Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Thursday, October 28, 2021.
DEM DO-OVER
·Biden pushes reconciliation framework, infrastructure vote, but some Dems reluctant
·Here's what's in the $1.75 trillion economic plan Biden will try to sell to his party
·Biden is trying every trick in the book to hide true cost of Democrats' $7.5T bill
·Biden-Sanders bill is a socialist spending scam
OFF THE CHAIN
·Economic growth rate slows to 2% on a sharp slowdown in consumer spending
·U.S. posts weakest growth of pandemic recovery
·Food Prices Set To Soar As Oil And Gas Crunch Continues
·Bidding war over two-year-old minivan? Used car market 'bananas'
VACCI-HATIN’
·Judge denies NYPD union's bid to halt COVID vaccine mandate
·Vax mandate could force FDNY companies to close, as NYPD faces street cop shortage
·NYC firefighters union says members should defy vaccine mandate
·Chicago mayor 'booed off' stage amid city's vaccine mandate fallout
·Florida sues Biden, NASA over 'unlawful' COVID vaccine mandates for federal contractors
·It’s harder to justify COVID vaccine for children if pandemic’s end is near
SCARY STORIES
·It’s OK to go trick-or-treating this Halloween but here’s why San Diego experts urge caution
·Breakthrough COVID infections happen in vaccinated animals, too, San Diego Zoo learns
SCHOOLED
·School board president caught on hot mic cursing out parent's speech
·Florida School Takes Elementary Students To Gay Bar
·Man gave Nazi salute at school board meeting to oppose mask rules. Cruz defended
EQUALITY
·White male exec wins $10 million 'reverse discrimination' payout.
BORDER BATTLE
·Migrant caravan grows as it heads through southern Mexico
·U.S. limits immigration arrests at schools, ‘protected’ areas
·Border Patrol has a ‘shadow police unit’ that protects agents when they kill, groups say