Uvalde school district to face $27 billion class action lawsuit
Jason Marz/Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) — The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District is facing a $27 billion class-action suit in connection with the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Attor…
Republicans vow to investigate Fauci after he steps down in December
Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday responded to Republican vows to investigate him after he steps down from his government roles in December, saying he would consider testifying but not submit to “character assassi…
Charlie Crist defeats Nikki Fried in Fla. Dem governor’s primary; will face DeSantis in November
Octavio Jones/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Charlie Crist on Tuesday defeated Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, ABC News projects, setting up a high-profile matchup against Republican Gov. Ron DeSant…
WSU researchers say they’ve developed tool that could help detect autism in kids
(Photo courtesy of Washington State University Eldon S. Floyd College of Medicine) Doctors might soon have a tool to help them detect a sign of autism in young children with the help of researchers at Washington State
Ukrainian teen recalls horror of being shot by Russian soldiers, playing dead
ABC News(KIEV) — In some ways, 14-year-old Dasha Pivtoratska is like other children her age. She wants to become a choreographer, she shares videos via TikTok and she lights up when she talks about her pets.
But having encountered the Russian invasio…
Olympian, swim groups look to turn the tide on the country’s racial gap in drowning
ABC News(NEW YORK) — For generations, Black Americans have grappled with a troubling reality when it comes to swimming.
Black Americans drown at a rate 50 percent higher than their white counterparts, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
IRS conducting ‘comprehensive review of existing safety and security measures’ amid threats to employees
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Internal Revenue Service said it is conducting a comprehensive review of its security systems amid recent threats against IRS employees.
Some of the rhetoric comes after many Repub…
Whistleblower alleges Twitter deceived regulators on security and spam, Twitter says it’s a ‘false narrative’
Onur Dogman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former Twitter head of security, Peiter Zatko, alleged in a whistleblower federal complaint last month that the social media giant had numerous wide-ranging information security system l…
COVID-19 wastewater data signals potential viral plateau after weeks of declines
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The number of U.S. wastewater sites reporting increases in the presence of COVID-19 in their samples appears to be plateauing after a significant decline in recent weeks.
Federal data shows that abo…
‘Batgirl’ directors describe being locked out of watching their own movie’s footage
L-R Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah/Marvel Studios(NOTE LANGUAGE) Directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah opened up to the French news outlet Skript about their shock when they learned their film Batgirl was suddenly shelved by Warner Bros.
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