Phishing attacks getting harder to spot
The biggest online threat these days is email that’s made to look like it was sent from a well-known source, such as your bank, credit card company, online retailer, or shipping service. The goal of these phishing
In Brief: More ‘Loot’ for Apple TV+, and more
Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey is set to star in the Showtime limited series Fellow Travelers, opposite Matt Bomer and Allison Williams, according to Deadline. The political thriller follows “the volatile romance of two very different men who meet in the…
Highly contagious Omicron variant now dominant strain in the U.S.
It’s not headline news anymore, but a lot of people are still getting Covid. Nationwide, about 106,000 new infections are reported every day – and we know that’s just a small percentage of the actual number of
How Plan B works and why it’s not abortion
Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, ending nearly five decades of a precedent that protected the constitutional right to an abortion, there has been a lot of public debate an…
Drug company asks FDA for approval for OTC birth control pills
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — A French-based pharmaceutical company announced Monday that it has asked the Food and Drug Administration to sell over-the-counter birth control pills in the U.S., making it the first business to file …
‘Better Call Saul’? ‘Only Murders’? ‘Hacks?’ Who will grab Tuesday morning’s Emmy nominations?
“Better Call Saul” – AMCTuesday morning, a collection of stars will get the early morning wake-up call for which they might have been dreaming the night before: Finding out they’re nominated for an Emmy.
Stand-up comedian and Curb Your Enthusiasm star…
Omicron subvariants threaten COVID-19 resurgence across US
Corbis via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — Health officials are once again raising the alarm about the threat of a resurgence of COVID-19 infections across the country, as concerns grow about the new omicron subvariant, BA.5, which is now the dominant …
White House responds to new poll on Biden’s low approval, Dem dissatisfaction
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The White House on Monday cited some of its past successes as it played down a new New York Times/Siena College poll showing President Joe Biden’s approval rating almost scraping 30% — and Democrats pushing, at th…
Federal judge undercuts Steve Bannon’s defense for not complying with House subpoena
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Monday rejected a series of explanations by former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon as to why he failed to comply with a subpoena issued by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 at…
Long Island school district found to have higher rates of cancer cases: Study
Raychel Brightman/Newsday RM via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A new report found a “statistically significant” excess of cancer cases among people of all ages living within a Long Island school district compared to similar areas of the state.
The report,…