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News After discovering old copies of The Atlanta Journal in a 100-year-old house, we realized that the social pages from 1907 aren’t too different from how we use social media in the present day. The AJC’s Koralie Barrau hears from Stephen Braren, the director of applied research at Social Creatures, about why humans crave social connection — and how they evolved to need it. Credits: AJC | Getty Images | Robin Dunbar | Prelinger Archives | Sid Davis Productions | Owen Murphy Productions | U.S. Army Pictorial Service | calebu2 / YouTube | B.K. Blake Inc. | Gary Goldsmith | Social Creatures | Nature Human Behaviour | Cottonbro Studio, Anthony, Adailton Batista, Brian Mains, Coverr / Pexels 2:04 AJC |4 hours ago  » Read More

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird poses with pigs in a photo shared to her official Twitter/X account, Oct. 3, 2024. On Friday, Attorney General Brenna Bird dropped her lawsuit over a February Facebook post by Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx. Bird had been seeking to strip Winneshiek County of all state funds, unless Marx publicly disowned his Facebook post and declared his support for ICE enforcement actions, using language provided by the AG’s office.  Bird filed the lawsuit against Winneshiek County after Gov. Kim Reynolds filed a complaint about Marx’s Feb. 4 post, in which the sheriff told county residents he shared their concerns about “three letter agencies including ICE,” and said he and his deputies would not assist ICE if they were asked to do something Marx considered unconstitutional. In her complaint, Reynolds said Marx had violated Iowa Code section 27A, which requires every “local entity” to cooperate with ICE, keep anyone for whom the agency issues a detainer order and “not adopt or enforce a policy or take any other action under which the local entity prohibits or discourages the enforcement of immigration laws.” (A “local entity” is defined as “the governing body of a city or county…

Jordanian MP Yanal Freihat was arrested over a Facebook post criticising the government's stance on the Muslim Brotherhood Jordanian politician Yanal Freihat was arrested and later released on bail for criticising the government (Social Media) Published date: 20 July 2025 18:08 BST | Last update: 8 sec ago Jordanian security forces arrested Yanal Freihat a prominent member of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) party on Sunday. Freihat later released on bail, pending an investigation into a Facebook post that allegedly violated the country’s Cybercrime Law. The public prosecutor ordered Freihat’s detention for one week after he criticised a government statement accusing the Muslim Brotherhood of illegally collecting 30 million dinars ($42 million), while also questioning the government’s version of events. Freihat is widely seen as one of Jordan’s leading conservative members of parliament. He has consistently won in past elections and enjoys broad popular support. In the September 2024 parliamentary elections, he received 18,000 votes—one of the highest counts nationwide. In that same election,  » Read More

DOOLY COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - The Dooly County High School principal announced on Friday, July 18, that he plans to step down. According to a post on the Dooly County High School Facebook page, Principal Dr. Rodney McBride announced he plans to step down after three years in the role. “This was not an easy decision, as the relationships we’ve built together have become so meaningful to me,” the post said. Read the full post here. Have a news tip or see an error that needs correction? Let us know. Please include the article’s headline in your message. To stay up to date on all the latest news as it develops, follow WALB on Facebook and X (Twitter) . For more South Georgia news, download the WALB News app from the Apple Store or Google Play .  » Read More

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SINGAPORE – Long queues formed at all major entry points across Malaysia after a data integration disruption led to a breakdown in the autogate system for foreign visitors. Tens of thousands of foreigners, including Singaporeans, were unable to use the autogate facility, The Star reported on July 19. Malaysian passport holders were unaffected. The breakdown, which started at about noon on July 18, was described as the worst ever, involving more than 200 autogates across the country. The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) confirmed the “technical disruption” in a statement on Facebook at around 4.30pm on July 19. It added that initial investigations pointed to a data integration disruption, which caused delays in the cross-checking process within the MyIMMS system. Among the major gateways affected were Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) terminals 1 and 2, and the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complexes at Bagunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) and Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar (KSAB). BSI and KSAB are both in Johor, and are used by travellers entering Malaysia from Singapore’s Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints respectively.  » Read More

From doorknobs to limited edition hot dog-themed Red Sox hats, Brookline’s gift economy is thriving, helping residents furnish their apartments and even adopt aquatic pets. Buy Nothing—-a global movement started in 2013 by two friends, Rebecca Rockefeller and Liesel Clark, in Bainbridge Island, Washington, to reduce waste—-encourages 7.5 million participants internationally to offer and ask for anything and everything, attracting those moving into (and out of) town, cleaning out their closets or hunting down a hot commodity. One Brooklynite searched for and found dryer lint to use as hamster bedding. The hyper-local virtual communities, in which neighbors within a small geographic radius trade free goods, exist on Facebook and the BuyNothing app. Brookline’s Buy Nothing South Facebook group founder and co-administrator, Madeline Fine, 77, is a retired art teacher and a Brookline native. Get the latest Brookline news free in your inbox. All fields required. You may unsubscribe at any time. “I wish we had some way of measuring how much has not been thrown into Brookline trash,” said Fine.  » Read More

A public art installation featuring seven stainless steel columns in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has sparked recent discussion. Created in 2012 by Mark Byington and funded by the Group of 100, the sculpture originally featured LED lights. The lights are no longer functional, and some columns appear to be leaning. An art installation at the corner of Drayton and Heywood avenues has been the subject of recent chatter on social media. A contributor to the Ask Spartanburg Facebook group posed a question about the seven stainless steel columns that form the work of art: “Do they make a noise?” No – they weren’t designed for the wind to create a whistling sound or for another other audio effect, according to Mark Byington, who created the sculpture. But the columns used to be part of a colorful light display. Byington explained that there were LED lights that produced various colors at the bottom and top of each piece of the sculpture. The artwork was unveiled in 2012.  » Read More

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — An American accused of sexually assaulting a fellow Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” has pleaded guilty months after being extradited from France to face the allegations. Ian Cleary, 32, who was raised in Silicon Valley before attending Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, had hired a private lawyer to review the evidence as he considered a potential plea. Judge Kevin Hess set an Oct. 20 sentencing date. The two sides proposed a four- to eight-year sentence, which the judge can accept or not. Accuser Shannon Keeler, in interviews with The Associated Press, described her decade-long efforts to persuade authorities to pursue charges, starting hours after she says Cleary, a third-year student, sneaked into her first-year dorm on the eve of winter break. She renewed the quest in 2021, after finding a series of disturbing Facebook messages from his account that said, “So I raped you.” Keeler faced Cleary in the courtroom Thursday for the first time since the attack.  » Read More

(AP) — A man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” ...  » Read More