By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The U.S. surgeon general is calling for tech companies and lawmakers to take “immediate action” to protect kids’ and adolescents’ mental health on s…
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What it would mean for the global economy if the US defaults on its debt
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into recession, America’s economy would hardly sink…
FACT FOCUS: Fake image of Pentagon explosion briefly sends jitters through stock market
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press An image of black smoke billowing next to a bureaucratic-looking building spread across social media Monday morning, with the claim that it showed an explosion near …
More women sue Texas, asking court to put emergency block on state’s abortion law
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One woman had to carry her baby, missing much of her skull, for months knowing she’d bury her daughter soon after she was born. Another started…
Saving the farm: Heartland clergy train to prevent agriculture workers’ suicides
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press LAKE BENTON, Minn. (AP) — With traces of winter’s unusually heavy snow still lingering but a warm sun finally shining, farmers were out dawn to dusk in ear…
False claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter even as Musk promises otherwise
By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In an interview this week, Twitter owner Elon Musksaid users making false claims of stolen elections “will be corrected” on the platform. Prompted by a …
The pandemic widened gaps in reading. Can one teacher ‘do something about that’?
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Richard Evans makes his way through rows of his students in his third grade classroom, stooping to pick up an errant pencil and answerin…
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
By The Associated Press A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The A…
FACT FOCUS: Who’s to blame for the national debt? It’s more complicated than one culprit
By ANGELO FICHERA Associated Press The U.S. is inching closer to a deadline to raise the debt ceiling or risk defaulting on the nation’s $31 trillion in debt and political leaders have not yet reached…
FDA advisers back RSV vaccine for pregnant women that protects their newborns
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards their newborns against the scary respiratory virus -– and federal health advisers on T…