[2026-08-27 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Meta reaches landmark $18 billion settlement with states in trial over teen social media addiction

Snippet: OAKLAND, California — Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/27/world/americas-emea/meta-reaches-landmark-18-billion-settlement-with-states-in-trial-over-teen-social-media-addiction/2412966

[2026-08-27 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: A look at major lawsuits against Meta over social media harms

Snippet: Jason Slothouber, Senior Prosecutor for the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, walks outside court after tech giant Meta agreed to pay $17 billion as part of a settlement to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/meta-trial-social-media-litigation-be78ce49f511e6d01a6b3225f17e110c

[2026-08-27 07:32 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: How the Meta settlement may change social media forever

Snippet: Instagram and Facebook’s parent company agreed to sweeping alterations and a payment of upto $18bn to settle a landmark trial

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/26/meta-trial-settlement-social-media-impact

[2026-08-27 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Border town lawyer labels Victoria's bird flu handling a 'scandal'

Snippet: Topic:Avian Influenza

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/victorian-bird-flu-response-poor-compared-to-south-australia/107079324

[2026-08-27 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Amish threaten mass exodus from New York over vaccine fight —which is heading to the Supreme Court

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/26/us-news/amish-threaten-mass-exodus-from-new-york-over-vaccine-fight-which-is-heading-to-the-supreme-court/

[2026-08-27 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: 9/11 mastermind KSM will finally stand trial, judge says — just two weeks before 25th anniversary of terror attacks

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/26/us-news/9-11-mastermind-ksm-will-finally-stand-trial-judge-says/

[2026-08-27 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Judge grants Blake Lively $400K of $8M in legal fees she sought in film fight with Justin Baldoni

Snippet: NEW YORK — Blake Lively will get just over $400,000 of the $8 million she sought in legal costs from actor and director Justin Baldoni after they settled their fight over the production of their 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/27/entertainment-lifestyle/judge-grants-blake-lively-400k-of-8m-in-legal-fees-she-sought-in-film-fight-with-justin-baldoni/2412942

[2026-08-27 06:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Notorious bail-hating NYC judge releases gunman charged with shooting helpless service dog

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/26/us-news/notorious-bail-hating-nyc-judge-releases-gunman-charged-with-shooting-helpless-service-dog/

[2026-08-27 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Peru court hands sentence in killing of Indigenous Amazon defender

Snippet: This image provided by the Forest Peoples Programme shows Indigenous Kichwa tribal leader Quinto Inuma Alvarado in Tarapoto, Peru, Oct. 11, 2019. Alvarado was shot and killed on Nov. 29, 2023. (Vicki Brown/Forest Peoples Programme via AP, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/peru-sentence-killing-indigenous-amazon-defender-ad9aefbe1bab97e7fe3a0a013dd89173

[2026-08-27 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Meta, US states agree $16.7B settlement in landmark teen safety case

Snippet: OAKLAND — Meta agreed to pay a coalition of US states as much as $16.7 billion and to impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, according to a court filing on Wednesday that ends a landmark trial in California.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/27/world/meta-us-states-agree-167b-settlement-in-landmark-teen-safety-case/2412904

[2026-08-27 05:42 UTC+10:00] [Meta] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: What’s about to change on Facebook and Instagram: six key takeaways from the end of the Meta trial

Snippet: Settlement agreement says Meta must make many safety and wellness features the default option for young users

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/26/facebook-instagram-changes-key-takeaways

[2026-08-27 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Pelicans reach 2-year, $16M deal with wing player Bennedict Mathurin, AP source says

Snippet: Los Angeles Clippers guard Bennedict Mathurin brings the ball up court during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, March 13, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/pelicans-bennedict-mathurin-230c1d61458832c1e14f21aa0830925f

[2026-08-27 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Lacson flags ‘copy-paste’ programs in OVP budget, confidential funds

Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Senator-Judge Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Wednesday flagged what he described as "copy-paste" programs in the Office of the Vice President's regular budget and in its Confidential and Intelligence Funds (CIF).

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/27/news/lacson-flags-copy-paste-programs-in-ovp-budget-confidential-funds/2412896

[2026-08-27 05:06 UTC+10:00] [Massachusetts] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Final witness in Lindsay Clancy trial says he doesn’t believe she heard a voice during killings

Snippet: FBI psychiatrist Gregory Saathoff says he’s treated only two women with postpartum psychosis, both decades earlier

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/26/lindsay-clancy-trial-fbi-psychiatrist-final-witness

[2026-08-27 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Lindsay Clancy trial testimony ends with bombshell admission from psych expert

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/26/us-news/lindsay-clancy-trial-testimony-ends-with-bombshell-admission-from-pysch-expert/

[2026-08-27 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Key moments from Lindsay Clancy's five-week trial over children's killings

Snippet: Watch: What is postpartum psychosis and why is it central in the Lindsay Clancy trial?

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7mlmg475go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-27 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Pro-life group offers to pay legal fees for activists who defy New Jersey’s new abortion law

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/26/us-news/pro-life-group-offers-to-pay-legal-fees-for-activists-who-defy-new-jerseys-new-abortion-law/

[2026-08-27 03:45 UTC+10:00] [Blake Lively] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Judge awards Blake Lively $400,000 in legal fees in Justin Baldoni case

Snippet: The actor had sought $8m in attorney costs resulting from her protracted legal battle with Baldoni

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/blake-lively-legal-fees-justin-baldoni

[2026-08-27 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Montana agrees to accountability for Indigenous education

Snippet: A group of Montana students, families and tribes has reached a settlement with the state Office of Public Instruction that’s set to bring closure to a yearslong legal dispute about how the state implements its constitutional requirement to provide Indigenous education.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/indigenous-education-lawsuit-settlement-montana-0455a3689b88bd5b265fa74d38d51148

[2026-08-27 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israeli court acquits Jewish settler who kicked Catholic nun in the head

Snippet: An Israeli court has acquitted Yona Schreiber, a Jewish settler from the occupied West Bank settlement of Peduel, over a violent assault on a French Catholic nun near Jerusalem’s Old City earlier this year.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-court-acquits-jewish-settler-who-kicked-catholic-nun-head-0

[2026-08-27 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: US removing Syria as sponsor of terror is 'blow' to victims, impacts on sectarian violence unknown

Snippet: Washington’s decision on Monday to remove Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism has dealt American victims of Syrian-sponsored terrorism “a heavy blow,” Aryeh Portnoy, a lawyer from Crowell & Moring representing American victims against state sponsors of terrorism, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-906688

[2026-08-27 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Meta agrees to pay $18 bn to settle Facebook and Instagram addiction trial

Snippet: Meta has reached a settlement in a landmark lawsuit filed by multiple US states that accused it of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children and teenagers.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/644683-meta-settles-child-addiction-lawsuit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-08-27 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Meta agrees to pay $18 bn to settle Facebook and Instagram addiction trial

Snippet: Meta has reached a settlement in a landmark lawsuit filed by multiple US states that accused it of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children and teenagers.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/644683-meta-settles-child-addiction-lawsuit/

[2026-08-27 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Maryland court rules redistricting measure cannot go on November ballot

Snippet: People stand at the doors of the Maryland State House on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Mingson Lau)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-maryland-gerrymandering-d56807bc5c45b8cfffeaf22dac9109df

[2026-08-27 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Changing Israeli attitudes, strikes in Syria, Turkey may view Israel as regional rival - analysis

Snippet: Turkey’s ruling AKP party has been hostile to Israel for many years. It wraps this hostility in support for the Palestinians but, Ankara’s policy is about more than just the Palestinians. It has a worldview and it has been sympathetic to Hamas over the years.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-906684

[2026-08-27 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: States sue to block Trump-backed USPS mail-ballot rule after Supreme Court setback

Snippet: Two days after the Supreme Court temporarily allowed President Donald Trump's mail-in voting order to proceed on the grounds that states had sued too soon, Democratic-led states returned to court Wednesday — this time challenging the finalized U.S. Postal Service rule implementing it.

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/26/trump-usps-mail-voting-rule-lawsuit-states-supreme-court.html

[2026-08-27 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israeli court acquits Jewish settler who kicked Catholic nun in the head

Snippet: An Israeli court has acquitted Yona Schreiber, a Jewish settler from the occupied West Bank settlement of Peduel, over a violent assault on a French Catholic nun near Jerusalem’s Old City earlier this year.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-court-acquits-jewish-settler-who-kicked-catholic-nun-head

[2026-08-27 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Trump officials threaten Kennedy Center demolition if court blocks renovations

Snippet: The Trump administration has threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center if planned renovations for the performing arts venue are not allowed to be carried out, court documents show.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62mr97n936o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-08-27 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Deliberations underway in Florida in the fatal ambush of a Microsoft design manager

Snippet: Defense Attorney James Hill, left walks in his client, defendant Mario Fernandez Saldana, during his trial on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026 at the Duval Count Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla. [Doug Engle/The Florida Times-Union via AP, Pool)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-manager-murder-trial-florida-44f9fdfbb1e23d8e6075ea03d7fd7a35

[2026-08-27 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: High Court hears petition as public broadcaster KAN faces risk of having no council, executive

Snippet: The High Court of Justice heard arguments on Wednesday over the continued failure to complete the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation’s governing council, as KAN faces the prospect of being left without both a functioning council and a permanent chief executive.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-906677

[2026-08-27 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Retiran cargos a manifestantes propalestinos en California

Snippet: Una batalla legal de dos años por una dramática protesta contra la guerra en Gaza llegó a su fin el viernes, cuando siete manifestantes que habían bloqueado el tráfico en el puente Golden Gate recibieron condenas de 30 días y multas de 1.000 dólares.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/eeuu-manifestantes-propalestinos-california-san-francisco-golden-gate-1cf56d726728f92d395e0d34852f440b

[2026-08-27 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: Fed, NASA and DOJ among victims of China hacker group: Court documents

Snippet: The Federal Reserve, Department of Justice, NASA, and other federal agencies were victims of computer intrusion by a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, the DOJ said on Wednesday morning as it announced the seizure of online domains used for hacking platforms.

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/26/china-hacker-federal-reserve-doj-nasa.html

[2026-08-27 00:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Why a Christian group is suing the Dutch government for West Bank trade ban

Snippet: Dutch group Christians for Israel is taking the government to court in the Netherlands over its plans to introduce a ban on importing goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/26/why-a-christian-group-is-suing-the-dutch-government-for-west-bank-trade-ban

[2026-08-27 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Man who attacked Jerusalem nun acquitted due to mental illness, hospitalized for up to six years

Snippet: The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court acquitted Yona Simcha Schreiber on Wednesday over his attack on a Christian nun near King David’s Tomb on grounds of mental illness, ordered him to be hospitalized for up to six years.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-906666

[2026-08-27 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israeli court acquits Jewish settler who kicked Catholic nun in the head

Snippet: An Israeli court has acquitted Yona Schreiber, a Jewish settler from the occupied West Bank settlement of Peduel, over a violent assault on a French Catholic nun near Jerusalem’s Old City earlier this year.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-court-acquits-jewish-settler-who-kicked-catholic-nun-head

[2026-08-27 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The National (UAE)

Title: Meta agrees to $17bn settlement over claims of child social media addiction | The National

Snippet: Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, has agreed to a major settlement over allegations about the addictiveness of its social platforms for children.

Read full article: https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2026/08/26/meta-lawsuit-settlement/

[2026-08-26 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Prosecution psychiatrist returns to stand as last witness in Lindsay Clancy trial

Snippet: Watch live from court as the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy continues in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/lindsay-clancy-trial-postpartum-psychosis-98dd823104893f0ba0fbfbc9f8145f5e

[2026-08-26 23:57 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: Meta reaches $24 billion settlement over teen social media addiction

Snippet: Oakland: Meta has agreed to pay $US17 billion ($24 billion) and add child safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced on Wednesday.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/meta-reaches-24-billion-settlement-over-teen-social-media-addiction-20260826-p60rwr.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-08-26 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Wild scene in LA court as former HFPA member makes damning allegations – but narrowly avoids being hauled off in contempt

Snippet: The Golden Globes soap opera never ends….

Read full article: https://pagesix.com/2026/08/26/hollywood/wild-scene-in-la-court-as-former-hfpa-member-makes-damning-allegations-but-narrowly-avoids-being-hauled-off-in-contempt/

[2026-08-26 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with states over teen social media addiction

Snippet: Lennon Torres of Heat Initiative holds a banner with names of young people who advocates say died as a result of social media outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/meta-trial-instagram-settlement-97d342f2a33d835eda2356c5e1af9e37

[2026-08-26 23:37 UTC+10:00] [Meta] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Meta settles major US trial over teen social media addiction for up to $17bn

Snippet: US tech giant agrees to establish further protections for teens such as daily usage limits and blocks on nighttime use

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/26/meta-social-media-addiction-trial-settlement

[2026-08-26 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Ramle man indicted after shooting his lawyer six times at close range over insurance claim

Snippet: A 24-year-old Ramle man was indicted on Wednesday for allegedly planning and carrying out the murder of his own lawyer over the handling of a NIS 18,500 insurance claim, shooting him six times at close range inside his Rishon Lezion office.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-906659

[2026-08-26 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Turkey's AK party welcomes dissolution of Kurdish-led SDF, eyes stronger Syrian alliance

Snippet: Turkey's ruling AK Party welcomes the dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces as an important step towards strengthening Syrian unity, a spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogan's party said on Wednesday.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-906662

[2026-08-26 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: Meta settles federal social media addiction trial with California AG, others

Snippet: Meta and coalition of state attorneys general have settled a major federal trial centering on allegations that the social media giant misrepresented the extent of child-related mental health harms caused by apps like Facebook and Instagram.The settlement was revealed a court filing released Wednesday that details several requirements Meta must make to its apps as part of a proposed "consent judgement." These include daily usage limits and "nighttime blocks" for teenagers that use the company's apps like Facebook and Instagram,

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/26/meta-social-media-trial-settlement.html

[2026-08-26 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Sanctioned international court president says she asked Japan to help ease US tensions

Snippet: TOKYO — The president of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday there is no reason she has to face US sanctions, adding that she is asking Japan's government to work with Washington to avoid further escalating tensions.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/26/world/sanctioned-international-court-president-says-she-asked-japan-to-help-ease-us-tensions/2412620

[2026-08-26 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: President of international court says it won't be defeated by US sanctions

Snippet: TOKYO (AP) — The president of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday there is no reason she has to face U.S. sanctions, adding that she is asking Japan’s government to work with Washington to avoid further escalating tensions.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/japan-icc-hague-us-sanctions-trump-a452b7a84de8b5b7a8a132b933ef4a36

[2026-08-26 22:09 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Murder investigation launched after two die in Middlesbrough house fire

Snippet: Cleveland police not ruling out links to organised crime, as fire comes amid force’s investigation into fatal A66 crash

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/26/murder-investigation-middlesbrough-house-fire

[2026-08-26 22:04 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Rappler

Title: Sara Duterte trial: Prosecution navigates minefield after sub judice ruling

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Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/sara-duterte-trial-prosecution-navigates-communications-terrain-sub-judice-ruling/

[2026-08-26 21:41 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Rappler

Title: The Senate curbed remarks in Sara Duterte’s trial — on what legal grounds?

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Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/things-to-know-legal-grounds-senate-ruling-sub-judice-sara-duterte-trial/

[2026-08-26 21:13 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Rappler

Title: First warning? Escudero reminds Sara Duterte, through lawyer, of sub judice rule

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Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/escudero-reminder-sara-duterte-sub-judice-rule/