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Editorial: How U.S. can reduce TikTok national security risk

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:43 GMT

The Chinese-owned social media giant TikTok has 100 million American users, including an estimated 30 million who are 10-to-19 years old and another 30 million who are 20-29 years old.Those numbers make it easy to understand why Congress and national security experts have concerns. They worry about the potential for spreading disinformation among young voters during the 2024 election campaign. They also worry that TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, could be required by law to turn over its massive accumulation of American users’ personal data to the Chinese government for nefarious purposes, including potential cyber attacks.On March 7, a bipartisan group of 12 senators introduced a bill known as the RESTRICT Act, which would give the White House expanded powers to control what apps and technologies Americans can access and limit users ability to challenge those actions in court. Former President Trump had tried to ban TikTok nationally in 2020 but was thwarted by the U.S. law t...

Kevon Looney battles through pain but Warriors come up short

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:43 GMT

ATLANTA – Kevon Looney hobbled down the long hallway past the Atlanta Hawks’ locker room Friday night, stopping only to sign basketballs for two enthusiastic boys, before he took a seat in the visitor’s interview room.“I’m a little sore,” Looney admitted after the Warriors’ taxing 127-119 loss. “But I’m overall pretty good.” Back pain had landed Looney on the team’s injury list heading into Friday’s matchup against the Hawks. But this was another must-win road game for Golden State, which was already undermanned. With Draymond Green serving a one-game suspension for racking up 16 technical fouls this season, Looney felt the onus to set the tone defensively against the Hawks. So Mr. Reliable battled through, back pain and all, to extend his regular-season game streak to 182.“Loon brings it every night,” coach Steve Kerr said. “He’s gonna battle, he’s gonna be out there… making the little plays and he was fantastic.” Looney set sc...

Opinion: Alameda County mental health funding ‘shooting in the dark’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:43 GMT

The 20 people who voiced frustrations in a recent Zoom meeting represented a fraction of the membership of Alameda County FASMI — Families Advocating for the Seriously Mentally Ill. “Everybody here has skin in the game,” said Katy Polony, co-founder of this group whose members have firsthand or secondhand experience with serious mental illness.An Alameda County Civil Grand Jury report issued last year validated their complaints. “Alameda County residents witness daily the inadequacies of our mental health system,” the grand jurors wrote, calling our safety net “fragmented and unresponsive” and adding, “entry to the system must be streamlined.”County residents will have a chance to question this system when the Board of Supervisors considers how to spend the approximately $100 million we get each fiscal year thanks to the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA).California voters enacted the MHSA in 2004 when they approved Prop 63. It put a 1% income tax surcharge on earnings above $1...

Trump says in social media post he’ll be arrested on Tuesday as Manhattan prosecutor eyes charges in hush money case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:43 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Trump says in social media post he’ll be arrested on Tuesday as Manhattan prosecutor eyes charges in hush money case.Source

Trump predicts imminent arrest, calls for protests

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:43 GMT

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday called on his supporters to protest and “take our nation back” as he girds for an expected effort by the Manhattan district attorney to bring an unprecedented criminal charge over his handling of a hush money payment during his 2016 presidential campaign.“Protest, take our nation back!” the former president and 2024 GOP presidential candidate exhorted his followers Saturday morning on his social media platform Truth Social, after pointing to news reports about the possibility he could be arrested Tuesday or soon thereafter.Trump provided no clear basis for his expected arrest, beyond citing what he called “illegal leaks” about the ongoing investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.It’s unclear if Trump’s legal team has informed him of an impending indictment or whether he’s speculating based on news coverage.A spokesperson for Bragg declined to comment Saturday. A Secret Service spokesperson did not immediately respond to ...

MBTA delays lifting ‘global’ speed restriction on Green Line, other restrictions remain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:43 GMT

The MBTA has announced that it is delaying its plan to lift a global speed restriction in place on the Green Line on Saturday, just over a week after the restriction went into effect last Thursday.  Though officials said they hoped to lift the 25 mile per hour end-to-end Green Line restriction at the beginning of Saturday service, those plans were delayed, the agency said in a statement.In a statement, the MBTA said, “While running a Green Line test train in areas where defects had previously been detected, crews identified speed signs that need to be relocated to implement block restrictions. As result, the global speed restriction will remain in place until this manual process is completed.”Other restrictions will remain in place on sections of tracks across all T lines, continuing to cause headaches for some riders.MBTA Interim General Manager Jeff Gonneville discussed the changes at a press conference Friday afternoon.The T previously announced system-wide speed rest...

Nice Saturday, then a cold and windy Sunday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:43 GMT

7Weather – Good morning! Who’s continuing the St. Patrick’s Day weekend celebrations? It’s a nice morning for it. Temperatures are starting off mild in the mid/upper 40s for MetroWest and the city of Boston. A lot of clouds were around overnight, allowing for this above-average start. Some of those clouds squeezing out sprinkles for the coast, Cape and Islands. Those sprinkles are part of a cold front. We won’t feel the effects of it yet. There’s still mild air above us in the clouds today. A westerly wind will start to pull in the cooler air. The colder temperatures are there back to our west. We’ll feel that waking up tomorrow morning and hold on the chilly feel through Sunday. We wake up tomorrow to temperatures in a range from 25° to near 30°. Temperatures tomorrow will be locked in the 30s. It’ll be windy. Westerly gusts will approach 35-40 mph by the afternoon. That’ll drop wind chill value to the 20s! That’s how you&...

Police investigating violent head-on crash in Wrentham

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:43 GMT

Police are investigating a violent head-on crash in Wrentham on Friday that left a woman with serious injuries.A pickup truck crossing Route 140 slammed into a Hyundai, leaving both vehicles severely damaged.A woman was taken to the hospital. The pickup truck driver was uninjured.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Gallery: BU Match Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:43 GMT

Boston University medical students find out where their residency will be during Match Day

Russia’s Putin visits Crimea following war crimes warrant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:43 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has traveled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation from Ukraine.Putin visited an art school and a children’s center on Saturday, the day after the International Criminal Court’ issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader accusing him of war crimes. The court specifically accused him Friday of bearing personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine during Russia’s full-scale invasion of the neighboring country that started almost 13 months ago. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that most of the world considered illegal. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Widespread Russian attacks continued in Ukraine following the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights.Ukraine was attacked by 16 Ru...