Month: August 2022

New report warns about privacy of period-tracking, pregnancy apps after Roe v. Wade overturned
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new report is shining a spotlight on potential privacy concerns loopholes in apps that collect women’s personal health information following the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Abortion is [Read More…]

Arizona election official reacts to man facing federal charges for allegedly threatening him
Mario Tama/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — After federal prosecutors unsealed charges Wednesday against a Missouri man who allegedly sent a voicemail threat to an Arizona election official last year, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer confirmed [Read More…]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubles down on busing migrants to NYC amid feud with Mayor Eric Adams
Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defended sending buses of migrants from the Texas-Mexico border to Democrat-led cities amid a feud with New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who [Read More…]

3 men charged in connection with death of gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger
Bureau of Prisons/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Three men were charged Thursday in connection with the 2018 death of notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, federal prosecutors announced. Bulger was allegedly bludgeoned to death in [Read More…]

Migrants detail harrowing, hopeful journey from Texas to NYC
ABC News (NEW YORK)– Thousands of migrants seeking asylum who endured a 2,000-mile journey over several days, with little to no belongings or family, aboard buses sent from Texas now find themselves facing challenges establishing [Read More…]

‘Multiple fatalities’ reported after 2 small planes collide mid-air at California airport, city officials say
KGO-TV (WATSONVILLE, Calif.) — “Multiple fatalities” were reported after two small planes collided mid-air at a California airport on Thursday, officials said. The crash occurred shortly before 3 p.m. local time at the Watsonville Municipal [Read More…]

New COVID guidelines ease in-person work but won’t spur return to office, experts say
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS (WASHINGTON) — Apple on Monday made headlines as the latest major company to call its workers back to the office, setting a deadline for early next month that will require workers to do their [Read More…]

Will Smith’s Q Scores measuring mass appeal are revealed
Neilson Barnard/Getty Images The fallout from Will Smith‘s Oscars slap continues. On Thursday, Variety reports that the actor’s Q Scores, the industry standard for measuring celebrities’ mass appeal, have dropped significantly since he slapped host Chris Rock onstage at the [Read More…]

USTR addresses fertilizer tariffs, GMO corn ban during Iowa visit
The U.S. Trade Representative addressed fertilizer tariffs and Mexico’s GMO corn ban during a market development roundtable at a farm in central Iowa Thursday. Ambassador Katherine Tai says she understands farmer concerns about the high [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Moscow refuses to create demilitarized zone around plant
ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]

Judge indicates portions of Mar-a-Lago search affidavit could be unsealed after redactions
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A magistrate judge in Florida heard in-person arguments Thursday on a request from a coalition of media outlets to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant executed at former [Read More…]

COVID-19’s negative impact on caregivers and 4 ways to help them
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented effects on our society and even more so on our senior population, as they struggle to manage care. In some cases, they are [Read More…]

Geena Davis says she’s still “close” with ‘A League of Their Own’ cast members
Nick Argo/©Academy Museum Foundation Even after 30 years, the cast of A League of Their Own still keeps in touch. The 1992 film, which starred Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Rosie O’Donnell, Lori Petty and Anne Ramsay, is loosely based [Read More…]

Jonah Hill won’t promote new film ‘Stutz’ in order to focus on his mental health
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Jonah Hill may have directed and starred in the upcoming film Stutz, but that doesn’t mean you’ll see him promoting it. Stutz is a documentary that explores mental health alongside Hill and his therapist. Coincidentally, [Read More…]

Jamie Foxx on why his 2016 comedy ’All-Star Weekend’ is unreleased: “It’s been tough”
ABC/Randy Holmes Jamie Foxx has an unreleased comedy that he’s hoping sees the light of day. In 2016, Jamie co-wrote and directed a film called All-Star Weekend that stars him and Jeremy Pivenas friends and truck drivers Malik and [Read More…]

Agriculture watches next step in railroad labor dispute
An agricultural leader says now that the three-member Presidential Emergency Board has recommended a compromise to resolve the railroad labor dispute, the railroads and their employee unions should try again to work out their differences. [Read More…]

Vilsack touts conservation support in inflationary bill
U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says conservation funding in the Inflationary Reduction Act will complement priority areas in the next farm bill. “This resource is going to allow us to begin to whittle down the [Read More…]

Man allegedly shoots wife with crossbow while she slept on sofa
(OTTUMWA, IA) — A 68-year-old man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting his wife with a crossbow while she slept on a sofa in their home. The incident occurred at [Read More…]

Cops sued for allegedly harassing town’s Black residents
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (LEXINGTON, MS) — A month after the police chief of a Mississippi town was fired following leaked audio allegedly of him using racial slurs, a civil rights group is suing the department. [Read More…]

This is how mifepristone and misoprostol induce abortions
Robyn Beck/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just under 1 million people utilized abortion services in the U.S. in 2020, according to recent data from the Guttmacher Institute. Another report from Guttmacher in 2016 showed that [Read More…]