This is a test. That’s the message that will go out nationwide at 2:20 PM Eastern Time as FEMA, along with the FCC, test the Emergency Alert System (EAS) as well as the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system. The notice will go to televisions and radios, as well as smart phones that have opted in…

Forget Christmas in July. It was Christmas in August for Republicans. Wednesday, Congresswoman Cori Bush participated in an interview with CBS News. During the interview, the Democrat from St. Louis said, “So suck it up and defunding the police has to happen, we need to defund the police and put that money into social safety…

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham announced on Twitter Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19, despite already being vaccinated. Straight Arrow News Political Producer Annie Andersen breaks down what the breakthrough case means for Sen. Graham in the near future.

Update (11/19/21): About four months after the original announcement, the Cleveland Indians officially switch their name over to the Guardians Friday. Following changes to some of the digital elements of the team Thursday, the Cleveland Guardians Team Store opened at Progressive field Friday morning. “Today marks a major step in our transition to the Cleveland Guardians,…

Twitter is experimenting with allowing users to upvote or downvote Tweet replies, and many have spotted similarities to Reddit functionality. pic.twitter.com/bgwpBkQVXu — Reddit (@Reddit) July 21, 2021

#HIPPA has been trending on social media after U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed her HIPAA rights were violated when asked if she’d been vaccinated. But her comment, and the trend on Twitter, show there’s some misunderstanding about what HIPAA is… and how it’s spelled. Let’s Get This Straight.

A map that looks a lot like the Electoral College map has been making its way around social media. Source: CDC Except it isn’t the Electoral College 2020 map. It’s a map from the CDC showing the vaccinations for the various states. The darker the blue, the more people fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Take a…

Gwen’s picks for Tuesday, July 20 include: Jeff Bezos successfully makes it to space and back. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s twitter account gets suspended. The Delta variant is rapidly spreading through the U.S. Canada to open border to Americans next month. CDC says to avoid UK travel.

Twitter announced late Monday night it suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account for 12 hours, saying some of Rep. Greene’s tweets violated the site’s policy on COVID-19 misinformation. “We took enforcement action on the account @mtgreenee for violations of the Twitter Rules, specifically the Covid-19 misleading information policy,” the company said in an email. One of…

July 18 (Reuters) – American Coco Gauff will not compete in the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, the 17-year-old said on Sunday. Gauff was set to become the youngest Olympic tennis player since 2000 but instead joins a number of the world’s top players who have already pulled out of the Tokyo Games.…