The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it would decide on the availability of a commonly used abortion pill, the first major case involving abortion on its docket since it overturned the constitutional right to the procedure more than a year ago. (VanSickle, The New York Times)
Read MoreIn this 10-part series, USA TODAY Sports will explore some of the most interesting cheating scandals in history, illustrate obscure or mundane ways it happens at various levels of sport and talk to experts about what's needed to slow an epidemic that highlights the frailty of humans and the institutions we've created to promote the common good. (Freeman, USA Today)
Read MoreAccording to a report from the Pew Research Center, one-third of teenage respondents visit YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, or Facebook “almost constantly,” with YouTube reaching the biggest share of that cohort. (Gutelle, TubeFilter)
Read MoreStreaming services have long been criticized for being coy with viewership data, though Netflix has generally been more transparent than its rivals when it comes to divulging numbers. The issue of data visibility in streaming became a key negotiating point during the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes. (Chan, Los Angeles Times)
Read MoreWhen Oregon voted to decriminalise possession of hard drugs such as heroin, cocaine and crystal meth three years ago, campaigners hailed the move as a brave step towards ending the failed war on drugs. Yet hope has given way to a grim realisation that the policies appear to have failed, with soaring overdose deaths and the state’s biggest city, Portland, suffering from crime and squalor. (Southern, The Times UK)
Read MoreMore than 84 billion English Wikipedia pages were viewed this year, and the website has just released its most-viewed articles of 2023. The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the free, publicly edited online encyclopedia, released the rankings Tuesday, revealing what people around the world were seeking answers to. (Fine, USA Today)
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