Fauci: Whoops, pandemic's not over.
BIDEN IS CONSIDERING 'SIGNIFICANT' STUDENT LOAN DEBT CANCELLATION President Joe Biden suggested to lawmakers that he is not only looking at further extending the pause on federal student loan payments, but could soon announce a broader cancellation of student loan debt. "I feel very confident that he is pushing on his team to do something, and to do something significant," Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-Calif.) said. [HuffPost] FAUCI: SORRY! IT'S NOT OVER. Dr. Anthony Fauci said the pandemic is not over after earlier saying the U.S. was "out of the pandemic phase" of COVID-19. "I probably should have said the acute component of the pandemic phase," he said after celebrating the nation's low level of reported deaths, hospitalizations and cases. "And I understand how that can lead to some misinterpretation." [HuffPost] EUROPEAN LEADERS BLAST CUTOFF OF RUSSIAN GAS AS 'BLACKMAIL' European leaders blasted Russia's decision to cut natural gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria as "blackmail," saying the cutoff and the Kremlin's warning that it might cease shipments to other countries is a failed attempt to divide the West over its support for Ukraine. "The era of Russian fossil fuel in Europe is coming to an end," said E.U. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. [AP] BOEING CEO LAMENTS DEAL WITH TRUMP FOR AIR FORCE ONE PLANES David Calhoun, Boeing's CEO, is lamenting the deal his company cut with former President Donald Trump to produce new Air Force One jets. "Air Force One I'm just going to call a very unique moment, a very unique negotiation, a very unique set of risks that Boeing probably should not have taken," he said. Boeing lost $1.2 billion and took a $660 million write-down for Air Force One. [AP] |
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TENNESSEE REPUBLICAN SUGGESTS BOOKS DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE SHOULD BE BURNED Tennessee Republicans advanced legislation that would place more scrutiny over what books are allowed in public schools libraries moments after the bill's House sponsor said any inappropriate book should be burned. School librarians have become a Republican target for pushing for more oversight on materials provided to children — especially those touching on racism and LGBTQ issues. [AP] MARIO GONZALEZ DIED OF 'RESTRAINT ASPHYXIATION' BY POLICE, NEW AUTOPSY FINDS An independent autopsy confirmed what Mario Gonzalez's family has maintained all along: The 26-year-old Latino father died last year because Alameda, California, police officers knelt on his back for several minutes until he stopped breathing — not, as the Alameda County coroner's report implied, because of meth in his system. [HuffPost] IN SWORN DEPOSITION, TRUMP EXPRESSES FEAR OF KILLER FRUIT Trump voiced grave concerns about projectile fruit in an October 2021 deposition for a civil lawsuit filed by five activists who allege they were violently attacked by Trump's security guards in September 2015. "It's very dangerous stuff. You can get killed with those things," Trump said of tomatoes. [HuffPost] IN NYC, MANY JOB ADS WILL HAVE TO STATE SALARY RANGES Just four months ago, city lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to require many ads for jobs in the nation's most populous city to include salary ranges, in the name of giving job applicants — particularly women and people of color — a better shot at fair pay. But on the cusp of implementing the measure, lawmakers will likely vote to postpone it for five months after employers waved red flags. [AP] HALYNA HUTCHINS' FAMILY SEEKS REMOVAL OF VIDEOS TAKEN AFTER 'RUST' SET SHOOTING The family of slain cinematographer Halyna Hutchins rebuked the Santa Fe County sheriff for releasing a trove of video, including body-cam footage from first responders who attempted to treat Hutchins at the scene, shortly after she was fatally shot with a prop gun held by actor Alec Baldwin on the New Mexico set of the film "Rust." [HuffPost] |
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