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California college athletes set to receive money from endorsements; mass demonstrations in Moscow advocate the release of protesters.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Hannah Brown. TOP NEWS California vs. the NCAA Jonathan Devich/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 206, a measure that would allow college athletes to profit from endorsement deals by 2023 — the latest shift in a long and contentious national debate over paying college athletes. [ NYT / Alan Blinder ] A former college athlete himself, Newsom supported the measure because "collegiate student athletes put everything on the line — their physical health, future career prospects and years of their lives to compete." [ NPR /

45 million online photos and videos A email Monday, September 30, 2019 By Karen K. Ho You're reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 45 million online photos and videos Last year, technology companies reported 45 million online photos and videos of child sexual abuse to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Almost two-thirds of the worldwide reports of child sexual abuse material were about material on Facebook Messenger. Among many reasons it's hard for authorities to deal with the problem: federal funding to combat it has remained flat and there is high staff turnover on this beat due to graphic and emotionally draining work. [ New York Times ] 31 degrees celsius In addition to sparse crowds, marathon athletes at the World Athletics Championships in Doha experienced brutal conditions on Saturday morning, with outdoor temperatures of 31 degrees Celsius (88 degrees Fahrenheit) res