Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made significant policy changes this week that aligned more closely with conservative values. These changes include rolling back content moderation, eliminating fact-checking, removing tampons from men’s bathrooms at Meta facilities, and ending the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan on Friday, Jan. 10, that the sweeping…

Words like “rawdogging,” “brainrot” and “brat” are among the American Dialect Society’s picks for words of the year for 2024. The group of hundreds of linguistics scholars voted on words or phrases that defined 2024 in a range of different categories, including the informal, political and digital words of the year, the most creative word…

On Friday, Jan. 10, a federal appeals court revived a conservative group’s lawsuit against Pfizer. The lawsuit targets a fellowship program at the pharmaceutical giant meant to boost the number of Black, Latino and Native American leaders in the company. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals revisited its decision from last year and ruled that…

Nigerian officials have called the increasing number of children living on the streets a “ticking time bomb,” and they are trying to defuse it. Sharia police, known as Hisbah, have been conducting late-night operations to round up homeless children and transport them to shelters for rehabilitation in Kano, the country’s largest northern city. The crisis…

The race for the Lombardi Trophy continues Sunday, Jan. 12, with a Wild Card playoff triple-header. Lucky fans can watch roughly 10 consecutive hours of NFL football. It all begins with an AFC showdown between the Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills. Buffalo rested their starters in the final game of the regular season and finished…

Amazon could be making its next big move—into news. After the success of its free-to-stream special, “Election Night with Brian Williams,” the company appears to be exploring new opportunities in the media landscape. The special, hosted by former NBC correspondent Brian Williams, was available to all viewers, including those without an Amazon Prime Video membership.…

Morgan Geyser, one of two people convicted in the 2014 stabbing of a classmate that was inspired by the fictional character Slender Man, has been granted conditional release from a psychiatric hospital. Geyser spent seven years in treatment. Now 22, following evaluations, multiple medical experts no longer view Geyser as a safety risk to the…

China is reportedly sending a high-level envoy to Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, signaling an effort to ease tensions between Washington and Beijing as the new U.S. administration takes office. This comes after Trump extended an invitation to Chinese President Xi Jinping in December, though Xi is reportedly not attending. The attendance of any…

Just 10 days before leaving office, President Joe Biden is extending Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, to more than 800,000 immigrants from Latin America who are currently in the United States legally. Biden’s move complicates President-elect Donald Trump’s signature plan to significantly cut immigration into the U.S. while also executing what he calls the largest…

A pair of AFC Wild Card playoff games kick off the NFL’s race for the Lombardi trophy. It’s the start of a month-long race to New Orleans and the 2025 Super Bowl. The Los Angeles Chargers will be in Houston to take on the Texans in the early matchup. The Chargers, with a 11-6 record,…