Keeping up with America

As states seek to ease requirements for employing teens, data shows the number of minors involved in child labor violations rose by nearly 300% over seven years.

A 2-year-old boy from Nevada, died this week from a Naegleria fowleri infection, also known as a brain-eating amoeba, state health officials and his mother said.

FBI employees wrongly searched foreign surveillance data for the last names of a U.S. senator and a state senator, according to a court opinion released Friday.

A real estate developer was sentenced Friday to six years in federal prison for paying $500,000 in bribes to a Los Angeles city councilman for help with a downtown project.

The Long Island Gilgo Beach murder case is one of many in recent years when a long-unsolved homicide got a break from an unlikely source: discarded DNA.

Around the 🌎 in 80 Seconds 

The rarefied setting of Aspen, Colorado, with its mountain views and manicured lawns, is a world away from the minefields and trenches of Ukraine's front-line, but for a few days this past week the two places were connected.

President Vladimir Putin accused NATO member Poland of having territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union, and said any aggression against Russia's neighbour and close ally Belarus would be considered an attack on Russia.

Lets Talk Business and Tech

Dispute over threat of extinction posed by artificial intelligence looms over surging industry

Meta unfriends the news industry in growing rift with publishers

A generative AI tech startup Wayne Hills Bryant A.I produces Sci-fi film, 'An AI-driven new cinema movie'

Richer, Wiser, Happier

Midyear check-in: Take these 3 actions now to start cleaning your financial house

A post-piggy bank world: what does money mean if you can’t hold it in your hand? | Celina Ribeiro, The Guardian. Cheques are being phased out. Cash is on the decline. As we use cash less and less, how does this impact the way we think about and use money?

Sports and Showbiz Shenanigans

Lionel Messi scores winning goal in dream Inter Miami debut | An All-Star Roster Can’t Keep The Yankees Offense From Spinning Out

Disney Singer CoCo Lee’s Funeral Details Shared | Bill Geddie, 'The View' Executive Producer, Dead at 68: Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and More Pay Tribute

'Cocaine Sharks' documentary on Discovery separates fact from fiction | ‘Full House’ Creator Says John Stamos Almost Left Show Because He Didn’t Want to Play “Second Fiddle” to Younger Actors

 Life Hacks to Hack Your Life

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