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Opinion: How to protect teens from the harmful effects of social media

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:26 GMT

Turn off your computer and cellphone, and regain your sanity.How did daily life go so awry in the world’s richest nation? How is it that this planet’s most progressive country has so much misery inside its borders and its children’s heads?American teenagers are in a mental health crisis that makes it easy for social media bullies to abuse them with negative and insulting judgments about their physical appearances and much more.The state of Utah as well as online service provider Verizon hope to change things for the better. More on them later.The Center for Disease Control Youth Risk Behavior Survey showed 42% of high school students report persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness and 22% say they seriously considered committing suicide in 2021.Yes, social media has many benefits. But it is also undermining teens’ mental health. Young people in particular have embraced these platforms to stay connected with friends and family, sharing their thoughts and experiences, and stayin...

More Cal Maritime cadets allege sexual abuse, harassment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:26 GMT

For nearly three decades, the navy-and-gold Training Ship Golden Bear has plied oceans around the globe for California State University’s Maritime Academy, providing a unique classroom for students training to be leaders in the seafaring industry.In recent years, however, things have taken a dark turn on the venerable ship.Cal Maritime students and employees reported accusations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment aboard the 500-foot ship to officials at the Vallejo campus.Recent interviews and internal campus records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times showed the allegations included two rapes reported in 2019, a sexual assault in 2022 and accusations that a captain sexually harassed women and made disparaging remarks about the LGBTQ community and women during a 2021 training cruise.The school did not report those allegations to federal maritime authorities and has not followed consistent procedures for handling wrongdoing on the vessel, a Times investigation has found.Cal ...

Warriors embracing ‘new challenge’ as they head home down 2-0 in series vs. Kings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:26 GMT

SACRAMENTO — The Warriors find themselves in unfamiliar territory.Golden State has trailed a playoff series before but never has the team fallen 2-0 in any of its 27 series with Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson leading the charge.However, that’s the reality the Warriors are facing as the first-round series heads to San Francisco later this week for Games 3 and 4.“It’s exciting, right?” Green said Monday night as a menacing smile appeared on his face. “A new challenge.”Green was ejected in the fourth quarter of Monday’s 114-106 loss to the Sacramento Kings after getting entangled with Kings big man Damontas Sabonis. His premature exit gave him plenty of time to ponder the rarity of his team’s situation.“I was actually thinking about that, like, ‘Man, this is one we haven’t seen yet,'” Green said. “And we’ve conquered all the rest of them, so why not go conquer this one? Would be a...

Wilkinson: The gun debate isn’t hopeless. Just look at Tennessee

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:26 GMT

“We’re not going to fix it.” That instantly infamous line, delivered by a Republican congressman in the wake of a mass shooting at a private school in Nashville last month, was supposed to be the lesson learned by anyone hoping for a robust response to another mass murder.Dispensing with thoughts, prayers and other feints in the direction of social or political responsibility, Rep. Tim Burchett spoke truth to powerlessness, and did so unambiguously: It’s unfortunate that so many of you will die, but we won’t take any of the actions that we know could help you live.Yet that ugly lesson went decisively unlearned. Instead, young activists marched to the Tennessee Capitol demanding laws that value human life more than the convenience of firearm consumers.In response, Republican leaders in the state Legislature decided enough was enough; they would deliver a lesson that the kids wouldn’t soon forget. They expelled two Black lawmakers who had joined the protests and re-established the Leg...

McDonald’s tests cold brew in California and goes big with Big Mac sauce

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:26 GMT

McDonald’s has begun testing cold brew coffees in 600 restaurants throughout Southern California, according to a news release.The chain is offering two beverages: cold brew served black over ice, and cold brew with a creamy syrup.They will be available while supplies last at company-owned and franchise restaurants in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties, the new release said.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | 5 stellar new spring cookbooks by John Ash, Andrea Nguyen and more Restaurants, Food and Drink | A short history of the long fight over breakfast tacos Restaurants, Food and Drink | New businesses open, old ones reopen in downtown Saratoga Restaurants, Food and Drink | Poor House Bistro closer to opening in San Jose’s Little Italy Restaurants, Food and Drink | Silicon Valley ‘placemaker’ looks to bring people together with food-based ...

US reporter held by Russia on spying charges to stay in jail

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:26 GMT

A Russian judge on Tuesday upheld the detention of jailed American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested on spying charges as part of a sweeping Kremlin crackdown on dissent and press freedom amid the war in Ukraine. He and the U.S. government vehemently deny the allegations.The Wall Street Journal reporter is the first U.S. correspondent since the Cold War to be detained in Russia on spying allegations and his arrest rattled journalists in the country and elicited outrage in the West. Dozens of journalists crowded into the courtroom to catch a glimpse of Gershkovich, who looked calm as he stood inside a glass cage to appeal his detention.Russia’s Federal Security Service detained the 31-year-old in Yekaterinburg in March and accused him of trying to obtain classified information about a Russian arms factory.Gershkovich, his employer and the U. S. government deny he was involved in spying and have demanded his release.“Evan is a member of the free press who right up until he...

US striker Dike needs Achilles surgery, out for 6-9 months

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:26 GMT

WEST BROMWICH, England (AP) — United States striker Daryl Dike will be sidelined for up to nine months because of an Achilles tendon injury, his English second-division club said on Tuesday.West Bromwich Albion said Dike will require surgery to repair a full rupture of the Achilles in his right leg.Dike will be out for six to nine months, West Brom said.The 22-year-old Dike was injured during West Brom’s 2-1 win at Stoke in the Championship on Saturday.Dike missed last year’s World Cup because of injury.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Goldman: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:26 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $3.23 billion.The company, based in New York, said it had earnings of $8.79 per share.The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $8.14 per share.The investment bank posted revenue of $25.38 billion in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $12.22 billion, missing Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $13.03 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GSSource

Comienza el juicio por difamación contra Fox News por su papel en la contienda Trump-Biden

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:26 GMT

Este martes comienza el juicio por difamación contra Fox News en una demanda por $1,600 millones que presentó una compañía de máquinas de votación en un caso que ha atraído el interés internacional.La empresa Dominion Voting Systems está demandando a Fox News por 1,600 millones, alegando que el medio de comunicación emitió repetidamente señalamientos —a sabiendas de que no eran ciertos— de que la compañía fabricante de máquinas de votación participó en un fraude que frustró la campaña de reelección del presidente Donald Trump. Fox sostiene que debido al interés periodístico, estaba informando sobre los cargos hechos por partidarios del presidente y que está respaldada legalmente por los estándares relacionados con difamaciones. El juicio está programado para el mes próximo. Documentos clasificados de Biden frente a los de Trump: aquí las diferencias clave “Creo que puedo volver a ganar a Donald Trump”: Biden sobre las próximas elecciones ...

Corte rechaza la apelación de periodista estadounidense contra la prisión preventiva en Rusia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:26 GMT

El reportero estadounidense Evan Gershkovich compareció este martes ante una corte rusa para apelar su detención por cargos de espionaje, dentro de una campaña del Kremlin contra la disidencia durante la guerra en Ucrania. Tanto el periodista como el gobierno de Estados Unidos han rechazado las acusaciones.Los periodistas y partidarios presentes en la corte pudieron ver por primera vez en semanas al periodista del Wall Street Journal, el primer corresponsal estadounidense detenido en Rusia por supuesto espionaje desde la Guerra Fría. Gershkovich parecía tranquilo, de pie en una celda de cristal. La embajadora de Estados Unidos, Lynne Tracy, estaba en la sala.El Servicio Federal de Seguridad ruso, o FSB, detuvo al reportero, de 31 años, el 29 de marzo en Ekaterimburgo, la cuarta ciudad más grande de Rusia, y le acusó de intentar obtener información clasificada sobre una fábrica de armas rusa. Periodista estadounidense encarcelado en Rusia se declara inocente ...