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Tacoma, Wash.—A metallurgist in Washington state pleaded guilty to fraud Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines.
Elaine Marie Thomas, 67, of Auburn, Washington, was the director of metallurgy at a foundry in Tacoma that supplied steel castings used by Navy contractors Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding to make submarine hulls. From 1985 through 2017, Thomas falsified the results of strength and toughness tests for at least 240 productions of steel—about half the steel the foundry produced for the Navy, according to her plea agreement, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma.
Daily Mail (UK),
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Andrea Blanco
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The wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom took to social media to defend her husband and call out 'haters without a life' who criticized Newsom's 12-day disappearance from public view in a since-deleted tweet. 'It's funny how certain folks can't handle truth,' California First Lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom wrote. 'When someone cancels something, maybe they're just in the office working; maybe in their free time they're at home with their family, at their kids' sports matches, or dining out with their wife.(Snip)Newsom was last seen in public on October 27, receiving a COVID-19 booster shot in Oakland. He said it was painless and then flexed
Daily Mail (UK),
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White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed the administration is considering shutting down a Michigan oil pipeline, as President Biden finds himself caught between an environmental promise and looming gas price hikes. The administration is exploring the possibility of terminating the Line 5 pipeline—which links Superior, Wisconsin, with Sarnia, Ontario—and gathering data to determine if shutting down the line will cause a surge in fuel pricing. 'Yes, we are,' Jean-Pierre said, asked in a news briefing if the administration is 'studying' the impacts of a potential shutdown. 'The army corps of engineers is preparing an environmental impact to look through this,' she continued.
Washington Times,
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Stephen Dinan
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Homeland Security announced Monday that it will waive the usual immigration fees for Afghan evacuees who’ve been paroled into the country since the start of the airlift operation, leaving U.S. taxpayers to pick up the tab for their costs. The department said not having to worry about the fees will allow the Afghans to settle into their new lives more quickly. They’ll also get “streamlined” processing to apply for work permits and asylum, which would give them permanent status.(Snip)The usual fee for applying for a work permit is $410. The fee to apply to adjust status is usually $1,140. The fee to have biometric data taken is $85.
Daily Mail (UK),
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President Joe Biden congratulated Big Bird for receiving his COVID-19 vaccine after conservatives including Republican Sen. Ted Cruz called a tweet from the Sesame Street character 'propaganda ... for your five-year-old.' 'Good on ya, @BigBird,' Biden tweeted Sunday night. 'Getting vaccinated is the best way to keep your whole neighborhood safe.' The fictional bird, who, according to Sesame Street lore, is eternally 6-years-old, tweeted his vaccination status on Saturday, writing: 'I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it'll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy.'(Snip)Big Bird issued the tweet days
Daily Mail (UK),
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Connor Boyd
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NHS England's chief executive was today accused of 'abusing' Covid statistics after exaggerating the number of infected patients in hospital with the virus. During a round of interviews this morning, Amanda Pritchard suggested there were '14 times' more coronavirus patients in hospital now compared to 'this time last year'.
The claim was picked up and circulated by a number of mainstream, left-leaning news outlets including Sky News, ITV and The i.
Ms Pritchard made the comments as she urged people to come forward for their booster vaccines and warned the health service was under 'very real pressure'.(Snip)Professor Francois Balloux, director of the University College London Genetics Institute,
Washington Times,
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Tom Howell Jr.
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Sen. Ted Cruz went to war with Big Bird on Twitter over the weekend, accusing the “Sesame Street” character of pushing “government propaganda” as part of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for kids.
Mr. Cruz’s main target was the Biden administration as it teamed up with “Sesame Street” to promote the Pfizer-BioNTech shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. Big Bird, who is supposed to be 6 years old, tweeted that his wing was a bit sore after the shot, but he was grateful for the protective boost. “Government propaganda … for your 5 year old!” Mr. Cruz tweeted. The dustup kicked off the usual cycle of online debate
Associated Press & Daily Mail (UK),
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Adriana Diaz
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Los Angeles will expand their vaccine mandate requiring people show proof of vaccination to enter various types of businesses and venues later this month, enforcing one of the strictest mandates in the country. In October, the City of Los Angeles began to require patrons to be fully vaccinated to enter the indoor portions of food establishments, gyms, entertainment and recreational locations, personal care establishments, and certain outdoor events. Beginning Monday the city will launch SafePassLA, expanding the vaccine mandate to more businesses and indoor locations including museums and convention centers. SafePassLA will be enforced on November 29 to give required locations time to adjust.
WTEN-TV [Albany, NY],
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Mikhaela Singleton
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Albany, N.Y.—As New York’s recreational marijuana laws continue to take shape, employers must get used to stowing their assumptions on when and if their employees choose to smoke. “For instance, marijuana the smell does linger, but that’s not probable cause anymore,” explains Christine Taylor, a partner at Towne Law Firm. “It was the knee-jerk reaction to be like, you obviously are using, I don’t want to employ you anymore, and that can absolutely kind of get you in trouble now.”(Snip)The latest update by the NYS Department of Labor outright prohibits employers from marijuana testing either when hiring or on suspicion an employee is impaired.
New York Post,
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Patrick Reilly
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US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said Sunday that “nothing is off the table” when asked whether the Biden administration would try to expand its federal work-vaccine mandate to smaller firms. Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Murthy said the government’s mandate for companies with more than 100 staffers is “appropriate and necessary”—and suggested it might be widened, assuming it survives multiple court challenges. “Certainly nothing is off the table at this moment,” Murthy said.(Snip)Murthy was asked whether he thought the mandate could negatively impact businesses that are already struggling to find employees amid a national labor shortage. “I hear time and time again, from small businesses,
Daily Mail (UK) & Reuters,
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Elizabeth Elkind
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A governor of President Joe Biden's own party is standing up to his sweeping vaccine mandate, claiming it's 'too late' in the pandemic for broad federal action even as the pandemic's effects continue to roil the US economy. Kansas Democrat Governor Laura Kelly, who is up for re-election in 2022, released a statement on Saturday announcing that her state is rejecting Biden's vaccine order for private businesses that employ more than 100 people.(Snip)Kelly said states at this point in the pandemic have 'already developed systems' to fight coronavirus' effects on health and the economy, largely without the federal government's help. States have been leading the fight
New York Post,
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Jack Morphet
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President Joe Biden let out a long, loud **** while speaking with the Duchess of Cornwall at the COP26 summit. Camilla Parker Bowles “hasn’t stopped talking about” the 78-year-old’s “long ****,” it has been reported. The pair were making small talk at the global climate change gathering in Scotland last week when the president broke wind, according to an informed source that spoke to The Mail on Sunday. “It was long and loud and impossible to ignore,” the source told the outlet. “Camilla hasn’t stopped talking about it.”(Snip) Parker Bowles, who has been married to Prince Charles since 2005, was taken aback by the flatulence. CORRECTIONS*
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