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Big Tech has lost its second case over social media harm in two days.

In Los Angeles, a jury Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable in a social media addiction trial and awarded a 20-year-old woman $6 million.

In New Mexico on Tuesday, a jury imposed a $375 million civil penalty on Meta,

finding that Meta knowingly harmed the mental health of children and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation.

According to new research, drought could be increasing antibiotic resistance in soils.

NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports that resistance seems to be ending up in some hospitals.

Following advances on Wall Street, stocks mostly lower in Asia.

Japan's Nikkei has given up initial gains in Thursday trading and is now trading lower.

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President Trump's decision to deploy ICE agents to support TSA operations at the nation's airports amid the homeland security shutdown is drawing fire from Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

Schumer speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday as Republicans are seeking to move ahead with a proposal to fund DHS except for immigration enforcement operations.

Schumer indicated progress but declined to say whether Senate Democrats would back the deal as is.

President Trump is again declaring victory over Iran and speaking in the Oval Office Tuesday, Trump again said the U.S.

is in talks with Iran to end the fighting.

Iran has denied any negotiations are taking place, but Trump's comments come as thousands of U.S.

Marines are headed to the Middle East.

NPR has also confirmed the deployment of some 2,000 soldiers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division.