Category: breaking-news

TikTok Will Curb Teen Notifications And Introduce More Privacy Protections Amid Political Pressure

The most popular social media app in the world will make it harder for teens to get outside messages or for their videos to be downloaded.

HHS Becomes Third Federal Agency To Mandate Covid Vaccines For Over 25,000 Workers

Shots will be required for health care workers at the National Institutes of Health, Indian Health Service and Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

Texas Has Classified Genital Gender-Affirming Surgery For Kids As ‘Child Abuse’

The surgeries are rare, leading critics to call it political theater.

If These 13 States Were Countries They’d Rank Among The Worst Covid Outbreaks In The World

13 of the world’s 20 worst outbreaks of Covid-19 are in U.S. states with very low vaccination rates.

Return Of Mask Mandates: Oregon Becomes Latest State To Reimpose Rules

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said masks were needed to combat the infectious delta variant and rising Covid-19 hospitalizations, which are on track to overwhelm the state’s healthcare system in a matter of weeks.

Inflation Keeps Up Summer Surge, Matching Recent Record

Inflation matched June’s increase, the highest since 2008.

Taliban Claim Another Afghan Capital—65% Of Country’s Land In Their Control, EU Official Says

The armed group has captured seven provincial capitals since Friday.

Hospitalizations Spike In States With Low Vaccination Rates As Unvaccinated Covid Patients Fill ICUs

Nearly half of ICU beds in states like Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi are taken up by Covid-19 patients and many states have warned they are running out of beds.

Musician Jason Isbell: I’ll Only Perform For Audiences That Are Vaccinated Or Show A Negative Covid Test

“I’m all for freedom, but I think if you’re dead, you don’t have any freedoms at all,” Isbell said.

Documents Show ‘Alarming’ Animal Welfare Violations In CDC Labs, PETA Says

Documents obtained via freedom of information requests by PETA reveal hundreds of incidents including lab animals left without food and water, euthanized due to staff errors or experimented on improperly.