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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Monday to prohibit any entity — including private businesses — from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers, and he called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law.

Several major companies, including Texas-based American Airlines and Southwest Airlines, have said they would abide by the federal mandate.

Abbott previously barred vaccine mandates by state and local government agencies but until now had let private companies make their own rules for their workers. »

Ivanka “would’ve been great,” just “incredible” at the job, Trump explained to reporter Elaina Plott.

But according to a new report, Trump was actually dead serious about naming Ivanka, of the Ivanka Trump clothing line, the president of the World Bank—and had to be stopped from doing so.

Spokespeople for Mnuchin and Ivanka Trump did not respond to The Intercept’s requests for comment; neither did the World Bank or the Trump Organization. »

Updated: This article originally reported that Metroid Dread was the fastest-selling Metroid game in the UK based on boxed sales alone.

Metroid Dread is the highest-grossing Metroid game at launch.

Metroid Dread on Nintendo Switch is the highest-grossing Metroid game launch in the UK to-date, eclipsing the original Metroid Prime on GameCube. »

A new cancer treatment can wipe out tumours in terminally ill head and neck cancer patients, scientists have discovered.

Scientists found the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab medications led to a reduction in the size of tumours in terminally ill head and neck cancer patients.

Results from other trials of the drug combination have previously suggested similar benefits for terminally ill kidney, skin and bowel cancer patients. »