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Irish Town Unites to Delay Smartphones for Kids

Voluntary pledge in Greystones has proved popular

(Newser) - An Irish town is making a name for itself over an experiment that's been running for three years now: Giving kids a largely smartphone-free childhood. The New York Times checks in on Greystones, a coastal community south of Dublin, that has rallied behind a voluntary pledge not to buy...

Former Raiders Center Barret Robbins Dies at 52
He Famously Vanished
Before His Team's Super Bowl
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Mar 28, 2026 6:50 AM CDT

He Famously Vanished Before His Team's Super Bowl

Former Raiders center Barret Robbins dies at 52, after a troubled post-NFL life

(Newser) - Barret Robbins, the former Oakland Raiders center whose disappearance before the 2003 Super Bowl stunned the NFL, has died at 52, the Las Vegas Raiders confirmed on Friday. No cause of death was released, per USA Today . Hall of Fame wide receiver and ex-Raiders teammate Tim Brown wrote in a...

Meta Loses Landmark Trial in New Mexico

Jury finds Meta misled users, enabled child exploitation on platforms

(Newser) - Meta just took a major hit in New Mexico, where a jury has ordered the company to pay $375 million over claims it misled families about how safe its platforms are for kids. After a six-week trial, jurors found Meta violated the state's consumer protection law by presenting Facebook, Instagram,...

Your Teen's Anxiety Might Be Linked to What They Drink

Study connects sugary drinks to heightened anxiety risk in adolescents

(Newser) - Teens who reach for soda and other sugary drinks may also be signing up for a higher risk of anxiety, according to a new analysis of existing research. A review published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics found that adolescents who regularly consume sugar-sweetened beverages had roughly one-third...

Country Singer Announces Hiatus: 'I Am Mentally Unwell'
Country Singer
Announces Hiatus:
'I Am Mentally Unwell'
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Mar 15, 2026 7:10 AM CDT

Country Singer Announces Hiatus: 'I Am Mentally Unwell'

Colter Wall cancels remaining shows for 2026, citing mental health struggles

(Newser) - Country singer Colter Wall is stepping off the stage and saying plainly why. The 30-year-old Canadian artist has called off the rest of his Memories and Empties Tour for 2026, announcing an "indefinite" break from live performances due to mental health struggles. In an Instagram statement on Wednesday, Wall...

Family Explains Why Veteran Ditched Her Dog at Airport

Gerrayl Bryson says disabled sister was in mental health crisis last month at Harry Reid Intl. Airport

(Newser) - A Las Vegas woman accused of walking away from her dog at the airport was in the middle of a mental health crisis tied to a military-related disability, her brother says. Gerrayl Bryson tells KLAS that Germirah Bryson, 26, is a "100% permanent" disabled veteran and that leaving behind...

College Students Increasingly Claiming They Have Disabilities

Share jumps more than 50% over past decade, with some questioning if criteria is now too loose

(Newser) - Colleges aren't just getting more competitive—they're also bringing in more students with disabilities, at least on paper. A New York Times analysis of government data finds that the share of college students formally registering a disability has jumped more than 50% in a decade, including at elite...

Florida Man Rescued After 4 Days in Mud Pit

Andrew Gidden, freed Wednesday, expected to make a full recovery

(Newser) - Authorities in north Florida traced a missing man to a mud pit, where he'd been stuck up to his shoulders for at least four days. Deputies in Putnam County located 36-year-old Andrew Giddens on Wednesday, four days after family believes he became stuck in "quicksand" mud at a...

Woman Sues Meta, YouTube: 'Too Hard to Be Without It'

Trial could set precedent on how far social media companies are shielded by law

(Newser) - A California jury on Thursday heard from the young woman at the center of a closely watched trial over whether social media is built to hook kids. Now 20, the plaintiff identified as Kaley G.M. testified that starting to use YouTube at 6 and Instagram at 9 fed years...

Instagram Will Alert Parents to Teens' Self-Harm Searches

Alerts will include guidance for parents on mental health conversations

(Newser) - Parents could soon get a digital heads-up if their teen is looking for the darkest corners of Instagram. Meta says that beginning next week, adults who've enabled Instagram's supervision tools will be notified when a teen repeatedly carries out searches for content or terms tied to suicide or...

Three Moms Fight for Their Sons With Schizophrenia

Atavist Magazine looks at the monumental hurdles

(Newser) - A story in Atavist Magazine follows the plight of three moms in Colorado Springs who have fought the same invisible enemy: Their sons developed schizophrenia and the system couldn't keep up. Mary Margaret Alvarado's deeply reported piece centers on Tracy, whose gifted, queer son Ben cycled through diagnoses,...

Dodgers Pitcher on Baby Loss: Time With Her 'Far Too Short'

Alex Vesia speaks publicly for first time on grief, support from team after death of newborn daughter

(Newser) - Relief pitcher Alex Vesia returned to Dodgers camp on Friday and spoke publicly for the first time since the death of his newborn daughter in October. Standing in front of reporters at the team's spring-training facility in Phoenix, Vesia read a six-minute statement about Sterling Sol, who died on...

Spit Hoods Are Used Where You Might Not Expect
Spit Hoods Are Used
Where You Might Not Expect
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Feb 7, 2026 2:20 PM CST

Spit Hoods Are Used Where You Might Not Expect

Investigation finds unregulated use in psychiatric and medical settings

(Newser) - The former chief medical officer at Connecticut's only maximum security psychiatric hospital calls it a "dehumanizing" device that he would never use. And yet spit hoods are employed in medical settings in many US states. In an in-depth investigation for the Seattle Times , Hannah Furfaro reports that state-run...

TikTok Settles Ahead of Looming Youth Addiction Trial

Meta, YouTube are in the hot seat at trial amid accusations they deliberately harm kids

(Newser) - TikTok agreed to settle a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff's attorneys confirmed. The social video platform was one of three companies—along with Meta's Instagram and Google's YouTube—facing claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children. A...

Ye Says He Is 'Deeply Mortified' by Past Behavior

In full-page WSJ ad, he apologizes for antisemitic remarks, says he 'lost touch with reality'

(Newser) - Ye has issued an apology. In a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal headlined "To Those I've Hurt," the rapper formerly known as Kanye West apologized Monday for what he called his "reckless" antisemitic remarks, writing, "I am not a Nazi or an antisemite....

Snap Avoids First Big Tech Addiction Trial

Company settles suit, leaving Meta, YouTube, TikTok to defend against alleged harms

(Newser) - Snap has avoided the witness stand in the first in a series of trials over alleged social media addiction. The company has struck a deal to resolve a high-stakes lawsuit that claimed its products were intentionally designed to keep teens endlessly engaged, days before the case moved to trial, per...

Nick Reiner's Ex-Conservator Calls Case 'Horrible Tragedy'

Arrangement in 2020 underscores the severity of his long-standing mental health struggles

(Newser) - Nick Reiner's mental health history is emerging as a key backdrop as he faces charges of killing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and activist-producer Michele Singer Reiner. Two people familiar with the matter tell the New York Times that the younger Reiner, 32, was under a court-ordered mental health...

Feds Abruptly Reverse Cuts to Addiction Programs

U-turn follows 'furious lobbying' from both parties, also affects mental health treatment

(Newser) - The federal government has abruptly reversed cuts of around $2 billion to mental health and substance abuse programs. On Wednesday, the Health and Human Services Department rescinded termination notices that were sent out Tuesday night through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Wall Street Journal reports. The...

Police Had Been Called to Rob Reiner's Home Before

Police twice answered 2019 welfare and mental health calls

(Newser) - Police had been called to Rob Reiner's Los Angeles home years before the filmmaker and his wife were found dead there last month. Records reviewed by People show LAPD officers went to the Brentwood residence twice in 2019: once in February for a welfare check and again that September...

Classmate: Shooting Suspect Had 'Great Need to Stand Out'

Former peers look back on Claudio Neves Valente after Brown, MIT shootings

(Newser) - Former classmates of a shooting suspect and one of his victims say they're struggling to understand what led to dual tragedies in the US—and one thinks an overly demanding academic environment years ago played a role. Claudio Neves Valente is the suspect in a mass shooting at Brown...

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