• Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
    Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died last month in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the machine, her sister said. She was 78. “They told her she wasn’t supposed to live past 20 years old,” Lillard’s younger […]
  • Meta appeals landmark jury verdict that found it to blame for social media addiction for young users
    Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has appealed the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, challenging the jury’s determination that the company designed its platforms to hook young users without concern for their well-being. Lawyers representing Meta filed a notice of appeal Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior […]
  • Both engines flamed out before small jet crashed in June on Texas highway, according to NTSB report
    Both engines flamed out on a small business jet that crashed on a Texas highway in June, preventing the pilots from being able to reach a nearby airport, the National Transportation Safety Board said in an preliminary investigation report released Friday. Pilots had looked for a field or other flat areas to land prior to […]
  • Charlie Kirk’s widow views video she requested of husband’s alleged killer
    By Andrew Hay July 10 (Reuters) – Erika Kirk was allowed on Friday to watch surveillance video, as she had requested, that prosecutors say shows the Utah man accused of killing her husband, right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. While the proceedings of the five-day hearing, on whether Tyler Robinson should stand trial in the case, have […]
  • California cannot seek damages from 23andMe successor over 2023 data breach
    By Jonathan Stempel July 10 (Reuters) – A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Friday said California cannot seek damages from the company formerly known as 23andMe arising from a 2023 data breach that exposed genetic and other personal information of an estimated 6.9 million customers. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brian Walsh in St. Louis said 23andMe’s Chapter […]