Wednesday marked day two in the Meta social media addiction trial in Oakland, California. Arturo Bejar, a former engineering director at Meta Platforms, testified that CEO Mark Zuckerberg encouraged growth on Facebook and Instagram over child safety. A coalition of states is alleging that the media giant engineered its app to be addictive to children. The trial is expected to last six weeks. Vincent Joralemon, Director of the Life Sciences Law & Policy Center at UC Berkeley, joins LiveNOW's Alexandra Goldberg to discuss.
Last year, Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. called mRNA vaccines for respiratory viruses unsafe for the public and the National Institutes of Health cut 22 programs totaling $500 million that targeted mRNA vaccine research for infectious diseases. Now, that same technology has succeeded in a clinical trial for treating skin cancer. CNN’s Meg Tirrell reports.
The nation’s capital is gearing up for it’s first ever IndyCar race, the Freedom250 Grand Prix, to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. Here’s what to expect of the downtown racetrack.
Nolan Wells, the Mississippi teen who died last month during a July 4 boating trip with a group of friends, would’ve turned 19 on Wednesday. More than six weeks later, authorities are still investigating and have given no public indication that a crime occurred. At a national prayer rally in Wells’ memory, Dr. Jamal Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia, gave a keynote speech at the rally, demanding answers and a stop to the online attacks against Wells’ mother. #CNN #News
A pilot was killed and two state troopers were injured after a state police helicopter collided with a small plane during a training exercise at a central Pennsylvania airport Wednesday evening, officials said. #cnn #news #plane
CNN’s Abby Phillip was joined by senior political commentator Scott Jennings and Florida Democratic congressman Jared Moskowitz for an exclusive live Q&A. One subscriber addresses the toll the economy is taking on Americans. Stream the full Abby Phillip Subscriber Q&A anytime at cnn.com/abby.
In an exclusive live Q&A with CNN’s Abby Phillip, subscribers question if senior political commentator Scott Jennings is interviewing for the White House press secretary role following the news that Karoline Leavitt will be stepping down from the position at the end of the month. Stream the full Abby Phillip Subscriber Q&A anytime at cnn.com/abby.
A prosecutor's question to Clancy's devout Catholic former mother-in-law about murder being a "mortal sin" prompted an audible gasp in the courtroom gallery.
Chinese property developer Hui Ka Yan has been sentenced to life in prison. The decision marks a milestone in Evergrande's saga after it collapsed with more than $300 billion in liabilities.
