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A routine meeting of a group of vaccine experts who advise the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention became the target of a storm of misinformation after unfounded rumors that the group’s vote could result in nationwide COVID-19 vaccine mandates for school children. The misleading claims caused an uproar on social media. Fox News host …
Qatari officials have said they plan to suspend evacuation flights for Afghan refugees hoping to resettle in the U.S. while the country hosts soccer’s World Cup next month, according to refugee advocates, congressional aides and a source familiar with the Qatari government’s plans. The move would add to an already massive backlog of tens of …
The Morning Meeting with Al Tompkins is a daily Poynter briefing of story ideas worth considering and other timely context for journalists, written by senior faculty Al Tompkins. Over the weekend we got word that the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who is “up-to-date” on her covid-19 vaccinations …
Authorities released body camera video Tuesday that showed the aftermath of a deadly Oklahoma crash allegedly caused by a teen accused of topping 150 mph in a Ford Mustang. Video obtained from the Stillwater Police Department by NBC affiliate KFOR of Oklahoma City showed the mangled Mustang on its side and a red Chevrolet Impala …
Some 50 years ago, along with Washington Post colleague Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward broke some of the biggest political stories in history, reporting on the Watergate break-in that eventually led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation from office. Today, Woodward continues to produce impactful reporting about the White House. In an opinion essay for the Post …
Almost all the 15 Black officers at the police department in Knoxville, Tennessee, have felt discriminated against, according to an external review of the department. And none of them thinks the promotional process is fair, either. The recently released review was conducted by 21CP Solutions, a consulting firm that specializes in improving policing. It was commissioned …
Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, came out as an early supporter of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, tweeting in February that the “majority of mankind (that are non-white) support Russia’s stand in Ukraine.” In March, Uganda was among 17 African countries that abstained from voting on a United Nations resolution condemning the …
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is the latest conservative — and perhaps the most high-profile one — to target a 25-year-old TikTok influencer in what appears to be an anti-transgender vitriol campaign. In a tweet shared Monday night, the Republican lawmaker embedded a TikTok video created by transgender woman Dylan Mulvaney and wrote, “Dylan Mulvaney, Joe …
The Morning Meeting with Al Tompkins is a daily Poynter briefing of story ideas worth considering and other timely context for journalists, written by senior faculty Al Tompkins. Consider this, one river barge carries as many as 15 rail cars and 38 tractor-trailers. And drought has caused the Mississippi River to drop so low that …
If you figured Ted Cruz being on ABC’s “The View” on Monday would produce some fireworks, you would have been right. The Republican senator from Texas went on the talk show and it wasn’t long before protestors in the audience disrupted things. But get this: At first, the protests were not even about Cruz. As …
