by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 5.
- With Mini Helicopter On Mars, NASA Hopes To Reinvent Flight ‘On Another World’
- Myanmar’s Military Has Killed Over 40 Children Since the Coup. Here’s One Child’s Story.
- Israel, in first comment, says troubled by US position ahead of Iran talks
- India Should Join the Race to Net Zero (“It’s on track to meet its existing climate commitments, but it needs to do more.”)
- Despite Pledge to Reduce Emissions, China Is Bingeing on Coal (“Nation’s addiction threatens its decarbonization plans and global anti-warming efforts.” Unacceptable.)
- India announces 100,000 new cases a day, first country to do so since the United States
- John Kerry says Biden’s ambitious climate plan is ‘not a counter to China’
- For hydrogen to dominate the low-carbon world, batteries must fail (“The race between hydrogen and battery technology is the latter’s to lose, the report argues. Batteries are not especially reliant on either dramatic policy changes, such as aggressive carbon pricing; or on rapid development in the value chain.”)
- Satellite images show huge Russian military buildup in the Arctic
- Pentagon on alert as Russia steps up saber rattling in Eastern Europe and beyond
- Jordan accuses former crown prince and high-ranking officials of ‘promoting sedition,’ with foreign backing
- Turkey Accuses Some Retired Admirals of Erdogan Overthrow Plot
- Netanyahu in court as Israel’s lawmakers mull over his political fate
- Researchers Are Hatching a Low-Cost Coronavirus Vaccine (“A new formulation entering clinical trials in Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam could change how the world fights the pandemic.”)
- Covid: Tests to be offered twice-weekly to all in England
- Generation Unemployed: Another Class Of Graduates Face Pandemic-Scarred Future
- Are we entering a ‘fourth wave’ of the pandemic? Experts disagree. (“Is this the beginning of yet another surge? Or is it only “pockets of infection”? Whatever experts call it, one thing is clear: Infections are on the rise again.”)
- Another US Covid-19 surge may look different, experts say, particularly for younger people. Here’s how
- Vaccine Cheat Days Are Adding Up (“Vaccinated and unvaccinated people are getting more lax with behavior at a time when vigilance really matters.”)
- Will school be back to normal this fall? Kind of, sort of, maybe.
- Office buildings are opening back up. Not all employees want to return.
- With stimulus cash and jobs spike, U.S. emerges as main engine for global economic recovery
- U.S. Stock Futures Rise After Strong Jobs Report
- Americans ‘want to see us get it done’: Buttigieg on Biden’s infrastructure plan
- Biden will push through infrastructure plan if no Republican support – energy secretary says
- What Americans will get from Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan
- “You Need Water to Live”: Pete Buttigieg Explains Infrastructure to Republicans
- Republicans mobilize for showdown that will help define the Biden presidency
- The Memo: Biden’s bet on taxes
- Biden Effort to Combat Hunger Marks ‘a Profound Change’
- Biden Steps Up Federal Efforts to Combat Domestic Extremism
- Republicans draw a blank on basic governance
- Capitol Police union warns of potential exodus after latest attack, urges security increases
- Gerrymandering was already going to be bad this year. Then the census was delayed.
- Hunter Biden on his memoir “Beautiful Things” and his struggles with substance abuse
- Buoyed by its voters, GOP vows to stand firm in opposing Biden’s agenda
- Half of Republicans believe false accounts of Capitol riot: Reuters/Ipsos poll (So, so bad.)
- Juan Williams: Corporate leaders must bring down Georgia’s unjust law
- As restrictive voting bills multiply, GOP signals it won’t bow to corporate pressure
- A paralyzed democracy can’t protect us
- ‘Radical Left CRAZIES:’ Trump issues Easter greetings by attacking political rivals, griping about election loss (Trump is nuts.)
- Why Being ‘Anti-Media’ Is Now Part Of The GOP Identity
- Matt Gaetz Is the Model GOP Representative: A Creep No One’s Surprised About
- Some Georgia GOP legislators want Coca-Cola products removed from offices
- The Lawyer Behind the Throne at Fox
- How the wealthy cut the line during Florida’s frenzied vaccine rollout
- Rival Group Makes Fully Financed, Roughly $680 Million Bid for Tribune
- Collapse ‘imminent’ at Florida phosphate mine leaking millions of gallons of contaminated water
- Florida faces ‘imminent’ pollution catastrophe from phosphate mine pond
- Inside the Teen Vogue mess — which is really a Condé Nast mess
- Former Rep. Riggleman (R-VA05): Upcoming Convention Is “SOP for the VA GOP…to disenfranchise as many people as possible and tilt it toward the candidate of choice for that committee”
- Unorthodox Republican contest for Virginia governor breeds confusion, suspicion (“Party leaders planned the ‘unassembled’ convention amid a pandemic and internal GOP feud.”)
- Virginia, speak up for youth voting
- Word Clouds: What Are the Virginia Democratic and Republican Lt. Governor Candidates Talking About?
- Jennifer Boysko column: Virginia leading the way to end animal testing for cosmetics
- Sunday (4/4) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,267 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 625,148), +37 Hospitalizations (to 26,706), +42 Deaths (to 10,329)
- Virginia to pilot COVID-19 testing program in public schools
- Done right, legal pot could bring social equity and opportunity to Virginia
- Appalachian Power appeals rate case to Supreme Court of Virginia
- Hampton police chief Terry Sult — who retired April 1 — reflects on eight years leading Hampton Police Division
- Photos From Yesterday’s “Vigil for Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders” in Arlington
- Plummeting reading scores ‘a call to action’ for Henrico County’s Achievable Dream Academy, which is slated to expand
- Fairfax Co.’s NAACP education chair on building an anti-racist school system
- D.C.-area forecast: Very nice weather starts off this week, but rainy at times during the second half
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