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Dept. of Ed: Title IX Applies for NIL Payments, Must Be Proportional for All Athletes | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Sean Rayford/Getty Images The U.S. Department of Education published a memo on Thursday providing guidance regarding name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation and its compliance under Title IX law, via ESPN’s Paula Lavigne and Dan Murphy. “When a school provides athletic financial assistance in forms other than scholarships or grants, including compensation for the use […]

Technology

Louisiana bars health dept. from promoting flu, COVID, mpox vaccines: Report

Louisiana’s health department has been barred from advertising or promoting vaccines for flu, COVID-19, and mpox, according to reporting by NPR, KFF Health News, and New Orleans Public Radio WWNO. Their investigative report—based on interviews with multiple health department employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation—revealed that employees were told […]

Science

Dept. of Homeland Security urges Americans to use encrypted apps for texting

There’s a relatively easy way to improve your digital privacy protections—use end-to-end encrypted messaging apps. And in light of recent, widespread cyberattackseven the Department of Homeland Security has issued a public service announcement urging Americans to switch to E2E encrypted platforms for texting. Hackers operating on behalf of the Chinese government have engaged since at […]