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STUDY: Social Media Use Harmful, Causes Depression, Loneliness

Bill Gnade

A University of Pennsylvania study claims to have found a "causal link" between "time spent on social media and increased depression and loneliness," Science Daily reports.

The study examined the behaviors and moods of 143 participants, all undergraduates, and focused on three social media platforms, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook.

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VIDEO: Dramatic Moment As Family, In Car, Flees CA Wildfire

Bill Gnade

A video posted on Brynn Parrott Chatfield's Facebook page captures her family's astonishing drive through flames to safety as a wildfire, called the Camp Fire, ravages her town of Paradise, CA.

CNN reports that at least 5 people have died and at least 1000 structures have been destroyed in the blaze. The network also reports that at one point the fire spread at the rate of "one football field every 3 seconds."

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