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Two lawsuits accusing the world’s largest social media companies of harming children begin this week, marking the first legal efforts to hold companies like Meta responsible for the effects their products have on young users.Opening arguments began today in a case brought by New Mexico’s attorney general’s office, which alleges that Meta failed to protect children from sexually explicit material. A separate case in Los Angeles, which accuses Meta and the Google-owned YouTube of deliberately designing their platforms to be addictive for children, is set to begin later this week.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listTikTok and Snap were…

Rep. Tony Gonzales said Sunday that the Texas immigration detention center in which 5-year-old Liam Ramos was detained is “nicer than some elementary schools” amid reports of a measles outbreak and criticism of the conditions from immigration activists. “The facility in Dilley, I’ve visited there many times,” Gonzales, a Republican from Texas, said Sunday on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” “I’ve visited dozens of facilities. It is a nice facility. It’s a detention facility for people that are in the country illegally that are about to be deported but it is a nice facility. Nicer than some elementary schools.”Gonzales did…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 20, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAs Alphabet returns to the debt market to fund its artificial intelligence build-out, the company is acknowledging new risks tied to the rise of AI and its hefty investments in infrastructure.In its annual financial report late last week, the Google parent highlighted the potential impact of AI on the company’s core advertising business and the possibility of ending up with “excess capacity” from its costly commitments. “To meet the compute capacity demands…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! King Charles broke his silence Monday on his brother’s affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein.After the Thames Valley Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that an investigation was underway into claims Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential information pertaining to his trade envoy role with Epstein, the monarch expressed “profound concern” for the latest allegations.”The King has made clear, in words and through unprecedented actions, his profound concern at allegations which continue to come to light in respect of Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor’s conduct,” the palace said in a statement to People magazine.”While the specific claims in question…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! United States skier Lindsey Vonn provided a lengthy update after her crash during the alpine ski women’s downhill at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics resulted in a leg fracture on on Sunday.Vonn, 41, was already skiing with a torn ACL, but she needed to be airlifted off the mountain in a scary scene. She posted on her Instagram on Monday, saying her “Olympic dream did not finish the way I dreamt it would.””It wasn’t a story book ending or a fairy (tale), it was just life,” her detailed caption read. I dared…

OpenAI’s free version of ChatGPT has a new look: Users who don’t pay to upgrade will now see ads when using the artificial intelligence platform.  The company said on Monday that it is testing ads with ChatGPT users in the U.S. with “free” and “go” subscription tiers. The “Go” plan costs $8 monthly. OpenAI said in January that it would start piloting ads as the company looks for ways to further monetize its widely used chatbot, along with subscription fees for premium users. Customers who pay for Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education subscription tiers will not see ads when using ChatGPT, OpenAI said.The…

Aerial view of Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, taken from an airplane on April 3, 2025. Yamil Lage | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Cuban government said international airlines can no longer refuel in the island nation due to fuel shortages after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that supplies the communist country with oil.Cuba’s leadership said Sunday that the country will run out of aviation fuel from Monday, likely disrupting airlines operating there, according to EFE news agency, which cited two sources. The kerosene shortage is expected to persist for the next month, with all of Cuba’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Los Angeles‑based federal judge on Monday blocked California from enforcing its law that would require ICE agents to remove masks during immigration enforcement operations.Judge Christina Snyder, appointed during the Clinton administration, argued that the “No Secret Police Act” and “No Vigilantes Act” discriminated against the federal government by violating the Supremacy Clause. Observers film ICE agents as they hold a perimeter after one of their vehicles got a flat tire on Penn Avenue on Feb. 5, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn.  (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)Under the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, federal law takes…

A Halifax man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for the 2022 shooting death of a 25-year-old man outside a Gottingen Street nightclub. Makayle Skinner was initially charged with first-degree murder in the death of Trayvhon Bradshaw, but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter last fall.Bradshaw was gunned down outside The Den nightclub on March 18, 2022, after getting into an altercation with Skinner.According to an agreed statement of facts, the fight escalated when Bradshaw left the club to retrieve something from his car.“And then he came back across the street in a crouched manner holding…

Catherine O’Hara died from a pulmonary embolism, with cancer as the underlying cause.A Los Angeles County death certificate issued on Monday lists the pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery in the lungs, as the immediate cause of her death on January 30 at the age of 71. Rectal cancer was the long-term cause.The oncologist who signed off on the certificate indicated that he had been treating the Canadian actress since March and last saw her on January 27.She died at a hospital in Santa Monica, California.The beloved Canadian-born comic actress and SCTV alum starred as…