TikTok settles ahead of teen social media addiction bellwether trial
LOS ANGELES (CN) — TikTok has agreed to settle its part of a bellwether trial in which the world’s social media giants are accused of fomenting a mental health crisis among youths in America. The terms of the settlement were not made public. TikTok, whose app...
Europe rights court slams Azerbaijan for prosecuting a journalist to silence her
(CN) — A decadelong campaign against one of Azerbaijan’s most prominent investigative journalists reached a breaking point Tuesday, when the European Court of Human Rights ruled the state had turned ordinary criminal law into a tool for silencing a critic. In its...
Slovakia, Hungary to sue EU over Russian gas ban
BRATISLAVE, Slovakia (AFP) — Slovakia will file a lawsuit against the European Union’s decision to phase out Russian natural gas imports, Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday, following a similar announcement from neighboring Hungary. Both are landlocked...
Maryland man argues arrest using cellphone tracking device violates the Fourth Amendment
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A Maryland man arrested after police used a device mimicking a cellphone tower to find his phone — and him — argued before a Fourth Circuit panel Tuesday that police needed a warrant. The Baltimore Police Department, which was attempting to...
Trump’s immigration crackdown led to drop in US growth rate last year as population hit 342 million
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration contributed to a year-to-year drop in the nation’s growth rate as the U.S. population reached nearly 342 million people in 2025, according to population...
Tourism in Cuba plummets as tensions with US increase and Venezuela oil shipments drop
HAVANA (AP) — It’s almost noon in Havana when a handful of tourists tumble out of a small yellow bus and rush toward a row of shiny classic cars, cameras in hand. Nearby, under the shade of a beach almond tree, a group of drivers jump to their feet, some...
House Dems demand Noem testify after Minnesota killings
WASHINGTON (CN) — House Democrats on Tuesday demanded that Republican leadership haul Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem before the chamber’s Judiciary Committee to answer for a pair of “cold-blooded” killings of U.S. citizens at the hands of federal agents in...
‘One Battle After Another’ leads the pack in nominations for UK’s BAFTA film awards
LONDON (AP) — Paul Thomas Anderson’s politically charged action thriller “One Battle After Another” leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, securing 14 nominations Tuesday including acting nods for five of its cast. Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped...
‘That’s one of us’: NRA board members react to immigration shooting in Minneapolis
MANHATTAN (CN) — As the Trump administration continues to face widespread damnation for the slaying of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend, even some of the conservative movement’s fiercest allies are growing disturbed by the government’s inflammatory...