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A sweeping child welfare and foster care bill wins NC Senate committee approval
SUMMARY: House Bill 612, a comprehensive child welfare reform bill, passed a Senate committee aiming to increase foster care stability. It enhances state oversight of local child welfare decisions and sets timelines for court hearings on permanent placements. The bill allows courts to approve post-adoption contact agreements between biological and adoptive parents. It grants biological fathers up to three months after a child’s birth to establish paternity before rights termination, raising concerns among adoptive parents about potential legal risks. The Senate combined it with three related bills addressing guardianship assistance, criminal background checks for child workers, and no-contact orders for violent offenders.
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SUMMARY: Graduation season brings joyful social media posts, but oversharing can risk privacy and security. Cybersecurity expert Kimberly Simon advises tightening privacy settings so posts are visible only to friends, not the public. Avoid sharing detailed personal info like full names, school names, graduation years, or locations to prevent aiding cybercriminals. She warns against using publicly shared details, such as school names, in passwords or security questions, urging immediate changes if so. Additionally, parents should monitor and consider freezing their children’s credit to protect against identity theft, as teens are often targeted. Sharing safely is possible with these precautions.
Cybersecurity expert Kimberly Simon talks about some ways to celebrate milestones safely online.
SUMMARY: Jane, the third alleged victim in Shaun Diddy Combmes’ federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial, returned to the stand for her second day of testimony. She described a three-year relationship starting in 2021, marked by drugs, unwanted sex, and exploitation. Jane testified that Combmes coerced her into sex with male prostitutes, often under the influence and against her will, controlled by threats to withhold $10,000 monthly rent he paid. Emotional during questioning, she revealed feeling trapped and unable to refuse. Prosecutors emphasized details of the encounters, while the defense claims all were consensual. Combmes pleaded not guilty. The judge warned Combmes against courtroom behavior.
The hip-hop mogul is charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
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Too much of a good thing? Lawsuits take aim at popular food brands
SUMMARY: Ultraprocessed foods like Cheetos, frozen waffles, soda, and frozen pizza make up most Americans’ calorie intake but are linked to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. A federal lawsuit accuses 11 major food companies of knowingly marketing addictive, unhealthy products using tactics similar to big tobacco, including spending \$2 billion yearly targeting children. These foods often contain many unrecognizable ingredients and multiple forms of sugar to increase addictiveness. Experts advise shopping the grocery store perimeter for fresh produce and checking labels carefully. The issue is gaining attention amid concerns about rising cancer rates linked to ultraprocessed diets.
Companies behind some of the world’s most popular food brands are at the center of a federal lawsuit. The role doctors say ultra processed foods could play in America’s health crisis.
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