[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Niharika Sathe, a 34-year-old internal medicine physician in New Jersey, first heard the fertility rumor from another doctor. The friend confided that she would decline the coronavirus vaccine because of something she’d seen online — that the shot could cause the immune system to attack the...
Zakaria: Mainstream Republicans Have Tolerated Extremism for Years. Can They Finally Control It?
[aggregation-styles] Washington Post The central question in American politics right now — one with global implications — is whether the Republican Party can purge itself of its most extreme elements. Obviously this relates to former president Donald Trump, but it goes beyond him as well. The current Republican congressional delegation...
Opinion: Biden’s CFPB Pick Wants a New Agency to Control Politics and Speech.
[aggregation-styles] Wall Street Journal In our age of a powerful administrative state and weak Congress, some of the most consequential government officials are the little-known heads of alphabet-soup federal agencies. One of them is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which was designed as its own regulatory fiefdom insulated from...
One Night in Cancun: Ted Cruz’s Disastrous Decision to Go on Vacation During Texas Storm Crisis
[aggregation-styles] Washington Post Usually, it takes at least one full day in Cancún to do something embarrassing you’ll never live down. But for Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), it took just 10 hours — from when his United plane touched down at Cancún International Airport at 7:52 p.m. Wednesday to when he...
Fresno Pair Jailed in Hawaii for COVID Quarantine Violations
[aggregation-styles] Honolulu Star Advertiser Visitors to Hawaii continue to violate the state’s COVID-19 travel and quarantine rules, with the latest arrests including two people from Fresno who reportedly attempted to check in to a Waikiki hotel this week without evidence of a negative coronavirus test or quarantine exemption. Special agents...
Newsom Recall Backers Submit 1.1 Million Signatures as Deadline Approaches
[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times Almost 1.1 million signatures have been submitted in support of a recall election against Gov. Gavin Newsom, state elections officials reported Friday, though supporters said a sizable number of voter petitions have yet to be reviewed as the effort approaches next month’s official deadline. The tally...
Tulare District Arranges COVID Vaccinations for School Teachers, Staff of All Ages Saturday
[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta The COVID-19 vaccine rollout for teachers and other school employees has been slow and limited due to shortages. Plus, other priority groups were ahead of them. Now Tulare County school districts are reporting some of their employees have received doses, which became a sticking point for...
Visalia CHP Officer Shot After Chase in Tulare County
[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta A chase through Tulare County foothills ended in a shootout between a suspect, a California Highway Patrol officer, and sheriff's deputies. Both the CHP officer and suspect were shot, according to Ashley Ritchie, spokesperson for the sheriff's department. During a vehicle chase, the suspect pointed a...
Fresno State’s ‘Oldest Alumna’ Dies in San Francisco. She’ll Be Buried in Fresno.
Fresno State News Lucy Mirigian, who was believed to be the oldest living Fresno State alumna, died Feb. 12 at her home in San Francisco. She was 114. “We send our sympathies to Mrs. Mirigian’s family, including her great-nephews and their children, who live in Fresno,” said Jacqui Glasener, executive...
Young Women in Florida Dress as ‘Grannies’ in Apparent Attempt To Get COVID-19 Vaccine, Official Says
[aggregation-styles] ABC7 News ORLANDO, Fla. -- Young women in Florida dressed up as older women in an apparent attempt to qualify for COVID-19 vaccination, a local official said Thursday. Dr. Raul Pino, the director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, said the women arrived at a vaccination...