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TikTok has a new CEO

TikTok has finally appointed a new permanent chief executive, eight months after its former leader called it quits as the United States was threatening to ban the app.

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Facebook says decision on whether Trump ban will be overturned coming Wednesday

The Facebook Oversight Board will announce its long-anticipated decision on the fate of former President Trump's Facebook account at 9 a.m. ET on Wednesday, it announced Monday morning.

Billie Eilish shows off a new look on the cover of British Vogue

Billie Eilish is trading in her baggy pants and hoodies for catsuits and corsets. Featured on the cover of British Vogue, the 19-year-old sported a new wardrobe showing off her form, shortly after ditching her green hair for blonde.

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Alex Trebek's widow Jean on his philanthropy and legacy

Jean Trebek sees a great lesson in how her late husband continued to work even while he struggled with pancreatic cancer.

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Rebel Wilson got 'some bad news' and feels those struggling with fertility

Rebel Wilson had to share over the weekend. The "Pitch Perfect" star posted on her official Instagram account, writing, "I got some bad news today and didn't have anyone to share it with ... but I guess I gotta tell someone."

'It'll crash tremendously': Alberta now leads Canada and U.S. in per capita COVID-19 cases

Alberta is now reporting the highest number of COVID-19 cases per capita in all of Canada and the United States.

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Young political leaders team up to support millennial and Gen Z Democrats ahead of 2022

In a push to galvanize young Democrats to run for office, a political action committee focused on electing young, down-ballot candidates in swing districts announced Monday a national campaign to support 50 millennial and Gen Z candidates under the age of 45 ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

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Biden touts education funding in infrastructure proposal in visit to Virginia schools: 'We're in a race' with other nations

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited an elementary school and community college in Virginia on Monday to promote the President's sweeping economic proposals and how they would benefit schools if signed into law.

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Now is a great time to sell your old car. Used car sales are soaring

If you've got a car you don't use very much, congratulations. You've got gold in your garage. With the auto industry thrown into disarray by shortages of computer chips and other components needed to build cars and trucks, shoppers are regularly paying nearly full sticker price for new vehicles. Thinning supplies of factory-fresh new cars have also made it difficult for some shoppers to find the new vehicle they want with the paint color and options they're looking.

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Four families separated at the US-Mexico border under Trump to be reunited this week

Four migrant families separated at the US-Mexico border under the Trump administration will be reunited this week, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday, marking the first reunifications under President Joe Biden.

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'American Idol' features a Disney songbook night

"American Idol" featured a Disney night on Sunday, with 10 artists from Season 18 given a second chance to win the final spot in the Top 10.

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Not reaching herd immunity by the fall could have dire consequences, medical expert says

About 2.4 million people in the United States are now receiving Covid-19 vaccinations daily, but one medical expert thinks the nation may not reach herd immunity this year if more people can't be persuaded to get a shot.

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The Covid-19 hospital in India so bad patients want to get out

For three days, Goldi Patel, 25, went from hospital to hospital in New Delhi's oppressive summer heat, frantically trying to find one that would keep her husband breathing.

Fund created for family of 17-yo killed in crash

The communities of Idaho Falls and Shelley are mourning the loss of a 17-year-old who was killed in a crash Friday.

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Three-time Indy 500 winner Bobby Unser dies at 87

Bobby Unser, winner of the 1968, 1975 and 1981 Indianapolis 500s, passed away Sunday at the age of 87 at his New Mexico home.

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Revel saw a loophole as an opportunity for a new ridehail service. New York City is absolutely livid

Back in 2018, New York City regulators, tired of vehicles from Uber and Lyft making some streets so clogged that cars had to drive slower than streetcars and buggies once had, cracked down and said they would temporarily block new for-hire licenses. But in a fit of environmental-minded well-meaning, they left a loophole for electric cars. Now an upstart company is trying to use that loophole to bring new cars into Manhattan.

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2 killed and 7 injured in overnight shootings in New Orleans

Two shootings in New Orleans overnight left two people dead and seven others injured, police said Sunday. The first shooting happened in the city's Fifth District shortly before midnight. Officers found five victims with gunshot wounds, the New Orleans Police Department said.

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Los Angeles Times names ESPN's Kevin Merida as its new top editor

The Los Angeles Times has its new top editor: Kevin Merida of ESPN will start as executive editor in June, the paper announced Monday.

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Mom of teen killed in crash: ‘I didn’t even get to see her in her prom dress’

Jody Conaway’s world turned upside down on Saturday when she found out her daughter, Kalen Hart, and Hart’s boyfriend, Lendon Byram, would not make it over for pictures before prom.

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Cheney calls out Trump's latest attempt to promote 'BIG LIE' amid criticism from within her own party

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, publicly rejected former President Donald Trump's most recent false charge that he would've won the 2020 election if not for "fraudulent" votes, her latest rebuke of the former president that has put her at odds with many members of her own party.