From Jenna Orkin

California urges stop to 300,000 COVID-19 vaccines after some fall ill

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's state epidemiologist is urging a halt to more than 300,000 coronavirus vaccinations using a Moderna vaccine version ...

How Practical Is It, Really, to Suck Carbon Dioxide Out of the Air?

A surge of corporate money could transform carbon removal from science fiction to reality. But it could also offer an excuse for maintaining dangerous habits.

Over 100 COVID-19 cases linked to ‘superspreader’ salesman in China

Turning cameras off during Zoom meetings can help the climate, study finds

We're on the verge of breakdown: a data scientist's take on Trump and Biden

Confidence in Chinese vaccines has taken a hit. But as coronavirus cases grow, some countries are still pushing ahead

Jake Angeli Will Be Fed Organic Shaman Diet Following Judge's Order

China reports coronavirus found on ice cream

Record SEC Whistleblower Awards Paid in FY 2020

A potential Trump memoir is being opposed by hundreds of editors, writers, and agents – who have signed an open letter against it

Health officials slam Walgreens and CVS for 'fiasco' vaccine rollout to nursing homes

'Dr. Doom' economist Nouriel Roubini warns Biden's presidency will suffer civil unrest and cyberattacks by Russia and China during his term

Trump reportedly plans to issue 100 pardons and commutations on his final day in office

From Jenna Orkin

Moderna Says Its Covid-19 Vaccine Provides One Year’s Immunity

Fauci warns of 'more ominous' strains of COVID-19 from Brazil, South Africa

Science advisers: publish evidence behind COVID vaccine dosing strategy

China’s recent COVID-19 outbreaks in the northeast have come from travelers entering the country or contaminated frozen food imports, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Saturday.

2020's murder increase is 'unprecedented.' But is it a blip ...

 

Russia follows US to withdraw from Open Skies Treaty

Thousands march in Vienna against coronavirus restrictions

Armored Military Humvee Stolen In California, FBI Search Underway

Biden to Send Congress Bill That Would Grant Citizenship to 11 Million Illegals

A now-deceased French national made a series of Bitcoin transfers to US far-right groups and individuals totaling more than $500,000, says a report.The FBI is probing whether foreign governments, groups or individuals funded Capitol rioters using Bitcoin, says report

From Jenna Orkin 

Why NJ Is Prioritizing 2 Million Smokers Over Some Essential Workers For COVID-19 Vaccines

China builds 1,500-room hospital in five days amid COVID surge

Billionaires backed Republicans who sought to reverse US election results

Massive sinkhole near New Port Richey restaurant reopens three months later

Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environmental study says

Putin says Russia to start mass vaccinations next week

1. There are no extra COVID-19 vaccine doses left to send to states

Trump is becoming an 'untouchable client.' Here's how law firms are turning on the president, from calling for his removal to dumping his business.

The US screwed up its vaccine roll out in part because it was too choosy about who should get shots first

A man who says he threw away a hard drive loaded with 7,500 bitcoin in 2013 is offering his council $70 million to dig it up from the city dump

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COVID-19 has infected 1 in 3 people in LA since start of pandemic

Top scientists warn of 'ghastly future of mass extinction' and climate disruption

Mayor De Blasio Says NYC Will Run Out Of COVID Vaccine Next Week

Dangers of Musk's Experiment (May)

Challenging delays to the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine

Trump the fascist artist: How the MAGA crowd is motivated by aesthetics, not ideas

A Marxist philosopher named Walter Benjamin foresaw the rise of Trumpism more than eighty years ago

Prize-Winning Photos 

BART to Hire Social Workers In Place of Police Officers

The Newest COVID-19 Cases In Congress Show Vaccines Take Time To Work

Live Updates: FBI tracking "extensive amount of concerning online chatter" before inauguration, says director

Bumble removed its political filter after people used it to lure conservatives who were at the Capitol riot into sending incriminating evidence

The dating app said it temporarily disabled the filter "to prevent misuse." Some women had matched with Trump supporters and passed tips to the FBI.

Bill Gates owns 242,000 acres of farmland, making him America's biggest private-farmland owner, according to a new report

US could face 'perpetual' coronavirus infections as more contagious variants take hold, ex-FDA chief Scott Gottlieb warns

From Jenna Orkin

She Called Police Over a Neo-Nazi Threat. But the Neo-Nazis Were Inside the Police.

A Bill Gates Venture Aims To Spray Dust Into The Atmosphere To Block The Sun. What Could Go Wrong?

Newly identified strain of COVID in US may be most contagious yet

Senior Trump Official: We Were Wrong, He’s a ‘Fascist’

Azerbaijan Shows Future of Warfare

Georgia Man Charged In U.S. Capitol Attack Dies By Suicide

Sinovac: Brazil results show Chinese vaccine 50.4% effective

Removing Trump through impeachment or the 25th Amendment is warranted. But this is better.

U.S. cancels U.N. envoy's trip to Taiwan, citing Biden transition

WHO Team Arrives in Wuhan to Investigate Pandemic Origins

Billionaires' Row: 51% Discount

A quarter of New York City's vaccines are going to people who don't actually live there. Some don't even work in the city.

Trump told aides not to pay Giuliani because he's upset with him: WaPo

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NYC Vaccination Appointment Hotline Will Run 24/7

HITLER TAMED BY PRISON.; Released on Parole, He Is Expected to Return to Austria. - 1924

Supermassive black hole at center of distant galaxy has gone missing

'Nature Is Under Siege': Scientists Sound Alarm About Insect Apocalypse

The Hacker Who Archived Parler Explains How She Did It (and What Comes Next)

Microplastics from your tires are likely reaching the most remote places on Earth, study finds

Russia for First Time Holds More Gold Than Dollars

Toyota Slows Tundra Production Amidst Semiconductor Shortage

The COVID vaccine was developed in record time thanks to mRNA. Pfizer's CEO says the technology should now be used on other viral diseases like the flu.

Airbnb is canceling and blocking all Washington, DC reservations during the week of the inauguration

From Jenna Orkin 

School board locks teachers out of virtual classrooms, threatens to dock pay if they don't report to class

Bronx State Senator Who Chairs Crime Victims Committee Surrenders To Police For Allegedly Choking Wife

2021: More troubles likely

Dodger Stadium to halt COVID-19 testing, shift to vaccination site

Exxon’s Mega Oil Finds In Guyana Are Just The Beginning

Twitter blocks 70,000 QAnon accounts after US Capitol riot

Sheldon Adelson, Republican kingmaker and casino magnate, has died at 87

What is Gab? The far-right social media site that Google and Apple banned and that is still gaining thousands of new users after Twitter and Facebook deplatformed Trump

New York City will end business contracts with the Trump Organization after Capitol siege, Mayor de Blasio said

The bank that loaned Trump money to buy an $18 million home next to Mar-a-Lago is the latest lender to cut ties with the president following the US Capitol siege

Disneyland Resort, closed since March, is being turned into a mass vaccination site for Californians

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How Singapore Has Kept the Coronavirus Off Campus

China to overtake US as world's biggest economy by 2028, report predicts

Dutch officials seize ham sandwiches from British drivers

A ‘healthy’ doctor died two weeks after getting a COVID-19 vaccine; CDC is investigating why

Covid: England told to prepare for worst weeks of pandemic

Power outage plunges Pakistan into darkness

More than 6,000 military personnel expected in DC by end of weekend

Vietnam buys Indian rice for first time as local prices skyrocket

The World’s Most Controversial Pipeline Project Enters Its Final Phase

Sweden has passed a new law allowing coronavirus lockdown restrictions after its death toll reached a new high

New York expands its COVID-19 vaccine pool by 3.2 million more people, after a lack of eligible candidates forced healthcare workers to throw away spare doses

From Jenna Orkin

Meet Rebekah Mercer, the deep-pocketed co-founder of Parler, a controversial conservative social network

Jan 6 Riots More Violent Than We Realized

Deep-sea ‘gold rush’: secretive plans to carve up the seabed decried

Government to let farmers use bee-killing pesticide banned in EU

Trump Supporters Planning Next Siege

Mindfulness is Overrated

America’s Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent

World’s Largest Insect Protein Farm Signals Future Of Food Supply

Another new coronavirus variant found in Japan

The COVID vaccine should be distributed on a first come, first serve basis to prevent wasting millions of doses

Strict prioritization guidelines and frontline workers opting out of vaccination is leading to valuable vaccine doses to expire.

Credit card companies need to help stop the spread of untraceable 'ghost guns'

"Ghost guns" are gun kits that are put together by the buyer. Many of them are sold without serial numbers, and pose a huge threat to the country.

Amazon is removing Parler from its web hosting service, meaning the platform will go offline Sunday if it can't find another host

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Coronavirus Updates: Three More Cases Of COVID-19 Variant Found In NY, Says Cuomo

People at the US Capitol riot are being identified and losing their jobs

Atmospheric CO2 in 2021 will reach level 50% higher than before industrial era, says Met Office

Assembly Bill A416 

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the removal of cases, contacts and carriers of communicable diseases who are potentially dangerous to the public health

U Alabama Denies Ties to Wuhan

'He wrapped his arms around me and he died': COVID-19 has killed thousands of young Americans. This is not just a tragedy for the elderly.

• Between March 1 and July 31, 12,000 more Americans between 25 and 44 years old died than would ordinarily be expected. About 40% of those deaths were directly due to COVID-19.

Despite how it may have felt, 2020 was shorter than previous years — Earth is spinning quicker than it has in decades

Ahead of deadly Capitol riot, Trump administration failed to follow the normal security playbook used for events like the Super Bowl and the State of the Union

Top conservative figures are tweeting to advertise their Parler accounts after Trump was permanently banned from Twitter

A book published nearly 25 years ago predicted America would hit a great crisis climaxing around 2020 — and that up next is a millennial vs. boomer standoff that will usher in a new world order

In 1997, "The Fourth Turning" predicted a crisis climaxing around 2020 when the US "could erupt into insurrection" or "succumb to authoritarian rule."