The testimony this week of a lead State Police investigator in the Karen Read murder case was “terrible” and tarnishes the integrity of law enforcement, Gov. Maura Healey said Thursday while also declining to weigh in further on the closely-watched trial. Read is accused of backing her car into her Boston police officer boyfriend, John […]
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The surgeon general has warned that social media harms kids. Should they be banned until they’re older?
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. Photo illustration: Jack Forbes/Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images What’s happening On Tuesday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory calling for action to be taken to protect kids from the potentially harmful effects of social media use on their mental health […]
Lawmakers Hope TikTok Is Just The Start Of Push To Rein In Social Media Harms
WASHINGTON — Congress has just sent a bill to President Joe Biden’s desk that would ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok unless it divests from its Chinese parent company. The legislation is a shocking crackdown on a social media business, but it comes as lawmakers dawdle on whether to rein in the broader industry or […]
Immigration clampdown harms American economy that desperately needs workers
I am glad the bipartisan Senate bill to regulate immigration by imposing further restrictions was defeated (“Johnson says Senate border security deal ‘didn’t work,’” Feb. 10). A different approach may be better for our nation and for Wisconsin. The United States, with our aging population, needs new citizens who contribute to our Social Security fund, […]
Nikki Haley says military families can’t trust Trump to ‘keep them out of harm’s way’
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley dug in Tuesday on her criticism of former President Donald Trump as unfit to hold the office again, arguing in an interview with NBC News’ Craig Melvin that Trump can’t be trusted to protect America’s military. Against the backdrop of Trump’s escalating attacks on her husband, who is serving overseas […]
The surgeon general has warned that social media harms kids. Should they be banned until they’re older?
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. Photo illustration: Jack Forbes/Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images What’s happening On Tuesday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory calling for action to be taken to protect kids from the potentially harmful effects of social media use on their mental health […]