News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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DeSantis sells “Don’t Fauci My Florida” merch as new coronavirus cases near highest in nation https://t.co/DVAtiVR4dV
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 14, 2021
Dr. Michelle Fiscus, Tennessee's vaccine chief who says she was fired over political pushback to her evidence-based approach, says the state is halting its vaccination efforts for teens and kids — not only for COVID but for measles and other illnesses.https://t.co/zpFKkGIFB8
— NPR (@NPR) July 14, 2021
Inspectors from the town of Surfside, Florida, visited Champlain Towers South to review permits dozens of times in the years before it collapsed. Now, the disaster could lead to stricter building rules. https://t.co/Y1mlu5sltF
— CNN (@CNN) July 14, 2021
While the effort to find the bodies of victims in the deadly Surfside collapse is coming to a close, officials say, crews continue to recover valuable personal objects from the building's wreckage. https://t.co/mQuL9YZ6E8
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 14, 2021
BREAKING: The Biden administration to begin evacuation flights in late July for Afghans who have aided the U.S. military. https://t.co/7j8qmNaQJH
— ABC News (@ABC) July 14, 2021
Four Iranian intelligence officials were indicted yesterday on charges of conspiring to kidnap a Brooklyn-based journalist https://t.co/5lxt4MJwKY
— POLITICO (@politico) July 14, 2021
NEW: U.S. drug overdose deaths soared by nearly 30% last year — reaching a record high of 93,331, CDC data show.
— Axios (@axios) July 14, 2021
It's the sharpest annual increase in at least 3 decades. https://t.co/ebacE8f59w
A measure floated by Sens. Chuck Schumer, Cory Booker and Ron Wyden proposes removing federal penalties on cannabis, expunging nonviolent federal cannabis-related criminal records and letting states decide if or how to legalize the drug https://t.co/zRGySp7eDL pic.twitter.com/1ny51MN0GD
— POLITICO (@politico) July 14, 2021
72 killed as South Africa grapples with its worst political violence since apartheid https://t.co/EaK3cFDe8W
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 14, 2021
Texas state officials have added 59 deaths to the toll wrought by the February cold wave and the ensuing collapse of the state's electric power grid, bringing the total to 210. https://t.co/mjZPkBnNSj
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 14, 2021
Judge tosses Roy Moore’s $95 million defamation suit against Sacha Baron Cohen: “Clearly a joke” https://t.co/MqTNjo5Yoq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 14, 2021
