Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.
SOCIAL ANXIETY
·After FACEBOOK, big tech outages may be doomsday scenario in future conflict
·Whistleblower says Facebook knowingly pushes products that harm teens
·Instagram promoted pages glorifying eating disorders to teen accounts
BUDGET BUSTER
·Treasury Plans Emergency $1 Trillion Coin
·Progressives hand Pelosi stunning defeat as far-left takes driver's seat in Democratic Party
·Democrats' Budget Bill Includes $8 Billion A Year For Illegal Immigrant Parents: Report
·White House Disses Squad, Doesn’t Invite Them To Zoom Meeting On Agenda
·Biden Reverses Trump Rule Blocking Federal Funds From Going To Abortion Businesses
DOLLA BILLS Y’ALL
·The IRS Wants to Look at Your Bank Account
·Crypto Future Could Soon Look Like Dollar
·Elizabeth Warren demands insider trading investigation of the Fed
·Prices Rising While Products Growing Smaller
SPILL IT
·Officials knew about oil off O.C. coast Friday, sparking new questions about response
·Newsom declares emergency as investigators probe whether anchor caused O.C. oil spill
·Orange County oil spill sparks race to save wildlife
·As oil washes ashore, California seeks end to offshore drilling. Why its hands are tied
CLIMATE CALAMITY
·More bike paths? Safer sidewalks? Biden’s infrastructure bill has money for them
·How Do Thousands Prepare for a Climate Summit? With Difficulty.
·Sacramento’s top polluter is traffic. So why does the county’s climate plan create more?
·The Nobel Prize in physics honors work on climate change and complex systems
HATIN’ N’ MANDATIN’
·NY largest health provider fires 1,400 for refusing shots
·Mask mandates effective against delta? Not really
·COVID vaccine disinformation a big reason behind low inoculation rates, officials say
·NBA Star Says You Don't Own Your Body After Getting Jabbed
SCHOOLED
·Death threats, violence, intimidation mark another pandemic school year
·School officials raised alarms about threats, disruptions at meetings; We need to listen
·DOJ to investigate threats against teachers, school board members nationwide
·DeSantis rips Biden admin for 'weaponizing the DOJ' against parents
·San Diego County schools are struggling with a labor shortage
·Schools Seeing 'Massive' Staff Shortages
·Teens Training To Drive 18-Wheelers
JUICED
·Grisham Admits To Being A Liar In Front Of Two CNN Reporters And Neither Asked The Obvious Question
·Stephanie Grisham Straight-Up Confesses Her Enabling Trump Cost Lives During Covid
·Trump Tumbles Off Forbes Rich List After COVID Pandemic Slashes His Fortune
DIRTY LAUNDRIE
·Gabby Petito’s dad rips 'coward' Brian Laundrie in emotional Dr. Phil interview
·Dog the Bounty Hunter says ‘survivalist’ Brian Laundrie is still alive
·On the trail Man who has 'no doubt' he met Brian Laundrie while hiking says he will meet with FBI
·Veteran pathologist reacts to FBI handling of Gabby Petito autopsy
·Dog the Bounty Hunter Pitched Show on Brian Laundrie Hunt to A&E, Which ‘Immediately Passed’
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’
·Lottery Ticket Worth $699.8 Million Sold In Morro Bay, 7th Largest In US History