News in brief
By The Associated Press
Oregon officials close entire coast to mussel harvesting due to shellfish poisoning
SALEM, Ore. | Oregon authorities have closed the state’s entire coastline to mussel harvesting due to an outbreak of shellfish poisoning they described as “unprecedented.” They’ve also closed parts of the Oregon coast to harvesting razor clams, bay clams and oysters.
The Oregon Health Authority this week said paralytic shellfish poisoning has sickened at least 20 people. The agency is asking people who have harvested or eaten Oregon shellfish since May 13 to fill out a survey to help officials identify the cause of the outbreak and the number of people sickened.
Officials say high levels of toxins were first detected in shellfish along the coast about two weeks ago.
Trump joins TikTok and calls it ‘an honor’
Donald Trump has joined TikTok, the video-sharing app he once tried to ban as president. He posted his first video from a UFC fight in New Jersey on Saturday night. That was two days after he had become the first former president in U.S. history to be found guilty on felony charges.
In the video, Trump says “it’s an honor” and there is footage of him waving to fans and posing for selfies at the UFC fight. The video ends with Trump telling the camera: “That was a good walk-on, right?” By Sunday morning, Trump had amassed more than 1.1 million followers on the platform and the post had garnered more than 1 million likes and 24 million views.
Live Nation reveals data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary
Live Nation is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary, which dominates ticketing for live events in the United States.
Live Nation, based in Beverly Hills, California, said in a regulatory filing Friday that on May 27 “a criminal threat actor” offered to sell Ticketmaster data on the dark web.
Other media reports say a hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach in an online forum and was seeking $500,000 for the data, which reportedly includes names, addresses, phone numbers and some credit card details of Ticketmaster customers.
China lands a spacecraft on the moon’s far side to collect rocks for study
BEIJING | A Chinese spacecraft has landed on the moon’s far side to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. The official Xinhua News Agency said the landing module touched down Sunday morning Beijing time.
The mission is the sixth in the Chang’e moon exploration program and the second designed to bring back samples. The moon program is part of a growing rivalry with the U.S. and others to explore space. China has put its own space station in orbit and regularly sends crews there. A mechanical arm and drill will gather the samples to be sent back to Earth later this month.
—From AP reports
