by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 19.
- Mars helicopter flight test promises Wright Brothers moment for NASA (“NASA expects to receive images and video of the historic flight that mission engineers hope to capture using cameras mounted on the helicopter.”)
- Global Covid Cases Hit Weekly Record Despite Vaccinations
- Russia will face ‘consequences’ if Navalny dies – US
- Aleksei Navalny Should Be in Intensive Care, His Doctors Say
- Israeli intel agencies believe Vienna talks will lead to U.S. return to Iran nuclear deal
- With Afghanistan decision, Biden restores foreign policymaking process that Trump had largely abandoned
- Blinken defends Biden’s refugee cap, Afghanistan withdrawal in exclusive interview
- Analysis: Beijing huddles with friends, seeks to fracture U.S.-led ‘clique’
- Worsening Earth Days require a carbon price
- The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army (“The country’s cyber forces have raked in billions of dollars for the regime by pulling off schemes ranging from A.T.M. heists to cryptocurrency thefts. Can they be stopped?”)
- After a bitcoin crackdown, China now calls it an ‘investment alternative’ in a significant shift in tone
- Joe Biden to reveal US emissions pledge in key climate crisis moment (“President will also call on major economies to join him in bold action at virtual summit of 40 world leaders”)
- Coal financing costs surge as investors opt for renewable energy (“Study finds returns must repay four times the payoff from clean energy investment to justify escalating risk”)
- So what has the rest of the world promised to do about climate change? (“Countries around the globe have made plans called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to reduce carbon emissions. We take a look at some of the most significant”)
- FAQ: America’s New Promise On Climate
- Half of U.S. adults have received at least one Covid shot in milestone for vaccination campaign
- Fauci says he expects J&J vaccine to resume later this week
- All U.S. Adults Eligible for Vaccine, Meeting a Biden Goal (“The last states expanded eligibility on Monday, just before the April 19 deadline that President Biden set. Here’s the latest pandemic news.”)
- J&J Vaccine Pause Driven by Risk of Mistreating Clots
- ‘Ripe for fraud’: Coronavirus vaccination cards support burgeoning scams
- A booster shot should not be cause for concern. It’s a window into the future.
- Senate Democrats settling on 25% corporate tax rate
- After a critical year for COVID and climate, Earth Day 2021 is Thursday. Here’s what you should know.
- White House removes scientist picked by Trump official to lead key climate report (“Betsy Weatherhead, chosen to steer government’s National Climate Assessment, has been reassigned to U.S. Geological Survey”)
- If You Care About Social Justice, You Have to Care About Zoning
- On infrastructure, do Republicans want to strike a pose or build things? (Pose, obviously.)
- As New Police Reform Laws Sweep Across the U.S., Some Ask: Are They Enough? (“States have passed over 140 police oversight bills since the killing of George Floyd, increasing accountability and overhauling rules on the use of force. But the calls for change continue.”)
- Landmen Who Once Staked Claims for Oil and Gas Now Hunt Wind and Sun
- Trump’s grip on GOP looms as support falters for independent probe of Capitol riot
- Union’s defeat at Amazon is shaking up the labor movement and exposing a rift between organizers
- Republicans play a shell game with bipartisanship
- Minneapolis Braces for Verdict in Trial Over George Floyd’s Death
- Closing Arguments In Derek Chauvin Trial Set To Begin Monday
- ‘It physically hurts’: Black men are in mourning for George Floyd — and themselves (“With countless killings of Black people by police, especially after George Floyd, the Derek Chauvin trial is reopening fresh wounds.”)
- GOP’s free speech problem: Republicans push anti-protest bills across the country (Authoritarian party.)
- Congress faces renewed pressure on gun control after Indiana’s red-flag law fails to thwart FedEx shooter
- Back-to-back weekend shootings rock the nation (“The shootings underscored the fact the US faces not just the Covid-19 pandemic, but also a gun violence epidemic”)
- Mass shootings and the Chauvin trial force America to confront its culture of violence
- Three people dead in ‘active shooting incident’ in Austin, Texas (“Police say the suspect is still at large but it appears to have been an isolated domestic situation”)
- During Wave of Mass Shootings, Texas Moves to Eliminate Handgun Permits (“Texas could become the 14th state to adopt permitless pistol carry.”)
- Most Americans want to end lifetime Supreme Court appointments
- Why Political Sectarianism Is a Growing Threat to American Democracy (“The country is increasingly split into camps that don’t just disagree on policy and politics — they see the other as alien, immoral, a threat. Such political sectarianism is now on the march.”)
- Trump’s Biggest Propaganda Machine Doesn’t Believe Its Own Lies (““That’s what happens when people listen to us,” one OAN producer remembered thinking while watching the Capitol insurrection unfold.”)
- GOP faces massive realignment as it sheds college-educated voters
- Progressive Lawmakers to Unveil Legislation on Energy and Public Housing (“The proposal, billed as the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, offers a clear policy marker for liberals as Democrats seek to influence President Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan.”)
- Bush calls on Congress to tone down ‘harsh rhetoric’ about immigration
- Oath Keepers: How a militia group mobilized in plain sight for the assault on the Capitol
- Republicans fret over divisive candidates
- Republicans lean into uphill battle against 2 little-known Biden nominees
- Parade of 2024 GOP hopefuls court House conservatives
- America First Caucus a crazy idea, John Boehner says
- Marjorie Taylor Greene to introduce resolution to expel Maxine Waters
- GOP Reps. Greene, Gosar try to distance from ‘Anglo-Saxon’ traditions document
- Juan Williams: Am I not Black enough?
- Matthew McConaughey may be a viable candidate for Texas governor; poll shows actor ahead of Abbott
- CNN Producer Was Reportedly Asked ‘Do You Speak English?’ In Violent Arrest At Protest (“Journalists have been harassed and assaulted by police at Minnesota protests over Daunte Wright’s killing, an attorney said in a letter to the governor.”)
- The past year has brought historic police reforms in D.C. region, and more could be on the way
- WaPo Article Claims a *Fifth* of VA House Dems Are Being Primaried From Their “Left.” That’s Simply Not the Case.
- About half Virginia’s adults have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose
- Federal changes bring relief to Va. consumers but prompt delay in state health insurance exchange
- After Listening to Audio of 71-Minute Meeting on Virginia Parole Board, Del. Don Scott Is *Not* Impressed, To Put It Mildly (“I kept listening and waiting for ‘All The Governor’s Men ..and Women’ to order OSIG staff to alter their report. Didn’t happen.”)
- Virginia’s mass vaccination sites for ‘vulnerable’ communities are faltering. Why is there still a gulf in vaccine rates?
- State Water Control Board turns down ‘speculative’ water permit request
- Hope, Scott and Simon: Jones backs ending quality immunity
- Pushing broadband into rural Va. gives us a chance to act like a commonwealth
- More than 400 convictions involving suspected racist cop in Virginia could be overturned
- This widow kept better records than the Virginia Parole Board. Her family thinks it stopped a killer from going free.
- Newport News schools are open. But numbers show many students aren’t coming back.
- D.C.-area forecast: Clouds today before midweek warmup, but then a blast of chilly air Thursday
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