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As a substantial percentage of Americans continue to remain unvaccinated against Covid-19 despite months of entreaties and incentives, leading to hospitals filling up again, some to the breaking point, and deaths going back up to more than 1,000 a day as the delta variant surges, President Biden yesterday ordered new vaccine mandates that cover as many as 100 million Americans. Speaking from the White House, Biden said, "We’ve been patient. But our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us." Vaccination will be required for executive branch employees and those who do business with the federal government, as well as workers at health facilities that receive federal Medicare or Medicaid. Private companies with more than 100 employees must either require their workers to be vaccinated or be tested weekly. Biden also doubled fines for passengers who refuse to wear masks on planes, and said the government will work to increase the supply of Covid tests. Some Republican officeholders blasted the new mandates, as did some union leaders, and suggested there would be legal challenges.
President Biden says the U.S. is "in the tough stretch" of the pandemic "and it could last for a while."
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 9, 2021
He blames the Delta variant, unvaccinated Americans and "elected officials actively working to undermine the fight against COVID-19," which he says is "totally unacceptable" pic.twitter.com/k3uF9IMTDO
“People are burned out, they’re exhausted, they’re angry. So one of the questions that’s been coming up is: Can we consider a patient’s vaccine status if we’re making a triage decision?” https://t.co/gV8KvV3EBb
— WIRED (@WIRED) September 10, 2021
The Etilaat Roz newspaper, shares images on social media of two male reporters, one with large, red welts across his lower back and legs and the other with similar marks on his shoulder and arm. https://t.co/2Z0GFgMMQX
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) September 9, 2021
➤SOME 200 FOREIGNERS, INCLUDING AMERICANS, FLY OUT OF AFGHANISTAN: About 200 foreigners, among them some Americans, flew out of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan yesterday on a Qatar Airways commercial flight to Doha. The flight, the first such departure since the U.S. evacuation effort ended, was done with the cooperation of the Taliban. A U.S. State Department spokesman said 10 U.S. citizens and 11 green card-holders were on the flight, which also reportedly included, among others, Germans, Hungarians and Canadians. A Qatari envoy said another 200 passengers will fly out today.
Day after day, Afghan women have been taking to the streets to protest for their rights and against the new regime — risking beatings by the Taliban.
— NPR (@NPR) September 10, 2021
Here are some scenes from the front lines of their protests this month.https://t.co/crKbW2Nt4J
➤THE KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT: Two Florida middle schoolers were plotting to carry out a school shooting and will be charged with conspiracy to commit a mass shooting, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a press briefing Thursday. A teacher at Harns Marsh Middle School in Lehigh Acres was tipped off by students Wednesday about a possible concealed weapon and alerted school administrators and a school resource officer. Marceno said the two students, a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old, were, quote, "extensively studying" the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and trying to learn how to make pipe bombs.
Florida middle schoolers plotted Columbine-like school shooting: cops https://t.co/VDGyqw9zny pic.twitter.com/1dKgjrMtZh
— New York Post (@nypost) September 9, 2021
➤KLOBUCHAR REVEALS SHE HAD BREAST CANCER: Senator Amy Klobuchar announced yesterday that she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer and treated earlier this year. The 61-year-old Minnesota Democrat said the Stage 1A cancer was detected during a routine mammogram, after which she had a lumpectomy and underwent radiation. Klobuchar said the treatment "went well," telling ABC News, "Now [doctors] tell me that my chances of getting cancer again are the same as any other person, which is great."
➤FBI RECORDS SHOW MAN OFFERED TO KILL KOBE BRYANT'S RAPE ACUSER IN 2003: The FBI released documents last week that revealed a man offered to kill the late Kobe Bryant's rape accuser in 2003 to make the case go away. The man, who wasn't identified in the documents, made the unsolicited offer to Bryant to get rid of the accuser for $3 million. News outlets have identified him as Patrick Graber, a bodybuilder who was living in suburban Los Angeles. After bodyguards for Bryant, then with the L.A. Lakers, got a package with a letter describing the plan, they gave it to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, who arrested Graber along with the FBI. He pled no contest and was sentenced to three years in prison, and then was deported to his native Switzerland after his release. The criminal case against Bryant was dismissed after the accuser said she didn't want to testify. She filed a civil suit against Bryant, which was settled out of court.
➤HOUSEPARTY IS SHUTTING DOWN: Housparty is shutting down. The company announced that the video chat app that Epic Games integrated with its Fortnite gameplay experience has been removed from app stores and will officially retire in October.
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WHAT A GAME.
— NFL (@NFL) September 10, 2021
The @Buccaneers retake the lead with 2 seconds left! #GoBucs #Kickoff2021 pic.twitter.com/6DfY90zqwT
18-year-old Emma Raducanu and 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez reach the women's final at the US Open. https://t.co/RpOM3d6SOU
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 10, 2021
🏈RAVENS' PETERS, EDWARDS BOTH TEAR ACL IN PRACTICE: Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters and running back Gus Edwards both suffered season-ending torn ACLs in practice yesterday, ESPN reported. Edwards was injured just a few plays after Peters, and head coach John Harbaugh ended the practice after that. Another Raven, running back J.K. Dobbins, tore his ACL in the preseason finale on August 28th. Baltimore will open its season against the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday Night Football.
🏈STEELERS' WATT AGREES TO FOUR-YEAR, $112 MILLION EXTENSION: Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt has agreed to a four-year, $112 million extension, according to media reports Thursday. That will pay Watt an average of $28 million per year, making him the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL. According to ESPN, Watt overruled his agents, who thought they could get more money, going into the office of Steelers president Art Rooney II and telling him they had a deal.
⚾MLB, RED SOX DENY RENFROE'S CLAIM TOLD TO STOP TESTING FOR COVID AMID OUTBREAK: MLB and the Boston Red Sox yesterday both denied a claim by Boston outfielder Hunter Renfroe that MLB told the Red Sox to stop testing for Covid-19 amid the team's recent outbreak that affected nine players. Renfroe made the claim in an interview on New England sports radio station WEEI, saying, "[M]LB has basically told us to stop testing and just treat the symptoms. We're like, 'No. We're gonna figure out what's going and try to keep this thing under control.'" A spokesman for MLB told The Boston Globe Renfroe is, quote, "completely wrong and inaccurate."
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