California Governor Gavin Newsom will announce on Wednesday that teachers and other school workers will either be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo regular testing. A new directive that Newsom is due on Wednesday will make California the first state in the country to implements similar rules. Sources told CNN that they will take effect in mid-October. School districts in San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento and Long Beach have…

Facebook stated in Tuesday that removed a network of accounts from Russia associated with a marketing firm that aimed to attract influencers to spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. The social network said it had blocked accounts associated with Fazze, a subsidiary of the UK-based marketing company AdNow, which primarily operated from Russia, for violating Facebook's foreign intervention policy. According to Facebook, the company used the platforms primarily for target audiences…

On Tuesday morning, Dominion Voting Systems filed three $ 1.6 billion defamation suits against two Trump-backed media networks and a supporter of the ex-president. This is the latest in a series of lawsuits by the company against those it says falsely accused it of rigging the 2020 elections. Complaints were filed against Newsmax and One America News Network, as well as former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, who openly supports the…

A Dallas firefighter allegedly lied about having COVID-19 in order to take paid sick leave, and then went to the water park, where he spent nearly $ 1,500 on entertainment, lodging and food. The 38-year-old William Jordan Carter was arrested Friday on theft charges and released on bail. Neither the Dallas Fire and Rescue Service nor the Firefighters Union responded to BuzzFeed News' request for comment. According to a sworn…

There was a sheriff's office filed an application to initiate a criminal case against the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo. It came from one of 11 female employees whose allegations of sexual harassment against the Democratic governor were detailed in a report by the state attorney general released earlier this week. A lawyer representing the anonymous prosecutor confirmed the claim to CNN. and a second source familiar with the…