Kim

The spelling change is a feat for the Turkish government that has been pushing for countries to recognize its Turkish name.

Waves crash into a seawall in Pacifica, Calif., Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. California weather calmed Friday but the lull was expected to be brief as more Pacific storms lined up to blast into the state, where successive powerful weather systems have knocked out power to thousands, battered the coastline, flooded streets, toppled trees and caused at least six deaths.

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California braces for more storms as thousands are still without power

4:41am January 08, 2023

by The Associated Press

California braced for more stormy weather as rain began to sweep into the northern part the state and the San Francisco Bay area, raising the potential for road flooding, rising rivers and mudslides.

Back home, frustration, support for Texas Republicans who blocked House speaker vote

8:16pm January 07, 2023

by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán | The Texas Newsroom

Three representatives from Texas voted against Kevin McCarthy to be speaker of the House. All represent different parts of the state but they stood united against McCarthy until Friday afternoon.

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Gabriella Torres-Ferrer, Untitled (Valora tu mentira americana) (detail), 2018. Hurricane-ravaged wooden electric post with statehood propaganda. Private collection; courtesy of the artist and Embajada, San Juan.

When people are less important than beaches: Puerto Rican artists at the Whitney

5:58pm January 07, 2023

by Jennifer Vanasco

The first major exhibit of Puerto Rican art on the mainland in 50 years wrestles with the question: Who is Puerto Rico for?

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Encore: QAnon's toehold in the wellness world

5:10pm January 07, 2023

by Emily Guerin

While the QAnon conspiracy theory is strongly associated with the political far-right, it also has followers in the worlds of yoga and wellness.

Katelyn McClure, who pleaded guilty to helping her boyfriend spread a feel-good story about a homeless veteran that garnered more than $400,000 in online donations, has been sentenced to three years in prison on state theft charges.

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N.J. woman gets 3 years in bogus good Samaritan online fundraiser

1:45pm January 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

Katelyn McClure helped her boyfriend spread a feel-good story about a homeless veteran, garnering more than $400,000 in GoFundMe donations. She is also serving a one-year federal term.

A bump stock is displayed on March 15, 2019, in Harrisonburg, Va. A Trump administration ban on bump stocks, devices that enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons after an initial trigger pull, was struck down Friday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans.

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A U.S. appeals court blocks a ban on rapid-fire 'bump stocks'

11:01am January 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

A Trump administration ban on the devices, which enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons after an initial trigger pull, was struck down by a federal appeals court.