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Indiana is escalating a legal fight against major social platforms, filing a lawsuit against Roblox Corp. and Discord Inc. alleging the companies failed to implement adequate safeguards to protect children from online predators while misleading families about the safety of their services.The complaint, filed in state court by Attorney General…

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles has announced she will step down from office earlier than expected, confirming she will not seek re-election and will resign effective June 30.Lyles framed her decision as personal, citing family priorities and a desire to step away from public life.“Serving as Charlotte’s mayor has been the…

President Donald Trump’s escalating sanctions campaign against Cuba is drawing renewed political backlash after Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) acknowledged speaking with diplomats from multiple Latin American countries about efforts to address worsening fuel shortages on the communist-run island.Jayapal made the comments during a recent Cuba-focused briefing while discussing new executive…

A sitting head of government did something Tuesday that no political playbook could have anticipated — she published the fabricated, AI-generated image of herself that her opponents had been quietly circulating, and she did it on her own terms.Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni brought the smear campaign into the open…

Brooke Baldwin, the 46-year-old former CNN anchor, stepped forward this week with a deeply personal allegation — claiming two older men slipped something into her drink during a spring break trip to Los Angeles more than 20 years ago, and that she believes she was sexually assaulted that night.Baldwin chose…

A Utah county commission triggered one of the most explosive local political confrontations in recent memory this week, voting to greenlight a colossal artificial intelligence data center backed by “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary — and the rage that followed has not stayed inside the meeting room.Box Elder County, a…

A political ad meant to rehabilitate Katie Porter’s image landed with a thud this week, sending California’s Democratic gubernatorial hopeful further into a spiral she may not recover from before primary day.Porter, a former congresswoman now running for governor, released a 30-second spot that gambled on self-deprecating humor — specifically,…

Grand Prairie, Texas finds itself at the center of a firestorm after a taxpayer-funded water park scheduled a private event advertised as exclusively for Muslim attendees — and Governor Greg Abbott stepped in with a financial ultimatum that ended the controversy before it could fully begin.Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark, an…

For years, a handwritten note sat locked away in a courthouse, unseen by the public and absent from any official record. Now, thanks to a legal push by The New York Times, Americans finally know what Jeffrey Epstein wrote in what authorities believe was a message left behind after his first…

Ted Turner, the billionaire entrepreneur who founded CNN and helped transform modern television news, died Wednesday at 87, according to his private holding company.Turner reshaped the media industry through aggressive expansion, unconventional ideas, and a willingness to take risks that many executives at the time considered unrealistic. His biggest breakthrough…