Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Monday, September 20, 2021.
GOING FOR BROKE
- Market sell-off worsens with Dow dropping 700 points, S&P 500 losing more than 2%
- Yellen warns failure to raise debt ceiling could trigger 'economic catastrophe'
- Bitcoin falls as much as 10% as risky assets tumble globally, regulatory concerns intensify
- Housing hot streak cools as some buyers balk at sky-high prices
VACCI-NATION
- Pfizer says its Covid vaccine is safe and generates robust immune response in kids ages 5 to 11
- U.S. to Require Foreign Nationals Seeking Entry to Show Proof of Covid-19 Vaccination
- Anti-vax NFL star Cole Beasley offers to buy UNVACCINATED fans tickets to Buffalo Bills games played on road
- CNN Expert Wants Biden Admin To Create 'Guidelines' To Weed Out Fake Religious Vaccine Exemptions
LAND OF HYPOCRISY
- Former FDA commissioner said the 6-feet social distancing rule is 'arbitrary' and 'nobody knows where it came from'
- Maskless celebrity crowd at Emmys called out: ‘Rules are for the little people'
- SF Mayor Brushes Off Criticism After Violating Her Own Mask Mandate, Says 'Monumental' Band Reunion More Important
- AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ dress designer Aurora James owes debt in multiple states
COVID CRAZY
- ‘Why Don’t We Break Up?’: Comedian Sarah Silverman Says America Should ‘Divide Up Into Like Two Or Three Countries’
- 'Scaring The Sh*t Out Of People': Bill Maher Blasts Liberal Media For Making People 'Afraid To Go Out Of The House'
- Less carrying, more caring: What if USPS rounds included health checks for vulnerable Americans?
UNHAPPINESS
- Amid reports of homelessness and food insecurity, 25,000 employees sue Disneyland for better pay
- Apple faces the unthinkable: Widespread worker unrest
- Twitter to Pay $809.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Alleging Jack Dorsey, Others Misled Investors
- Walmart worker resigns over store loudspeakers: ‘F–k this job’
BORDER BATTLE
- Determined migrants unfazed as deportations begin from Texas border
- Biden Takes Bike Ride Along Delaware Beach Amid Migrant Surge At U.S.-Mexico Border
- Shocking Video Shows Thousands Of Migrants Camping Under Texas Bridge With Makeshift Shelters
- Omar calls on Schumer, White House to 'ignore' Senate parliamentarian on path to citizenship
- Worst Case Scenario': Democratic Texas Mayor Urges Biden To Take 'Quick Action' On Border Crisis
- Texas border landowner blasts Biden admin: Call this what it is, a 'humanitarian and security crisis'
- Growing calls to restore Trump policy as Biden admin scrambles to contain surge
PUT ON BLAST!
SUSPECT
- Body Found In Wyoming Likely Missing 22-Year-Old Gabby Petito, FBI Says
- Travel blogger describes stumbling on Petito's van in Wyoming: 'I got chills'
- FBI executes warrant at Brian Laundrie’s parents' home, mother and father put into unmarked vehicle
- FBI Swarms Home Of Brian Laundrie
RECALL ROUNDUP
- In California recall, Gavin Newsom should have been the only name on the ballot
- It’s tempting to bury California’s Republican party — but they clearly don’t need my help
- If science truly was on the recall ballot, it’s time for Newsom to mandate COVID vaccines
GOING FOR WOKE
- The Educators Who Have Gone Behind Parents’ Backs To Indoctrinate Students
- California’s latest ethnic studies bill is not quite ready for prime time
- San Diego’s DA touts justice reform. Not all reformers are buying it.
- San Diego Police Department pledges to increase number of women recruits by 2030
- What cancel culture is really about, and how one critic says to fight back
WINNERS OR LOSERS?
- The Emmys tried to look diverse. But they gave us predictable white winners
- MAKE IT 11! RuPaul sets record for most Emmys by Black artist
- Seth Rogen Calls Out Emmys ...This Ain't Covid Safe!!!
BELIEVE