Health Surgeon general warns Seattle audience about the dangers of loneliness and isolation U.S. surgeon general Vivek Murthy was in Seattle Wednesday, where he told an audience that loneliness is one of the crucial public health issues of the day. Eilís O'Neill
Arts & Life Why you should think twice before posting that cute photo of your kid online Oversharing can make children vulnerable to identity theft, harassment and predators. To protect their privacy, share a 'holiday card-or-less' amount of data online, says expert Leah Plunkett. Andrew Limbong
Politics Legal experts say a TikTok ban without specific evidence violates the First Amendment The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implications. Bobby Allyn
Technology AI-generated spam is starting to fill social media. Here's why A Jesus made of vegetables, bizarre log cabins, products that don't exist. AI-generated images are creating new forms of clickbait and causing some users to doubt what's real. Shannon Bond
Politics Trump fined $1,000 for violating gag order again and threatened with jail time The former president received a second fine for violating a gag order prohibiting him from speaking about witnesses, jurors, court staff and their families. Trump is trying to appeal the gag order. Ximena Bustillo
Politics Trump ordered to pay $9,000 for violating gag order in criminal hush money trial Judge Juan Merchan previously issued a gag order that specifically bars Trump from making or directing others to make public statements about potential jurors, court staff or family members of staff. Ximena Bustillo
Environment ‘That’s not nice!’ Brown bear eats entire family of ducks in front of kids at Seattle zoo Juniper is a 2-year-old brown bear at the Woodland Park Zoo, a large blonde girl described as sassy and mischievous by her keepers. Last week, Juniper became TikTok famous for being, well, a bear. Here’s what happened. Isolde Raftery
Latin America Brazil's Supreme Court judge opens an investigation of Elon Musk over misinformation A Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation into Musk for alleged obstruction. The Associated Press
Health Social media companies made changes to comply with U.K. rules to safeguard kids A new report by Children and Screens rounds up the changes spurred by the United Kingdom's Age Appropriate Design Code, which went into effect in 2020. Rhitu Chatterjee
Politics The Baltimore bridge collapse gave conspiracy theorists a chance to boost themselves One researcher says it has become "standard" for any unexpected event "to be run through a filter of conspiracy theories based on the personal brand of the person spreading the theory." Shannon Bond
