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More than a dozen states and Washington, D.C. filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, arguing the video sharing app is addictive to teens and harming their mental health for profit. The lawsuits, which were filed in state courts, allege that TikTok violated consumer protection laws. The lawsuits claim that TikTok…

Florida officials continue to implore residents to evacuate as Hurricane Milton nears landfall Wednesday, with Gov. Ron DeSantis saying on Tuesday that “time is running out” for residents to protect themselves from the deadly storm. “You have time today. Time is running out,” DeSantis said Tuesday, as NBC News reports.…

There have been documentaries, television programmes and “Saturday Night Live” comedy sketches, but this is the first film about one of the most divisive men of our times. “The Apprentice” tells of how Donald Trump rose to fame and power in 1980s New York before he became president of the…

As Florida residents are still recovering from the devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago, those on the Gulf Coast are scrambling to prepare and evacuate before the arrival of Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 that is expected to come ashore Wednesday in the Tampa Bay region. The…

Hubert Blanc-Francard, aka Boombass, is one half of one of France’s coolest music exports: Cassius. In the wake of acts such as Daft Punk and Air, they conquered dancefloors and charts across the world as part of the French Touch movement, before reinventing themselves a decade later while producing albums…

There has been no shortage of gut-wrenching photographs from communities in the southeast devastated by Hurricane Helene, which caused extreme flooding and killed at least 215 people — pictures of houses destroyed, families trapped on rooftops, wreckage from mudslides and roads washed out by torrential rains. But rather than focus on the…

It started, as most things do, with a ghost story.  When Columbus, Ohio resident Katie Santry posted a TikTok four days ago, she wanted to hear from her followers if they thought her house was haunted. The evidence? When she left her study the day before, it was untouched. But…

A celebration of the body, dance, art and sport! At Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri installs Italian archer-artist Sagg Napoli in a long glass cage. Her collection is an ode to the Amazons, a reference to the designs created by Christian Dior in the 1950s. For his “Impro” collection, designer Alain…

This week, arts24 is in the delightful seaside town of Dinard in Brittany, for France’s yearly celebration of British and Irish film. For 35 years, it’s been a launchpad for independent gems that go on to conquer the world of cinema. Culture editor Eve Jackson shares some of this year’s…

Chris Sanders is the artistic mastermind behind children’s films “Lilo and Stitch”, “How to Train Your Dragon” and “The Croods”. His latest animated feature sees a lone robot, Roz, cast adrift on an island where her artificial intelligence is pitted against the innate intelligence of the local flora and fauna.…