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Meet the Democracy Defenders - In the minds of many voters, nothing less than American democracy is on the line in 2024.

In the minds of many voters, nothing less than American democracy is on the line in 2024. Some see threats on multiple fronts: foreign interference, artificial intelligence, a polarized electorate. Others are most worried about candidates who have undermined faith in our voting systems. The 11 people on this list-Democrats and Republicans, public officials and private individuals, business leaders and civil rights crusaders-are working to boost voter participation, reverse disenfranchisement, and combat misinformation. Their efforts help not only defend democracy, but also strengthen it.

Instagram Makes Teen Accounts Private as Pressure Mounts on the App to Protect Children- Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people's lives.

Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people's lives. The teen accounts will be private by default. Private messages are restricted so teens can only receive them from people they follow or are already connected to. Sensitive content, such as videos of people fighting or those promoting cosmetic procedures, will be limited, Meta said. Teens will also get notifications if they are on Instagram for more than 60 minutes and a sleep mode will be enabled that turns off notifications and sends auto-replies to direct messages from 10 p.m. until 7 a.m.

Not-so-Great Expectations: Students Are Reading Fewer Books in English Class - Chris Stanislawski didn't read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary.

Chris Stanislawski didn't read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given detailed chapter summaries for every novel they discussed, and teachers played audio of the books during class.

There can be only one Sally Rooney

A FEW YEARS AGO, SOMEONE POSTED a photo of a man walking through Brooklyn with a copy of Conversations With Friends tucked in the back of his trousers, the words SALLY ROONEY peeking out above his waistband. It was an accessory that telegraphed as much about his personal style as his choice in attire did. Less than a month earlier, the book critic Constance Grady had published an essay titled \"The Cult of Sally Rooney,\" deeming it \"aspirational\" to be a fan: \"If you read Sally Rooney, the thinking seems to go, you're smart, but you're also fun and you're also cool enough to be suspicious of both 'smart' and 'fun' as general concepts.\"

HALLMARK STAR ASHLEY WILLIAMS Honoring Her Mom On & Off Screen

Ashley Williams's new movie Falling Together didn't start as an homage to her mother, Linda, who died from dementia in 2016; it began with a failed apartment building-wide chili party she threw years ago.

Overturning the cradle of the Arab Spring

THE FRUIT VENDOR Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation 14 years ago inspired Tunisians to topple their longtime dictator and kicked off the 2011 Arab Spring. Of all the countries in the region that caught the revolutionary bug, Tunisia was the only one that managed to build a multiparty democracy with separation of powers and freedom of expression, for a while becoming the poster child of successful democratization.

The heartache of calling Israel home

I KNEW THAT AS SOON AS WE CAME HOME TO ISRAEL, I'd ask myself why we'd been so eager to get back. I'd disconnected for a few days in New York City with my family, even stopped wearing the hostage necklace I wore every day, and I knew it would be hard to return.

LATINO LEADERS

17 trailblazers CHANGING THEIR industries, THE U.S., AND THE world

Georgia's Nightmare for the West

Ruling party Georgian Dream has raised fears that the once-aspiring NATO country is aligning more closely with Russia

KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY TAPPING HIS INNER CHILD

FROM PLAYING WITH ROBOTS AS A KID TO VOICING BUMBLEBEE IN TRANSFORMERS ONE, THE KEY & PEELE ALUM LOVES LETTING HIS IMAGINATION RUN WILD

JAMES MIDDLETON From Despair to Hope

IN AN EMOTIONAL NEW MEMOIR, PRINCESS KATE'S YOUNGER BROTHER OPENS UP ABOUT HIS STRUGGLE WITH DEPRESSION, LIFE WITHIN THE ROYAL ORBIT AND HOW HIS BELOVED DOG ELLA SAVED HIS LIFE

Tito Jackson of the Jackson 5 Dies at 70

A founding member of the iconic group, he last performed on Sept. 8

WHAT I KNOW NOW

NOW STARRING IN REBEL RIDGE, THE ACTOR GETS CANDID ABOUT CAREER LONGEVITY (54 YEARS IN THE BIZ!), FATHERHOOD AND SURVIVING LIFE AS AN '80S HEARTTHROB

THE DAWN OF SUPERSTORMS

Earlier this summer, Hurricane Beryl broke virtually every early-season hurricane record. It was the earliest Category 5 storm in history, and the strongest July Atlantic hurricane, with winds of 165 m.p.h. As ocean and air temperatures spike, extreme weather is growing more intense than ever before. This is the dawn of the Superstorm Era and it will only continue to rise, unless we take action to stop it.

Kate Middleton

Six months after announcing her cancer diagnosis, Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, shared her \"relief\" at completing her chemotherapy treatment in a social media post on Sept. 9.

THE WORLD'S BEST SMART HOSPITALS 2025

TECHNOLOGY HAS TRANSFORMED HEALTH CARE. TELEHEALTH SERVICES NOW ENABLE ROUNDthe-clock communication between patients and medical providers, and it is estimated that over 116 million individuals will seek virtual consultations with doctors in 2024, according to Statista data.

One Election, Two Different Campaigns

Newsweek asks political scientists to break down Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump's strategies for winning the 2024 election

MEDICINE'S EXHAUSTED MASSES

Is generative AI the cure to doctor burnout that will allow physicians to focus on what matters most their patients?

THE AWFUL TOOTH ABOUT JOHNNY!

Gets mouth makeover for rotting choppers

THE TIKTOK KILLER

A social media star is sentenced to life in prison for the brutal killing of his estranged wife and her alleged lover

POSH WANTS TO ADD SPICE TO BRADY'S LOVE LIFE!

PUSHY Posh Spice Victoria Beckham wants to play Cupid for her football legend pal Tom Brady, sources dish.

TRAVIS RELISHING PERKS OF BEING TAY-TAY'S DUDE

FOOTBALL champ Travis Kelce is gleeful to be the world’s largest sugar baby — and has no qualms about being billionaire beauty Taylor Swift’s arm candy, tipsters titter.

CASEY ANTHONY CHASING LIFE & NEW LOVE!

Quits Florida & steals married hunk with 2 kids

CHEATING SCANDAL SINKING SUNSET!

THE sun may be setting on Selling Sunset — the Netflix series has been plunged into pandemonium after realestate agent Nicole Young, 38, spread a rumor another agent, Emma Hernan, 33, had an affair with a married man.

KATE TRIUMPHS OVER CANCER!

William's brave wife returning lo raya life after horrifying ordeal

BARROOM-BRAWLING LABEOUF CRUISING

Antics threaten marriage to Mia

DESPERATE DIDDY IS SELLING OUT!

Hit with $100M judgment in gay sex scandal

MARTHA DASHES TO RACHAEL'S AID!

Ex-f0e reaches out after alarming video

PUTTING ON A HAPPY FACE!

Historic transplant man gets whole new look

Margot GETTING READY FOR BABY!!

Any day now! Margot Robbie is in total nesting mode as she prepares for her first baby with hubby Tom Ackerley.