1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (758+ words) By Erik Larson, Bloomberg Nestled into Meta Platforms Inc.’s landmark $18 billion settlement with US states to address social media harms to children was a seemingly unrelated agreement to resolve a different controversy that rocked Facebook after the 2016 presidential election....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (481+ words) It’s been said that clothes make the man, which — if you remove the gender-bias of the statement — means what we wear says something about who we are. So what does a blouse believed to have been owned by Sarah Winchester…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (329+ words) An intricately crafted blouse believed to have belonged to Sarah Winchester will be on loan to the San Jose tourist attraction from the Campbell Museum for a limited time beginning on the Winchester estate’s 103rd anniversary celebration on Tuesday, June 30. The…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (642+ words) By LEAH WILLINGHAM, Associated Press BOSTON — Drivers for ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft celebrated Tuesday after Massachusetts became the first state to recognize their union, a milestone in the growing effort to organize gig-economy workers classified as independent…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (387+ words) William Kolbe, 86, has an extensive body of research in condensed matter physics and electronic engineering, abnd when police came to his house last September he allegedly freely admitted to secretly downloading child pornography for 30 years. BERKELEY — At 86, William Kolbe has…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (215+ words) Retail Theft: Someone stole approximately 66 items worth about $2,000 in a store on South Bascom Avenue. The person who reported the theft discovered it after noticing bare shelves in the store. Possession of Stolen Property, Possession of a Controlled Substance to…...