E-cigarette use among teens increases 21% over previous year, study finds
Diego Cervo / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — About 2.55 million middle and high schoolers in the United States reported using e-cigarettes, an increase of 21.5% from those who reported using those products last year, a new federal study shows.
The st…
Marvel macabre: ‘Werewolf by Night’ debuts Friday on Disney+
Marvel StudiosOn Friday, Marvel Studios delivers Werewolf by Night on Disney+. The hour-long black-and-white film hearkens back to the classic monster movies of decades past.
Werewolf by Night stars Gael García Bernal as Jack Russell, one of a group o…
US warships, with South Korea and Japan, train to shoot down North Korean missiles
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Natasha ChevalierLosada(NEW YORK) — U.S. warships from the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group teamed up with South Korean and Japanese destroyers to practice shooting down missiles in the Sea…
Foreign actors ‘likely’ to use ‘information manipulation’ tactics during 2022 election: Feds
David Crespo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Foreign actors are “likely” to use “information manipulation” to try to influence the 2022 election, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI warn in a new bulletin.
“Foreign actors may intens…
Three stabbed, one fatally, in string of New York City subway attacks
New York Police Department(NEW YORK) — Three men were stabbed, one fatally, in separate attacks in the New York City subway system within an eight-hour span Thursday.
A 38-year-old Bronx man was getting off a northbound 4 train as it arrived at the 1…
House Jan. 6 committee announces possible final hearing. Here’s what to expect
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 committee on Thursday announced it will hold what might be its final hearing next Thursday, Oct. 13.
It will take place at 1 p.m.
The committee postponed its Sept. 29 sessio…
Mom speaks out after 14-year-old daughter was denied arthritis medication due to abortion law
Kaitlin Preble(NEW YORK) — For the past decade, Kaitlin Preble of Tucson, Arizona, said she has gone to her local pharmacy each month to pick up her daughter’s prescription for methotrexate, a drug that is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, among oth…
Monkeypox has disproportionately impacted Hispanic and Latino men in US
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Since the early days of the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, Hispanic and Latino men may have been disproportionately affected.
While data from the CDC is limited and fewer than 50% of cases incl…
It’s Cybersecurity Month: The security risks created by using old technology
Technology has a shelf-life, especially devices that connect to the internet via Wi-Fi or app. If that home security system, thermostat, laptop, smart speaker, baby cam, or robot vacuum cleaner connects to the internet, and the manufacturer
In Brief: HBO debuts season 2 trailer to ‘The White Lotus’, and more
Iconic Hairspray and Pink Flamingos director John Waters is making his first movie since 2004 with a big-screen adaptation of his novel Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance. Deadline reports the project, which centers on “suitcase thief, scammer and master of…