TikTok is encouraging users to slow down, breathe deeply and relax their minds. The app is rolling out a new guided meditation prompt that appears during typical sleeping hours, specifically targeting teens. Late-night scrolls trigger meditation exercises TikTok announced the feature Thursday, May 15, in a blog post, along with the expansion of its mental […]
Smartmatic, the voting technology company at the center of a defamation suit against Fox News, accused the network of destroying key evidence. In court filings unsealed the week of May 12, Smartmatic alleged that top Fox executives, including Fox News co-founder Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan, intentionally deleted text messages after the 2020 election. […]
While weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro deliver rapid results, new research suggests those results may not last. A new study from the University of Oxford’s Biomedical Research Center found that patients who stop using these medications often return to their original weight within two years. As first reported by People, researchers reviewed 7,944 […]
As many as 20 airplanes were approaching Denver International Airport on Monday, May 12, when the unthinkable happened. The planes’ radio communications with air traffic controllers suddenly went down, leaving the pilots, and their passengers, on their own in the crowded skies. Thankfully, no planes collided or crashed because of the radio outage. However, with […]
President Donald Trump said the United States wants to help Palestinians in Gaza, where hunger is rapidly worsening as the Israel-Hamas war rages on. His remarks came at the close of a multi-nation tour of the Middle East, though the president did not visit Israel. “We’re looking at Gaza and we got to get that […]
While the COVID-19 pandemic is technically over, the fallout continues years later. A new investigation by the federal Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) found tens of thousands of cases in which loan applicants may have misrepresented their income. How much money does the case involve? According to its website, the PRAC oversaw more than $5 […]
A new study finds that not all carbs are created equal, and for women, choosing the right ones could make a big difference in how well they age. The research, published May 16 in JAMA Network Open, followed more than 47,000 women from 1984 to 2016. It found a statistically significant link between high-quality carbohydrates […]
A Georgia family says a pregnant woman who is brain-dead is being kept alive on ventilators until the fetus grows enough to safely be delivered. They say the hospital won’t allow them to take the woman off life support because of Georgia’s strict abortion law. What is Georgia’s law? Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed cutting funding for California newsrooms by 67%, reducing the state’s contribution from the expected $30 million to $10 million for the 2025-2026 fiscal year that begins July 1. The funding cut affects a new, high-profile deal with Google to support local news outlets through what’s called the News Transformation Fund. The […]
The FBI issued a warning about an ongoing campaign using artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate senior U.S. officials through voice and text messages. The scheme involves “smishing” and “vishing” attacks, text and voice-based phishing methods, designed to trick targets into giving up personal information or account access. According to the FBI’s public service announcement, attackers […]
