Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Thursday, September 30, 2021.
VAX SCENE
·CDC says it’s ‘urgent’ that pregnant women get vaccinated
·As few as 38% of sanitation workers are vaccinated. That could threaten L.A.’s homeless people
·'I've Never Said This Before': Ted Cruz Applauds LeBron James Over Vaccines
·Proposed bill would require COVID vaccine, negative test for domestic air travel ahead of holidays
STRAIN’D
·Doctor Warns Having Flu Simultaneously Could Be 'Catastrophic'
·COVID lockdown was a ‘live social experiment’ revealing how women, men behave during pandemics
·Majority of restaurant operators say business conditions are worse now than three months ago
·School Officials Beg Biden and FBI for Protection Against Threats From ‘Angry Mobs’
·Slovenia uses water cannons at passport protest
·Covid may cause 'restless anal syndrome'
NEW NORMAL
·Someone Betting Oil Will Soar to Record $200 a Barrel
·Backlog Of Cargo Ships At Port Of LA Reaches Boiling Point; 500,000 Containers!
·'YOLO' generation of investors ready for anything, even crash
·Postal service to slow some mail delivery starting Friday
·'Price-Distorting' iBuyers Like ZILLOW Hurt Homeowners, Rivals Say
·Is Society Angrier Than Ever Before?
·Rise of 'overemployed' workers
NO MONEY, NO PROBLEMS
·New, 'first-class' high-rise will house homeless on LA skid row
SHUTIN' IT DOWN
·Congress Expected to Avert Government Shutdown, But Infrastructure Vote Is In Limbo
·House liberals exasperated with two Democratic senators as agenda struggles
·CNN's Don Lemon complains Sinema, Manchin are 'acting as Republicans'
·Moderate Dem joins Republicans warning Biden's historic govt assistance program will backfire
C’MON MAN
·Biden Claims His Build Back Better Agenda ‘Costs Zero Dollars.’ But There's A Huge Catch
·Kamala poll numbers rise as Biden's fall
·Biden booed at Congressional Baseball Game as infrastructure bill hopes fade
BORDER BATTLE
·Panama warns 85,000 more Haitians migrants crossing country on dangerous journey to the US
·'A disgrace': Haley blasts Biden's surprise visit to charity baseball game amid rising crises
·Border Agent's wife unloads on Biden plan to fire unvaccinated officers
·DHS tries again to end Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' immigration policy
LOWERED EXPECTATIONS
·Justice Sonia Sotomayor: 'There is going to be a lot of disappointment in the law, a huge amount'
DIRTY LAUNDRY
·Timeline of events since Gabby Petito's fiancé returned to Florida becomes clearer
·Dog the Bounty Hunter finds fresh campsite in hunt for Brian Laundrie
·Brian Laundrie family attorney does not know what happened to client's old cellphone, he says
·Brian Laundrie's mom reportedly changed camping reservations before he returned home
·Police answered dozens of 911 calls related to Laundrie home since Sept 10
·Another Body Found In Gabby Petito Search
OVER-ACHIEVERS
·Academic Success Often Leads To 'Vicious Cycle' Of Perfectionism, Depression
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
·Lockheed Exec Refuses To Comment On Video Showing Mystery Aviation Technology On Secret Testing Base
·Demi Lovato claims they had ‘beautiful and incredible’ UFO encounter with ‘floating blue orb’
NOT A… SLAVE FOR YOU
·Britney's 13-Year Conservatorship Set To End In November; Dad Booted By Judge
IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S ME