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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

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SUPREME COURT · WASHINGTON

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

14:05 ET

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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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US · HOMELAND SECURITY

ICE Launches Nationwide Sweep Targeting Immigrants Accused of Food-Stamp Fraud, Five Arrested in First Wave

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

The last American officially listed as wrongfully detained in Russia walked free Wednesday, released during talks between Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg — with the White House saying nothing was given in return.

WORLD · AUSTRALIA

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

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WORLD · EDMONTON

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

YESTERDAY

WORLD · SUDAN

Drone Strike Near Sudan Market Kills Roughly 80 in One of the War's Deadliest Single Attacks

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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

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

ICE Launches Nationwide Sweep Targeting Immigrants Accused of Food-Stamp Fraud, Five Arrested in First Wave

World

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

Drone Strike Near Sudan Market Kills Roughly 80 in One of the War's Deadliest Single Attacks

Celebrity & Entertainment

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

Nathan Fielder's Secret Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Scores Biggest Doc Opening Since 'Borat'

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

Vivek Ramaswamy Digs In on Ad Featuring Rival's Estranged Mother in Ugly Ohio Governor's Race

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

Netflix Blows Past Its Own Profit Forecast as Ad Tier Keeps Fueling Growth

Sports

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

Thunder Open Their Title Defense With a Statement, Blow Past Spurs 116-104