News Trending Now - Thursday, February 10

The top trending news stories in San Diego on Thursday, February 10, 2022.

INFLATED

·Inflation surges 7.5% on an annual basis, even more than expected and highest since 1982

·Mortgage rates jump again, rising to a level not seen since early 2020

·Inflation costing average US household extra $250 a month: study

·'We Will Make It Through': Biden Tries To Calm Fears As Inflation Surges

·MSNBC Host Grills Biden Economic Adviser After Inflation Hits Almost 40-Year High

CORONA-OVER-IT

·Under pressure to ease up, Biden weighs new virus response

·Blue states gang up on Biden: Gov Ned Lamont says Democrats worked TOGETHER to drop school mask mandates because people can 'keep themselves safe' with cases dropping 43% - so why is Joe still clinging to rules? 

·Abrupt end to mask mandates reflects shifting political landscape

·No vax proof for Oscars

·Hawaii will NOT require tourists to be boosted

CRIME WAVE

·Venice Beach residents blast Los Angeles officials over crime, homeless encampment safety concerns

·L.A. voters are angry, think elected officials aren’t equipped to solve homelessness

·NYC man allegedly tries to rape woman in broad daylight on subway train

·Nikole Hannah-Jones scolds Al Sharpton for covering Trader Joe's shoplifter: 'There have always been thefts'

·Biden administration says DC sanctuary city policy prohibited ICE from arresting immigrant for painting swastikas over Union Station - despite being deported FOUR times and having a 15-year criminal record

·NYC pharmacy plagued by string of thefts finally closes its doors

LESSON PLANS

·San Diego teacher placed on leave after reading aloud n-word in poem during class

·Eighth graders told to use pie toppings as metaphors for sex

BUMBLIN’

·Crowd at country music star's concert breaks out in anti-Biden chant

·Biden approval rating sinks to all-time low, polls show

·'Bullsh*t': Democratic Rep Doesn't Like Proposed Congressional Stock Trading Ban

SUPER SUNDAY

·Canada-style trucker vax protest could hit US on Super Bowl Sunday: DHS

·Fans slam SoFi Stadium's 'burnt,' 'trash' food menu ahead of Super Bowl

·Broadway Joe has advice for Bengals' Joe Cool

·Game parking $6,000! 

FUN N’ GAMES

·Freedom-Loving Team USA Obliterates Communist China In Hockey At The Olympics

·US strikes gold twice! Chloe Kim proves she's queen of the half-pipe as she takes top spot with flawless snowboarding run while skating phenomenon Nathan Chen becomes quad champ at Beijing Olympics 

·Gold medalist accuses rivals of ice 'corruption' at Olympics

·Drug test silence has Winter Games 'teetering' on disaster

·Olympics becomes microcosm of world's rivalries and mistrust