Trending News - Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Wednesday, October 27, 2021.

EAT THE RICH

·Democrats unveil billionaires’ tax proposal as they search for agreement on Biden plan

·How the Billionaires Income Tax Would Work

·Manchin, a Key Centrist Holdout, Criticizes Billionaire Tax Plan

·Sinema slammed again — this time as 'turncoat' who may be 'bad for bisexuals'

HATIN’ N’ MANDATIN’ 

·NYPD top cop urges COVID vaccinations before Friday deadline that could send quarter of force home without pay

·Minnesota surgeon loses his job after telling school board to let parents make decisions about masking kids

·Ambulance, first responders face 'crippling workforce shortage'

·Desperate To Find More Staff, Some Fast Food Restaurants Recruiting Customers

·A second Northern California In-N-Out is forced to close for violating COVID-19 rules

·Inside In-N-Out Burger’s escalating war with California over COVID-19 vaccine rules

·‘These Are Not Routine People’: Dick Durbin Compares Parents Shouting Profanities And Ripping Off Masks To Jan. 6 Rioters

LEFT JAB

·CDC says some immunocompromised people can get fourth COVID shot

·People given 'accidental vaccines' at military base

THANKS COVID

·Like dining in the street? San Diego decides to make pandemic experiment permanent for restaurants

·Cigarette Sales Rose in 2020 for First Time in 20 Years

·The pandemic is changing, but COVID isn’t going away soon. Neither should our caution

GOING FOR WOKE

·United States issues its 1st passport with ‘X’ gender marker

·Instagram Model Poses With Her Dead Father's Casket. The Photos Will Enrage You

·Abbott Signs Bill Banning Biological Boys From Competing On Girls Sports Teams

·A California Law School Reckons With the Shame of Native Massacres

·Taliban Allow Girls to Return to Some High Schools, but With Big Caveats

NO CIGAR

·Former Clinton aide claims she was sexually assaulted by a senator

RACE RELATIONS

·Lincoln High cancels football game against Cathedral Catholic in response to racial incident from April

·Did Beverly Hills police target Black shoppers on Rodeo Drive? What records and emails show

·'Modern Day SLAVERY': NBA Star Rips Nike's Relationship With China In Powerful Video

MEET VIRGINIA

·'If He Loses It Will Be Seen As A Political Earthquake': Brit Hume Says Democrat Terry McAuliffe Is 'A Candidate Running Scared'

·Teachers Union President Backing McAuliffe Promotes Article Claiming Parents Don’t Have A ‘Right’ In What Kids Are Taught

·McAuliffe buys 'fake news' ads in effort to sway voters in tight Va. gov race

·Why the Virginia Election Is Freaking Democrats Out

·Who's running, Joe? Biden has Trump on the brain during stump in Va. for gov race —but ex-prez hasn't even endorsed a candidate

BUBBLE TROUBLE?

·No one seems worried about a housing bubble. Just like last time the bubble burst

·Are big home-price gains over in San Diego?

·Bitcoin tumbles amid ETF filing that would bet against crypto

GUN AND DONE

·Authorities to present findings in ‘Rust’ movie-set shooting

·Criminal Charges Possible in Shooting on Alec Baldwin Set, D.A. Says

·'Rust' actor describes 'life-threatening' shootout scene before deadly accident involving Alec Baldwin

·Rookie 'Rust' armorer once made Nicolas Cage storm off set after safety mishaps

MVP

·Braves' Pitcher Charlie Morton Plays on Broken Leg During World Series: 'He Sacrificed Himself'