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Arkansas gov. signs bill imposing minumum social media age

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

By Brian Fung | CNNArkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a sweeping bill imposing a minimum age limit for social media usage, in the latest example of states taking more aggressive steps intended to protect teens online.But even as Sanders signed the bill into law on Wednesday afternoon, the legislation appeared to contain vast loopholes and exemptions benefiting companies that lobbied on the bill and raising questions about how much of the industry it truly covers.The legislation, known as the Social Media Safety Act and taking effect in September, is aimed at giving parents more control over their kids’ social media usage, according to lawmakers. It defines social media companies as any online forum that lets users create public profiles and interact with each other through digital content.It requires companies that operate those services to verify the ages of all new users and, if the users are under 18 years old, to obtain a parent’s consent before allowing...

Sonoma traffic stop leads to massive gun bust

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

(KRON) -- A traffic stop in Sonoma led to the seizure of a large cache of guns, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook. The suspect, 61-year-old Kris Manning Peterson, was also found with drugs in his car.Police stopped Peterson just after 2:30 a.m. Sunday on the 2600 block of Fremont Drive because his car had no front license plate. As the deputy talked with Peterson, police said they noticed Peterson showing signs of being intoxicated. 22 arrested in San Jose sex crimes sweep operation Peterson agreed to be searched, and deputies found a "Whip-It!" canister in his pocket. Police said these items are nitrous oxide containers and illegal to possess for recreational drug use. SCSO said Peterson told them he had forgotten about the "Whip-It!" and admitted there were other drugs in the car. A search of the car yielded the following:31.66 grams of suspected methamphetamine4.5 grams of suspected crack cocaine12-15 more "Whip-It!" containers and a device used to inhale nit...

'He had so many dreams': Pleasant Hill homicide victim remembered

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

CONCORD, Calif. (KRON) -- Bartender Oscar Laredo Arrellano, 37, was celebrated in Concord Wednesday just a few blocks from where he worked and one day before he will be laid to rest. He was shot to death last week, becoming Pleasant Hill's first homicide victim since 2021.His family is still reeling from the sudden and shocking loss.His partner, Nickoles Toushay, was in mourning Wednesday and being consoled by others sharing his loss at the Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Concord where Laredo Arrelano's funeral mass was celebrated. 22 arrested in San Jose sex crimes sweep operation "Broken. Light. You know, everyday moves on but life, time is still. Oscar was my life," Toushay said.The two were together for two years, including last week -- the night the 37-year-old man was shot and killed. A gunman opened fire while Laredo Arrellano attempted to de-escalate an argument outside Farrington's Bar in Pleasant Hill."He taught me things my parents could never," Toushay said. "He...

US to Mali: End restrictions on UN peacekeepers, seek peace

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States warned Mali’s military government Wednesday that it would be “irresponsible” for the United Nations to continue deploying its more than 15,000 peacekeepers unless the western African nation ends restrictions including on operating reconnaissance drones and carries out political commitments toward peace and elections in March 2024.The warning came as the U.N. Security Council considers three options proposed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the peacekeeping mission’s future: increase its size, reduce its footprint, or withdraw troops and police and turn it into a political mission. Its current mandate expires on June 30.U.S. Deputy Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis told the council that “it is unacceptable” that Malian authorities denied nearly 300 flight requests from January through March — about 80% of them for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance drones. The denials were seen as threatening the safety of peacekeepers and thei...

Funcionarios cubanos expresan preocupación por medidas de EE.UU. que “estimulan” la migración ilegal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

(CNN) — El Gobierno de Cuba expresó su preocupación por las medidas estadounidenses que, según dicen, “estimulan” la migración ilegal hacia Estados Unidos.El viceministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Carlos Fernández de Cossío Domínguez y subsecretario adjunto para el Hemisferio Occidental del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU., David Cloe, se reunieron este miércoles en Washington para discutir acuerdos migratorios entre ambos países.“Cuba reiteró su preocupación por las medidas de estímulo a la migración ilegal. Especial énfasis tiene el impacto negativo que el bloqueo económico de Estados Unidos y las medidas de reforzamiento extremo aplicadas desde 2019 ejercen sobre las condiciones socioeconómicas de la población cubana, factor que constituye un incentivo importante a la migración”, se lee en el comunicado del gobierno.Cuba dijo que el trato preferencial que reciben los cubanos que ingresan a territorio estadounidense también impulsa las migraciones i...

States confront medical debt that’s bankrupting millions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Cindy Powers was driven into bankruptcy by 19 life-saving abdominal operations. Medical debt started stacking up for Lindsey Vance after she crashed her skateboard and had to get nine stitches in her chin. And for Misty Castaneda, open heart surgery for a disease she’d had since birth saddled her with $200,000 in bills.These are three of an estimated 100 million Americans who have amassed nearly $200 billion in collective medical debt — almost the size of Greece’s economy — according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Now lawmakers in at least a dozen states and the U.S. Congress have pushed legislation to curtail the financial burden that’s pushed many into untenable situations: forgoing needed care for fear of added debt, taking a second mortgage to pay for cancer treatment or slashing grocery budgets to keep up with payments.Some of the bills would create medical debt relief programs or protect personal property from collections, while others would lower interes...

Virginia lawmakers weigh Youngkin amendments, sustain vetoes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The politically divided Virginia General Assembly worked through Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s scores of proposed amendments to legislation during a one-day session Wednesday, approving most of his suggestions on matters ranging from intoxicating hemp products to energy policy.The legislature sustained the Republican governor’s three vetoes on a day marked by farewell speeches by some of this year’s many retiring legislators. The Senate also honored Abigail Zwerner, the Virginia first-grade teacher shot by one of her students in January, at a brief ceremony she attended with her family. Of the 819 measures the General Assembly sent Youngkin during the regular session that ended in February, the governor signed 738 into law and proposed amendments to 78. Some of the changes lawmakers took up were small or technical; for other measures, Youngkin sought a more substantial rewrite.In a statement, the governor praised lawmakers for working together to advance bipartisan “com...

Las franquicias de “Harry Potter” y “Game of Thrones” se renuevan en el recién creado streamer Max

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

(CNN) —  Una buena noticia para los amantes de la fantasía y todo lo nerd.Warner Bros. Discovery anunció este miércoles que las franquicias de “Game of Thrones” y “Harry Potter” cobrarán nueva vida en Max, el nuevo servicio de streaming del estudio.Quienes estén ansiosos por volver al mundo mágico de “Harry Potter”, abróchense los cinturones porque la franquicia llegará a Max en forma de serie de televisión con guión. (CNN y Max forman parte de la misma empresa matriz, Warner Bros. Discovery).La serie será una “adaptación fiel” de los queridos libros de “Harry Potter” de la autora J.K. Rowling, que también será productora ejecutiva del proyecto, según un comunicado de prensa. Los libros de Rowling se publicaron entre 1997 y 2007.El mundo de Harry Potter está cobrando nueva vida en “Hogwarts Legacy”La serie de televisión contará con un reparto de caras nuevas que asumirán los papeles que Daniel Radcliffe, E...

Sebastián Piñera declara como imputado por delitos de lesa humanidad durante el estallido social de 2019 en Chile

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

(CNN Español) — El expresidente de Chile, Sebastián Piñera, declaró este martes por más de 10 horas en calidad de imputado por posibles delitos de violaciones a los derechos humanos ocurridos durante la represión del estallido social iniciado en octubre de 2019.El exmandatario no usó su derecho a guardar silencio y contestó a todas las preguntas de la fiscal de Alta Complejidad Ximena Chong, quien lidera la investigación.“No hubo reticencias a responder ninguna de las preguntas que nosotros formulamos. Traíamos un cuestionario preparado, teniendo en cuenta los antecedentes reunidos hasta ahora en la investigación”, afirmó Chong a la prensa este martes.OPINIÓN | Las dificultades que enfrentan los gobiernos de izquierda en Chile, Colombia y Brasil para avanzar en programas socialesLa investigación busca establecer posibles responsabilidades entre las exautoridades de la Presidencia de Chile, el Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública y Carabineros de Chile, por hechos ocurri...

Explosion inside Erie garage sends firefighters, garage door flying

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:52 GMT

ERIE, Colo. (KDVR) -- An explosion, early Tuesday morning, rocked a garage in Erie while firefighters were inside.It was so powerful, it completely blew off the garage door. Fire officials have issued a warning about electric vehicles and electric modifications at your home.A total of three Mountain View Fire Rescue firefighters were inside the garage when water made contact with the electric vehicle's battery, officials said, causing that explosion."The homeowner came and found smoke and woke up her son and got out of the house when the smoke alarms went off as well," Doug Saba said. Montbello: Denver’s 2023 murder flashpoint Saba is the deputy fire marshal for Mountain View Fire.A family living at a home in the Morgan Hill neighborhood saw and smelled the fire, so naturally, they called fire crews."They did not find the fire seat," Saba said, "so they came back upstairs, went into the garage and found a fire within the vehicle that was plugged into the garage."Officials said the...