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Reddit challenges Australia's world-first law banning children under 16 from social media

Global online forum Reddit files a court challenge to Australian law blocking children under 16 from holding accounts on the world's most popular social media platforms.

Occupy Wall Street participants march down Fifth Avenue in New York on May 1, 2012. Lingering anger over the 2008 global financial crisis has fueled several populist movements, including most recently, the battle waged by amateur investors coordinating in Reddit against hedge funds.

'The Game Is Rigged': How Fury Over The Great Recession Fueled The Reddit Trade

The GameStop stock saga has risen into a movement fueled by a wave of emotions from the 2008 global financial crisis that are still raw.

The ACC is choosing new locations for neutral-site championships because of North Carolina's controversial law known as HB2. Here, Clemson fans tailgate outside Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, prior to last December's NCAA Atlantic Coast Conference championship college football game.

ACC Takes Its Biggest Championships Out Of North Carolina, Its Home State

The decision covers eight neutral-site championships in sports ranging from women's soccer to swimming and diving and from football to golf and baseball.

Ellen Pao, right, gives a statement to reporters next to her attorney Therese Lawless at in March, after a jury decided that a prestigious venture capital firm did not discriminate or retaliate against her.

Ex-Reddit CEO Ellen Pao Drops Appeal In Gender-Bias Suit Against Kleiner Perkins

In a statement, Pao says the odds, both in the corporate world and in the courts, are stacked against those who allege discrimination. In dropping her appeal, Pao will pay Kleiner Perkins' legal fees.

Veronica Fraley competes in the women's discus throw final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials in June in Eugene, Ore.

Rapper Flavor Flav and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian help to pay an Olympian's rent

Veronica Fraley was this year’s NCAA discus champion, SEC Field Athlete of the Year and SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She also holds the Vanderbilt records for discus and outdoor shot put.

A meme that cast Dave Brandt as a stereotypical farmer reached cultural ubiquity on social media sites like Reddit. Brandt's death last week sent ripples through both real and virtual spaces that looked to Brandt as a symbol of honest work in the modern age.

He was a beloved farming legend. But for Reddit, his work ethic meant something else

David Brandt, who died last week, was an Ohio farmer known for his pioneering work in no-till farming. But social media users knew him better as the overall-clad farmer from the "honest work" meme.

May 6

Maine News on May 6: COVID hospital patients top 200; Farmington schools close due to elevated lead levels in water; Federal land could be used for affordable housing on Mount Desert Island

The Sandstone Top of the Canyon

This is not the easiest thing to do—especially in a 100 degree heat—but it’s worth it.

A new study reports bottom dogs have higher rates of bullying, fighting and gang activity and lower rates of safety and belonging than top and middle dogs.

6th Grade Is Tough; It Helps To Be 'Top Dog'

A new study says sixth-graders do better when they attend K-8 schools, so they're not the youngest.

California's gas prices top $6 a gallon in October

California's gas prices, well above the national average, have gone into overdrive, topping $6 a gallon in October. Why is gas so expensive in a state that's synonymous with the automobile?

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