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Meta gets verdict on bid to dismiss lawsuit over whether social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Google and YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok aim to addict kids.

Police have revealed ‘alarming’ details after arresting a 75-year-old man. WARNING: Sensitive content

Distressing details have emerged of a young woman’s final moments before she was fatally attacked by an alligator as her heroic boyfriend tried to save her. WARNING: Graphic details.

THE ECONOMIST: America has — until now — been synonymous with freedom, so why are tech bosses being forced to seek permission to release cutting edge technology to the world?

President Donald Trump said the US and Iran would meet in Qatar this week, at Iran’s request.

THE ECONOMIST: Meet the corporate gamblers who never waste a good energy crisis.

Someone alerted authorities about the trailer in 2022 after seeing small fingers reaching through gaps in the doors.

Billionaire investor Leon Black says Jeffrey Epstein deceived him during a years-long relationship in which he paid the disgraced financier $US158 million.

New York prosecutors say they will drop a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein instead of trying the former movie mogul for a fourth time in the state.

The alarm was raised after the 26-year-old failed to board her flight back home.

NEW YORK TIMES: When and where are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce getting married? Some powerful clues are emerging.

Ghislaine Maxwell claims in a court filing that new evidence in Epstein files could overturn her conviction.

The United State’s 250th anniversary celebrations began with Donald Trump proclaiming he had restored the country to greatness.

The family of a teenager is suing Snapchat parent company Snap, claiming the social media platform facilitated her rape as a 12-year-old.

Chaotic footage has captured the moment a group of cruise passengers pile onto each other and start throwing punches and pulling hair in a violent fight. SEE THE VIDEO

The 13-year-old was on the log ride when the incident happened.

The largely symbolic vote marks one of the biggest fissures between the US President and the Republican-controlled Senate.

His decision comes as disputes over waterway, inspections and missiles exposed early strains in talks to end the war.