Up to 200 American citizens remain stranded in war-torn Afghanistan some two months after Washington declared an end to a chaotic evacuation op, the State Department has acknowledged, casting doubt on previous official estimates. Read Full Article at RT.com

Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ movie set was plagued by a slew of issues, ranging from major safety concerns to poor working conditions that prompted crew members to walk off the job hours before a fatal shooting, a report has revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com

Moments before a fatal shooting on the set of an upcoming western, ‘Rust,’ the film’s assistant director shouted “cold gun!” before passing a prop firearm to star Alec Baldwin, indicating it was not loaded, a police report said. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Supreme Court has declined to block Texas’ near-total abortion ban ahead of the judges next month considering a challenge mounted by the Department of Justice to the law. Read Full Article at RT.com

Twitter has said that its algorithms amplify content from right-wing politicians and news outlets more than others but it does not know why. The platform described the findings, by a recent internal review, as “problematic.” Read Full Article at RT.com

The US budget deficit totaled $2.77 trillion for fiscal year 2021, falling just short of the previous year’s record-breaking numbers, but still in line with the massive spending during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

A suspicious package has been discovered in front of the Turkish House in New York, near the United Nations building in an area where many countries have embassies. A bomb squad has been called to the scene and the area cleared. Read Full Article at RT.com

A sheriff’s office in Arizona has released a video of an impressive incident at a convenience store, in which a Marine veteran appeared in the right place at the right time, coolly taking down suspected gun-wielding criminals. Read Full Article at RT.com

One of the victims of a tragic shooting incident during filming of the movie ‘Rust’, its director Joel Souza, has been released from a US hospital, according to a cast member. He was injured by a gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin. Read Full Article at RT.com

People reacted with shock and grief to the death of Halyna Hutchins, a director of photography at the Western flick ‘Rust’, who was killed after actor Alec Baldwin misfired his prop firearm while cameras were rolling. Read Full Article at RT.com

After months of President Joe Biden’s top health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci insisting his institute “never” funded gain-of-function virus research in China, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grudgingly admitted otherwise. Read Full Article at RT.com

A female cinematographer working on the set of an upcoming western, 'Rust,' died after lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun. The film's director was also harmed in the shooting and is in intensive care. Read Full Article at RT.com

Leaders of the US National School Board Association failed to consult their own board and were in touch with the White House before publishing a letter with a call to label unruly parents as “domestic terrorists," emails reveal. Read Full Article at RT.com

A majority of Americans surveyed said they have personally faced shortages in common consumer goods, according to a new poll, which comes amid ongoing supply chain issues linked to Covid-19 and a dwindling national workforce. Read Full Article at RT.com

A former water plant worker in Kansas pleaded guilty on Wednesday to remotely shutting down the Post Rock Rural Water District in March 2019, acknowledging he was “so intoxicated” he didn’t even remember messing with the system. Read Full Article at RT.com

A test of hypersonic weapon components for the US Army and Navy was scuppered by rocket failure, sources told Reuters on Thursday. The incident was separate to three earlier tests successfully carried out. Read Full Article at RT.com

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is continuing his crusade against vaccine mandates, announcing on Thursday he will be calling a special legislative session to ban the requirement. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Army and Navy have successfully conducted three new tests of hypersonic weapon components, according to the Pentagon. The components will be integrated into a hypersonic missile system set to go live in 2022. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Federal Reserve Board has announced a set of new regulations for their policymakers and top staff, including a ban on individual stock trading. Read Full Article at RT.com

Activist and actress Rose McGowan elicited a mixed response after blasting the “self-importance” of Netflix workers who staged a walkout in opposition to the latest Dave Chappelle comedy special and its alleged transphobia. Read Full Article at RT.com

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wants to rename the site as part of his ambitions to create a virtual reality ‘metaverse’ – and competitors and critics have some suggestions on what it should be called. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized a “mix and match” approach to Covid-19 vaccine booster shots, allowing for combinations of different vaccine formulations while extending booster approvals to Moderna and J&J. Read Full Article at RT.com

Reports of a Chinese hypersonic missile test have prompted Washington to reach out to Beijing through diplomatic channels, while US President Joe Biden confirmed to reporters that he was concerned about the technology. Read Full Article at RT.com

Protesters against Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, which critics claimed was ‘transphobic,’ have faced off with the comedian’s supporters during an employee walkout at the streaming giant’s California headquarters. Read Full Article at RT.com

Nikolas Cruz has pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder and 17 of attempted murder in the Valentine’s Day attack at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The 2018 mass shooting was the deadliest ever at a US high school. Read Full Article at RT.com

Donald Trump has made an apparent gaffe, stating that Thomas Jefferson wrote the US Constitution rather than its Declaration of Independence, and it seems to have made many of his haters really happy. Read Full Article at RT.com

The scandal-plagued tech giant Facebook is said to be about to change its name to a secret new one that would better reflect Mark Zukerberg’s aspiration to be a technology visionary. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mired in employee ‘whistleblowers’ and document leaks, Facebook is rushing to cleanse its image ahead of upcoming elections, highlighting several ‘election integrity’ features aimed at helping users in 11 states vote next month. Read Full Article at RT.com

The loss of a US Navy ship to a massive blaze was “a completely avoidable catastrophe,” but management lapses on multiple levels, including the failure to activate a firefighting system, made the task impossible, a report claims. Read Full Article at RT.com

Author Margaret Atwood is the latest public figure to be labeled transphobic, with critics piling on after she shared a story lamenting the potential loss of the word ‘woman’. Read Full Article at RT.com

A burger place in San Francisco has divided the nation as it defended its decision not to check diners’ vaccination status despite having to temporarily close its doors. The restaurant blasted the mandate as “clear overreach.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Kanye West has once again stunned and bewildered his fans, this time by apparently donning a bizarre, full-face rubber mask during a mystery meeting with former Donald Trump ally Michael Cohen. Read Full Article at RT.com

US airline Southwest has reversed course on its employee vaccine mandate following a week of protests, denials and canceled flights. Workers are no longer forced to take unpaid leave while applying for exemptions to the mandate. Read Full Article at RT.com

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for Covid-19 after a routine pre-travel test, his department said on Tuesday. He was due to travel to Colombia with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Read Full Article at RT.com

Phil Collins has been drawn into a race row after a US museum, which will house his memorabilia from the Siege of the Alamo, was accused of “glorifying” white figures while ignoring Latino, Native American and black fighters. Read Full Article at RT.com