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Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit permission to create social media accounts. Lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to a bill that would also ban social media use on school devices and internet services. It would require porn sites to verify users are 18 or over and mandate additional education by schools on social media and internet use. A number of other states including Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Utah have passed laws requiring parental consent for children to use social media. But opponents warned that the Georgia bill would cause problems.

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The largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard is arriving by barge so crews can begin removing the wreckage from the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says the crane can lift up to 1,000 tons. It will be used to clear the channel in order to resume the search for four workers who remain missing and reopen the key shipping route. Another crane is also on the way. Moore says “the best minds in the world” are working on plans to remove the twisted metal and concrete remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge. It was struck early Tuesday by a cargo ship and quickly fell into the river.

Experts say rebuilding Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge could take anywhere from 18 months to several years. They also say the cost could be at least $400 million — or twice that much. It all depends on factors that are still mostly unknown. They range from the bridge's design to the abilities of government officials to swiftly navigate bureaucracy. Ben Schafer is an engineering professor at Johns Hopkins University. He said the project could take five to seven years given all that's required. The Key Bridge collapsed Tuesday after a cargo ship plowed into it. Officials are scrambling to clean up and rebuild.

The Moscow concert hall attack a week ago that left more than 140 people dead was a major blunder for Russia’s law enforcement agencies. While the government register of terrorist and extremist groups in the country includes al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, it also lists LGBTQ+ activists and political opposition groups like that of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. That has raised questions about how Russia’s vast security services evaluate threats to the country and how gunmen could easily kill so many people at a public event. President Vladimir Putin came to power 24 years ago by taking a tough line against what he labeled as terrorism.