Progressive Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson defeated his opponent, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, in Chicago's mayoral race Tuesday.
Germany's Health Minister, Karl Lauterbach, declared that the COVID-19 pandemic is over in Germany, citing virus variants, vaccination rates, and hospital cases as evidence for his assessment.
"If I run, my top priority will be to end the corrupt merger between state and corporate power that has ruined our economy, shattered the middle class, polluted our landscapes and waters, poisoned our children, and robbed us of our values and freedoms," says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The Australian government has banned TikTok on all government-issued devices, following concerns over the app's security risks and its Chinese parent company's alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
Sean Plunket, founder of news outlet The Platform, was permanently suspended from Twitter after asking New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins to define a woman during a press conference.
A Keene State College student named Allan Poller has been charged with transmitting a threat to injure the person of another in interstate commerce for threatening to kill Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida.
A Christian woman in Oregon was denied adoption due to her beliefs about gender, and concerns have been raised about the lifelong consequences of gender dysphoria treatments, as Oregon lawmakers propose a law to cut parents out of the process entirely.
