by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 18.
- Covid Will Leave Deep Scars in World Economy Even After Recovery
- U.S., China Say They Will Cooperate to Tackle Climate Change
- US and China commit to cooperating on climate crisis (“World’s biggest polluters release joint commitment to climate action following John Kerry visit to Shanghai”)
- US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency
- Chemours Says it Will Dramatically Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Aiming for Net Zero by 2050 (“The U.S.-based multinational chemical giant could achieve two-thirds of its near-term goal by curbing releases of two super-pollutants from its plant in Louisville, Kentucky.”)
- Afghan Women Fear the Worst, Whether War or Peace Lies Ahead (“Whatever happens once the United States withdraws will not bode well for Afghan women. Their gains over the last 20 years have often been fleeting.”)
- ’Dire need of beds, oxygen’: India’s capital under siege from COVID-19
- Signs of Thaw on Iran Nuclear Standoff Emerge in Vienna Talks
- Israeli general who helped destroy Iraq, Syria nuclear plants says stopping Iran’s program is much harder (“Saddam and Assad were surprised. Iran has been waiting for this attack for 20 years.”)
- Kremlin critic Navalny’s daughter pleads for a doctor for her father amid mounting health concerns
- Putin critic Navalny could ‘die within days’, say doctors
- Aleksei Navalny Needs His Doctors
- Putin Foe Navalny’s Health Declines, Aides Say He May Die
- Czechs Blame 2014 Blasts at Ammunition Depots on Elite Russian Spy Unit (“The unit has also been implicated in the 2018 nerve agent attack in Salisbury, England, on Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy, and his daughter.”)
- Saudi and Iranian officials hold talks to patch up relations (“Senior Saudi and Iranian officials have been holding direct talks in a bid to repair relations between the two regional rivals”)
- Five global concerns for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause
- Historic Oil Glut Amassed During the Pandemic Has Almost Gone
- Prince Philip Is Memorialized In An Intimate Funeral Ceremony
- Britain’s goodbye to Philip: A pared-down funeral, minute of silence and a solitary queen
- Stock Rally Broadens in Encouraging Sign for Bull Market
- The Covid-19 Plasma Boom Is Over. What Did We Learn From It? (“The U.S. government invested $800 million in plasma when the country was desperate for Covid-19 treatments. A year later, the program has fizzled.”)
- Biden on refugee cap: ‘We couldn’t do two things at once’ (“We’re going to increase the number. The problem was that the refugee part was working on the crisis that ended up on the border with young people”)
- Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause makes it tougher to immunize hard-to-reach populations against Covid
- Extending the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause for a week was a deadly mistake
- FDA rescinds emergency authorization for COVID-19 antibody treatment bamlanivimab
- Senators in the dark on parliamentarian’s decision (“Asked if he understood what it meant, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said ‘not completely.’ ‘We did have the beginnings of a discussion about it … but we didn’t get it into a discussion about ‘OK well what does this mean for infrastructure,” Kaine said. “)
- Biden picks 1st woman to be Army secretary (“If confirmed, Christine Wormuth would be the first woman to hold the job.”)
- Jim Crow’s Ominous Lessons on Voter Suppression (“There are clear echoes of the era in the GOP’s drive for voting restrictions.”)
- Misinformation Is Destroying Our Country. Can Anything Rein It In?
- Why Sikh Americans again feel targeted after the Indianapolis shooting
- Indianapolis Sikh Community Mourns 4 Of Its Members Killed In Shooting
- Texas Politicians Aim to Penalize Wind and Solar in Response to Outages. Are Renewables Now Strong Enough to Defend Themselves? (“Proposed legislation would shift costs to wind and solar power plants, even though gas plants played a larger role in the February power crisis.”)
- Protests erupt in US cities over police violence as riot declared in Portland (“Thousands marched in Chicago where 13-year-old Adam Toledo was killed while about 100 arrested in Brooklyn Center”)
- Throughout Trial Over George Floyd’s Death, Killings by Police Mount
- Being Black in America is exhausting
- Most charges against George Floyd protesters dropped, analysis shows
- Minnesota Values White Comfort More Than Black Lives (“It’s like they want a prize for not being Ted Cruz-level shitbirds. Guess what? You don’t get a prize for that, except to know in your heart that you’re not Ted Fucking Cruz.”)
- Donations Surge for Republicans Who Challenged Election Results (Appalling.)
- NSA official installed as Trump left office resigns after he was sidelined
- Are Republicans the Party of White Supremacy?
- Marjorie Taylor Greene scraps planned launch of controversial ‘America First’ caucus amid blowback from GOP
- Rep. Paul Gosar finally reveals himself with his ‘America First Caucus nonsense
- Florida woman charged for allegedly threatening to kill Kamala Harris
- The gunman’s shotgun was seized last year, raising questions about his weapon.
- Indianapolis police chief says gunman bought weapons legally despite earlier warning.
- Police in Minnesota round up journalists covering protest, force them on the ground and take pictures of their faces
- Grassroots fury at Kemp bubbles up in county GOP meetings around Georgia
- Swiss Billionaire Is Said to End His Bid for Tribune Publishing
- Video: Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA05) Says “We’re radicals in the Republican Party if we say ‘stop the steal’ was ridiculous” (Here in Virginia, “you have every gubernatorial candidate on the Republican side running on this”)
- Graphics: Fundraising Surges in 2021 Virginia Gubernatorial Contests Compared to Previous Cycles (The fundraising leader at this point hasn’t always gone on to win, of course…but it doesn’t hurt!)
- BREAKING: Del. Elizabeth Guzman Withdraws From Virginia Democratic Lt. Governor’s Primary
- Guzman withdraws from lieutenant governor race, will vie to keep her House seat
- New CNalysis Map Shows Virginia House of Delegates Districts Compared to 2020 Presidential Election (Biden Won 61/100 Districts)
- Audio exclusive: In closed-door meeting, governor’s office ripped inspector general’s parole board investigation as prejudicial, political
- ‘You’re being used as a political tool:’ Recording details Northam officials’ grilling of watchdog agency
- Va. residents 16 and older will be able to schedule vaccine appointments come Sunday
- Not a speed trap, a race trap: Black Virginians say they’ve been racially profiled in and around Windsor for decades (Totally unacceptable.)
- Gibson: What should we learn from Windsor traffic stop? (“When will Virginia stop beating and abusing our Black motorists?”)
- Chuck Robb column: ‘In the Arena: A Memoir of Love, War, and Politics’
- Editorial: Reducing youth violence through cooperation (“A conversation involving seven mayors of Hampton Roads cities represents a good starting point for comprehensive, cooperative action to curb youth gun violence.”)
- Opinion: Region’s mayors find common ground to address youth gun violence (“By working together across Hampton Roads communities, the region can reduce the rate of youth violence, Hampton Mayor Donnie Tuck and Cities United Executive Director Anthony Smith write.”)
- Editorial: Richmond’s growth hinges on a downtown recovery
- Alexandria City Council votes to create independent community policing review board
- Medical student sues UVa after being expelled following public talk on microaggressions
- PM Update: Isolated showers this evening. Brighter and warmer on Sunday
Danica Roem, a Pathbreaking Lawmaker, on the Fight for Trans Rights (“Ms. Roem, a Virginia delegate who in 2018 became the first openly transgender legislator in the country, spoke with The Times about Republicans’ anti-trans crusade and how Democrats can push back.”)
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