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Federal Trade Commission refers complaint about TikTok's adherence to child privacy law to the DOJ 06/18/2024 06:56pm • The Federal Trade Commission has referred a complaint against TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, to the Department of Justice. The FTC said in a statement Tuesday that it investigated the two companies and ���uncovered reason to believe��� they are ���violating or are about to violate��� the Yankees' Anthony Rizzo sidelined 8 weeks with broken forearm, Ian Hamilton and Cody Poteet also hurt 06/18/2024 06:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Anthony Rizzo sounded forlorn, describing ���another weird injury at first��� that will sideline him until at least August. Rizzo was put on the injured list by the New York Yankees on Tuesday, two days after breaking his right forearm when he fell in a collision with Boston pitche Biden is offering some migrants a pathway to citizenship. Here's how the plan will work 06/18/2024 06:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A new Biden administration policy announced Tuesday will give roughly half a million immigrants who are married to American citizens but lack legal status in the United States a pathway to citizenship for them and their children. It is one of President Joe Biden's most sweeping i Missouri attorney general says not so fast on freeing woman jailed for 43 years in 1980 killing 06/18/2024 06:05pm • Missouri top prosecutor asked a court Tuesday to put the brakes on releasing a woman from prison in a 1980 killing that her attorneys allege was committed by a now-discredited police officer. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey also said his office will ask the state appeals court to review a j California governor wants to restrict smartphone usage in schools 06/18/2024 05:21pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he wants to restrict students' usage of smartphones during the school day, citing the mental health risks of social media. The announcement, which was first reported by Politico, comes a day after U.S. Surgeon General Vi Mom of transgender girl athlete says Florida's investigation has destroyed her daughter's life 06/18/2024 02:46pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� A Florida public school employee who faces firing because she allowed her transgender daughter to play girls high school volleyball assailed those who outed her child, saying Tuesday that the ensuing investigation destroyed the girl's life. Jessica Norton said her dau Lawyer for man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie says client doesn't want offered plea deal 06/18/2024 02:10pm • MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) ��� The New Jersey man accused of repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie is not interested in an offered plea deal that would shorten his time in state prison but expose him to federal prison on a separate terrorism-related charge, his lawyer said Tuesday. Hadi Matar, 26, sat See what I'm saying? The 'lost art of eye contact' in digital age 06/18/2024 01:50pm • In previous days, it was the key to flirting: making eye contact. Now, in 2024, researchers understand it's vital to effective communication ��� and young people engrossed in their phones might not realize. Eye contact isn't just the realization that you've caught another person's attentio Mental health expert highlights hurdles facing LGBTQ+ youth this Pride Month 06/18/2024 12:09pm • WTOP is marking��Pride Month��by showcasing the people, places and important issues in the LGBTQ+ communities in the D.C. area. Check back all throughout June as we share these stories, on air and online. Rejection, bullying and discrimination are all factors that can lead to mental health challe Georgia father freed from prison 10 years after his toddler died in hot car, booked into county jail 06/18/2024 12:01pm • MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) ��� A father from Georgia has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder. Justin Ross Harris was freed on Sunday ��� Father's Day ��� from the Macon State Prison, Georgia Departm Anouk Aim��e, the radiant French star of 'A Man and a Woman' and 'La Dolce Vita,' dies at 92 06/18/2024 11:52am • PARIS (AP) ��� Anouk Aim��e, the radiant French star and dark-eyed beauty of classic films including Federico Fellini's ���La Dolce Vita" and Claude Lelouch's ���A Man and a Woman,��� has died. She was 92. Aim��e's agent, S��bastien Perrolat said in an text message to The Associated Press that Aim� Pakistan bowler Rauf defends his actions after altercation with a man is shared on social media 06/18/2024 11:23am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf defended his actions after a video of an altercation between him and a group of men in the United States during the Twenty20 World Cup was shared on social media Tuesday. The video shows Rauf rushing across a hedge to confront several men after they When colleges close, students are left scrambling. Some never go back to school 06/18/2024 12:20am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Katherine Anderson trekked from Texas to Philadelphia last year for a college program she couldn���t find anywhere else, combining the music business, entrepreneurship and technology. Two weeks ago, she received the startling news the university would be shutting down within da Three adults including suspected shooter are dead at office space near daycare center in Toronto 06/17/2024 09:38pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� A man and woman were shot to death and a male suspected as the attacker also died Monday at a north Toronto office space near a daycare center and a school, authorities said. The shooting prompted a lockdown of both the daycare facility and the Catholic all-boys elementary school, Heatstroke can be 'sneaky.' Here is the 'major red flag' you need to pay attention to 06/17/2024 09:00pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Hot weather is forecast this week with the heat index possibly breaking 100 degrees on some days. What's certain is that extreme heat can be dangerous to your health. "The first and foremost important thing to remember is that he