As mask mandate is struck down, immunocompromised people contemplate travel plans: "I'm especially concerned about who I'll sit next to"
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In public transportation hubs across the country, travelers now have the option to go maskless after a federal judge voided the national mask mandate on planes and public transit.
Uber and Lyft joined all U.S. airlines and Amtrak and announced that masks are now optional on all rides.
Genet Abate, an uber driver in the Washington D.C. area said she was "thrilled" to learn the rideshare service dropped its requirement. "I just want to feel free and breathe freely. I feel very safe to not wear a mask," she told CBS News' Errol Barnett.
President Biden on Monday signed into law a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China's growing power and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion despite his objections to language stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for children in military families.
It's Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus is suiting up for his annual voyage from the North Pole to households around the world. In keeping with decades of tradition, the North American Aerospace Command, or NORAD, will once again track Santa's journey to deliver gifts to children before Christmas 2024, using an official map that's updated consistently to show where he is right now.
An anti-money laundering law called the Corporate Transparency Act, or CTA, appears to have been given new life after an appeals court on Monday determined its rules can be enforced as the case proceeds. The law requires small business owners to register with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, by Jan. 1, or potentially pay fines of up to $10,000.