The posts gained attention after being highlighted by the Facebook page for Not In Our Town Billings, a group with 3,000-plus followers that advocates for progressive causes and in particular against hate speech. Cara Auch, a parent of two Medicine Crow students, said she was troubled by the lack of response […]
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Opening day, at last. A baseball season that was on the brink before it ever began because of the virus outbreak is set to start Thursday night when excitable Max Scherzer and the World Series champion Washington Nationals host prized ace Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees. When it […]
TELEMMGLPICT000228734180.jpeg Social media giants allowed misinformation about coronavirus to spread “virulently” across their platforms because duty of care laws are still not in place to regulate them, MPs say today. The Commons culture committee cited evidence of a range of harms from dangerous hoax treatments and anti-vaccination propaganda to conspiracy […]
Graduate Dylan Davis is congratulated by coach John Shanahan as he exits the Laguna Beach High drive-through graduation at Guyer Field. (Don Leach / Times Community News) Orange County education leaders voted 4 to 1 Monday evening to approve recommendations for reopening schools in the fall that do not include […]
Graduate Dylan Davis is congratulated by coach John Shanahan as he exits the Laguna Beach High drive-through graduation at Guyer Field. (Don Leach / Times Community News) Orange County education leaders voted 4 to 1 Monday evening to approve recommendations for reopening schools in the fall that do not include […]
Graduate Dylan Davis is congratulated by coach John Shanahan as he exits the Laguna Beach High drive-through graduation at Guyer Field. (Don Leach / Times Community News) Orange County education leaders on Monday are expected to consider a set of recommendations for reopening schools in the fall that does not […]
Graduate Dylan Davis is congratulated by Coach John Shanahan as he exits the Laguna Beach High drive-through graduation at Guyer Field. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot) Orange County education leaders on Monday are expected to consider a set of recommendations for reopening schools in the fall that does not include […]
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Conspiracy theorists at Hyde Park Corner on 16 May 2020 in London: Getty Social media platforms are making up to $1bn a year from people following anti-vaccine misinformation that could cause “tens of thousands” of coronavirus deaths, researchers say. The Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) said the number of […]
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival may still be months from unfolding in Park City, Utah, but newly-installed festival director Tabitha Jackson has revealed that the festival is planning for a range of scenarios when it comes to imagining what the event will look like during the global health crisis. In […]
Black content creators call on followers and social media platforms to acknowledge systematic racism. (Photo: Instagram/heybriajones/areed_1998) The social media landscape has been transformed amid conversations regarding racial injustice and the Black Lives Matter movement, sparked by the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. While people from all […]
Social media app icons are seen on the screen of a smartphone in this close-up photo From the idea that the coronavirus was created in a lab to the belief that it is all part of a plan to bring in compulsory vaccinations, conspiracy theories have been plentiful in recent […]
Photo credit: izusek/istockphoto Too Close for Comfort The coronavirus pandemic has made “6 feet apart” a mantra for many, but what about workers whose livelihoods depend on contact with others? Economists with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis examined data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Department of […]
Visitors ride a roller coaster at Universal Studios theme park on the first day of reopening from the coronavirus pandemic, on June 5, 2020, in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images) Universal Orlando reopened in early June and the theme park […]
As cases of COVID-19 continue to spread around the world, Canadians seem to be increasingly concerned about their health and safety Check back for the latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak in Canada. For a full archive of the first month of the pandemic, please check our archive of events. […]
Mecklenburg officials say there could be a surge in COVID-19 cases in the county in August and September as the state reopens – signaling the latest revision to projections that previously suggested local hospitals would experience their greatest demand on resources in mid-July. County Public Health Director Gibbie Harris said […]