Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Tuesday, October 26, 2021.
VACCI-HATIN’
·Business groups ask White House to delay Biden Covid vaccine mandate until after the holidays
·Moderna chairman says booster could be yearly
·Student sues San Diego Unified, objects to vaccine mandate for religious reasons
·Three of 10 student athletes could get kicked off team for missing LAUSD vaccine deadline
RONA RAGIN’
·Grandma convicted of assault for spraying coughing neighbor with disinfectant
·11 African Lions Test Positive For COVID At Denver Zoo
·Covid-19 cases and deaths on the rise again in Europe
COST OF COVID
·Thanksgiving 2021 Could Be The Most Expensive Meal In The History Of The Holiday
·California’s unemployment fraud reaches at least $20 billion
·Federal Government Collected Record Taxes in Fiscal 2021
·Boomerang boomers: Over-50s moving BACK IN in with parents
·Chicago to create largest 'guaranteed basic income' program
·Disney hikes ticket prices, citing 'strong' demand as pandemic wanes
DOG DAYS
·WaPo Columnist Writes A Defense Of Puppy Torture
·Jim Jordan Calls on Anthony Fauci to Resign: If He 'Had Any Sense of Honor Left'
·Marjorie Taylor Greene Pushes for Vote on Fire Fauci Act Despite Slim Chances of Success
LET’S GO BRANDON
·ANOTHER Anti-Biden Rap Tops iTunes
·Democrats to Biden: Start pushing back more aggressively against Trump
·Biden's refusal of executive privilege claim ignites Trump storm
·Biden has few options to combat surging gas prices as voters grow concerned about inflation
MONEY GRAB
·Dems' New Target Is $5 Trillion in Billionaire Wealth
·Democrats' latest terrible idea — taxing profits that don't exist
·'Don't touch me': Kyrsten Sinema badgered again over Biden spending bill
SCHOOLED
·Loudoun County Forces Parents To Sign NDA-Style Form To View CRT-Inspired Curriculum
·Loudoun County students plan walkout after sexual assault by boy in girls' bathroom
·University May Fire Professor For Saying Hurt Feelings Are 'No Big Deal'
·College enrollment sees largest decline in 50 years
EQUALITY
·A California county cuts off water to Asian pot growers. Is it racism or crime crackdown?
·‘Other ways of over policing.’ Black Sacramentans inordinately cited for public drinking
CLIMATE COSTS
·San Diego region eyes ‘road charges’ coupled with free public transit for all by 2030
NEW PHONE, WHO DIS?
·Hiker got lost in Colorado, then ignored rescuers' calls because they came from unknown number
NOW SHOWING
·Angelina Jolie’s uneven hair extensions go viral: ‘Somebody getting fired’