Global National: March 28

Four Ontario school boards have launched lawsuits against Meta, TikTok, and Snapchat over allegations their platforms are negligently designed for compulsive use, and have rewired the way children think, behave, and learn. How much money the school boards are seeking; how many hours a day kids and teens are logged onto social media; and how the tech companies are responding. Disgraced ‘crypto king’ and bitcoin bubble boy Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing billions of dollars from his customers. What SBF had to say, and how the judge fired back. Investigators in Baltimore have reviewed the data recorder of the mammoth Dali cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge. What happened on the ship moments before the collision. Plus, skipping seconds. Why Earth’s rotation is slowing slightly, and the impact on the planet’s timekeepers. And an ultramarathoner’s ultimate feat. Meet the Canadian man and the British woman who both made history by finishing the Barkley Marathons, the world’s toughest foot race challenging competitors to run through 160 kilometres of rugged terrain in just 60 hours.