The United States set a global record of almost 1 million new coronavirus infections reported on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, nearly double the country’s peak of 505,109 hit just a week ago as the highly contagious omicron variant shows no sign of slowing. The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients has risen nearly 50%…… MORE
New WOTUS Rule Expected Soon
Politico reports the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency target February for the administration’s WOTUS debut. WOTUS, the Waters of the United States rule, continues its seesaw reputation since first announced during the Obama administration. The Trump administration overhauled the rule, and now, the Biden administration is doing the same. The EPA moved last…… MORE
Nunes’ Resignation from Congress Now Official
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., formally resigned from Congress on Monday in order to head former President Donald Trump’s technology and media company. “The honorable, the speaker, House of Representatives, madam, I write to inform you that I have notified California Gov. Gavin Newsom of my resignation from the U.S. House of Representatives effective today at 11:59 p.m.…… MORE
More People Getting Unapproved Additional COVID Shots
Many Americans with compromised immune systems have skirted government guidelines to receive unauthorized fourth or fifth shots of COVID-19 vaccines, The New York Times reported. Although Israel has begun rolling out fourth shots to its citizens, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in late October that immunocompromised groups would be eligible for a fourth…… MORE
Rep. McCarthy: Dems Using Jan. 6 Event to ‘Divide’ Country
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy wrote a letter to Republican conference members Sunday accusing Democrats of politicizing the Jan. 6 Capitol attack to “divide” the country. McCarthy ripped Democrats for failing to answer “the central question of how the Capitol was left so unprepared and what must be done to ensure it never happens again.” “Instead,…… MORE
8 million gallons of sewage hits Long Beach
A massive sewage spill has led to the temporary closure of all swimming areas at beaches in the Southern California city of Long Beach. City officials announced the spill in a news release Friday, confirming millions of gallons of untreated sewage was discharged into the Dominguez Channel, a waterway that empties into Los Angeles Harbor.…… MORE
Supreme Court Farm Cases
The first week of the new year could be a big one for several agricultural groups and stakeholders. The U.S. Supreme Court will likely hear several high-stakes cases that could affect America’s farmers and ranchers. A DTN report says the court recently distributed three of four agriculture cases scheduled for a January 7th conference. Those…… MORE
Consumer Food Spending Drops
During COVID-19 and the economic recession of 2020, the share of consumers’ disposable personal income spent on food dropped 10.1% from the previous year to 8.62%. The USDA says that’s the lowest share in the past 60 years. Disposable Personal Income is the amount of money that consumers have left to spend or save after…… MORE
Elderly Woman Tells Tulare Police She Was“Pistol Whipped” by Armed Robbers at Tulare Mall
TULARE, CA (KMJ) – A woman says she was robbed and pistol whipped at the Tulare Outlet Mall. At approximately 8:50 AM, on December 29, 2021, Tulare Police Dispatchers received a report of an armed robbery that had just occurred. Tulare Police officers responded and contacted two elderly females who advised that they had just…… MORE
Ghislaine Maxwell Convicted in Epstein Sex Abuse Case
NEW YORK (AP) — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14, told by four women who described being abused as teens in the…… MORE
