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Families sue TikTok in France over teen suicides they say are linked to harmful content
CASSIS, France (AP) — In the moment when her world shattered three years ago, Stephanie Mistre found her 15-year-old daughter, Marie, lifeless in the bedroom where she died by suicide. “I went from light to darkness in a fraction of a second,” Mistre said, describing the day in...

Arkansas governor traveling to Switzerland next week for World Economic Forum
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is traveling to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland next week, where she will be speaking on two panels, her office announced Friday. Sanders' office said the Republican governor will attend the forum in Davos from...

US Justice Department, Illinois sheriff agree to policing upgrades after Sonya Massey shooting death
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department and a central Illinois sheriff's office on Friday announced a deal resolving an inquiry into violations of federal anti-discrimination law in the shooting death last summer of an unarmed Black woman in her home after she called 911 for...

Australian Open: Naomi Osaka stops playing because of an injury against Belinda Bencic
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka stopped playing because of a strained abdominal muscle after dropping the opening set of her third-round match against Belinda Bencic on Friday. “I kind of have a history of it, since I was a teenager. At...

Plea deal talks in works for accused New York-to-Paris flight stowaway
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors and a lawyer for a woman charged with sneaking aboard a New York-to-Paris flight said Wednesday they'll try to work out a plea deal for her. In the meantime, Svetlana Dali pleaded not guilty to a stowaway charge and was ordered held without bail. After...

New York governor pushes 'affordability agenda' as Democrats regroup after election losses
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pitched voters on a series of populist economic policies — floating proposals to hand out free money, slash taxes and fight hedge funds — in a speech Tuesday aimed at cleaning up the kitchen table issues that damaged Democrats in November. ...
New Mississippi law aims to limit jailing of people awaiting mental health treatment. Is it working?
Officials say a new Mississippi law to decrease the number of people being jailed solely because they need mental health treatment has led to fewer people with serious mental illness detained in jails – but the data is contradictory and incomplete. A state agency, counties and...

Georgia cuts loose more people from probation after a fitful start
ATLANTA (AP) — For three years, Jamariel Hobbs was confined to Georgia, unable to travel freely or move where he wanted to. At the beginning, a probation officer showed up at random times of night to test him for drugs. The soft-spoken Hobbs, now 29, was among almost 176,000...

The ‘Worst in Show’ CES products put your data at risk and cause waste, privacy advocates say
LAS VEGAS (AP) — So much of the technology showcased at CES includes gadgets made to improve consumers' lives — whether by leveraging AI to make devices that help people become more efficient, by creating companions to cure loneliness or by providing tools that help people with mental and...

Grayson Murray's passion remembered during solemn tribute at the tournament he won
HONOLULU (AP) — The Sony Open turned solemn Tuesday morning when dozens of players, caddies and PGA Tour officials joined Grayson Murray's family along the shore behind the 16th green at Waialae to pay tribute to the defending champion who took his own life four months later. ...
