Introduction

Some people are trying to bypass COVID-vaccine mandates by claiming getting the shots goes against their faith. CBS News looks into what constitutes a religious exemption.

In recent years firefighters in Western forests have used computer models grounded in sports analytics to anticipate how wildfires might spread. But the Wall Street Journal reports that this year’s blazes are so extreme the programs have been less effective.

The United States has a history of displacing communities of color to build roads. The Washington Post investigates what a highway-expansion proposal in South Carolina means for a community that was divided by freeway construction decades ago. 

If watching someone tap their foot, twirl their hair, or smack their gum makes you mad, you could have misokinesia. Miami Herald is out with a story about the psychological phenomenon, which translates as the hatred of small movements.