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The majority of teens say they use social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube at least once a day, according to a recent survey. Some say they use the sites constantly and that quitting social media altogether would be difficult.

Politics & Government

Kids under 13 would be barred from social media under bipartisan Senate bill

5:00am April 28, 2023

by Dustin Jones

Studies link social media to aspects of America's mental health crisis in adolescents. A handful of bipartisan members of the Senate hope to change that.

Professor emerita Henrietta Mann (Cheyenne), a pioneer in Native American studies, received a National Humanities Medal from President Biden in 2021. The White House citation honors Mann "for dedicating her life to strengthening and developing Native American education."

National

Photographer's decade-long, 600,000-mile journey shows Indigenous life in new book

5:00am April 28, 2023

by Melissa Block

Matika Wilbur was tired of seeing one-dimensional, insipid, degrading depictions of Native Americans in mainstream media and popular culture. So she did something about it.

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A bus driver in Michigan fainted at the wheel. Then a 7th-grader took control

4:47am April 28, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The driver called the transportation base to tell them she was feeling dizzy and lost consciousness seconds later. Dillon Reeves immediately sprung into action and safely stopped the bus.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell arrives for the plenary of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting, during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Friday, April 14, 2023.

Pranksters posing as Ukraine's president tricked the Fed chair into a phone call

1:43am April 28, 2023

by The Associated Press

The Fed chairperson was tricked into an extended phone call in January with Russian pranksters posing as Ukraine's president, during which the discussion focused on the impact of interest rate hikes.

The Justice Department motion for continued pretrial detention of Jack Teixeira is photographed Thursday.

Prosecutors want suspected leaker of Pentagon documents detained until his trial

8:02pm April 27, 2023

by Washington Desk

Federal prosecutors urged that the defendant, Jack Teixeira, remain in jail pending trial. Teixeira, an Air National guardsman, is accused of illegally sharing Pentagon secrets on a gaming site.

Migrants walk into U.S. custody after crossing the border from Mexico, Ciudad Juarez, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

The U.S. unveils plan to discourage border crossings when pandemic restrictions lift

7:26pm April 27, 2023

by Joel Rose

The Biden administration's efforts will include new immigration processing centers in Latin America and other measures to discourage illegal border crossings.

Lee Nunn says he uses a lot of precision agriculture on his Georgia farm to save resources.

Precision agriculture technology helps farmers - but they need help

6:52pm April 27, 2023

by Stephen Fowler

Some farmers hope this year's federal Farm Bill brings more attention to the benefits of - and barriers to - precision agriculture technology.

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An image from a Republican National Committee ad against President Biden features imagery generated by artificial intelligence. The spread of AI-generated images, video and audio presents a challenge for policymakers.

Politics & Government

AI-generated deepfakes are moving fast. Policymakers can't keep up

6:10pm April 27, 2023

by Shannon Bond

Tech companies are in a race to roll out AI chatbots and other tools. As technology gets better at faking reality, there are big questions over how to regulate it.

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For some with disabilities, the pandemic raised fears that they couldn't get medical care they need. Now, groups are saying California's assisted suicide law also devalues their lives, and they have filed a lawsuit.

Disability groups claim California's assisted suicide law discriminates against them

6:08pm April 27, 2023

by Joseph Shapiro

A California law allows a terminally ill person to end their life, but some people with disabilities say they're at risk of being coerced into seeking the medications needed for assisted suicide.

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The Los Angeles skyline is seen above the Union Pacific LATC Intermodal Terminal on Tuesday.

California becomes the first state to adopt emission rules for trains

5:57pm April 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

California approved a rule limiting rail pollution to aggressively cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state's latest move to establish itself as a global leader in the fight against climate change.