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A structure fire was reported in West Valley City, Utah on August 18, Tuesday. As per a local reporter the blaze was at 5039 West 3500 South in the city.Firefighters responded to the West Valley City fire in Utah. (Facebook/Jadyn Irvine)“A good section of 3500 South is closed due to the emergency response. One neighbor told me he heard a loud boom,” a KSL affiliated reporter noted. The West Valley City Fire Department is yet to comment on the incident or the cause of the blaze.There are no reports of injuries at the time of writing.The reporter also shared visuals…

Lawyers representing 29 US states on Tuesday accused Meta of hiding internal research that allegedly found Instagram could be addictive for teenagers, The Guardian reported.The allegations were made as a major legal battle against Meta began in a federal court in Oakland, California. The trial is expected to continue for six to eight weeks.According to the lawsuit, Meta of deliberately designing Instagram and Facebook features to keep young users engaged, despite knowing that some of those features could harm their mental health.Megan O’Neill, a deputy attorney general for California, told the jury that Meta failed to act despite being aware…

Protein is one of the most essential nutrients your body needs to stay in shape, energised, and healthy. However, it has recently become a buzzword, with endless protein-rich products available in the market.Also Read | Gynaecologist Dr Vandana Singh explains how to store breast milk safely, shares tips that every parent should knowBut does being protein-fortified make a food healthy? Dr Alok Chopra, a cardiologist with over 40 years of experience, doesn’t think so. In a post shared on August 16, he warned that one shouldn’t let the “high protein” label distract them from what’s actually inside.“Choose real food for…

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh SukhuShimla: Himachal Education Minister Rohit Thakur has called for a major shift towards future-ready, skill-based and technology-driven higher education in the state, with greater focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), new-age and job-oriented courses, emerging technologies, research, sports and student well-being.Chairing the 9th meeting of the Himachal Pradesh State Higher Education Council (HPSHEC) here, Thakur directed educational institutions to continuously upgrade courses and prepare students not only for today’s employment opportunities but also for the jobs, technologies and challenges of the future.He also directed the Higher Education department and institutions to identify and introduce more…

South Carolina Police are seeking surveillance footage that could help establish a timeline of Hayden Panettiere’s final hours before her demise on Sunday, August 16.As per a report on TMZ, the police revealed that CCTV cameras captured the actor and two members of her boyfriend’s family at the apartment complex where she died. According to a heavily redacted incident report obtained by TMZ, a courtesy officer at Judson Mills, the Greenville apartment complex, told responding officers that he had surveillance footage showing Panettiere, her on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson coming and going from the property.“I spoke…

Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a U.S. federal court heard Tuesday (August 18, 2026) in a trial against the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users.Also read | Meta trial that could reshape Facebook, Instagram gets underwayIn what many experts have called social media’s “big tobacco moment,” a coalition of States is asking that Meta be penalized by around $200 billion for designing products addictive to children.The States are intervening where “Congress failed to act,” Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said Tuesday (August 18) afternoon during a press conference, noting…

NEW DELHI: Nearly two years after Satyendar Jain, former minister in erstwhile AAP govt, was released on bail from Tihar Jail in an alleged ED money laundering case filed, Delhi govt’s Anti-Corruption Branch Tuesday arrested him, along with Delhi Jal Board ex-CEO Udit Prakash Rai and four others in an alleged DJB scam.Jain had spent nearly one-and-a-half years in incarceration after being arrested in the money laundering case on May 31, 2022. He was granted bail on Oct 18, 2024.According to joint commissioner of police Vikramjit Singh, the case stems from a formal complaint filed by the directorate of vigilance…

“Giving your opponent a way out” is one of his golden rules of campaigning – his full list can be found in his new book Institutionalised Deceit: Taking the Lid off Westminster Governance.Another is to avoid party tribalism. Despite voting Green, Bailey has rarely been picky about who he works with.In the 1980s, he teamed up with the Association for the Conservation of Energy, a body governed by directors and CEOs.In a goodbye speech at the end of his time with them, Bailey said: “Perhaps we have both learnt something.”I have learnt that not all capitalist bastards are capitalist bastards…

Mumbai: Bombay High Court has rapped the collector (city) for insisting on a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from a housing society on Marine Drive as a pre-condition for registering a consent decree that transferred shop premises to sibling restaurateurs Sanjay and Rachna Narang.“The revenue authorities viz joint sub-registrar and collector ought to have acted in furtherance of and deference to such decree of this court and not create any obstacles… However, he (collector) chose to tread on a different path by insisting on ‘no objection’ from the society, which the law did not mandate,” said Justices Suman Shyam and Advait…

New Delhi: It is “high time” the authorities decide the fate of residents of Sainik Farm, Delhi High Court said Tuesday, asking Centre to take a call on regularising the south Delhi area tagged as an “affluent colony” by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and govt.“We are not concerned as to what kind of decision you come about, but it is high time you decide. They should know their fate,” a bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia told the counsel for central govt.The bench directed Union housing and urban affairs ministry, Delhi govt, DDA and Municipal Corporation…