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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A first-of-its-kind recovery center is opening in Hillsborough County with a mission not only to treat substance use disorders, but to reunite families and help former ...

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Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The disease of addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is a crisis that touches families in every community and neighborhood in our Nation. 48.4 million ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - TikTok agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction on Tuesday, according to one of the plaintiff's lawyers, the same day the trial was due to start ...

TikTok has agreed to settle a lawsuit charging that the video-sharing site causes addiction among teen users. The case, which involves a 19-year-old woman from California, was set to begin jury ...

A historic lawsuit accusing several prominent social media companies of intentionally designing their platforms to addict children is set to head to trial in Los Angeles on Tuesday. It marks the first ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. TikTok has agreed to settle in a landmark social ...

The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability. By Cecilia Kang ...