President Biden told progressive lawmakers that the final social spending bill is expected to drop tuition-free community college and curtail the child tax credit program, two sources familiar with the meeting tell @NBCNews. https://t.co/pvGW4mMCjp
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 20, 2021
➤OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS ARE SOARING: Nearly 100,000 people died of drug overdoses during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., according to th e U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most were due to opioids tainted with fentanyl. That's a 30 percent increase in deaths from the year before. Now, according to The Guardian, the cost of a drug that can reverse the deadly effects of an overdose has gone up to as much as 30 times the previous cost. Community groups that work to save opioid addicts are struggling to pay for the drug, naloxone.
FIERY PLANE CRASH: A plane with 21 people on board crashed outside Houston Tuesday. Everyone on board miraculously survived the fiery wreck and the NTSB will now investigate the crash. pic.twitter.com/A0fhJVIdwW
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) October 19, 2021
➤ALL ABOARD SURVIVE PLANE CRASH IN TEXAS: All 21 people aboard survived the crash of a plane as it was taking off from Waller County, Texas, yesterday, according to Houston's KHOU. The plane was lifting off for a flight to Boston for Game 4 of the American League Championship Series when it rolled through a fence at Houston Executive Airport and caught fire. Two passengers were hospitalized for minor injuries.
As a woman was raped on a public transit train in Philadelphia last week, riders held up their cellphones and pointed them in the direction of the sexual assault instead of calling 911, authorities say.https://t.co/zAwnNaJug9
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 20, 2021
➤JAN. 6TH COMMITTEE HOLDS BANNON IN CONTEMPT: The committee of the House of Representatives that is investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol has voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt for refusing to comply with its subpoena to testify. The decision could lead to criminal charges against the Trump ally. The panel asserts that Bannon knew in advance that violence was planned. "All hell is going to break loose tomorrow," Bannon said on a January 5th podcast, referring to the "Stop the Steal" rally.
DOOCY TIME: Peter spars with Psaki on Covid mandates, government snooping on bank accounts, flights for illegals https://t.co/6zT8eVyLCQ
— MediaResearchCenter (@theMRC) October 20, 2021
➤TRUCK DRIVERS ARE IN DEMAND: If you've ever considered driving a truck for a living, you're in luck. The industry needs 80,000 more drivers, and it needs them right now, according to CNN. A shortage of drivers is one of the big reasons behind the supply chain breakdown that is creating shortages in some goods across the U.S. Truck drivers move 71 percent of the goods that are delivered to American consumers and businesses.
➤TRUMP ON GENERAL COLIN POWELL: Scores of public figures around the world issued statements yesterday memorializing General Colin Powell, the soldier and diplomat who died this week at age 84. Here's the message from former President Donald Trump: "Wonderful to see Colin Powell, who made big mistakes on Iraq and famously, so-called weapons of mass destruction, be treated in death so beautifully by the Fake News Media. Hope that happens to me someday. He was a classic RINO, if even that, always being the first to attack other Republicans. He made plenty of mistakes, but anyway, may he rest in peace!"
Russia accuses CNBC's Hadley Gamble of being a 'sex object' sent to distract Putin https://t.co/WC5AJY9XFK pic.twitter.com/zSncFvRnup
— New York Post (@nypost) October 20, 2021
➤HOW TO GET YOUR FREE BREAKFAST BURRITO: Taco Bell wants its customers to know that breakfast burritos have returned to the menu at 90 percent of its locations after a COVID-related pause. So, the chain is giving away a free burrito to every customer from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday) at 7,000 locations.
CLUTCH! @astros take the lead in the 9th! pic.twitter.com/mcIHeQMlQB
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 20, 2021
Belli. Comes. Through. pic.twitter.com/H7CcIjLBDu
— MLB (@MLB) October 20, 2021
🏀76ERS SUSPEND SIMMONS: The Philadelphia 76ers have suspended Ben Simmons for one game due to "conduct detrimental to the team." That means he will not play in the team's first game of the season against the New Orleans Pelicans tonight. The team did not release details but whatever happened occurred during practice.
⚾BOONE STAYS IN THE BRONX: The New York Yankees have ended speculation about the job security of their manager. Aaron Boone is staying in The Bronx. In fact, there are reports that the team is committing to Boone for at least three more seasons.
🎾ANDY MURRAY SEALS HIS COMEBACK: Former number-one men's tennis star Andy Murray made an epic comeback from hip surgery at the European Open in Antwerp. He defeated Frances Tiafoe in a match that lasted for three hours and 45 minutes, getting him to the second round of the open. The score was 7-6 (2), 6-7 (7), 7-6 (8).
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