Abigail Brooks

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Alabama set to execute man who did not kill anyone

This fact is not in dispute: Charles “Sonny” Burton, 75, has never killed anyone.
16d ago

Mark Zuckerberg grilled about underage Instagram users, social media addiction during landmark trial

In his first time testifying about child safety in front of a jury, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company does not seek to make Instagram addictive to younger users.
24d ago

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri defends platform in landmark trial over social media harms

LOS ANGELES — The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, defended the platform in court Wednesday, arguing that social media platforms are not intentionally engineered to be addictive.

FDA approves label change for Depo-Provera, adding brain tumor warning

The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a label change for Pfizer's birth control shot Depo-Provera that warns patients of the risk of meningioma, a tumor in the lining of the brain.
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In Texas, new details about its execution drug underscore a closely guarded secret

A shield statute allows the state to withhold a telling piece of information: where Texas is finding a hard-to-get execution drug.
158d ago

Is Depo-Provera birth control to blame for this woman’s brain tumor? A lawsuit alleges Pfizer failed to warn of potential risk

Some women believe that the birth control shot caused their meningiomas, a tumor that grows from the lining of the brain.

Their son was 'too unstable to function outside of hospital.' Insurance denied his mental health treatment anyway.

Nick Benz-Bushling never imagined that managing his son’s mental health care would turn into a real-life horror story
164d ago

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Four inmates executed by Alabama had illegal drugs in their system, reports show

Derrick Dearman appeared to be high on drugs in his Alabama prison in the days leading up to his execution
172d ago

In West Virginia, a legal battle over school vaccine mandates reflects national tension

A childhood vaccine showdown between West Virginia's Republican governor and school board could be settled by two competing lawsuits.
177d ago

Schools spend millions on pouches to keep phones out of students' hands

Yondr sells fabric pouches that need to be unlocked with a special device at the end of the school day.
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Execution of Tennessee inmate with heart device can go forward despite claims it may shock him

Tennessee can move forward with next week's scheduled execution of a condemned man with a defibrillator after the state's highest court ruled the heart device does not need to be deactivated before he is put to death