The 7: What to know about a second booster shot; aftermath of Ukraine peace talks; a Facebook campaign against TikTok; and more
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| | | | | | | | | Good morning. It's Wednesday, March 30, and you may have noticed a new name around here recently. Jamie Ross will be joining me in the mornings to deliver your daily briefing. Give him a big welcome! Now let's get to the news. | | |  | Ukraine is doubtful about promises Russia made during peace talks. | - What Russia proposed: To drastically reduce attacks on two Ukrainian cities, Kyiv and Chernihiv, but both reported strikes overnight. Ukrainian officials said Russia could be buying time while it rotates its troops.
- On the ground: Over 4 million people have now fled the country, the U.N. said.
| | |  | Older adults can get a second coronavirus booster shot as soon as today. | - The details: People 50 and over, as well as those who are immunocompromised, are eligible for another dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, the FDA and CDC said yesterday.
- What makes this complicated: The evidence supporting a second booster is mixed. But the hope is to increase protection against severe illness.
- More CDC guidance: If you got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, you should consider a Pfizer or Moderna booster for better protection.
| | |  | Lynching is now a federal hate crime. | - President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act yesterday after similar bills failed nearly 200 times.
- Why this matters: More than 4,000 people, mostly African Americans, were reported lynched from 1882 to 1968, many without consequences.
- What is lynching? Historically, it was defined as mob hangings but can also include killings, based on race, meant to create terror.
| | |  | Facebook paid a Republican consulting firm to make TikTok look bad. | - How? It portrayed the fast-growing video app as a danger to American children and society, according to emails shared with The Post.
- One example: The firm blamed TikTok for spreading the destructive "devious licks" challenge. Rumors of the challenge actually started on Facebook.
- Why would Facebook do this? It's losing users, and TikTok — where teens spend more time — is a major competitor.
| | |  | MIT is bringing back admissions testing requirements. | - Potential students will have to submit SAT or ACT scores again, the school said this week. It had dropped the requirement during the pandemic.
- Why this matters: The tests are controversial because students with wealthier backgrounds tend to do better, and MIT is one of the first elite universities to abandon the growing test-optional movement.
| | |  | Hackers stole over $600 million in cryptocurrency from a video game. | - The details: The popular Axie Infinity was hacked last week. Players spend crypto to buy NFTs — unique tokens that can be traced back to a user — in order to enter the game.
- This is one of the largest crypto-thefts — a crime becoming more common as digital currencies grow in popularity.
| | |  | The longest single spaceflight for an American ends today. | - The latest: NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei undocked from the International Space Station this morning after spending a record 355 days in space.
- What to expect: Vande Hei will return to Earth with two Russian cosmonauts today. NASA said it's still working well with Russia despite the war in Ukraine.
You're all caught up. See you tomorrow. But before you go … Marvel's next series premieres today on Disney Plus: Here's what to know about "Moon Knight."  (Jordan Robertson for The Post) | Do you know someone who would like this newsletter? Share it with them. Prefer push notifications? Download The Post's app to get one when The 7 publishes. | | | | | | | | | |
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