Trending News - Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Tuesday, October 19, 2021.

WANNA GET AWAY?

·Southwest drops plan to put unvaccinated staff on unpaid leave starting in December

·Chicago mayor warns cops not to 'ruin careers' over lack of vaccine

·Workers Want Recovery Accepted as Evidence of Immunity

·Religious exemptions pose new challenges to COVID vaccine mandates

YOU GOTTA BE SHIPPING ME!

·Backlog at California ports hits new record days after Biden rolls out plan to solve it

·‘People Are Hoarding’: Food Shortages Are The Next Supply-Chain Crunch

·Procter & Gamble warns of price increase on staple consumer products

·Shipping Containers That Spent Weeks Aboard Ships Stuck At Ports Now Being Dumped In Nearby Neighborhoods

·Supply Chain Delays Could Soon Leave Wine Glasses Empty

·Gas prices are high. That could mess with Biden's climate agenda

BOOSTER CLUB

·FDA planning to allow mix-and-match Covid-19 vaccine boosters

·Calif. prison guards are vaccinated at lower rate than inmates; state officials don’t seem worried

GOING FOR WOKE

·College student ‘angry... scared’ over straight men installing radiators in dorm

·George Takei Laughing His A** Off At All These Gay Jokes Is Really Something Given His Pearl-Clutching About Chappelle

·CEO sparks pet 'pawternity leave' debate: 'Have people lost their minds?'

CANCELLED

·Racism Declared 'Public Health Crisis' In NYC

·Mexico's new culture war: Did a pyramid light show 'decolonize' or rewrite history?

·Fearless Girl Statue Replaced By Gorilla

CALLED OUT

·'Disinformation By Omission': Former NYT Editor Rips CNN Right To Brian Stelter's Face

·Katie Couric calls Matt Lauer 'disgusting' in awkward 'Today' show return

·Meghan McCain blames hostile ‘View’ colleagues for her exit in emotional memoir

·Russia accuses CNBC reporter of being a 'sex object' sent to distract Putin

BORDER BUMBLIN’

·Biden admin secretly resettling migrants inside US using nighttime flights: REPORT

·Tucker Carlson Says Illegal Immigrants Share More Of His Values Than Kamala Harris

·After Del Rio, Calls for Fairer Treatment of Black Migrants

MO’ MONEY, MO PROBLEMS

·Biden’s IRS Plan Will Crush Normal Americans

·Democrats to scale back Treasury’s IRS bank reporting plan amid GOP uproar

ORANGE THEORY

·'He Made Plenty Of Mistakes': Trump Trashes Colin Powell One Day After His Death

·Trump sues Jan. 6 committee, National Archives

·Trump lashes out at 'Wacky' Sen. Bill Cassidy over interview criticism

BABALU!

·Nicole Kidman Is a Spot on Lucille Ball in First Trailer for “Being the Ricardos,” Lucie Arnaz Approves