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Nigeria’s security forces have freed 308 abducted people in a single operation, and the scale of the rescue is now forcing new questions about how kidnapping has become so deeply rooted across the country’s north.

Quick Take 308 people were rescued in northern Nigeria in one joint security operation. The presidency said 163 were taken fr...

Meta has been ordered to pay another $567 million in New Mexico, turning a child-safety case into one of the company’s biggest legal shocks yet.

Quick Take A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a fund for youth mental-health harms. The ruling came on top of an earlier $375 million jury penalty in the same case. The court also ordered new safety steps f...

A former Army recruiter pleaded guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft after using seven recruits’ identities to seek about $266,000 in loans and credit cards.

Story Snapshot Former Sergeant First Class Jane Crosby admitted bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in Newark federal court. Prosecutors said she used seven recruits’ personal data to try to obtai...

OpenAI is building its first piece of hardware, and it is not a phone. It is a screen-free smart speaker meant to sit in your living room and talk back like a friend.

Quick Take Bloomberg reports OpenAI’s first consumer device is a mobile, screen-free smart speaker still under development. The gadget is designed as a “humanlike AI companion” that lives in the home, not j...

The Trump administration is paying another $1.2 billion to cancel offshore wind projects and steer energy investment back toward what it calls more reliable power.

Story Snapshot Trump officials approved a $1.22 billion reimbursement for German firm RWE to surrender three offshore wind leases and invest in U.S. natural gas projects instead. This is the fifth such buyout ...