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With the TikTok ban looming closer in the US, Americans are switching to an app called Red Note. Every year, users braced for the possibility that TikTok might get banned. But now, that possibility ...

As the Palisades fire exploded in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, Mayor Karen Bass was posing for photos at an embassy cocktail party in Ghana, pictures posted on social media show. By the time she ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, with Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley and Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell, addresses the media at a news conference on Saturday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los ...

So, why are Americans signing up? It’s simple: they’re hedging their bets. If TikTok gets the boot, Red Note is set to fill the void. Over the past week, the app skyrocketed to the top of the ...

Do you need to learn Mandarin to use Xiaohongshu (a.k.a Red Note)? Not exactly, but it can't hurt Courtesy Ana Calderone; Cheng Xin/Getty TikTok refugees are searching for ~*good vibes*~.

"Only one life, one chance, don't f**k it up...Just believe (sic)," lines from the notes read. "The only thing I want to celebrate are these scribbles," Hrithik wrote on X. Bollywood star Hrithik ...

But another unlikely challenger has emerged: the Chinese-owned Xiaohongshu, a social media app often referred to as Red Note in English. While Red Note had previously catered almost exclusively to ...

When Kiena Dawes took her own life following years of domestic abuse, she left a note that blamed her boyfriend for her death. Kiena Dawes, 23, had written a suicide note claiming, “Ryan ...

Mark Zuckerberg announced the eventual move to Community Notes last week as part of sweeping changes to Meta’s moderation policies. Mark Zuckerberg announced the eventual move to Community Notes ...

Karen Bass once promised she wouldn’t go abroad as the mayor of Los Angeles — now, as her city battles the worst wildfire in its history, she has five international trips under her belt during ...