News Now Trending - Thursday, March 17

The top news stories trending in San Diego on Thursday, March 17, 2022.

KING’S GAMBIT

·How desperate Putin has just three moves left against Ukraine... and is running out of time

·UK intel says invasion has stalled on ALL fronts

·Civilian targets under heavy fire as Ukraine war enters fourth week

·People emerge alive from rubble of bombed theater

·Moscow warns will put USA in its place

·Ex-Russian official warns Putin's plans don't stop at Ukraine's borders

·WNBA Star Reportedly Pleads 'Not Guilty,' Will Be Held By Russia For Two More Months

SEEING RED

·Biden will call Chinese President Xi tomorrow after White House warned Beijing of severe consequences if they helped Russia in the war with Ukraine 

·Five people charged with acting as Chinese secret police to harass U.S. residents critical of Beijing

BORDER BATTLE

·Biden admin sets up 'war room' to prepare for looming migrant surge: report

·Border Patrol: Encounters Linked to Migrant Crossings on the Rise

·9 in 10 Russian refugees sought asylum at San Diego's San Ysidro border crossing

·Title 42 affecting Ukrainians at the southern border, SD immigration lawyers call to end it

INFLATING

·Powell Finally Gives... A Quarter? 

·The Fed needs to get a lot tougher to stop soaring inflation

·Here's how the Fed's rate hike could impact mortgages

·Amid student housing crisis, UCLA becomes first UC campus with four-year room guarantee

·Pittsburgh cheapest city to own property

·Homes Earned More for Owners Than Jobs Last Year

WORKIN’ IT

·Future of work: Smart glasses, holograms and AI-equipped robots will change our jobs

·Meet ElliQ, the robot who wants to keep Grandma company

·Smart Devices Watching Everywhere

·Who’s really driving those ‘autonomous’ delivery robots? An army of humans behind the scenes

WATCHING THE CLOCK

·Sleep experts say Senate has it wrong: Standard time, not daylight saving, should be permanent

GASSED

·All California taxpayers would get $400 rebates to defray gas costs under new proposal

·Nearly 400 gallons of gas were stolen from a North Carolina gas station after the payment system was bypassed, owner says

·Biden demands faster drop in gas prices as oil tumbles

·What Democrats don't get about gas prices

ROCK N’ RONA

·WHO warns that increasing Covid cases across globe are just the 'tip of iceberg' as plummeting infection numbers start to slow in the US and early CDC wastewater data shows next surge could be around the corner

·Germany considers vax mandate

SOCIAL JUSS-TICE

·DRAMA: Smollett Released From Jail After Less Than Week

·Jussie Smollett released from jail: Will he successfully appeal conviction? Legal experts weigh in

HUNTIN’ SEASON

·'You Have Got To Be S--tting Us': NYP Editorial Board Napalms NYT For Finally Admitting Hunter Biden's Laptop Is Authentic

·Hunter Biden tells friends he has taken out a LOAN of more than $1M to pay off his tax liability: Experts say payment could help him escape being indicted on federal tax crimes 

GOING FOR WOKE

·Police are forced to protect conservative debater at Yale Law FREE SPEECH event from woke students shouting 'I'll fight you b*tch': Victim warns 'future of legal profession in America is in dire straits'

·Cuomo slams Dems as 'extremists' driven by 'cancel culture' in Bronx church visit

·St Patrick’s Day: Is Chicago’s green river dyeing tradition bad for the environment?

LUCKY DAY!

·Dyeing the Chicago River green is a St. Patrick's Day tradition. How did it start?

·There Is No Limit To The Things We Will Dye Green For St. Patrick's Day

·Saint Patrick, the man behind St. Patrick's Day holiday, wasn't even Irish

·Arts & Culture Newsletter: Flogging Molly brings road show to San Diego

·NYC braces for St. Patrick's Day without COVID restrictions

·St Patrick's Day: Micheál Martin tests positive for Covid on US trip