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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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BUSINESS · EARNINGS

Tesla's Profit Beats Estimates — But Net Income Craters 43% as AI Spending Surges

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WORLD · GULF ESCALATION

Deadly Houthi Strike Hits Saudi Airport as US Pulls Staff From Riyadh, Second Attack Hits Oil Field

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US · TEXAS

Flesh-Eating Screwworm Found in US Wildlife for the First Time, Officials Say

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US · WASHINGTON, D.C.

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

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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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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.

VATICAN CITY

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

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WORLD · RUSSIA

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

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WORLD · AUSTRALIA

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

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The WeeklyObserver

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

Tesla's Profit Beats Estimates — But Net Income Craters 43% as AI Spending Surges

Deadly Houthi Strike Hits Saudi Airport as US Pulls Staff From Riyadh, Second Attack Hits Oil Field

US News

Flesh-Eating Screwworm Found in US Wildlife for the First Time, Officials Say

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

World

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

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

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

Celebrity & Entertainment

Country Hall of Famer John Anderson, Voice of 'Swingin'' and 'Seminole Wind,' Dies at 71

EA Shuts Down BioWare, Kills the Next 'Mass Effect' Game, Cuts 400 Jobs

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

Rogers Repeats Unproven Terror-Tie Attack on El-Sayed in Michigan's Final Senate Debate

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

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

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

Angel Reese, Dream Blow Out Valkyries 97-71 to Seize Control of WNBA Finals

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