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Meta Hit With Record $25 Billion Verdict in New Mexico — The Biggest Privacy Penalty in US History

A Santa Fe jury found Meta misled users about its data-privacy practices in a case rooted in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and a judge let a $25 billion penalty stand — with every dollar earmarked for New Mexico's public schools.

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VATICAN CITY

Pope Leo XIV Gets the All-Clear: No Further Treatment Needed After Lung Cancer Surgery

YESTERDAY

SUPREME COURT · WASHINGTON

Supreme Court Hands Trump a Loss, Keeps Transgender Inmates' Medical Care in Place

YESTERDAY

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US · WASHINGTON, D.C.

Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Halt Transgender Care in Federal Prisons

YESTERDAY

US · SANTA FE, N.M.

New Mexico Sues Epstein's Lawyer and Accountant, Seeks to Strip Them of Estate Millions

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US · BIG BEND, TEXAS

DOJ Makes Emergency Supreme Court Bid to Restart Border Wall Building in Big Bend

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WORLD · ITALYYESTERDAY

Italy Sends in the Army as Milan Burns Through Nights of Youth Riots

Four nights of youth-driven rioting near Milan's Duomo have pushed Rome to dispatch 500 soldiers into the city and rush through a tougher security decree, over the visible unease of President Sergio Mattarella.

WORLD · RUSSIA

Russia Frees American Stephen Hubbard, 74, After Trump Personally Asked Putin to Let Him Go

YESTERDAY

WORLD · AUSTRALIA

Rammed, Reversed, Rammed Again: Australian MP Helen Haines Fights for Life After Terror-Squad-Probed Car Attack

YESTERDAY

WORLD · EDMONTON

Albertans Crush Separation Push, Handing Danielle Smith a Landslide 'Stay' Vote

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The WeeklyObserver

Meta Hit With Record $25 Billion Verdict in New Mexico — The Biggest Privacy Penalty in US History

Pope Leo XIV Gets the All-Clear: No Further Treatment Needed After Lung Cancer Surgery

Supreme Court Hands Trump a Loss, Keeps Transgender Inmates' Medical Care in Place

US News

Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Halt Transgender Care in Federal Prisons

New Mexico Sues Epstein's Lawyer and Accountant, Seeks to Strip Them of Estate Millions

DOJ Makes Emergency Supreme Court Bid to Restart Border Wall Building in Big Bend

World

Italy Sends in the Army as Milan Burns Through Nights of Youth Riots

Russia Frees American Stephen Hubbard, 74, After Trump Personally Asked Putin to Let Him Go

Rammed, Reversed, Rammed Again: Australian MP Helen Haines Fights for Life After Terror-Squad-Probed Car Attack

Albertans Crush Separation Push, Handing Danielle Smith a Landslide 'Stay' Vote

Celebrity & Entertainment

DWTS Suspends Val Chmerkovskiy a Week Over 'Fresh Prince' Jab at Judge

Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire and a Star-Studded Lineup Pay Tribute to Dolly Parton Tonight on ABC

Halle Berry's Son Cleared to Testify as Custody War With Olivier Martinez Turns Bitter

Christiane Amanpour Is Leaving CNN After 43 Years — and a New Owner

Freed After 4 Years in Russian Prison, American Teacher Heads Home — With No 'Swap' Required

Trump Says Ilhan Omar Could 'Go to Jail' in Oval Office Tirade, Days After Federal Agents Raided Her Home

Obama and Harris Parachute Into Mississippi as Democrats Bet Big on a Senate Long Shot

IBM Beats on AI-Fueled Earnings — Then Watches Wall Street Erase the Pop

AT&T Posts Best Service-Revenue Growth in Four Years, Raises Profit Outlook on Record Internet Signups

United Airlines' CEO Wants a Wealth Tax and Near-100% Inheritance Taxes — And Says He'd Pay It Himself

SpaceX Blasts Past Wall Street's Revenue Target as Musk Fuels Tesla Merger Buzz

Sports

Diomande's Stunning Volley vs. Old Club Caps Real Madrid's 4-1 Rout of Leipzig

Como Humiliates Manchester United 4-1 in Champions League, Red Devils Winless in Seven

WNBA Moves Up Finals Game 3 to Tonight as Valkyries and Dream Battle With Series Tied 1-1