Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

A Colorado woman whose son died from a fentanyl-laced pill he bought through social media is celebrating a pair of verdicts this week against Meta and YouTube. Kimberly Osterman says the verdicts in California and New Mexico open the door for social media companies to be held responsible for harms to children using their platforms.

Demonstrators with the group Run for Their Lives have staged events around the world calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas since 2023. But organizers say Sunday's walk in Boulder, Colorado, was the first where they have met violence.

It's tarantula mating season on the Colorado plains, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate. Hundreds of arachnophiles flock to the small town of La Junta each year to watch them emerge in droves. Scientists, spider enthusiasts and curious Colorado families piled into buses just before dusk last weekend as tarantulas began to roam.