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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs after attending a Federal Trade Commission trial that could force the company to unwind its acquisitions of messaging platform WhatsApp and image-sharing app Instagram, at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersSen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Friday that he will investigate Meta following a report that the company approved rules allowing artificial intelligence chatbots to have certain “romantic” and “sensual” conversations with children.Hawley called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to preserve relevant materials, including emails, and said the probe would target “whether Meta’s generative-AI products enable exploitation,…

Gary Yeowell | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” enacted trillions in tax breaks — and some residents of certain states and counties could see bigger benefits.In 2026, individual taxpayers will save an average of $3,752, according to a Tax Foundation analysis released this week. That figure falls to $2,505 in 2030 as some tax breaks expire, such as the $40,000 limit on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT.After falling for several years, the average tax cut could rise to $3,301 in 2035 once inflation boosts the value of permanent cuts. “That’s an interesting…

All 95 major housing markets in the world have at least one thing in common: they’re unaffordable.That’s according to a May study by the Chapman University Center for Demographics and Policy that compared the median home price to median incomes of 95 housing markets in the third quarter of 2024.Markets were considered “affordable” if their median home price was no more than three times the area’s median annual income. Of the markets analyzed, 12 were classified as “impossibly unaffordable,” and not a single one was deemed “affordable,” the study found.Help us help you: Take our survey on work, money and life goalsThe most…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. border patrol agents made more arrests in Los Angeles and the surrounding area, arresting a woman selling food outside a Home Depot in Los Angeles and workers at a car wash in Montebello, California. The detentions come days after agents jumped out of the back of a truck and made arrests at a Home Depot as part of a raid the agency official called “Operation Trojan Horse.” Since June, the Los Angeles region has been a battleground in the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration strategy. Immigration agents conduct an operation at a car wash on Friday,…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead and sent 10 to hospitals, the company said Friday.U.S. Steel said it developed the information, along with other investigators, from reviewing video footage and interviewing employees.That has suggested to them that the explosion happened when workers were flushing a gas valve in preparation for a routine planned maintenance task, the company said. The explosion, which heavily damaged part of the sprawling facility, started around a set of ovens where coal is baked…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Teachers, social workers, nurses and other public workers would be cut off from a popular student loan cancellation program if the Trump administration finds their employer engaged in activities with a “substantial illegal purpose,” under a new federal proposal released on Friday.The Education Department took aim at nonprofits or government bodies that work with immigrants and transgender youth, releasing plans to overhaul the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Opponents fear the new policy would turn the loan forgiveness benefit into a tool of political retribution.The proposal would give the education secretary the final say in deciding whether…

The NCAA imposed a multimillion-dollar fine on Michigan and suspended football coach Sherrone Moore for a third game on Friday for a sign-stealing scandal that has overshadowed college football’s most successful program for nearly two years. Here’s what you need to know: What is the scandal about?Reports surfaced in 2023 of a scheme run by now-former Michigan staffer Connor Stalions. The scheme involved a network of Stalions’ associates — dubbed the “KGB” — attending games and recording opposing team sidelines to capture play-calling signals. The NCAA said it found “56 instances of off-campus, in-person scouting of 13 future regular-season opponents”…

Give us an insight into what you learned at Parma last year in Serie A. How did that help your development?The continuous [game time] in the second half of the season, I continued to play and to play games. To have more confidence in myself.I imagine at such a young age it would have been easier to stay in Italy, so why was it the right decision now for you to come to Liverpool?Only because it’s one of the best clubs in the world. It’s not possible to say no to this club.Was the prospect of challenging yourself in the…

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes the Premier League competition is “like nothing we’ve seen before” as he prepares his Gunners team for the “most difficult” title race he’s seen.The Spaniard is entering his fifth full season in north London and is looking to end Arsenal’s 22-year wait for a top-flight title – after runners-up finishes in each of the last three years. Arsenal have themselves been busy in the market with six new signings totalling £200m in transfer fees – but Liverpool and Chelsea have invested over £250m themselves, with Manchester City also boosting their talent by £150m.”The competition in…

Parma defender Giovanni Leoni has signed for Liverpool, taking their summer transfer spend over £300m.Liverpool will pay a fee of £26m plus add-ons for the 18-year-old, who has signed a six-year contract and becomes the club’s sixth major signing, with their business now totalling £321.5m in paid transfer fees so far. That is currently the third-biggest transfer outlay from a Premier League club in a single window.If Liverpool complete a deal to sign Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, which could cost well above £100m, then the Reds could become the biggest summer transfer spenders of all time. Liverpool, though, have recouped…