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Alexandra Schonfeld is a New York City native who works as a Staff Writer and Content Manager at Newsweek. Previously, Alexandra was heavily involved in student media while completing her degree in Journalism at Elon University and worked as an intern at XoJane.come and Real Simple.
A woman based out of Ukraine has used TikTok as a platform to advise and mentor followers about investing and finance. Though, since Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine on February 24, her content has shifted to informing the public about what life on the ground of Ukraine looks like.
Over the weekend a 12-year-old girl named Leidy was temporarily disqualified from a swim meet in Minnesota for wearing a " Black Lives Matter" swimsuit. The initial decision was made by an independent volunteer official who claimed the young girl's suit "went against USA Swimming's policy of no political language," according to a statement provided to Newsweek by the Duluth YMCA in Minnesota, who sponsored the meet at a local high school.
A video has gone viral on TikTok after a man shared that on a recent Spirit Airlines flight he was asked to replace his "Let's Go Brandon" mask. In a video viewed over 400,000 times @Adamradogna, whose name is Adam Radogna, shares footage from the flight which showed an electronic mask with the words "Let's Go Brandon FJB" panning across the front of the face covering in rainbow letters.
A man has gone viral after posting a series of videos to TikTok with the hope of getting the attention of the National Football League ( NFL) after losing fantasy football amongst his friends. As the NFL season wraps up, people around the country are celebrating, or commiserating, over the outcome of their fantasy league team.
Since beginning his tour earlier this year, Harry Styles has created many viral moments while on stage through his interactions with fans. From gender reveals to relationship advice, Styles finds a personal, and sometimes cheeky, way to connect with his fans each night.
Amid the holiday season and rising cases of the Omicron variant around the world, some experts are warning against solely relying on rapid COVID tests before traveling or seeing loved ones. On Monday, Dr. Peter Juni, director of the Ontario COVID1-9 Science Table, said people should be extra careful as the virus is "very dynamic."
A post has gone viral after a man posted a photo of a workstation at his local library that accommodated working parents and caregivers. Ali Faruk, Policy Director of Families Forward Virginia, a nonprofit that works to "disrupt the cycles of child abuse, neglect and poverty," posted the photo to Twitter in a post that has now been liked over 230,000 times.
More than 181 million people in the U.S. have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as of September 20, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC). That leaves approximately 45.4 percent of Americans who have yet to fully vaccinated against the virus.
A campaign started in 2020 by a woman with Down Syndrome against a near six-decade-old abortion law came to an end on Thursday. Heidi Crowter, along with Máire Lea-Wilson, whose son Aidan has Down Syndrome, and a child with Down Syndrome identified only as A, took Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care for the UK to court over abortion regulations.