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The Facebook "like" sign is seen at Facebook's corporate headquarters campus in Menlo Park, California, on October 23, 2019. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Facebook Boots NYU Disinformation Researchers Off Its Platform And Critics Cry Foul

Facebook disabled the academics' accounts and blocked their access to its platform, saying they had violated its terms of service by collecting data about political ads.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) emblem on a page of the HKSAR passport arranged in Hong Kong, China, on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. Prime Minister Boris Johnson estimates about 300,000 Hong Kong citizens will take advantage of a new visa route to leave the former British colony and settle in the U.K., despite nearly three million people being eligible. Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg via Getty Images

As China Cracks Down, Hong Kong Residents In The U.S. Have Been Given Temporary Haven

In announcing the move, the White House cited "strong support for people in Hong Kong in the face of ongoing repression by the People's Republic of China."

EVERETT, MA - JULY 26: A woman uses a fan to cool off while waiting at a Census 2020 booth at a farmer's market in Everett, MA on July 24, 2020. Some communities are at risk of being undercounted in the census, because self-response rates so far in the Boston area and other hard-hit communities are only at 50%. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

After Months Of Delay, The Census Data For New Voting Maps Is Coming Out Aug. 12

For months, COVID-19 and interference by Trump officials delayed the release of new census demographic data used to redraw voting districts, forcing some state and local elections to be pushed back.

April Ross, left, of the United States, and teammate Alix Klineman celebrate winning a women's beach volleyball Gold Medal match against Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

A Fairy Tale Ending For U.S. Women's Beach Volleyball As They Take Olympic Gold

Historically, U.S. women have been incredibly dominant in beach volleyball at the Olympics. April Ross and Alix Klineman handily beat a duo from Australia to win gold in Tokyo.

In the 1970s, Vernice Davis Anthony was one of dozens of city public health nurses who regularly fanned out to neighborhoods and schools. Decades later, with the city facing bankruptcy, Detroit’s public health department was largely dismantled during bankruptcy proceedings. The city essentially went two years without a government-run health department and was slowly rebuilding when the pandemic hit. (Nic Antaya for KHN)

Hard Lessons From Detroit, A City That Tried To Privatize Public Health

With bankruptcy looming in 2012, Detroit largely dismantled its public health department. Years later, that decision offers a cautionary tale to other U.S. cities as the painful rebuilding continues.

TAMPA, FL - AUGUST 31: Students return to school at Seminole Heights Elementary School after the Florida Department of Education mandated that all schools must have in-class learning during the week on August 31, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. The Hillsborough County Schools District gives their students the in-class learning option amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

Some Florida School Districts Will Require Masks. The Governor May Cut Their Funding

Several districts are keeping their mask mandates in place despite an executive order by Gov. Ron DeSantis that leaves it up to parents to decide whether their children wear face coverings in school.

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: (L-R) Belarus athletics head coach Yuri Moisevich and team official Artur Shumak arrive at Haneda international airport on August 06, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich, the two Belarusian coaches allegedly involved in an attempt to force athlete Krystina Timanovskaya to leave the Olympic Games in Tokyo, have had their Games credentials removed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are now believed to be returning home. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)

The Belarusian Coaches Who Tried To Send An Olympic Sprinter Home Are Dismissed

The two coaches had their credentials revoked by the International Olympic Committee four days after they ordered sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya back home for publicly criticizing them.

FILE - A United Airlines jetliner taxis down a runway for take off from Denver International Airport Friday, July 2, 2021, in Denver. United Airlines reduced its quarterly loss to $434 million and posted surprisingly strong revenue as U.S. vacation travel picked up. In reporting its second-quarter results Tuesday, July 20, 2021 the Chicago-based airline said it expects to earn a pretax profit in the remaining two quarters of the year. That would break a string of six-straight money-losing quarters since the pandemic began to crush air travel. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)

United Becomes The 1st Major U.S. Airline To Require Employees Be Vaccinated

Citing "incredibly compelling" evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, United CEO Scott Kirby announced the policy change on Friday. It will affect the carrier's 67,000 U.S. employees.

This photo provided by Consumer Product Safety Commission shows a dehumidifier made by New Widetech. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, about 2 million dehumidifiers made by New Widetech are being recalled in the U.S. because they can overheat and catch fire, posing fire and burn hazards. New Widetech is aware of 107 incidents of the recalled dehumidifiers overheating and/or catching fire, resulting in about $17 million in property damage. No injuries have been reported. (Consumer Product Safety Commission via AP)

About 2 Million Dehumidifiers In The U.S. Have Been Recalled Over Possible Fire Hazard

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled dehumidifiers made by New Widetech because they can overheat and catch fire. The recall includes about 380,000 in Canada and about 25,000 in Mexico.

Broome County Executive Jason Garnar. (Gabe Altieri/WSKG)

COVID-19 Cases Deemed "Substantial" In Broome, Delaware and Otsego Counties

"We're talking about one to two new cases, daily, sometimes zero cases daily, to about 30 new cases per day."

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