WSAZ News Staff

A Florida law intended to punish social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, dealing a major victory to companies who had been accused by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis of discriminating against conservative thought.

FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks has pledged the agency will “move quickly without sacrificing our standards” in evaluating tot-sized doses from both Pfizer and Moderna.

Pfizer says three small doses of its COVID-19 vaccine protect kids under 5 and that it plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week.

A longtime contractor for Shell has publicly called out the oil and gas company’s climate plans, accusing the company of “double talk” by saying it wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions while working on tapping new sources of fossil fuel.

A jewelry store that was targeted for a smash-and-grab robbery was kept safe by its employees.

The World Health Organization said the outbreak is “a highly unusual event” that may have been silently spreading for some time.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for “maximum” sanctions against Russia in a video address to world leaders and executives at the World Economic Forum.

Police searching for an unidentified man who shot and killed another passenger on a moving New York City subway train asked for the public’s help Monday.

Speaking alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Biden said any effort by China to use force against Taiwan would “just not be appropriate,” adding that it “will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in Ukraine.”

Police say Shianne Silva sped off, leaving Alyssa Castanuela bleeding profusely from her neck. Her jugular vein was nicked during the attack, according to the affidavit.

The twists and turns of how the Republican has yet to have his day in court after being indicted on securities fraud charges in 2015 has little comparison in American politics.