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Is TikTok going to be banned? Legal battles are still looming. Reggie Bush is getting his Heisman Trophy back. And the anticipated Israeli invasion of Rafah could be imminent.

👋 Hi!Laura Davis here, and it’s time for Wednesday’s news.

But first: “Cicada rain.” 😭☂️ Be less worried about when the cicadas are coming and more concerned about the … *checks notes* … yes, massive amounts of cicada pee that could “rain” down.

Potential TikTok ban is officially law

President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday legislation that could potentially ban the video app TikTok, a historic development in government regulation of social media.

Hollywood actor Sharon Stone shared harrowing experience of hosting the Saturday Night Live program for the first time, where she had to face death threats and that people were getting beaten up and handcuffed during the event, according to her statements at the Fly On The Wall podcast hosted by Dana Carvey and David Spade, as per a report in Fox News.

During the podcast, the renowned actress talked about the experience around hosting the show for the first time in 1992 and expressed her gratitude towards executive producer Lorne Michaels who practically ‘saved’ her life during the Saturday Night Live event which was stormed by protestors.

‘Terrified with everything that happened there:’ Sharon Stone

66-year-old actor recalled that there were numerous people getting handcuffed as the…

Following the arrest of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on 9 May a number of Facebook and Twitter posts claimed a video showed people protesting his arrest outside the London home of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

One of the Facebook posts, shared on 11 May, was captioned: “A large number of Pakistanis are protesting Imran Khan’s arrest in front of Nawaz Sharif’s house in London”.

While the video does show people demonstrating outside a building reported to be owned by Mr Sharif, it was not filmed following Mr Khan’s recent arrest.

The video instead appears to have been originally shared on 17 April 2022, and shows people protesting in London a week after Mr Khan was ousted as Prime Minister following a parliamentary vote of…