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Florida’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a bill that would ban anyone under 16 from social media platforms to protect young people from online risks to their mental health, Reuters reported. The bill requires social media platforms to terminate accounts of people…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ilhan Omar have sent a letter to the heads of major U.S. banks, demanding answers about policies that have disproportionately targeted Muslim Americans and communities of color, US-based HuffPost reported in an article yesterday. The…

The United States once again used its veto power on Tuesday to block a draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council regarding the Israel-Hamas war, Reuters reported. The resolution called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, but the US instead…

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Policy Act with overwhelming support, requiring the State Department to provide Uyghur language classes to diplomats, place Uyghur speakers in all consulates in China, and include Uyghurs in speaking programs in Muslim-majority…

Harvard University is facing a government investigation for possible discrimination following a civil rights complaint filed by Arab and Muslim students, according to media reports. The Muslim Legal Fund of America, which lodged the complaint on behalf of the students…

An unrelenting series of winter storms and an outbreak of cold air have killed at least 33 people across nine US states since January 12, local media reported, putting most of the US in a deep freeze. Many of the…

CES, the Consumer Technology Association’s annual trade show of all-things tech, is taking place in Las Vegas this week, from 9 to 12 of January. The multi-day event, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, is set to feature swaths…

A New Jersey imam was gunned down outside his mosque before dawn Wednesday, leaving authorities hunting for a shooter and saying they’ve found no evidence yet that an anti-Muslim bias played a part in the shooting. Imam Hassan Sharif was…

The US religious freedom watchdog on Friday again called on the Biden administration to designate India as a “country of particular concern” under the US Religious Freedom Act, citing its alleged targeting of religious minorities overseas. The US Commission on…

For the second time in history, the University of Maryland Medical Center has successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a living human recipient. This surgery was performed by the same team that carried out the first experimental surgery…