WHALE, HELLO THERE: Whale watchers off the coast of California got up-close-and-personal with an endangered fin whale—second largest of the species, behind blue whales. https://t.co/AQg6qiGd7q
Facebook's announcement in October that it was further embracing the metaverse and rebranding itself as Meta set off a firestorm. While experts say the metaverse is still many years away, the explosion of the term has many asking, what is the metaverse? https://t.co/CIS6w1rf4z
Toyota is working with Japan's space agency on a vehicle to explore the lunar surface, with ambitions to help people live on the moon by 2040 and then go live on Mars. https://t.co/2rfDRLFVGp
More than a third of the people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region “are suffering an extreme lack of food,” the U.N. World Food Program says in new assessment of a region under a months-long government blockade. https://t.co/78jDyeZx6f
Washington lawmakers are racing to fix a police reform law that has backfired on some of the state's most vulnerable residents. https://t.co/2SFgCSBDx3
Just over three-quarters of Americans (76%) want Pres. Biden to consider "all possible nominees," while 23% want him to follow through on his commitment to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, per a new @ABC News/Ipsos poll. https://t.co/ExfUG4vYUV
Assessing the Supreme Court, 43% of voters believe justices rule "on the basis of their partisan political views" rather than "on the basis of the law," according to a new @ABC News/Ipsos poll. https://t.co/o6QTHtGWZF
Howard Hesseman, who earned two Emmy nominations for his role as radio disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has died at 81. https://t.co/5kfhkebEpC
A major new study has found that more and more young people are being diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer, prompting renewed calls among doctors for early detection and screening. https://t.co/e9c9BpgCKZ
Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin said he's "hopeful" that whoever is nominated to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court will garner bipartisan support. https://t.co/E4JWsuYqbA
A Kansas woman was charged with providing material support to ISIS, according to charges unsealed by the Justice Department on Friday night. https://t.co/5en2dRsDDk
Sen. Susan Collins tells @GStephanopoulos that she would welcome the appointment of a Black female justice.
"I believe that diversity benefits the Supreme Court. But the way that the president has handled this nomination has been clumsy at best." https://t.co/GJrqLZVMzw
The weekend snowstorm that hit the Northeast led to flooding in Nantucket, Massachusetts, with authorities warning residents to stay off the roads. https://t.co/6Pre67c3H7
Officer Barreto was one of 24 police officers shot in January, according to statistics compiled by the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit website that tracks shootings. https://t.co/zDmkl7DEYt
A major new study has found that more and more young people are being diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer, prompting renewed calls among doctors for early detection and screening. https://t.co/jsidaHqabT