“People decide to have families and become parents,” Johnson said in a Wednesday interview with WKBT. “That’s something they need to consider when they make that choice. I’ve never really felt it was society’s responsibility to take care of other people’s children.” Commenters on Twitter criticized Johnson for refusing government-funded care to children despite past statements and policy positions attempting to restrict abortions for unwanted pregnancies. During the interview, Johnson blamed the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden for recent inflation and worker shortages....

Two women have accused the chief science officer at the Mountain View-based SENS Research Foundation, Aubrey de Grey, 58, who is renowned for his research in attempting to reverse aging, of predatory behavior. He denies the allegations. Celine Halioua, 26, who founded the biotech start-up Loyal, which is developing drugs to lengthen the lifespan of dogs, tweeted a blog post on Wednesday, in which she wrote that de Grey had made inappropriate comments while she was an intern at SENS in 2016....

Those belonging to People’s Rights gathered outside of Redmond High School on Thursday, according to KTVZ, a television station in Bend, Oregon. It’s part of a 10-day protest against, what they say, is Oregon’s “illegal and expired mask mandate.” While there have been many anti-mask protests around the country, People’s Rights is using a somewhat unique tactic: food coupons. As students approached members of the group, they received materials with information and coupons for food worth up to $5....

A TikTok user captured the disputes between the anti-masker and other passengers on a Delta flight to Atlanta on Monday. As the woman who refused to wear her mask pulled her carry-on out of the overhead bin, other passengers glared and called out in frustration. The woman who took the video said that the antimasker stirred problems before even boarding the flight. “Before we even got on the plane she was stopped and asked to wear a mask onto the plane, she proceeded to show the person checking her in a note on her phone from a ‘doctor’ and they wouldn’t accept it so she was placed aside and then I saw her board the plane wearing a mask,” she wrote in a message to Newsweek....

The report also states that a total of 4,851 incidents of white supremacist propaganda were reported to the institution last year, compared to an all-time high since the ADL began tracking the data of 5,125 incidents in 2020. While the 2021 number of white supremacist propaganda is lower, it is still double the 2,724 incidents that were reported in 2019. The ADL’s Center on Extremism tracks the distribution of “racist, antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ fliers, stickers, posters, banners and graffiti by various members of far-right and white supremacist groups,” the report states....

Brown and his agent, Sean Burstyn, appeared on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” to discuss Brown’s release from the Buccaneers. Burstyn explained that he and Brown are not only seeking money to cover Brown’s ankle surgery, but they are also considering a defamation lawsuit against the Bucs. “Antonio was defamed by this spin that he had a mental health episode that makes him someone who’s not reliable to do a good job on the field,” Burstyn said, as transcribed by ESPN....

Tampa Bay lost to the Rams 30-27 in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs on Sunday. Brown, who was cut by the team after taking off his jersey shirt and leaving the Bucs’ Jan. 2 contest at the Jets, didn’t seem too upset by that. Brown tweeted out a meme postgame of himself, shirtless, holding a sign that reads “Bucs eliminated,” coupled with “I cant” and a laughing emoji above the image....

“In football, there are no impossibilities and we will enter the field like lions to try and win the game," the 63-year-old Portuguese remarked. In the country’s first ever foray into any FIFA World Cup, albeit a qualification secured due to being the host nation, 21 of its best young football starlets will have to be the lions that Norton envisages. One of them is Anwar Ali, not to be confused with his 33-year-old namesake plying his trade at ATK....

In a Thursday evening tweet, Loeffler wrote, “AOC wants to lock down our economy, lock the American people in their homes, and put the government in charge of every single part of our lives. No wonder she supports @ReverendWarnock. It’s not going to happen on my watch.” Loeffler’s tweet referred to Democratic Georgia Senatorial candidate Raphael Warnock, the man she is facing in a January runoff election that will decide party control of the U....

Ocasio-Cortez’s comment via Twitter included a video and a quote from Yahoo News reporter Hunter Walker which said, “One of the big stories in Florida has been Joe Biden’s underperformance with Latino voters. Progressive allies of Biden were raising alarms about this over the summer… He has really struggled on that front.” In the Yahoo News video, Walker noted the Biden campaign had done some Latino outreach during the campaign, but that the Latino vote could be decisive in whether the key battleground state goes for Biden or for Republican President Donald Trump....

The New York congresswoman responded to a report saying billionaires in the U.S. saw their wealth rise by $432 billion between March 18 and May 21, an increase of 15 percent. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg saw his wealth rise by $25.3 billion during the same period, with former Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer seeing his jump by $12.8 billion. During the same time period, 38.6 million Americans signed for unemployment as businesses were forced to close during the outbreak....

It’s a unique situation for the annual poll, which is in its 85th year. The AP Poll made the decision for its voters to consider all teams for its preseason poll. There are 54 teams that will not play in the 2020 college football season. Once the season begins, only the 76 FBS schools that are participating in the season will be considered. MORE: 11 AP preseason No. 1 teams that won national championship...

The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative highlighted the work of the community this week after a wave of the Redditors symbolically adopted gorillas and posted images of their donation certificates to the messageboard. A representative for The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund told Newsweek that r/WallStreetBets members had raised at least $333,000 as of Tuesday. The trend started on Saturday last weekend after a user shared an image of an adopted gorilla made under the donor name “GameStop,” a reference to the stock trading frenzy in January that saw r/WallStreetBets users disrupt hedge fund short sellers....

“Gender inequality is a huge issue but it’s not clear that is what’s at play here,” says Taylor Tepper, a credit card analyst with Wirecutter, the product review site. “Too little is known about the particulars of the people involved or the factors Apple and Goldman used in the credit-decision process to draw any conclusion that’s not steeped in Twitter outrage.” The controversy started over the weekend when tech entrepreneur David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the web-development tool Ruby on Rails and co-founder of the software development firm Basecamp, fired off a series of tweets voicing outrage over the fact that he’d been given a credit limit on his Apple Card that was 20 times as big as the credit line his wife got on her card—even though she has a higher credit score and the couple file “joint tax returns, live in a community-property state and have been married a long time....

But as the streaming platform’s 422 million monthly users wait with bated breath to learn which artists they listened to most in 2022, many have already been made privy to such information, thanks to Instafest. With Instafest, a third-party app providing personalized music festival posters ranking listeners’ favorite artists, music fans everywhere are now able to see their year in review, and show off their immaculate taste level, across the internet....

While the most recent Apple Watches haven’t felt squeezed for space on the screen, the 396 x 484 pixels of the new model really demonstrates how luxurious it feels to have the most screen real estate possible. It’s a practical addition to the watch, too. Software buttons are more tappable. More text fits on the screen and can be increased to a greater size. A whole QWERTY keyboard has even been added to Series 7 watches....

A TikTok user named @kvora__ displayed her frustrations on job ghosting, with many users relating to her issue. The viral video has over 30,000 likes and 369,000 views. “No one tells you how mentally draining and depressing job hunting and interviewing is,” she wrote in the text displayed in the video, “Applying to countless jobs just to get ghosted. I feel so lost and am losing confidence. Been in a depressive rut for two weeks now and I’m just so exhausted....

The Broncos cornerback accused Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of faking his right shoulder injury suffered in the wild-card round against the Bengals. “Ben was healthy as hell. He didn’t fool anybody,” Talib said after the game, per NFL.com. GENTILLE: Peyton Manning is old, mediocre and more compelling than ever Roethlisberger suffered a sprained AC joint late in the Steelers’ win in Cincinnati after taking a low hit by Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict and confirmed that he also had torn ligaments in his shoulder....

MORE: Best photos from Super Bowl 50 | Talib would have been ejected from Super Bowl under proposed rule But now, according to Pro Football Talk, the NFL is considering a suspension for Talib to start the 2016 season. “My teammates knew what it was,” Talib said Monday admitting he used the facemask to aid in the tackle (via NESN.com). “He was on the 3-yard line. (With) a personal foul, he was on the one-and-a-half-yard line, so it is what it is…...