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The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know

Landmark trials beginning this week will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.

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Social Media Giants Face Landmark Legal Tests on Child Safety

Starting this week, a series of trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.

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Trump Says He Will Raise Tariffs on South Korea to 25%

President Trump threatened to increase tariffs on South Korean exports, including cars, citing the country’s slow ratification of a trade deal.

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No Snow Day? In New York City Parks, It Felt Like One.

Some children skipped remote classes in city schools in favor of activities they felt were more important: sledding and snowball fights.

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Winter Storm Debilitates the South, Encasing Cities in Ice and Snow

The forecasts had predicted that the storm could be among the worst in a generation to hit the region. By Monday, it was clear that is exactly what happened.

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Trump Administration Takes Another Stake in Rare Earth Sector

The administration announced a $1.6 billion deal with USA Rare Earth. The firm also does business with Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of President Trump’s commerce secretary.

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New York City Races to Help Homeless People as Temperatures Plunge

The weather underscored how vulnerable people are when they do not have a safe place to shelter. At least eight people have died, including several who had a history with the city’s shelter system.

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Trump Briefed on Intelligence Saying Iran’s Government Is Weaker

Protests that erupted late last year shook elements of the Iranian government, according to the reports.

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Alex Pretti Shooting Poses a Question for the Right: Who’s a Conservative?

Republicans wrestle with Trump administration positions that seem to contradict their beliefs on gun rights, states’ rights and limited use of federal power.

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A Year After DC Plane Crash, Concerns About Airport’s Safety Continue

The Federal Aviation Administration says it has reduced traffic in and out of the airport and designed safer routes. Crash victims’ families want more.

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Thomas Fogarty, 91, Who Helped Revolutionize Vascular Surgery, Dies

Drawing on his love of fly-fishing, he developed a balloon catheter that removes blood clots from patients’ limbs in a minimally invasive way. It has saved millions of lives.

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F.A.A. Rolls Out Agency Overhaul for Improving Air Safety

The announcement of a reorganization comes nearly a year after a midair collision killed 67 people and prompted a public outcry for enhancing the security of aviation travel.

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Trump Changes Course in Minnesota

Also, large parts of the U.S. are dangerously cold. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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Under Biden Administration, Justice Dept. Began Examining Ilhan Omar’s Finances

The inquiry, initiated by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, appears to have stalled for lack of evidence.

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How Does Climate Change Affect Winter Storms?

A warmer atmosphere has the potential to hold more moisture, which can contribute to heavier precipitation in any season, scientists say.

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What to Expect for a Cold NYC Commute: Trains, Buses and Rail

Mass transit is slowly getting back to normal around the city.

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After Mamdani Nods to ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Library E-Book Downloads Surge

As a snowstorm arrived, Mayor Zohran Mamdani reminded New Yorkers that they could access the romance series that inspired the TV show through their public library.

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Killings in Minneapolis Invert Usual Dynamic Over Policing the Police

It is far rarer and more difficult for state authorities to try to investigate federal law enforcement officials than the other way around.

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Winter Storm Linked to at Least 22 Deaths in the US

The storm deaths were reported in New York, Tennessee, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Kentucky and New Jersey, and other deaths were under investigation.

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How The New York Times Investigated Videos of ICE Agents Killing Alex Pretti

Using more than a dozen videos related to the shooting of Alex Pretti, The Times worked to establish what is called ground truth: what happened, how it happened and who might be responsible.

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Canada’s Marineland Whales Could Find New Homes in U.S.

Marineland, a closed aquatic park in Ontario, had threatened to euthanize its whales after the government denied an application to send them to China.

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The War in Minnesota Is for Our Phones

We need to protect our right to carry cameras to document ICE’s violence.

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Chinese Pandas Leave Japanese Zoo

As Japan and China feud, an animal long used in Chinese diplomacy has been summoned back home.

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Court Affirms Ruling That Alina Habba Served Unlawfully as U.S. Attorney

The Justice Department lost a bid to challenge a decision that had found Ms. Habba was serving unlawfully as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.

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White House Distances Trump From Initial Response to Minnesota Killing

Officials clearly understood that the fatal shooting of a demonstrator posed one of the gravest political threats to President Trump since his inauguration.

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NATO Chief Says Europe Is ‘Dreaming’ if It Thinks It Can Defend Itself Without U.S.

Mark Rutte, the secretary general of the alliance, told members of the European Parliament that President Trump was “doing a lot of good stuff.”

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Democrats Embrace a Shutdown Fight They Wanted to Avoid

After a second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis, Democrats say public opinion is on their side and they are willing to risk a backlash to counter what they see as police-state tactics.

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On Venezuela and Greenland, Many Trump Fans Give Him the Benefit of the Doubt

At least so far, President Trump has managed to bring along even those conservative supporters who are skeptical of foreign interventions.

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430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found

The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were making tools even earlier than archaeologists thought.

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Washington Post Reverses Decision on Olympics Coverage

The newspaper will send a small team of reporters to cover the Olympics after it informed sports journalists on Friday that the paper would not send a group.

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