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Hawaii's worst flooding in 20 years threatens dam, prompts evacuations
https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/floods/hawaii-worst-flooding-in-20-years-rcna264573
Parents are refusing routine preventive care for newborns
Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other safe and routine care for babies. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that refusals of vitamin K shots rose steeply between 2017 and 2024. Those shots can prevent potentially deadly bleeding. A subsequent research review found that U.S. parents who declined vitamin K shots were 90 times more likely to also refuse the hepatitis B vaccine and an eye ointment that can prevent potentially blinding infections. Pediatricians say these refusals put their youngest patients at grave risk.
Closure of Hormuz is 'greatest global energy security threat in history'
Democratic Backsliding Reaches Western Democracies, U.S. Decline "Unprecedented"
NYC ends criminal summonses for cyclists, e-bike riders
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-ends-criminal-summonses-for-cyclists-e-bike-riders-in-policy-shift
Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence
Judge orders restoration of Voice of America
https://apnews.com/article/voice-of-america-kari-lake-trump-cd6d1ef05272f842705da0ed38d3de24
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the government-run Voice of America to full operations, putting hundreds of journalists who have been on administrative leave for a year back to work. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth's order came a week after he ruled that Kari Lake, President Donald Trump's choice to effectively lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, did not have the authority to effectively dismantle the congressionally authorized Voice of America. Following an executive order by Trump a year ago, Lake had put 1,047 of 1,147 employees on administrative leave. The administration had contended it was a bloated agency and wanted government-run news organizations to better reflect its point of view
Federal judge halts RFK Jr.'s changes to children's vaccine policies
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/16/nx-s1-5749530/judge-blocks-rfk-jr-vaccine-changes
Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content
FCC chairman threatens TV broadcast licenses over news coverage
