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Miami (Ohio), Colorado State take adjustments into Arizona BowlTrump Says Biden Administration Is Keeping a Big Secret About Drone Sightings: 'Something Strange Is Going On'Donald Trump gave his first major press conference since winning the November election at Mar-a-Lago on Monday morning. The president-elect answered questions from reporters for more than an hour, reiterating and expanding on some of his most notorious campaign promises, including his plans to implement widespread tariffs and carry out mass deportations. While the event was intended to bolster a planned $100 billion investment by SoftBank in AI technology, Trump covered a lot of ground while speaking with reporters, addressing everything from foreign policy, to the drones above New Jersey, to how he plans to handle the media in his second term. Here are five of Trump’s most eyebrow-raising answers. Trump’s decision to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services has caused alarm over the famed vaccine conspiracy theorists plans for disease-prevention vaccines. Over the last few weeks, Trump has been waffling on vaccines and deferring to Kennedy — who has long pushed conspiracy theories about vaccines, including that they cause autism — on the issue. When asked on Monday if he believes there is a link between vaccinations and autism, Trump responded that there are “some very brilliant people looking at it.” “If you look at autism,” he added. “Thirty years ago we had — I’ve heard numbers of like 1 in 200,000, 1 in 100,000. Now I’m hearing numbers of 1 in 100. So something is wrong. There is something wrong. And we are going to find out about it.” Trump added that Kennedy is “going to be much less radical than you would think” in response to a question about Americans who might be worried that putting him in charge of vaccines might make their children less safe. “But there are problems,” Trump continued. “We don’t do as well as a lot of other nations and those nations use nothing. We are going to find [out] what those problems are.” Editor’s picks The 100 Best TV Episodes of All Time The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time Trump was asked directly if he would consider pardoning embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams. “Yeah I would,” Trump told reporters. “I think that he was treated pretty unfairly [...] so I would certainly look at it.” In September, Adams was indicted on federal charges related to campaign corruption, including bribery; solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national; wire fraud; and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Since his indictment, Adams, a Democrat, has been playing nice Trump and his allies. He refused to call Trump a “fascist” ahead of the election, breaking with other Democrats, prompting Trump to praise him during a rally at Madison Square Garden. “I have to tell you he’s been really great,” Trump said. “He said, ‘They shouldn’t be calling Trump a dictator because it’s not true.’ That was nice. Very nice. So, we want to thank Mayor Adams, he’s going through a hard time with these people.” Rolling Stone reported earlier this month that the president-elect has openly joked about how that mayor seems to “really like” him all of a sudden. After ABC News agreed to pay $15 million to Trump’s presidential library as part of a defamation settlement last week, the president-elect repeatedly indicated his desire to bring litigation against outlets who criticize him. Related Content 120 House Dems Call on Biden to Get Equal Rights Amendment Ratified Bernie Sanders Warns U.S. Is Becoming an Oligarchy Graham Says Trump Is Wrong: Jan. 6 Committee Shouldn't Go to Jail Dozens of Trump Donors Score Key Roles in Administration When asked if he would be open to expanding his planned defamation lawsuits to “people with individual platforms, social media influencers,” Trump interrupted the reporter and interjected with “or newspapers.” “I think you have to do it, because they’re very dishonest,” he said. One newspaper Trump has it out for in particular is the Des Moines Register and its longtime pollster Ann Selzer — who published a poll shortly before the election giving Vice President Kamala Harris a three point lead in Iowa. Trump wound up winning the state by 19 points. “In my opinion, it was fraud and it was election interference,” Trump said on Monday. “We’ll probably be filing a major lawsuit against them today or tomorrow.” “Do you believe Ukraine should cede territory to Russia?” one reporter asked Trump . The president-elect avoided the question, responding that he’s “going to let you know that after I have my first meeting.” “But a lot of that territory when you look at what’s happened to those — there are cities that there is not a building standing. It’s a demolition site. There’s not a building standing,” Trump continued. “People can’t go back to those cities. There’s nothing there. It’s rubble.”. “It’s nice to say they want their land back, but the cities are largely destroyed,” he added. NBC News reported on Friday that Trump’s incoming national security team is engaged in talks with the Biden administration and Ukrainian leaders over pathways to end the war with Russia. It’s unlikely his comments on Monday will fuel confidence amongst Ukranians. Reports of an unusual amount of drones flying over New Jersey have unleashed a wave of speculation about their origin — and why the government hasn’t been able to provide an explanation. Trump said on Monday that the government knows what’s up, and is keeping it secret from the American public. “The government knows what is happening. Look, our military knows where they took off from — if it’s a garage they can go right into that garage — they know where it came from and where it went,” Trump said . Trending Stories What the ‘I Slept With 100 Men in One Day’ Doc Gets Right About Sex Work Bernie Sanders Warns U.S. Is Becoming an Oligarchy Pete Buttigieg Hits The Road One Last Time (For Now) Big-Band Leader Glenn Miller Vanished 80 Years Ago. His Death Started the 'Legacy' Band Trend “Our military knows, and our president knows, and for some reason they want to keep people in suspense,” he added. “Because if it was the enemy, they’d blast it out. Even if they were late, they’d blast it. Something strange is going on. For some reason they don’t want to tell the people.” When asked whether he’d received an intelligence briefing on the drones himself, Trump said he didn’t want to comment.
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The man who ended Nadal's career helps the Netherlands beat Germany to reach the Davis Cup finalTULSA, Okla. (AP) — Matt Reed's 15 points off of the bench helped lead Tulsa to a 93-48 victory against Mississippi Valley State on Saturday night. Reed also added nine rebounds for the Golden Hurricane (5-7). Tyshawn Archie scored 14 points and added five rebounds. Dwon Odom had 12 points and finished 5 of 5 from the floor. Antonio Sisk led the way for the Delta Devils (2-10) with 15 points and two steals. Arthur Tate added eight points for Mississippi Valley State. Donovan Sanders also recorded seven points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
Julie Scelfo started MAMA — Mothers Against Media Addiction — earlier this year to help parents fight back against the harms of social media on children. A former journalist, Scelfo says she was inspired to take action after reporting on the youth mental health crisis and how screens and social media are affecting young people’s lives. The group has 28 chapters in 17 states, with waitlists to start other chapters. Scelfo says the group wants to establish chapters in every state, provide parent education about technology, “ensure the school day remains smart-phone-free for students and overcome the ”inertia in our state capitals and Congress so technology is safeguarded like other consumer products." Scelfo spoke with The Associated Press recently about her work with MAMA, as well as a new Australian law banning children under 16 from using social media. The Q&A has been edited for length and clarity. QUESTION: What are the biggest issues you hear from parents about technology, anything new that hasn’t been talked about as much? I’m not sure it hasn’t been talked about, but what I hear the most from parents is that they are extremely stressed about the ubiquity of technology in their children’s lives and they don’t know what to do about it. Whether it’s the massive social pressure to get kids their own phones, or the fact that kindergartners are handed tablets on their first day of school, it can feel almost impossible for parents to do what they intrinsically know is better for their kids — which is to be outside in the world as much as possible and not parked in front of a screen. But parents cannot possibly bear the entire responsibility of keeping children off screens and keeping them safe online because the problems are baked into society and into the design of the products. Parents and kids face a polycrisis — multiple crises happening at the same time which creates an effect even more devastating than each one would be individually. At a time when children should be building their social skills and attention span, they are increasingly interacting with the world through technology that can impede the development of both – and on platforms without adequate safeguards. Social media companies relentlessly target our kids with hidden algorithms that exploit their emotions for profit , and I don’t think there’s a real understanding of just how pervasive that exploitation is. Q: Is Australia’s ban on social media for kids under 16 the right move by a government? Why/why not? Australia’s social media ban for children under 16 puts the responsibility of compliance where it should be — on tech platforms, not parents. With more than half of teenagers spending nearly five hours a day on social media platforms and our heart-breaking national youth mental health crisis, it’s unconscionable that governments around the world, including here in the U.S., have failed to pass meaningful social media regulation since the days when AOL still distributed CD-ROMs by snail mail. Much like the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) would do here in the U.S, Australia’s ban represents a crucial first break in the long-standing logjam on any type of internet regulation and I applaud Australia’s legislators and Prime Minister Albanese for having the courage to stand up to Big Tech. Big Tech is personalizing content to pull our kids into a world where addiction, anxiety, and even depression are side effects. To keep them on the app longer, children are shown more and more extreme content, leveraging the mountains of data they are collecting on our kids, with no common-sense safeguards or basic protections every parent expects. They are making billions while having the nerve to say it’s the parents’ job to make their products safe for our kids? It’s time for governments to step in and force Beg Tech to take responsibility for the effects of their products. Big Tech has spent more than $51 million this year alone to prevent KOSA from passing. Q: What are the reasons that teens should wait until 16 to be on social media? A: Today’s youth spend nearly 9 hours on screens daily and it’s not healthy or safe for their hearts and minds. For example, Meta in September acknowledged taking action on 12 million pieces of suicide and self-harm content on Facebook and Instagram this year — just between April and June. Our kids’ compulsion to check their phones is exposing them to unsafe content and displacing critical, real-world experiences they need to properly develop socially, emotionally and academically. Q: Won’t kids just get around the restrictions, as they always do? A: Every other industry is safeguarded. From toys to food to buildings to cars, we have regulations in place to keep children safe. Why should social media products be any different? Kids may try to get around the restrictions — just like they do for alcohol, tobacco or drugs — but nobody is saying that because they try, we should give them unfettered access to them. Parents cannot possibly bear the entire responsibility of keeping children safe online, because the problems are baked into the design of the products, and so we need policies that hold Big Tech accountable for ensuring their products are safe. Q: What is your ultimate goal with MAMA? A: Just like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the genesis of this movement is fury and anger at the injustice of young people being robbed of their lives just because they happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. I want to direct that energy into cultural change — we can’t continue to tout the benefits of technology without having an open and real-time discussion about its significant, and widespread harms and without ensuring that powerful corporations, just like Big Tobacco, are forced to make their products as safe as possible for humans. The ultimate goal for MAMA is to put tech products in their place: as powerful, and often helpful tools - but just a part of human life, not the center of it. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.