Stories from United States

A lawsuit accuses Meta of marketing WhatsApp as completely private while allegedly allowing employees and contractors to review messages. The suit claims this practice violates user privacy expectations.

A federal panel of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has approved President Trump's plans for a 250-foot arch in Washington. The panel members were selected by President Trump and have an advisory role on design.

The National Science Foundation's Leadership-Class Computing Facility at the University of Texas at Austin has passed a $376 million obligation.

A number of rodents in the Pacific Northwest are carrying Sin Nombre virus, a member of the hantavirus family. While the virus cannot be transmitted between humans, individuals can contract it through exposure to infected animals.

BIG Fiber has closed a $250 million debt facility with a $100 million accordion option. The funds will be used for network expansion and to refinance existing debt.

A Small Craft Advisory has been issued for the Detroit/Pontiac, Michigan area. The advisory is in effect from May 21 at 3:36 PM EDT until May 23 at 10:00 AM EDT. The National Weather Service issued a Small Craft Advisory for the Portland, Oregon area.

An Upper West Side school has made a $20 million bid to acquire the campus of a bankrupt peer institution. The bid was reported by Hoodline.

Plans by US Republicans to pass a major funding bill for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by the end of the week have collapsed. The failure is attributed to unrelated policy disagreements. Republicans have withdrawn a major bill supported by Trump from a vote. This action was taken after Democrats prepared amendments targeting Trump's $1.8 billion financial interests.

The Cambridge City Council has passed a policy order directing the city manager to turn off and remove ShotSpotter devices. These devices are a network of microphones designed to detect and alert authorities to the sound of gunshots.

Attackers found a public GitHub repository labeled 'Private-CISA' containing 844MB of plain-text passwords, AWS tokens, and Entra ID SAML credentials. The repository was discovered this week, embarrassing CISA. Google Gemini deleted nearly 30,000 lines of code while editing an active application, breaking the service.