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The issue of teenagers and social media overuse keeps growing, and in today’s poll we’d like to get your opinion on it. Should everyone under 16 should be banned from social media? Let us know in our poll below.
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Haley Weighs Options After South Carolina Loss
Donald Trump cruised easily to victory in Saturday’s South Carolina primary, beating Nikki Haley by about 20 points and winning almost all of the state’s delegates. Voting results are here.
Haley has said she plans to keep running but learned of a new obstacle on Sunday: The Koch network’s Americans for Prosperity Action says it won’t spend any more money on her campaign.
At the same time, leaders at the No Labels third-party effort said Sunday that they’d “definitely be interested” in Haley as the potential head of their ticket in the general election.
U.S., British Attack 18 Targets in Yemen
U.S. and British forces struck 18 Houthi rebel targets in Yemen over the weekend in retaliation for a new surge of attacks by the rebels in the Red Sea.
Officials said fighter jets hit Houthi sites in eight locations, targeting missiles, launchers, rockets, drones, and air defense systems. It’s the fourth such combined operation since Jan. 12.
The Houthis vowed to continue their attacks, raising questions about the limited tit-for-tat deterrence strategy the U.S. is following to keep the fighting from spreading.
“We don’t want to go down a path of greater escalation that drives to a much broader conflict within the region,” said Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
List: Ranking the World’s Richest People
A 2024 ranking of the richest people in the world shows Bernard Arnault, chairman of luxury goods company LVMH, as the wealthiest overall with a worth of $212 billion, followed by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg.
The wealthiest person in sports is Stan Kroenke, owner of the Arsenal football club, and in media, it’s David Thomson, chairman of Thomson Reuters.
According to the data, the combined wealth of the five richest individuals on the planet amounts to $904 billion, up 4% from last year.
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➤ A New York judge formally ordered Donald Trump to pay $454.2 million in penalties and interest in his civil fraud case. Trump plans an appeal, but before that, he has to either pay the money or obtain a bond. (More)
➤ The Florida legislature passed a bill banning anyone under 16 from using social media platforms. It goes now to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has said he’s wary of a policy that “overrules” parents. (More)
➤Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff, who has urged a boycott of Fox News, is now buying ads on Fox News through his PAC to promote GOP Senate candidate Steve Garvey and box out Katie Porter, a rival Democrat. (More)
➤ Attendees at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, took a straw poll on who Donald Trump’s vice president pick should be. Gov. Kristi Noem and Vivek Ramaswamy tied for the No. 1 choice. (More)
Your privacy and financial freedom were attacked last year when the government launched their Digital Dollar program — and became one step closer to obtaining total control of your savings. Here’s what a digital dollar can mean to you:
Cash is over — Everything will need to be bought and sold electronically.
Privacy is over — All transactions will go through the government. They would know exactly how much you spend and on what.
Freedom is over — If you support the wrong cause, you can be penalized, or simply lose all your funds with the click of a button.
Retirement funds are over — They could force you to spend your savings to pump up the economy by applying negative interest rates.
➤Slugger Cody Bellinger will return to the Chicago Cubs on an $80 million, three-year contract. Bellinger was one of the major free agents in spring training without a contract. (More)
➤Duke basketball star Kyle Filipowski was injured by stampeding Wake Forest fans who stormed the court after their team beat No. 8 Duke 73-69. (See Video)
➤A female wrestler became the first girl to win Arizona’s high school state championship while competing against boys. Audrey Jimenez won the Division 1 title in the 106-pound-and-under class. (See Video)
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➤ AT&T announced it would give billing credits to customers impacted by its wireless outage last week. Service was out for 10 hours on Thursday. (See Announcement)
➤ Ford halted shipments of its 2024 F-150 Lightning electric trucks to perform “quality checks” for an issue it didn’t identify. The company didn’t give a date for resuming shipments. (More)
➤ Operating earnings for Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway jumped 28% in the 4th quarter, driven in large part by gains by Geico Insurance. (More)
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➤Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander tipped over on its side while landing, but the company says it remains operational and is continuing with its mission. (See Photo)
➤ Major companies are using artificial intelligence software to “snoop” on employee messages sent over group chat platforms Slack, Microsoft Teams, and others. The companies include Walmart, Delta, and Starbucks. (More)
➤ Scientists asked to identify the smallest-known species on Earth point to the startingly tiny nano-chameleon, the bee hummingbird, a tiny parasitic wasp, and the bumblebee bat, among others. (See Photos)
➤ Michigan voters go to the polls Tuesday in the final state primary before Super Tuesday. The key question: How will President Biden do among the state’s Arab-American voters? (More)
➤ March is almost upon us, which means dozens of new TV programs will debut on streaming platforms and broadcast networks. (See Schedule)
➤ Thursday is Leap Day, the once-every-four-years adjustment that gives us a 29th day in February and keeps the seasons in their proper place in the calendar. (More)
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➤ The “Florida Man” Games this weekend featured contests of brawling, drinking, gunfire, and reptile-wrangling while poking fun at the state’s reputation for craziness. (See Video)
➤ Scientists discovered the fossils of a 240-million-year-old “Chinese dragon,” otherwise known as the marine reptile Dinocephalosaurus orientalis. (See Images)
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Haley Weighs Options After South Carolina Loss
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