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a promising development in the monkeypox outbreak. The director of the C. D. C. Saying the spread is slowing overall in the US. Here's what else dr Rochelle walensky had to say over the last several weeks we've been pleased to see a decline in the growth of new cases here and abroad. Though there are areas in the United States where the rate of rise in new cases is still increasing. We approach this news with cautious optimism, recognizing that we must continue to aggressively respond to our use with our entire toolkit including vaccination testing and education about risk to inform behavior change. Now it's important to mention the US lee Leads the world in cases with more than 22,000 reported infections spanning all 50 states Washington D. C. and Puerto Rico. According to Walensky, more than 540,000 vaccine doses have been administered with the White House focusing heavily on vaccinations and testing. But it's not all good news. The FDA is warning that the monkey pox virus is just one mutation away from evading an antiviral drug being used to treat at risk patients. The agency is now urging doctors to be judicious in prescribing. Let's look across the pond. The coffin of Queen Elizabeth the second has arrived at Westminster hall in London where she will lie in state until her funeral on monday. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to visit to pay their respects and say goodbye to the queen including world leaders alongside average citizens, Queen Elizabeth the second range for 70 years before her death, making her the longest serving monarch in british history and in the wake of the queen's death. It's no surprise that the hit series following her life is taking off again, The crown jumping into netflix's top 10 this week with viewership of season one skyrocketing. The early seasons follow Elizabeth's ascent to the throne and early years as queen Following her real life timeline. The most recent season followed the marriage of then Prince Charles and Princess Diana. And casting has been announced for roles including Prince William and Kate Middleton. However, producers have paused production on the 6th and final season as a sign of respect back here in the U. S. The government is trying to avoid that major rail shutdown. We've been telling you about stepping into high stakes negotiations. U. S. Labor Secretary marty Walsh hosting talks with freight railroad and union officials. A strike could begin as soon as friday bringing many cargo shipments and supply deliveries to a standstill. One of the smaller unions involved has already rejected a deal In total. The represented unions make up about 60,000 workers. A rail shutdown could cost the us economy as much as $2 billion dollars per day. Social media companies will be held to new standards at least in California. Governor Gavin Newsom signing a bill requiring more transparency from platforms. It requires companies to post policies on extremism and disinformation and to report data on enforcement, social media companies that make more than $100 million dollars in gross right. The new must post terms of service in a digestible format. They also have to file two reports per year detailing the amount of flagged content and actions taken against that content. Social media companies can face a civil penalty of up to $15,000 per day if these rules are violated. Let's stick with social media. A new report shows just how rampant misinformation can be on Tiktok. Researchers at the group News guard search for content on popular news topics like covid vaccines, abortion, the 2020 election and much more. They found almost one in in five of the videos that were automatically suggested contained misinformation. So in response, Tiktok says its community guidelines prohibit harmful misinformation. Tiktok is gaining popularity against google for searches, especially among young people. The NFL is scoring a touchdown with sports betting. The league seeing record numbers of legal online betting during its opening weekend, drawing in more than 100 and three million sports book logins between thursday and sunday night. Bettors flooded sports books across 21 states Last year's opening weekend saw around 60 million logins meaning this year saw more than 71% increase. New york state led the way in terms of numbers, masterpieces that have called new york's Museum of Modern Art home will soon be up for sale. A foundation for cbs Founder William paley planning to auction off pieces lent to the museum for at least $70 million in an effort to expand moma's digital footprint since Paley's death. That was in 1990. Moma has been taking care of paintings and sculptures from artists including Picasso and renoir 29 of his 81 pieces have already been listed for auction, proceeds could potentially go towards launching a streaming channel or buying digital art. A very different kind of auction could give you 100 and 50 million year old skeleton to display in your living room. This fossilized iguana don skeleton named Zephyr will be up for sale in paris and is expected to go for about half a million dollars. It's almost 11 ft long, about four ft tall and was actually found in Colorado on private land in 2019. The herbivore species was named after its teeth which are similar to modern Iguanas if you're interested bid in bidding, it begins in October. Mini golf may just sound like a fun weekend activity for most of us, but a group of four from Kentucky used a sport to break a record and support a good cause the group now holds the record for most holes of mini golf in 24 hours by a foursome this summer. They played 100 and 16.5 rounds with More than 14,000 strokes powering through nearly 3000 holes that beat the previous record by almost 660 holds to make the feat even more impressive. The foursome encouraged donations to help flooding victims in Kentucky, raising almost $3,000 good for them.