Elton John awarded medal by Joe Biden for his work to end Aids

Singer moved to tears as US president awards him National Humanities Medal after White House performance
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/24/elton-john-awarded-medal-by-joe-biden-for-his-work-to-end-aids?source=Snapzu

More than 100 people dead, league suspended as football riot ends in disaster

More than 100 people dead, league suspended as football riot ends in disaster
Read more: https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/dozens-killed-league-suspended-as-football-riot-ends-in-disaster/news-story/d7dbdc415dfdfeab02ee45db3514779d?source=Snapzu

COVID may have pushed a leading seasonal flu strain to extinction

The pandemic coronavirus' debut wrought universal havoc—not even seasonal flu viruses were spared. Amid travel restrictions, quarantines, closures, physical distancing, masking, enhanced hand washing, and disinfection, the 2020-2021 flu season was all but canceled. That meant not just an unprecedented global decrease in the number of people sick with the flu but also a dramatic collapse in the genetic diversity of circulating flu strains.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/covid-may-have-pushed-a-leading-seasonal-flu-strain-to-extinction/?source=Snapzu

There are 'no easy fixes' in Florida. But could Hurricane Ian's havoc bring a call for better planning?

Barbara Liz-Ortiz tried everything she could to bring her young daughter’s fever down, giving the child fluids and even a cold shower. The one thing she didn't have was medicine, and she couldn't leave her home to get any. Like thousands of Floridians who weathered Hurricane Ian, Liz-Ortiz was trapped at home – not by devastating winds or storm surge but by catastrophic flooding.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/30/hurricane-ian-flooded-florida-climate-change/8125673001/?source=Snapzu

Legacy of the “Dark Side”

Two decades after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the arrival of the first terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay on January 11, 2002, many Americans may not recall details of the systematic abuses carried out by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and US military against hundreds if not thousands of Muslims detained as part of what President George W. Bush swiftly declared a global “War on Terror.”
Read more: https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/09/legacy-dark-side?source=Snapzu

Iranian American Oscar nominee cautions against any negotiations with Iran

Shohreh Aghdashloo may be most recognizable by her deep, easily identifiable voice found in projects including The Flight Attendant, The Punisher, an Oscar-nominated role in House of Sand and Fog and an Emmy win for HBO's House of Saddam. The actress, an Iranian American born in Tehran, fled to England before the Iranian Revolution in 1979, when she was 25.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/iranian-american-oscar-nominee-cautions-against-any-negotiations-iran-1746728?source=Snapzu

Suit: MGM paid problem gambler to not report online glitches

A New York City man is suing an Atlantic City casino, its parent company and its online betting partner, alleging he was repeatedly disconnected while gambling online, and was given payments to prevent him from reporting the malfunctions to New Jersey gambling regulators during a nine-month span in which he wagered over $29 million.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/suit-mgm-paid-problem-gambler-report-online-glitches-90718100?source=Snapzu