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Month: May 2023

YouTube’s recommendations send violent and graphic gun videos to 9-year-olds, study finds

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When researchers at a nonprofit that studies social media wanted to understand the connection between YouTube videos and gun violence, they set up accounts on the platform that mimicked the behavior of typical boys living in the U.S. They simulated two nine-year-olds who both liked video games,

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Saddleback Church appealing its ouster from the Southern Baptists on issue of women pastors

By PETER SMITH Associated Press Saddleback Church, the Southern California megachurch founded by best-selling author Rick Warren, is appealing its ouster from the Southern Baptist Convention for having women pastors on staff, according to the denomination. Saddleback is asking the annual meeting of the SBC, which convenes next month in New Orleans, to overturn a

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McCarthy says House ethics should move ‘rapidly’ on Santos as Democrats push for expulsion

By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent, and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday that he wants the House Ethics Committee to “move rapidly” on its investigation of Rep. George Santos after Democrats pushed to force a vote to expel the embattled congressman. McCarthy’s announcement came shortly after Democrats tried to

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Guillermo Lasso se defiende en juicio político: “Pretenden hallarme culpable de aquello que yo mismo he denunciado”

macamilarincon (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, llegó a la Asamblea Nacional este martes para una esperada comparecencia en el juicio político que enfrenta por su supuesta participación en el delito de peculado. “Esta es la mayor prueba de templanza para los demócratas de este país”, sostuvo el mandatario al principio de su

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