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by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, Independence Day 2021.
President Joe Biden ended his trip to Michigan with a trip to a local ice cream spot. He ordered vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips in a waffle cone –– and made sure to get two scoops. pic.twitter.com/ZmzdBouj46
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 4, 2021
- Heat Domes Are a Red-Hot Warning on Climate Costs
- Unprecedented heat, hundreds dead and a town destroyed. Climate change is frying the Northern Hemisphere
- Climate change has gotten deadly. It will get worse.
- A hotter future is already here — and Canada is not ready
- How can Ethiopia claim to have laid down its arms when it continues to weaponize starvation?
- UN warns of worsening famine amid conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
- Biden Says ‘Not Sure’ If Russia Is Behind Latest Cyberattack
- High-Stakes Oil Diplomacy Puts Future of OPEC+ Deal at Risk (“The fight is about cartel math: how much oil the UAE can pump”)
- Critically endangered antelope saiga makes comeback
- At least 29 killed in Philippines troop plane crash
- ‘What was the point?’ Afghans rue decades of war as U.S. quits Bagram
- With No Parades And Little Ceremony, America’s Longest War Draws To A Close
- After months of tepid news, White House sees signs of life in economy
- Antivaxxers Want You To Believe Vaccines Don’t
- Unvaccinated people are ‘variant factories,’ infectious diseases expert says
- Craving freedom from virus, U.S. heads into July 4 with sharply divided risk
- 15 million people in the U.S. have missed their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine, CDC says
- Post-ABC poll: Biden earns high marks for handling the pandemic, but many Republicans resist vaccination
- America’s Vaccine Future Is Fragmenting (“Vaccinated America is on track to real safety. Unvaccinated America still faces a real danger from Delta.”)
- Delta variant will cause Covid surges in less-vaccinated US regions, Fauci says (“Biden medical adviser tells NBC vaccination disparities will lead to ‘two types of America’”)
- Lower-Wage Workers See Biggest Gains From Reopening
- America Is Undergoing Seismic Changes. Its Politics? Hardly. (“Despite the country recovering from a health and economic crisis and its former leader in legal trouble, no political realignment seems to be at hand. There is little confidence in either party that voters will swing behind President Biden en masse, no matter how many events appear to align in his favor.”)
- The GOP backlash against corporations isn’t real — yet (“How culture wars and the diploma divide are pushing corporate America and the GOP apart.”)
- A Fourth of July Symbol of Unity That May No Longer Unite (“In a Long Island town, neighbors now make assumptions, true and sometimes false, about people who conspicuously display American flags.”)
- Harris, in optimistic speech, says America ‘getting back to work’
- Try and try again: GOP tests out myriad attacks on Biden
- Biden goes in for cherries on campaign-style Michigan trip
- Republicans revive soft-on-crime rhetoric amid rise in US homicides (“Biden rolls out fresh policy proposals to try to counter rising crime as Democrats look to bat away Republican attacks”)
- Infrastructure success could help keep swing Pa. districts — and the U.S. House — blue (“Democratic Reps. Matt Cartwright and Susan Wild are top GOP targets. Their political future could hinge on the success of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package.”)
- The international swimming federation just gave Black swimmers everywhere a wet slap in the face
- Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Nightmare (“How the pop star’s father and a team of lawyers seized control of her life—and have held on to it for thirteen years.”)
- Trump appears to acknowledge tax schemes while questioning whether alleged violations are crimes
- Trump’s false election claims were ‘b.s’ from beginning: Bill Barr (Barr trying to redeem himself, but he remains horrible.)
- Rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones
- FBI launches flurry of arrests over attacks on journalists during Capitol riot
- The new circus comes to town: fiery support for Donald Trump at rain-soaked Florida rally
- The NFL dropped the ball in the investigation of the Washington Football Team
- 11 people in custody after hourslong armed standoff on I-95
- Wakefield Standoff Suspects Claim To Be Part Of Group Called ‘Rise Of The Moors’
- New, Weird Details Just Emerged About an Armed Militia Standoff in Massachusetts
- Manual advises how to stop removal of Confederate statues: don’t mention race (“A 2016 document from the Sons of Confederate Veterans offering guidance on rallies, lawsuits and the media is firmly rooted in skewed ‘Lost Cause’ ideology”)
- Williams: ‘If you love the Declaration of Independence, you have to thank Black people.’ They helped shape that moment.
- Search paused at collapsed Florida condo tower as authorities move to demolish building before storm
- WaPo Article Highlights How the Contrast on Education Policy Between Terry McAuliffe (a Realistic Plan to Move Things Forward), and Glenn Youngkin (Falsehoods, “Red Meat” for the Trumpian “Base”) Couldn’t Be Greater
- In Virginia governor’s race, a raging debate about education takes center stage (And, in short, Youngkin has no serious plans and lies *all the time*)
- Photos: Virginia Democrats Celebrate America’s Independence in Fourth of July Weekend Parades
- RTD Columnist Jeff Schapiro Claims “Spike in Violent Crime,” Even as Virginia’s “overall violent crime declined in 2020” *and* Remains FAR Below the National Average *and* Where It Was in the 1990s (When George Allen Was Governor)
- Limpert: DEQ ignores health threats
- Northam: Working together to better Appalachia
- Saturday (7/3) Virginia Data on COVID-19: Hospitalizations, New COVID Cases At Lowest Points Since March 2020
- Virginia Beach is spending $2.8 million on more land for Pharrell-backed surf park project
- Police agencies across Southwest Virginia contend with declining rolls
- Data show Virginia traffic fatalities rose in 2020 even with fewer drivers
- Hampton meals tax revenue soars to record levels, but some restaurants say the news isn’t all good
- D.C.-area forecast: Not too hot for our Fourth, but with a few showers or storms possible (“The heat is on by midweek with highs in the mid-90s and the heat index near 100.”)
