Florida may soon have one of the strictest social media laws in the United States. On Friday, Feb. 23, a bill that would ban children under the age of 16 from social media, regardless of parental consent, is heading to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk for his signature. According to The Associated Press, the proposed restrictions,…

Arizona and New York are at a crossroads between crime and politics. The fate of a suspected murderer is in the middle of a feud between Arizona’s Maricopa County attorney and the Manhattan district attorney. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, a Republican, is refusing to extradite murder suspect Raad Almansoori, 26. Police said Almansoori confessed to killing a woman…

The New York Police Department said there is a migrant crime wave in the city. At the city’s largest migrant shelter on Randall’s Island, a recent altercation between police and migrants was caught on camera, Thursday, Feb. 15. In the video, recorded from inside the shelter and posted to social media, migrants are seen throwing…

A 2023 Gallup survey found 29% of U.S. adults reported being diagnosed with depression at some point in their lifetime, a jump of more than 10 points from 2015. Meanwhile, the share of Americans being treated for depression has reached nearly 18%, the highest rate since Gallup began measuring depression rates using its current form…

Bus after bus, major cities far from the border are starting to buckle under budgetary pressures of the nation’s migrant crisis. S&P Global Ratings is monitoring the credit health of New York, Denver and Chicago as they face sheltering tens of thousands of asylum-seekers. “The issue will destroy New York City,” Mayor Eric Adams said…

Michigan is encouraging residents to welcome migrants into their homes to help integrate them into society. Michigan, like many other states, is experiencing an influx of migrants traveling north from the southern border as they await asylum claims. Shelters in Detroit are over capacity, leading to migrant transfers, which send migrants to hotels or other…

A group of truckers who support former President Donald Trump said they are boycotting New York City. The boycott is in response to a court ruling in which a New York judge ordered Trump to pay $355 million. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron also restricted the former president from doing business in New York…

The district attorney leading Georgia’s election interference case against former President Donald Trump takes the stand. And Amazon is sued after a subscriber says the addition of ads to Prime Video is ‘immoral.’ These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Fulton County DA Fani Willis testifies in Trump election…