by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 9.
- Global spread of autoimmune disease blamed on western diet
- With Shots Finally on Hand, Nations Struggle to Get Them in Arms
- Bond Rout That Kicked Off 2022 Lights Fuse for Europe Volatility
- Myanmar military’s massacres mount as activists call for arms embargo
- Pakistan snow: Hundreds rescued from vehicles in deadly blizzard
- At least seven dead after Brazil cliff collapses on boats
- U.S. plans to discuss missile deployments with Russia as part of effort to defuse Ukraine crisis
- U.S. Details Costs of a Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- Amid Crisis, Kazakhstan’s Leader Chose His Path: Embrace Russia
- Russia may have bolstered its hand in Kazakhstan. But the danger remains high.
- Kazakhstan claims country ‘stabilized’ as capital police search door to door for ‘violators of public order’
- The West has a rare window to put Putin in his place
- US Issues Stark Warning To Russia Over Ukraine (“U.S. officials said Russia would be hit with debilitating sanctions should it intervene in Ukraine.”)
- Europe, U.S. work to appear united as they get set to face off with Russia over Ukraine
- EXCLUSIVE Baby lost in chaos of Afghanistan airlift found, returned to family
- Even NASA Seems Surprised by Its New Space Telescope (“The $10 billion mission is working better than anyone could have predicted.”)
- Omicron threatens to upend classrooms
- Federal agencies prepare to act against unvaccinated employees
- Disruption, Dismay, Dissent: Americans Grapple With Omicron’s Rise
- Biden Says Fortify Democracy as Focus Shifts to Voting Rights
- Is the US really heading for a second civil war?
- An endangered wolf spent days searching for a mate. The border wall blocked him. (“It is the first time researchers have directly observed how border fences hinder the Mexican gray wolf, which is on the verge of extinction.” This wall is an abomination in so many ways…)
- Newly Obtained Intel Shows How the Capitol Police Didn’t See January 6 Coming (“Despite early warnings, they assessed the chance of violence as remote” Amazing, as tons of people saw it coming, even tweeted about it!)
- Chuck Schumer is forcing Democrats to pick a side on the filibuster (“It’s a big step toward actually confronting filibuster reform.”)
- Obama, Biden pay tribute to Harry Reid: ‘Brilliant, sometimes irascible, deeply good’
- Facebook’s Former Elections Boss Now Questions Social Media’s Impact on Politics
- Senate Minority Whip Thune, close McConnell ally, to run for reelection
- Cyber Ninjas, Derided for Arizona Vote Review, Says It Is Shutting Down
- Republican leadership bars journalists from Iowa Senate floor, worrying press advocates
- Sen. Rubio Slammed For Anti-Semitic Dog Whistle In Bashing ‘Upscale Liberal’ Media (“‘What happened to you, man?’ asked fellow Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger.”)
- ‘A wounded healer’: Ralph Northam wraps up extraordinary term in office, forged by scandal into a governor of lasting consequence (“Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) nearly resigned over a blackface scandal, but instead said he would devote his term to fighting racial inequity. As he prepares to leave office, many give him credit for walking the walk after a painful personal reckoning with race.”)
- The 2022 VA General Assembly Gets Going on Wednesday (1/12); Here Are Some of the Worst *and* Best Bills So Far
- Editorial: Youngkin’s toxic pick (“Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin should reconsider his selection of Andrew Wheeler to serve as secretary of Natural and Historic Resources in Virginia.”)
- As General Assembly session nears, legislature working on backup IT system
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “The hospital has set a new record for the number of COVID inpatients we currently have hospitalized”
- Legal fights continue over the Mountain Valley Pipeline
- State flood fund has sent millions to Hampton Roads — but Youngkin plan would cut it off (“Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin’s plans to withdraw Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative would cut off a flood fund that gets its money from the carbon auction. That especially impacts Hampton Roads, local leaders say, which has outsized flooding woes and received a majority of the funding so far.”)
- Virginia Beach considers giving more police powers to sheriff’s deputies, raising accountability concerns
- ‘An innocent man was behind bars’: Northam grants full pardon to man convicted in 2002 Portsmouth killing
- Roanoke and New River valleys’ freshman Republican delegates say they are ready for Richmond
- Lights turn back for more but Dominion’s changing estimates cause confusion
- D.C.-area forecast: Slight chance of freezing rain this morning, plain rain this afternoon
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