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Instant Amtrak sale: DC to NYC $47

By Jeff Clabaugh

WASHINGTON — Amtrak has announced a three-day sale on its Northeast Regional service, but you’ll have to act fast to get the cheaper tickets.

The Northeast Regional Three Day Sale runs Jan. 16 through Jan. 18, but it does cover a travel window that’s more than a month and includes the Presidents Day holiday weekend.

Tickets bought by midnight on Jan. 18 are good for travel on the Northeast corridor from Feb. 5 through March 15, and Amtrak says there are no blackout dates.

Sample fares from D.C.’s Union Station include $29 one-way fares to Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station and $47 one-way fares to New York’s Penn Station.

The Northeast Regional runs from Boston to Virginia Beach.

On Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor service, between D.C. and Boston, ridership reached 12 million in fiscal 2017, the Northeast Corridor’s highest ever ridership.

Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids

By The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state's lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. The lawsuit, filed in 2023 by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, alleges that Meta did this to make a profit and that its actions affected hundreds of thousands of teenagers in Massachusetts who use the social media platforms. “We are making claims based only on the tools that Meta has developed because its own research shows they encourage addiction to the platform in a variety of ways,” said State Solicitor David Kravitz, adding that the state's claim has nothing to do the company's algorithms or failure to moderate content. Meta said Friday that it strongly disagrees with the allegations and is “confident the evidence will show our longstanding commitment to supporting young people.” Its attorney, Mark Mosier, argued in court that the lawsuit “would impose liabilities for performing traditional publishing functions” and that its actions are protected by the First Amendment.
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