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17+ min ago (542+ words) Massachusetts' highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state's lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. Related video above: Get the Facts: Is your data helping tech companies train their AI tools? The lawsuit, filed in 2024 by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, alleges that Meta did this to make a profit and that its actions affected hundreds of thousands of teenagers in Massachusetts who use the social media platforms. "We are making claims based only on the tools that Meta has developed because its own research shows they encourage addiction to the platform in a variety of ways," said State Solicitor David Kravitz, adding that the state's claim has nothing to do the company's algorithms or failure to moderate content. Meta said Friday that it strongly disagrees with the allegations…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago (286+ words) Samaritan Ministries' Annual Penny Campaign is underway, supporting its soup kitchen and emergency shelter. How community donations, big and small, are making a difference: Samaritan Ministries" annual Penny Campaign is underway to support its soup kitchen and emergency shelter. "It's a way for everyone to help out. Every cent counts," said Executive Director Jan Kelly. The Winston-Salem-based nonprofit has been putting on the Penny Campaign for more than 30 years. All of the money raised goes directly to Samaritan Ministries" mission of supporting locals in need. "It's very important for people who don't have a next meal for them to have a place to come and to find not only that nourishment, but also get some encouragement from folks," Kelly said. "And you know how cold it is right now. It is so important for us to have a shelter where…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago (115+ words) Forsyth County EMS said one victim has been transported to the hospital. Authorities are investigating an incident near the UNC School of the Arts campus that sent one person to the hospital Saturday night. Forsyth County EMS confirmed they responded to the area and transported the victim to a hospital. The condition of that victim has not been released. As of now, officials are only describing it as a "very active scene." It's not yet clear what led up to the incident, and no suspect information has been released. WXII has reached out to Winston-Salem police for more details and is awaiting a response. This is a developing story; Check back for updates...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago (145+ words) Feeling lucky? Here are the winning Powerball numbers for Saturday night: The Powerball had an estimated $820 million jackpot ahead of the drawing " the second-biggest it has grown to this year. Video above: Get the Facts: What are your chances of winning the Powerball? The prize is an estimated one-time cash payment of $385.5 million if the winner doesn't choose the annual payments over 30 years, with a 5% increase each year. If a lucky player wins Saturday's jackpot, it would be the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot prize, according to Powerball. The jackpot was last won on Sept. 6 when two lottery players from Missouri and Texas $1.8 billion jackpot " the second largest ever. All five numbers and the red Powerball must match the winning numbers for a player to win the jackpot. The odds of that happening are 1 in 292.2 million....

2+ hour, 9+ min ago (898+ words) Dr. Diego Ramonfaur is often sleep-deprived. In his third year of an internal medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, Ramonfaur faces schedule changes every one or two weeks. With workloads that vary depending on the rotation, going to sleep and waking up at a consistent time is impossible. So Ramonfaur, 30, turned to sleep banking " a strategy of getting extra sleep that some people use before a time when they know they'll be sleep-deprived. Video above: The benefits of quality sleep during marathon training When Ramonfaur's shifts are lighter but he knows longer rotations are coming, he will often try go to bed earlier to "gain a little bit of ground," he said. "Investing in sleep, even before I am tired, has been very rewarding in improving my performance during the shift and also with helping with overall burnout....

2+ hour, 20+ min ago (377+ words) We are finally clearing the higher clouds out on Saturday night from our last brush with wintry weather, but now low clouds in the form of fog are expected early Sunday morning. Reduced visibility is likely dropping at times to less than a half mile for drivers through 9 a.m. on Sunday in the Piedmont Triad and western Foothills. Please watch for spotty black ice in the Northern Piedmont and patchy dense fog in areas like Mocksville south toward Charlotte through 10 a.m. on Sunday. National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists in the Blacksburg, Virginia, and Greer, South Carolina, NWS offices. Temperatures are forecast to drop into the upper 20s, and below freezing temperatures may persist for several hours from Boone to Burlington. We will have a longer period of mostly sunny skies on Sunday than we did on Saturday. Clouds roll in with a developing…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago (403+ words) Stringing up those Christmas lights can be a hassle, but what if you had to hang up 25,000 of them? If you had that many, you might blow a fuse or two. Just ask the Garneau family. Ashley and Jason Garneau have been nicknamed the "Griswolds" of their small neighborhood in Swanton, Vermont. Each year, the family decks out their home and front yard with colorful lights that are coded to sync up with your favorite Christmas tunes. All you have to do is pull up, park and turn on their radio station. "We've gone ahead and redid all the lights that were in the original ornament arch, so now everything is animated, and we can control everything about the show," said Jason. Their show does not only feature a few new tricks and toys this year. The family wanted to…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago (340+ words) We started clearing the heavy clouds on Saturday night, but low clouds in the form of fog are expected again early Sunday morning. A freezing fog advisory and dense fog advisory are in effect through Sunday morning in parts of North Carolina and the Piedmont Triad. Temperatures are forecast to drop into the upper 20s and may remain below freezing from Boone to Burlington for several hours until the fog lifts mid-morning. We will have a longer period of mostly sunny skies on Sunday through midday before clouds roll in with a developing storm system. The next system may bring snow to the Mountains on Monday morning and a rain, flurry or snow mix east in the Foothills and the Piedmont Triad. The temperatures may be too warm for accumulating snow initially east of the Mountains, but we are watching the…...

4+ hour, 17+ min ago (330+ words) We are finally clearing the higher clouds out on Saturday night, but low clouds in the form of fog are expected again early Sunday morning. Temperatures are forecast to drop into the upper 20s and below freezing from Boone to Burlington. We will have a longer period of mostly sunny skies on Sunday through midday before clouds roll in with a developing storm system. The next system may bring snow to the Mountains on Monday morning and a rain, flurry or snow mix east in the Foothills and the Piedmont Triad. The temperatures may be too warm for accumulating snow initially east of the Mountains, but we are watching the system carefully to determine whether the moisture and cold air will align to bring hazardous travel. Our confidence is moderate for Mountain snowfall and low for precipitation to the east including…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago (574+ words) Duke won its first outright Atlantic Coast Conference title since 1962 and threw the College Football Playoff into chaos on Saturday night when Darian Mensah connected with Jeremiah Hasley for a 1-yard touchdown on a fourth-down play in overtime, and the unranked Blue Devils held on to beat No. 16 Virginia 27-20. The Blue Devils (8-5) are unlikely to make the playoff field, opening the door for a second Group of Five team " likely James Madison " to make it. Duke last won a share of the ACC regular-season title in 1989, sharing it with Virginia in Steve Spurrier's final season as the Blue Devils' coach. The conference championship game was created in 2005, and Duke got there this year thanks to a five-team tiebreaker. Virginia (10-3), the ACC regular-season champion, would have reached the CFP for the first time in school history with a victory but fell…...