PASSWORD CRACKDOWN
Netflix on Tuesday said it would begin rolling out paid sharing in the U.S. in the second quarter of this year. The news is not a total surprise. Back in January, Netflix confirmed that it would start to crack down on account sharing. It's also already cracking down on password sharing in countries such as Canada, New Zealand, Spain, and Portugal., where users were given the option to add two more people outside of their homes for an additional charge. Netflix estimates that 100 million households are currently engaged in password sharing.
NEW VACCINE GUIDELINES
The FDA has announced a plan to streamline its COVID-19 vaccine guidelines. The agency approved another booster for older adults and those with weak immune systems, and anyone getting a Pfizer or Moderna dose will now get the newest formula, not the original shots. The emergency use authorization of those older messenger RNA vaccines has been withdrawn. The new guidelines will mostly affect Americans over the age of 65 and people who are immune-compromised. They can get a booster four months after the first.
LOST SUBMARINE
A submarine known as "The Defender," built in 1907, was found off the coast of Long Island. The submarine went unused for years, and the U.S. Army scuttled it back in 1946 but never said where they sank it. Its location was unknown until a diving team from Connecticut found the submerged wreckage.
Police Chief James E. White said Sunday that investigators were working with the FBI to analyze forensic evidence to piece together a timeline leading to Woll’s death. That included interviewing “individuals with information that may further this investigation."
A homeowner is mulling the next step after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in southwest Atlanta.
Venezuelans became the largest nationality arrested for illegally crossing the U.S. border last month, replacing Mexicans for the first time on record.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the U.S. is ready to protect American forces or personnel in the Middle East should the Israel-Hamas war escalate as they expect.
Meanwhile, the Israeli prime minister warned Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group that if it launches its own war, Israel would “cripple it with a force it cannot even imagine.”
A U.S. homebuyer must earn just over $114,000 to afford an average-priced home, according to a report from Redfin.
Cheddar News checks in with your coast-to-coast weekend weather forecast for Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.
Canada has removed 41 of its diplomats from India as tensions rise between the two nations.
An Army private who crossed the border into North Korea in July has been charged in military court with eight offenses including desertion.
The 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards in Paris have been canceled due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
