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Instagram unveils new teen safety tools ahead of Senate hearing

The social media platform announced ways to help its youngest users and their parents a day before the app's head, Adam Mosseri, is to testify about Instagram's potential risks to kids and teens.

Securities and Exchange Commission, Chairman Gary Gensler testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission" on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in Washington. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)

SEC Chair Gary Gensler says tougher rules for hot, buzzy SPACs are coming soon

In an interview with NPR, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission said he was aiming to unveil tougher rules for a hot investment crazed called SPACs by early next year.

In a photo from Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in Detroit, traffic heads north on the Lodge freeway. While the Michigan Legislature debates how to proceed with putting an additional $1.2 billion annually toward repairing roads, the state may also be facing another looming transportation funding crunch as congestion grows on the states highways. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Every Michigan driver will get $400 for each vehicle they own, the state says

The money comes from a projected $5 billion surplus held by a nonprofit that reimburses auto insurers for very high personal injury medical costs.

Hansel and Gretel meet the Food Network

Opera Ithaca presents a filmed production of the seasonal favorite Hansel and Gretel. Director and librettist Ben Robinson and Opera Ithaca Board…

The Broome County Health Department's rapid testing site. (Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo/WSKG)

First case of Omicron detected in Broome County

A total of 12 cases have been detected in New York state so far. Nineteen states across the U.S. have reported cases of Omicron.

Amazon drivers cheer as they go back to their their delivery vans, as their logistics systems is announced to be back online at the Amazon Delivery Station in Rosemead, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage. The company provides cloud computing services to individuals, universities, governments and companies, including The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Amazon announces progress after an outage disrupted sites across the internet

The company says its "network device issues" are resolved. Earlier, users were blocked from sites or apps connected to Amazon Web Services, including NPR, Netflix, Venmo and Disney+.

Sen. Cris Dush (R., Jefferson), who took over and renewed the election investigation in August after it was inactive for months, said any legislative fixes to the voter registration system will come after the inquiry ends. Kalim A. Bhatti / The Inquirer

PA Senate election probe contract doesn’t say if the public will see the results, among other things

"[For] the things that have some veracity, we’ll do some additional digging and if it’s worthy of being presented before the committee."

BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 07: Olaf Scholz (C) and Saskia Esken (2L) of the German Social Democrats (SPD), Annalena Baerbock (R) and Robert Habeck (2R) of the German Greens Party and Christian Lindner (3R) of the German Free Democrats, pose for photos after signing a coalition agreement between the three parties on December 7, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. The signing paves the way for the three parties to take office tomorrow with Olaf Scholz as new chancellor and a cabinet comprised of ministers from the three parties. They will officially succeed the outgoing government of former chancellor Angela Merkel. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

What you need to know about Germany's new chancellor and coalition government

Social Democratic politician Olaf Scholz takes over from center-right Angela Merkel as chancellor to lead a coalition of three different parties in government.

FILE - Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, leaves a court house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 28, 2020. Malaysia’s Appeal Court on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, upheld the conviction of ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak linked to the massive looting of the 1MDB state investment fund that brought down his government in 2018. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Malaysian court upholds ex-premier Najib's graft conviction

An appellate court upheld the conviction and 12-year sentence for ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak for abuse of power and criminal breach of trust in connection with the IMDB state investment fund.

Trial begins for ex-officer Kim Potter, who fatally shot Daunte Wright

Defense lawyers argued that Potter's use of a weapon was justified, even as they acknowledged she meant to draw her Taser, not her handgun. "She's a human being," said attorney Paul Engh.

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