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Meta, TikTok among social media CEOs in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation

by BARBARA ORTUTAY and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press January 31, 2024January 31, 2024

Lawmakers and parents have grown increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on young people’s lives.

Groundhog Day’s biggest star is Phil, but holiday’s roots extend well beyond Punxsutawney

by MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press January 31, 2024January 31, 2024

It’s part of a tradition rooted in European agricultural life, marking the midpoint between the shortest day of the year on the winter solstice and the spring equinox.

Arts & Entertainment, Food, News

Martha Stewart accused of taking credit for an employee’s recipe

by Emily Heil The Washington Post January 30, 2024January 30, 2024

Martha Stewart presented a cranberry nut torte as her own in her cookbook ‘Entertaining,’ an ex-employee said in a new CNN documentary series.

Arts & Entertainment

X restores Taylor Swift searches after deepfake explicit images triggered temporary block

by Associated Press January 30, 2024January 31, 2024

The head of the platform’s business operations says X will ‘continue to be vigilant for any attempt to spread this content and will remove it if we find it.’

Arts & Entertainment

Andrew Tate loses appeal to ease judicial restrictions as human trafficking case continues

by Associated Press January 30, 2024January 31, 2024

The social media personality, along with his brother, was arrested last June and the pair were ordered to remain in the area of Romania’s Bucharest Municipality.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News

Chita Rivera, revered and pioneering Tony-winning dancer and singer, dies at 91

by MARK KENNEDY Associated Press January 30, 2024January 30, 2024

When accepting a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, she said, ‘I wouldn’t trade my life in the theater for anything, because theater is life.’