Facebook parent Meta Platforms is threatening to ban users in California from sharing news on its website if the state passes a bill that would require online platforms to pay fees to news publishers. The California assembly is scheduled to vote on the bill, called the California Journalism Preservation Act, on …

For more than three years, tens of millions of Americans haven’t had to make federal student loan payments because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the deal reached to address the looming debt limit crisis guarantees the end of that payment pause. But it does not end the president’s effort to …

A headless body found in the woods in Alabama more than a quarter century ago was finally identified on Wednesday as a 20-year-old California resident, officials said. Investigators with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office and the State Bureau of Investigation announced in a post on Facebook that the body is …

With only days left to avoid a historic default on the nation’s debt, Americans are getting nervous about the potential impact on their money, from their investments to whether they’ll get their Social Security checks on time.  To be sure, many political and financial analysts still expect President Joe Biden and House …

Model Ireland Baldwin has welcomed her first child.  Baldwin, the daughter of actors Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, announced the birth of her daughter, Holland, with Portuguese musician RAC, whose real name is André Allen Anjos, in a sweet picture on Instagram on Thursday.  In the snap Baldwin, 27, is smiling …

Striking Hollywood writers will not picket the upcoming 2023 Tony Awards, allowing the ceremony recognizing excellence on Broadway to go on next month. The Writers Guild of America’s (WGA) East and West Coast branches have not negotiated an interim agreement or a waiver to contribute to the Tony Awards. But …

Police charged a 12-year-old boy with murder after he allegedly shot and killed a Sonic employee in north central Texas, authorities said Sunday.  The boy and a 20-year-old, Angel Gomez, arrived at a Sonic Drive-In in Keene, Texas, on Saturday night, police said. Sonic employee Matthew Davis, 32, confronted Gomez …

A court in Texas began sentencing proceedings Tuesday for Daniel Perry, an Army sergeant who was convicted last month of murder in the deadly shooting of a protester in 2020.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said he wants to pardon Perry after he is sentenced. Sentencing is expected to continue Wednesday. …

Twitter and its owner Elon Musk are facing criticism after some of the social media network’s users posted graphic images of the victims of the deadly Allen Premium Outlets mall shooting in Texas, with critics calling the presence of such images “unethical” and “horrible.” The spread of the graphic images on …

This story originally aired on March 26, 2022. For almost three decades, Doreen and Dale Robie have lived with the anguish of that day in 1993 when they learned their adored little boy had been lured into the woods, strangled, and beaten with rocks.  If that wasn’t horrific enough, his …