The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laid out guidelines for how to handle this holiday season, and a handful of restrictions are still recommended.
A three-year legal battle over a controversial rental housing ordinance that essentially allows police to pressure landlords to evict their tenants is expected to go to trial early next year. The anticipated court case will be closely watched by housing advocates, attorneys and cities with similar policies.
Amazon's audiobook service Audible and phone apps for reading the holy books of Islam and Christianity have disappeared from the Apple store in mainland China, in the latest examples of the country's tightening rules for internet firms.
The price of PCR tests has fallen by near tenfold across the country from when the tests were first made available. 80% of test kits used today in the country are now completely manufactured in India.
Congress is investigating ways it can further regulate the social media giants, like Facebook. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) says she hopes to bring the ideas of parents back to Washington, D.C., and an institution that she says has fallen behind in protecting children from harmful ads and algorithms.
"It is every brown girl's dream to be singing that song on an actual flying carpet," says Narayan. "And the fact that I got to do it on Broadway in the full costume with the lights and the 32-piece orchestra beneath me — oh, my gosh, I really had to hold it together. It was emotional overload for me."
