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Month: May 2023

The U.S. surgeon general has some tips for parents and teens on social media use

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, is calling for “immediate action” by tech companies and lawmakers to protect kids’ and adolescents’ mental health on social media. But after years of middling and insufficient action by both social media platforms and policymakers, parents and young people still bear most

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Global temperature rise could see billions live in places where human life doesn’t flourish, study says

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — If the current pace of global warming goes unchecked, it will push billions of people outside the “climate niche,” the temperatures where humans can flourish, and expose them to dangerously hot conditions, according to a new study published Monday. The study, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, evaluated the

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Crece el escándalo por el ataque racista a Vinicius Jr.: ya hay siete detenidos y LaLiga reconoce “un grave problema”

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Siete personas fueron detenidas este martes en relación con los incidentes de insultos racistas dirigidos a la estrella del Real Madrid Vinícius Jr. esta temporada. La Policía de España informó que cuatro jóvenes fueron detenidos por colgar presuntamente un “muñeco” de Vinícius de un puente de Madrid en enero, mientras

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Social media presents ‘profound risk of harm’ for kids, surgeon general says, calling attention to lack of research

CNN By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — There’s not enough evidence to determine whether social media is safe enough for children and adolescents when it comes to their mental health, according to a new advisory from the US surgeon general. Tuesday’s advisory notes that although there are some benefits, social media use presents “a profound

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Social media presents ‘profound risk of harm’ for kids, surgeon general says, calling attention to lack of research

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — There’s not enough evidence to determine whether social media is safe enough for children and adolescents when it comes to their mental health, according to a new advisory from the US surgeon general. Tuesday’s advisory notes that although there are some benefits, social media use presents “a profound risk

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How to season food the Mediterranean way

By Susan Puckett, CNN (CNN) — It took me about 15 minutes, plus a half hour of simmering time, to throw together a rustic lemony chickpea and spinach soup scented with garlic and cumin for late-arriving out-of-towners. Then there was the warmly spiced stew of tomatoes  and fish that I shared with neighbors — it tasted even better the next

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Russia fights alleged incursion from Ukraine for 2nd day, reports more drone attacks

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops and security forces fought for a second day Tuesday against an alleged cross-border raid that Moscow blamed on Ukrainian military saboteurs but which Kyiv portrayed as an uprising against the Kremlin by Russian partisans. Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region on the Ukraine

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