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On Friday, three judges from the federal Appeals Court unanimously upheld a statute that would outlaw TikTok in the United States. Congress enacted the bill in April, and President Joe Biden signed it into law. It mandates that TikTok sell to an American owner by January 19, 2025, or risk being banned. The judges stated in their majority ruling that "We recognize that this decision has significant implications for TikTok and its users." The court stated that if the platform doesn't divest, it "will effectively be unavailable in the United States, at least for a time." "Consequently, TikTok s millions of users will need to find alternative media of communication," the report stated. The judgment stated that a 90-day extension might be granted by President-elect Donald Trump "based upon prog...

The oldest wild bird in the world is planning to carry on her heritage. According to U.S. Wildlife officials, Wisdom, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross, just deposited her first egg in four years in Hawaii. According to a post on X on Tuesday by the US Fish & Wildlife Service's Pacific Region, the seabird queen returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Ocean last week and started associating with a new male companion. According to USFWS Pacific, Wisdom visits the same nesting location every year to be with her mate and, if feasible, lay one egg. For the species of Laysan albatross, known as m l in Hawaiian, this is standard behavior. Millions of them come back to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge every year to lay their eggs and rear their young. According to a ...

A policy change that will restrict reimbursements for anesthesia during surgery and other medical procedures was announced by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield on Thursday. Under the new arrangement, doctors would have received reimbursement according to deadlines that the insurance imposed. The new payment policy for Connecticut, New York, and Missouri, which will take effect in February, was quietly disclosed last month by Anthem BCBS, one of the biggest health insurers in the United States. The American Society of Anesthesiologists expressed outrage about the policy change. After UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead in New York City on Wednesday, the policy change gained attention after first going unreported.Anthem BCBS's decision erupted into the online hatred that the deaths...

Despite Dan Hevia's prior layoffs, this one feels different. Hevia, 42, a company development and marketing expert from the New York City region, has been unemployed since the summer. He said in a recent LinkedIn post that he had applied for over 1,000 jobs but has nothing to show for it. I would have laughed (yeah for confidence!) if you had told me, when I was laid off in June, that I would be approaching six months without a job offer, Hevia wrote. But now it's here, and wow, this job market regularly humbles you. Hevia stated that he had little optimism for his career's future in an interview with NBC News. He remarked, "I'm still applying with shaky confidence, if not completely broken." A new, much more uncertain atmosphere has replaced the enthusiasm of the Great Resignation, a tim...

Around the holidays, I am frequently inundated with gifting queries in my role as tech reporter for NBC Select. Friends, relatives, and coworkers inquire about what to get their mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, cousin, or best friend. I want to purchase them a fitness tracker, but there's always a catch, like they already have a ton of Apple devices or they generally detest tech. Fortunately, over the years, I have evaluated and tested a wide range of computer items. I've included a range of tech and tech-related gifts in this guide that will appeal to each member of your list, be it your tech-hating dad or your gamer spouse who believes they have it all. SKIP AHEAD: Top-rated tech presents | Tech presents for housewives | Tech presents for vacationers | Tech presents for gamers | T...

The local district attorney said Thursday that the Oklahoma City police officer who pushed a 71-year-old man to the ground following a traffic check has been charged with one count of aggravated assault and battery. Following a minor altercation, Sgt. Joseph Gibson stopped Lich Vu, 71, for making an improper U-turn, according to body camera footage from the Oct. 27, 2024 incident. Vu denied making a U-turn in the video, claimed that someone else had struck his car, and was asked to sign the ticket by the officer. After Vu finally exited the vehicle, the two began an increasingly heated verbal altercation. Vu seemed to touch the officer's arm, according to security footage from a nearby shop. Gibson quickly seized Vu's hand, yanked it behind his back, and tossed him to the ground. The encou...

In the days before Inauguration Day, Joe Biden is overshadowed by Donald Trump. Police provide fresh information regarding the gunman's movements during the CEO's murder. Additionally, the first Jewish quarterback at Brigham Young University secures a suitable sponsorship agreement. What to know today is as follows. Trump isn t president yet, but he s starting to act like it Even though Donald Trump isn't officially taking office for another forty-five days, it feels like he has. This weekend, the president-elect will go to Paris to attend the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral alongside French President Emmanuel Macron. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting Mar-a-Lago after he shook Mexico and Canada with his threats of high tariffs. Additionally, he has threatened ...

The College Football Playoff's 12-team bracket is nearly finalized. Now that the regular season is done, the conference championship games this weekend are the only things left before the final bracket is revealed on Sunday. They will provide a limited number of additional data points for the 13-member committee that ranks and seeds the playoff bracket to use in determining who gets in and who doesn't. According to Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel, who leads the playoff selection committee, there may not be much movement between the last rankings announced on Tuesday and the final bracket on Sunday because of the paucity of such data points. "We don't have a data point to rearrange where we have those teams ranked," Manuel told ESPN on Tuesday as he explained the committee's reasoni...