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In this photo illustration, a teenager uses her mobile phone to access social media on Jan. 31, 2024, in New York City. TikTok settled with the plaintiff on the eve of a major trial starting Tuesday that will determine whether social media companies intentionally designed their products to be addictive for children.

Meta and YouTube head to trial over harm to children after TikTok settles

A trial kicking off in a Los Angeles courtroom marks the first time a jury will hear claims that social media companies knowingly hook young users and cause harm.

FILE - This photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a gray wolf, April 18, 2008. The collars from two gray wolves sent a mortality signal Dec. 29, 2023. State wildlife officials responded and found three dead wolves, two with collars and one without, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement.

California reviews wolf-livestock compensation program for ranchers

California is evaluating its compensation program for ranchers impacted by wolves. The program has paid out $3.6 million since 2021.

Shon Bollock kayaks with friends on Dec. 26, 2025. He talked about his adventures during an episode of JX Outside on the Jefferson Exchange on Jan. 6, 2026.

JX Outside: Winter season activities in southern Oregon and northern California

Guests are Nicole Larsen, Jen Bray, Justi Hansen and Shon Bollock

For the past four years, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has extended a 30-day suspension of rights, effectively creating a police state that keeps Salvadoran deportees from the U.S. trapped in the Central American country's notorious prisons.

Human rights groups raise alarm over fate of Salvadorans deported from U.S.

Migrants deported from the U.S. routinely disappear into El Salvador's prisons the moment they land or in the weeks that follow. Many remain incommunicado from family and lawyers for years.

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

North Korea says its latest weapons tests included missiles with cluster-bomb warheads

North Korea said its testing spree this week involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, as it pushes to expand nuclear-capable forces.

There's a global shortage of natural gas because of the war. That has consequences for the U.S., the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas or LNG.

The Iran war created a global natural gas shortage — a windfall for U.S. companies

With Qatar's liquefied natural gas still offline, U.S. companies see an opening and are bringing in new investments.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Lebanon Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad and Israel Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter pose for a photo before their meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC, U.S., April 14, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Israel and Lebanon agree to start peace negotiations after rare talks in D.C.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the talks were meant to lay out a framework for lasting peace and to bring an end to Hezbollah's influence in the region.

Frankincense is harvested from Boswellia trees on the Arabian peninsula. It's helped define trade routes for thousands of years, but shipments have been disrupted by the U.S. war with Iran.

How an ancient resin traded for centuries got snarled up by the Iran war

It's not just energy supplies that have been disrupted by the Iran war. It's also hitting frankincense, a commodity that's been defining trade routes in the Middle East for thousands of years.

Pope Leo XIV attends the Celebration of the Passion of the Lord in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Catholic Good Friday, Friday, April 3, 2026.

A country-by-country glance at Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa

Pope Leo XIV's four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II in his early years.

A woman walks past a large billboard referring to the Strait of Hormuz in Vanak Square in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday.

Israel starts a tense ceasefire in Lebanon, as Trump sounds optimistic on Iran talks

The leaders of Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 10-day ceasefire in Israel's fight against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, but Israel vowed to keep troops in southern Lebanon.

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