Mikella Schuettler

Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook

October 21, 2026 at 1:55 p.m.

A judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy, in what marks the largest fine...

FILE – Brandon Dawson, left, celebrates after winning the Safeway 52nd annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

3,156-pound pumpkin grown in Rhode Island is inspected for possible world record

October 12, 2026 at 6:32 p.m.

A pumpkin named Rocky won a major annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California, tipping the scale at 2,389 pounds, but fell far short of a possible new world record set...

Workers pull a boat to shore as Hurricane Polo approaches Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur state, Mexico, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Hurricane Polo’s remnants bringing more rain to flood-struck US Southwest

September 30, 2026 at 6:26 a.m.

As former Hurricane Polo weakened over northwestern Mexico on Tuesday evening, the storm’s remnants battered the U.S. Southwest.

Investigators work at the scene Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, where a family was killed and the house burned in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Montana man killed 8 relatives, including 4 kids, at Sunday dinner, family says

August 25, 2026 at 8:39 p.m.

A man killed eight of his relatives, including four children, as they gathered for Sunday dinner at a home outside Billings, Montana, weeks after his parents asked him to move...

FILE – A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Enrollment in SNAP grocery aid is dropping faster than expected

August 21, 2026 at 4:21 p.m.

Enrollment in the biggest federally funded food aid program in the U.S. dropped by more than 13% in a 12-month span — a decline far steeper than the government estimated.

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