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A 75-year-old woman who was randomly slugged in the face by a man in upper Manhattan is a retired crime reporter—and is now calling on city officials to do something about the Big Apple’s growing mental health crisis. Judith Thomas, a former Channel 9 reporter, was sporting a massive bruise on her face Monday, along with swollen cheeks and lips, a day after she was sucker-punched in broad daylight. “We do not have enough mental health facilities for these people,” Thomas told The Post. “Somebody like this should be at a mental health facility and on medication because nobody does this.
New York Post,
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Jackie Salo
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Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday that the US government will not require Americans to use vaccine passports to prove they’ve been immunized against the coronavirus. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said the federal government “may be involved in making sure things are done fairly and equitably.” “But I doubt if the federal government is gonna be the leading element of that,” Fauci told the “Politico Dispatch” podcast. Fauci said he expects certain businesses and educational institutions to be the ones to create their own policies about vaccination. “I’m not saying that they should or that they would,
Daily Mail (UK),
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Valerie Edwards
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Two girls, ages 13 and 15, who were charged with the murder and carjacking of a Pakistani immigrant killed last month while working at his job delivering food in Washington, DC, have reportedly reached a plea deal with prosecutors. Mohammad Anwar, 66, died when police said the girls, armed with a taser, sped off in his car as he clung to the driver's side with the door open and crashed seconds later just outside the ballpark of the Washington Nationals. On Monday, the teens reportedly reached the plea deal with prosecutors that would ensure they will not be held past the age of 21
WVTM-TV [Birmingham, AL],
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One person is dead and five injured in a shooting at Patton Park in Birmingham. BPD say a 32-year-old female passed away in a vehicle after being shot. Police believe she was a bystander shot when a group of males began shooting during an altercation. At this time police say the five injured are stable their ages are said to be 21, 17, 16, 15, and 4. Birmingham Police officers are on scene, and conducting a homicide investigation. The BPD stated in a social media post that the situation is developing, since more victims have arrived a local hospitals, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
CNN,
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Experts say Covid-19 vaccinations in the US are going extremely well -- but not enough people are protected yet and the country may be at the start of another surge. The US reported a record over the weekend with more than 4 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in 24 hours, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(Snip) The highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant has fueled an alarming rise in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations in parts of Europe. And experts worry the US could be next if Americans don't double down on safety measures until more people are vaccinated. What's worse,
Washington Times,
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Tom Howell Jr.
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U.S. and state health officials said Monday they’re seeing more coronavirus cases in younger persons than they did earlier in the pandemic, as seniors achieve protection from vaccination and youth sports are blamed for outbreaks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said even as the vaccine reaches more people, the seven-day average of cases has risen for four straight weeks and remains above 60,000 per day. Officials are particularly concerned about the prevalence of the fast-moving B.1.1.7, or “U.K.,” variant in the states. “Cases are increasing nationally and we are seeing this occur predominately in younger adults,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said.
New York Daily News,
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Rocco Parascandola*
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A 75-year-old woman was punched to the ground on a Harlem street by a stranger, the latest in a string of unprovoked attacks, police said Monday. The victim was sucker-punched on Lenox Ave. near W. 119th St. just past 3 p.m. Sunday by a man who attacker her without ever saying a word. The attack was partially caught on camera. Surveillance video released by cops shows the assailant ducking under sidewalk scaffolding, then knocking to the ground the victim, who was walking towards him.(Snip) The assault is the most recent in a string of unprovoked attacks across the city.
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com,
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Steve Strunsky
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When Assata Thomas was 26 and shopping for a house, she just happened to end up with a realtor who, like her, was Black. But she soon recognized that her broker could relate to her experience, her needs, and her concerns as a Black homebuyer, and they developed a trusting relationship that culminated in her first home purchase, a single-family house in Willingboro. So when Thomas, now 52, was in the market for a bigger place, and then for her current house in Pennsauken, she deliberately sought out a Black broker.
“I felt that, with the history of home ownership for Black people specifically,
Washington Times,
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Alex Swoyer
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The Supreme Court dismissed a case Monday over former President Trump‘s ability to block people on Twitter, reasoning that Mr. Trump is no longer president—or even part of the digital platform that has banned him.
But conservative Justice Clarence Thomas warned Big Tech that the high court—or lawmakers—may soon have to step in and address social media companies and their free rein to silence people “at any time for any or no reason.”(Snip) “The disparity between Twitter‘s control and Mr. Trump‘s control is stark, to say the least. Mr. Trump blocked several people from interacting with his messages. Twitter barred Mr. Trump
Reuters & Daily Mail [UK],
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will on Monday call for a global minimum corporate tax rate, in a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Yellen will call for a worldwide standard to stop companies moving offshore and to sell President Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. Biden's plan would also raise the tax on foreign profits made by American firms overseas from 10.5 percent to 21 percent. 'We are working with G20 nations to agree to a global minimum corporate tax rate that can stop the race to the bottom,' Yellen will say in her speech, according to an excerpt of her prepared remarks cited by Axios.
Washington Times,
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Valerie Richardson
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If the school officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, need any tips on how to reopen for full-time in-person learning, they need look no further than the Catholic schools in their own neighborhood, including Oakcrest. The private school for girls in grades 6-12 welcomed students back into the classroom for five-days-a-week instruction on Sept. 9, employing masks and distancing but not COVID-19 vaccines, revamped ventilation or other items being demanded by teachers’ unions. Even so, Oakcrest has thrived. All but one faculty member returned.(Snip) Between 90% and 92% of Catholic schools reopened for full-time in-person instruction
Daily Mail (UK),
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Connor Boyd
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Experts today lined up to attack Number 10 for a bold new plan to screen the entire nation for coronavirus twice a week using lateral flow tests.
Critics of the controversial kits—which offer results in as little as 15 minutes–called the scheme ‘beyond reckless’ and a 'scandalous' waste of taxpayers' cash.(Snip) A major scientific review in March also found the lateral flow kits may also miss four in 10 asymptomatic patients, who show no signs of Covid illness but can spread it to others. The tests are even more inaccurate when a person does the test themselves.
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* Larry Celona, and Laura Italiano
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