AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday announced a ban on the use of AI and social media apps affiliated with the Chinese government on all Texas state-issued devices. The ban, said to protect the state’s infrastructure, intellectual property, and sensitive information from foreign threats, takes immediate effect. “Texas will not allow…
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – A bill that aims to require social media apps to get parental control if the user is a minor has been killed by a House subcommittee. However, a similar bill still lives in the Senate. Senate Bill 854 prohibits social media platforms from allowing minors to use what they call “addictive…
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT)—The Underground Kitchen Community First brings quality, nutritious food to communities that tend to receive the least. ‘We’re making that information accessible. We’re also making that food accessible to the public,” said Micheal Sparks, the founder of UGK Community First. UGK Community First was born during COVID when they served 300,000 meals to…
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) -Richmond Public Schools now has a plan to enforce its new cell phone policy in the new year. The division will take a tiered approach, starting with a verbal warning and then escalating. The “Acceptable Technology and Cell Phone Use Policy” was shared at the Richmond School Board meeting on Monday, Dec….
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT)—Every Virginia school division aims to achieve cell-phone-free learning by 2025. “They’re there to study, they’re there to pay attention to their teachers and behave in class, and I think that having cellphones works totally against that,” said Jeffery Cartwright, a grandparent of two Richmond Public Schools (RPS) students. Richmond Public Schools reviewing…
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key at 8:30pm as a category three hurricane with sustained winds of 120mph. WWSB ABC7 News at 7pm A sustained wind of 40mph and a gust of 73mph was recently reported at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. Sustained winds of 78mph and a wind gust of…
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT)—Safe Kids Worldwide released a new report coinciding with National Child Passenger Safety Week that shows most parents do not know when to remove their children from booster seats. According to the report, Booster Seat Use in the USA: Breakthroughs and Barriers, “four out of five parents moved their child out of a…
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Parents and school divisions are now planning for their students not to have their phones on them throughout the school day. Some are now voicing their concerns about the state’s new cell phone-free policy. “My initial reaction was, what does this policy entail? And what’s going to be inclusive for the…