Young people have said the social pressure to have a smartphone has made them "almost essential". In February 2024, Ofcom reported that nine out of 10 children owned a mobile phone by the time they ...

John Solomon, a fourth- and fifth-grade teacher at MacArthur Elementary School, is being investigated for allegedly sharing an illustration of a children’s ankle monitor on a Black child and joking ...

Jack Conte hates the word “influencers.” As the CEO of Patreon, he would rather people call artists “creators” if what they do is build loyal fanbases willing to pay for what they do online. While ...

Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.

Mongabay recently published an investigation revealing widespread Brazilian government purchases of shark meat to feed schoolchildren, hospital patients, prisoners and more. The series has generated ...

No matter how much they may love their families, gambling addicts can pose direct financial harm to them. That harm might range from never repaying loans to stealing their spouse's and children's ...

Common sense might need a bit of a rebrand. Because, as it turns out, it isn’t all that common after all. One Redditor proved this by asking others to share the funniest “how did they not know that?” ...

In her memoir “Articulate,” Rachel Kolb explores her experience growing up deaf, focusing on communication rather than loss.

The September general membership meeting of the AARP Chapter 4401 was decorated with a patriotic theme and began with the pledge of allegiance and a commemoration of the events of Sept. 11.

Minutes before Kimmel’s show, Trump railed against ABC lifting the suspension in a post on Truth Social, writing, “I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was ...

In bringing several of the parties together, the push by Trump and his advisers at a minimum showed promise and built on his first administration’s success with the Abraham Accords.