Conditions are dire at a makeshift camp in Texas for the approximately 13,000 migrants, mostly from Haiti, who are hoping to enter the US. / BuzzFeed News Related: An on-the-ground report of a day at the migrant camp. / Twitter As of yesterday, the US began flying migrants back
Following Russia's accusations of election meddling, Apple and Google have removed Navalny's tactical voting app from their stores. / Reuters The Wall Street Journal's new series on Facebook finds no evidence of any sort of good the company brings to the world. / Recode Related: Cue
Helen Branswell live-blogs today’s FDA advisory panel meeting on Covid-19 booster shots. / STAT The debate over who deserves credit for pioneering mRNA technology is heating up. Hundreds of scientists have worked on it for decades. / Nature France suspends 3,000 health workers without pay for refusing a
A new law in Poland barring restitution for Holocaust survivors takes effect today, during Yom Kippur. / THINK An incredibly detailed tool for calculating Covid risk for various activities based on location, vaccination status, and more. / microCOVID Valley fever, a fungal infection that can turn deadly, is on the rise in
California Governor Newsom beats back the recall effort that dominated his third year in office. / The San Francisco Chronicle The list of politicians and activists excluded from Russia's upcoming elections reads like "a Who's Who of the Russian opposition." / BBC News A personal essay
A guide to today's California recall election—and yes, Trump and Republicans are already saying there's fraud. / Wake Up to Politics See also: Right now the polls look good for Newsom. But you know, polls. / FiveThirtyEight "Serial plaintiffs are protected to litigate each of their
The last known missile fired by the United States in its 20-year war in Afghanistan appears to have killed a longtime worker for a US aid group and seven children. / The New York Times On that note: "A US military robot ship has fired a large missile for
Serge Schmemann: "I Wrote the Lead Times Article on 9/11. Here's What Still Grips Me." / The New York Times As Ethiopia confronts a new year, Tigrays are accused of pillaging towns and killing supposed enemies. / AFP, The Telegraph Military leaders deposed Guinea's president
What to know about Biden's new vaccine mandates, which will apply to more than 80 million Americans. / USA Today Labor unions are backing vaccine mandates from Tyson Foods and Disney World. / Quartz As of today, Denmark's high vaccination rates have allowed the country to lift all
The White House releases a plan showing how the US could produce almost half of its electricity from solar power by 2050. / CNBC Burning fossil fuels must decline almost immediately, a new study finds, for us to avoid more extreme disasters. / NPR The world's largest "direct air
