ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) – U.S. Representative Tony Gonzales’ (R-TX-23) bipartisan legislation, the Find and Protect Foster Youth Act, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and will be signed into law within the coming days.
This bipartisan legislation seeks to create an improved feedback mechanism between states and the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) to provide better oversight and information-sharing related to missing and runaway foster youth.
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A House panel advanced the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) on Wednesday, pushing forward legislation intended to boost online privacy and safety for children.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s advancement of KOSA hands advocacy groups a temporary win following weeks of uncertainty about the bill’s future amid GOP pushback. Some lawmakers could be heard opposing in the voice vote, though the roll was not called.
Fox News’ CB Cotton reports on Cassie Ventura’s response to the 2016 assault video as model Crystal McKinney files a lawsuit claiming the rapper sexually assaulted her in 2003. Watch here.
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Meet the ‘crunchers’ who purchase ‘edible’ dirts, clays and chalks online for a number of supposed health benefits.
Numerous retailers have set up shop on digital marketplaces like Etsy and eBay to offer rocks and other geological detritus for human consumption, priced at less than £10.
Suppliers use descriptives terms you’d recognise in a wine shop, touting their product as having ‘a very pleasant earthy taste with a medium hard crunch’.
Fentanyl overdoses have become a leading cause of death for minors in the last five years or so, even as overall drug use has dropped slightly. In a 2022 analysis of fentanyl-laced prescription pills, the DEA found that six out of 10 contained a potentially lethal dose of the drug.
And social media, where tainted, fake prescription drugs can be obtained with just a few clicks, is a big part of the problem. Experts, law enforcement and children’s advocates say companies like Snap, TikTok, Telegram and Meta, which owns Instagram, are not doing enough to keep children safe.
In 2022, two weeks after she turned 17, Coco left home just outside New York City to meet with a dealer she’d messaged through Instagram who promised to sell her Percocet, her mom, Julianna Arnold, recalled recently. She never made it home. She was found dead the next day, two blocks from the address that the guy had provided her.
A judge granted a default judgment against Sean “Diddy” Combs for $100 million Monday after the rapper failed to appear at a court hearing.
Combs was ordered to pay Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, 51, $100 million by Lenawee County Circuit Court Judge Anna Marie Anzalone, Fox News Digital confirmed. A court can grant a default judgment if a party fails to meet certain obligations within a specific time frame.
Cardello-Smith originally filed his lawsuit against Combs on June 10. The Michigan inmate requested a temporary restraining order and the court granted his motion after Diddy failed to appear at the hearing on Aug. 7.
