Trending News - Monday, October 25, 2021

Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Monday, October 25, 2021.

UNFRIENDED

·​​Facebook claims it wants to be a good corporate citizen. Its conduct says otherwise

·The case against Mark Zuckerberg: Insiders say Facebook’s CEO chose growth over safety

·Facebook shares under pressure following release of leaked whistleblower documents

·Facebook documents offer a treasure trove for Washington’s antitrust war

·Not stopping 'Stop the Steal:' Facebook Papers paint damning picture of company's role in insurrection

COLLUSION

·Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in 'Dozens' of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress, White House Staff

·Ahead of Jan. 6, Willard hotel in downtown D.C. was a Trump team ‘command center’ for effort to deny Biden the presidency

COVID CRAZY

·'Not A Mask In Sight': Chris Wallace Asks CDC Director Why Packed Football Stadiums Aren't Creating Spikes

·As some police fight vaccine rules, DeSantis says Florida will pay them $5,000 to relocate

·A man spent most of his covid-19 business loan on one item, feds say: A $57,789 Pokémon card

·Mob of anti-vaxxers storm Barclays Center to support Kyrie Irving

SICK PUPPY

·Fauci under fire for ‘puppy experiments that saw beagles locked in cage with hungry sandflies that would eat them ALIVE’

·Bipartisan legislators demand answers from Fauci on 'cruel' puppy experiments

SCARY STORIES

·California isn’t testing state workers for COVID as required

·The problem with pandemic Halloween is that I no longer understand the rules

·California haunted house is so scary, it keeps emergency sweatpants just for ‘accidents’

NEW NORMAL

·San Francisco families no longer 'feel safe,' hire private security amid crime spree

·Dealers openly peddle pot in NYC park teeming with families, tourists

·Don’t like your kid’s school? Initiative would give California parents power to sue for change

MONEY MATTERS

·Rand Paul: Crypto Could Replace Dollar As World's Reserve Currency

·Tesla stock pops as Hertz orders 100K cars in electric revamp

·Housing Market Shows Cracks With Price Cuts in Pandemic Boomtowns

FAIR AND BALANCED

·CNN's Brian Stelter hosts segment calling for reporters to cover Republicans differently than Democrats

ROOKIE MISTAKE?

·Search warrant reveals grim details of ‘Rust’ shooting and Halyna Hutchins’ final minutes

·Baldwin was practicing pointing revolver at camera

·Crew member who gave Baldwin gun subject of prior complaint

·Rookie armorer on Baldwin set said ‘best part’ of job proving ‘how safe’ guns are

·Legal experts weigh in on Alec Baldwin’s possible liability in tragic on-set shooting of Halyna Hutchins

HATS OFF

·Tom Brady’s historic day took a backseat to his encounter with a 9-year-old cancer survivor