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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was scheduled to take the witness stand today in California in a state court trial over whether social media companies are legally responsible for young people's addiction to their products.

In Meta's case, platforms such as Instagram and Facebook are under scrutiny.

Ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, still no sign of a breakthrough in the latest U.S.-brokered peace talks.

In Geneva, Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustam Umarov told reporters talks were substantive.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of trying to drag out the talks.

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Olympic figure skaters are adopting broader musical choices for their programs, going from mostly classical works to a wide array of genres from rock to hip-hop.

NPR's Chloe Veltman has more.

Well, the U.S.

is becoming more renter-friendly, according to a report from Realtor.com.

NPR's Stephen Basaja with details.

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The CEO of the big tech company Meta is testifying today in a landmark social media trial.

Mark Zuckerberg is facing accusations that Meta's platform, Instagram, has been engineered to hook young people.

Here's NPR's Bobby Allen.

Pushback is intensifying against CBS.

In the last 24 hours, late-night talk show giant Stephen Colbert called out network lawyers for denying they'd blocked his on-air interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Tallarico over fears of running afoul of the FCC.

And CBS is also losing 60 Minutes veteran Anderson Cooper at a time when Barry Weiss's editorial leadership is running afoul of a number of seasoned journalists.

This is happening against a backdrop of Paramount Skydance's final attempt to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery.