Star Tribune [Minneapolis, MN],
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Janet Moore
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Police are investigating a series of fights that broke out at Terminal 2 of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport just before midnight Friday. The fights erupted among a dozen or so male and female passengers after two large groups deplaned from a Frontier Airlines flight, according to Patrick Hogan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports Commission, which operates MSP. A video of the incident, which lasted just over a minute, was posted on social media and shared by more than 7,000 people by midday Monday. Blows were exchanged between several people and "some of the individuals threw stanchions and broke chairs," Hogan said.(Snip)No arrests have been made,
Washington Times,
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Stephen Dinan
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The owner of a Maryland seafood and ice processing company that employed at least 89 illegal immigrants was sentenced last week to a year of probation and a $15,000 fine, and had to promise to use E-Verify to screen new hires in the future. Philip J. “Jamie” Harrington III worked out the deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to a single charge of unlawful employment of illegal immigrants. His company, Captain Phip‘s Seafood, was sentenced to three years of probation and a fine of $240,000 for felony visa fraud. Harrington also asked that his probation officer allow him to make his usual trips this year to Florida and the Bahamas
WGBH-TV [Boston, MA],
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Mike Deehan
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Gov. Charlie Baker expects a state-sanctioned COVID-19 vaccination passport program to be implemented in Massachusetts and several other states soon. During an appearance on GBH News' Boston Public Radio, Baker said a scannable quick response code, commonly known as a QR code, would show a person's vaccination status and be made available for others to scan and verify. "It's a universal standard and we've been working with a bunch of other states, there's probably 15 or 20 of them, to try to create a single QR code that can be used for all sorts of things where people may choose to require a vaccine," Baker said
WPIX-TV [New York, NY],
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Monica Morales
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The Bronx, N.Y.—Hundreds of Bronx families signed up for free internet access and $11 laptops on Monday as part of a new federal program. More than 1,200 families at the Melrose Houses will have affordable internet access thanks to the Emergency Broadband Benefit program. The families lined up in the basketball courts on Courtland Avenue to sign up.(Snip)The program was made possible through Congress, which set aside $3.2 billion to the Federal Communications Commission to help low-income households pay for broadband and internet- connected devices. “Over 1,200 families can get free access to the internet. At first, then affordable after that.
Associated Press & Daily Mail (UK),
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Geoff Earle
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that the appearance of a new COVID-19 variant could slow the economy and hiring, while also raising uncertainty about inflation. The recent increase in delta cases and the emergence of the omicron variant 'pose downside risks to employment and economic activity and increased uncertainty for inflation,' Powell said Monday in prepared remarks to be delivered to the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday. The new variant could also worsen supply chain disruptions, he said. Powell's comments come after other Fed officials in recent weeks have said the central bank should consider winding down its ultra-low interest rate policies more quickly than it currently plans.
Washington Times,
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Dave Boyer
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On the first day of Christmas, the Bidens gave to thee a gas pump without the highway robbery. This year’s holiday decorations, unveiled Monday, feature the traditional gingerbread White House in the State Dining Room, nestled amid a confectionery street scene of businesses that have helped keep America running through the COVID-19 pandemic. In a prominent spot next to the White House is a miniature gas station with two tiny pumps, no prices visible. Nearby is a grocery store, another reminder of record inflation. The sight prompted comments on social media at a time when Americans are paying 60% more for gas than they did a year ago.
Daily Mail (UK),
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Michelle Thompson
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Newly-released texts of CNN host Chris Cuomo reveal how he wrote his brother Andrew's sex pest rebuttals and used sources to investigate accusers, despite denying 'closely advising' his brother. Texts also revealed his friend arranged for Alec Baldwin to post a video in support of his brother Andrew and that he used his media connections to find out about accusers. The text exchanges—released by the New York Attorney General's office Monday—contradict Chris Cuomo's claims that he did not closely advise the disgraced former governor about a dozen sexual harassment allegations leveled against him.
In one message, Cuomo said 'his friend' asked actor Alec Baldwin
Daily Mail (UK),
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Geoff Earle
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President Joe Biden on Monday urged Americans to get vaccinated or get their booster shots amid warnings about the spread of the Omicron variant–but insisted that the infectious new variant was not a cause for 'panic' and said no new restrictions were needed.
'We'll fight this variant with scientific and knowledgeable actions and speed, not chaos and confusion,' Biden said at the White House.
But even amid the pressing nature of the new variant, Biden misstated the name of the variant. 'It's called the Omnicron,' he said, inserting an extra 'n'–an error his coronavirus advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was standing in the background, also committed.
Daily Mail (UK),
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Melissa Koenig
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The new Twitter CEO is already facing racism claims, after a 2010 tweet resurfaced in which he appears to call all white people racist. In the tweet, published on October 26, 2010, Parag Agrawal, an Indian-American man who was named as Jack Dorsey's successor on Monday, wrote: 'If they are not gonna make a distinction between Muslims and extremists, then why should I distinguish between white people and racists?'(Snip)Mia Cathell, a news editor for the Post Millenial, joked that he apparently does not know how to scrub his tweets. Agrawal joined Twitter in 2011 and has been serving as the CTO since 2017. As the new CEO,
Washington Times,
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Stephen Dinan
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As the coronavirus pandemic raged, Uncle Sam was doing more than putting money in unemployed Americans’ pockets—the federal government was also shipping tens of billions of dollars overseas to fraudsters working with the country’s most prominent adversaries, such as China and Russia. Haywood Talcove, CEO for LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ government division, says 40% of the more than $700 billion spent on unemployment went to fraudsters. Most of that ill-gotten money—$175 billion of it—went to overseas actors. And most of that, perhaps $140 billion, went to organizations that are state-sponsored. “It makes me mad that there hasn’t been enough oversight, that the tools that are needed
Daily Mail (UK),
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Stephanie Linning
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The gender pay gap is rooted in the issue of 'greedy jobs', rather than sex discrimination, gender bias or a glass ceiling, a Harvard economics professor has claimed. Claudia Goldin, who taught Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, outlines her argument in her new book, Career & Family, which draws on research to show that highly-paid 'greedy jobs' in City law, banking and politics force women to choose between their careers and families once they become mothers. The term 'greedy job' describes 'a certain type of "beck and call" job, which pays over the odds for extensive travel, unpredictable, inflexible hours and demanding client facetime,' The Times explains.
Daily Mail (UK),
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Chris Pleasance
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The WHO has warned the new Omicron Covid super-mutant poses a 'very high' risk to the global pandemic recovery with 'severe consequences' possible if it causes a new wave of infections.
'Omicron has an unprecedented number of mutations, some of which are concerning for their potential impact on the trajectory of the pandemic,' the WHO said, amid fears the new variant is much more infectious than previous strains including Delta. 'The overall global risk related to the new variant ...is assessed as very high.'(Snip)'Omicron demonstrates just why the world needs a new accord on pandemics: our current system disincentivizes countries from alerting others to threats that will inevitably
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Christians won't be the majority for long, especially in London. Will the new masters be as caring and tolerant of them as we've been to the Newcomers brought in by the government?