News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to block Texas law that prohibits abortion after fetal cardiac activity can be detected; Chief Justice Roberts joins the court's liberal justices. https://t.co/g2AaS6OyuB
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 2, 2021
The storm dumped rain at sometimes unprecedented rates Wednesday night — several inches per hour — bringing flooding that killed at least 23 people in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, with waters rushing into homes and vehicles. https://t.co/y5uZvT3qDh
— CNN (@CNN) September 2, 2021
Fauci says the new Mu variant of COVID is "not at all even close to being dominant" and not considered "an immediate threat." He says laboratory data suggests Mu could evade some vaccines, but there isn't much clinical research yet and vaccines are likely still "quite effective" pic.twitter.com/hgDlkLfTyd
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 2, 2021
JUST IN: Rep. Cheney named vice chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the panel’s Democratic chairman has announced. https://t.co/3VKu4IMKVA
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 2, 2021
A full review of bodycam footage from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol found roughly 1,000 instances of assault against members of law enforcement, according to the DOJ. https://t.co/nkhYYZx08N
— ABC News (@ABC) September 2, 2021
The QAnon supporter who chased Officer Eugene Goodman near the Senate chamber during the Capitol insurrection was sent back to jail, in part because he violated the rules of his release by going online to access conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. https://t.co/43Ta9EJJo6
— CNN (@CNN) September 2, 2021
They move from place to place at a moment's notice in a desperate bid to evade the Taliban — girls whose lives are in danger simply because they chose to play a sport they loved. https://t.co/Oc9TWRVZH8
— ABC News (@ABC) September 2, 2021
NEW: Virginia's Supreme Court ruled today that the state can remove a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Richmond.
— Axios (@axios) September 2, 2021
Several citizen-led lawsuits had temporarily blocked plans to do so.
https://t.co/0XyxoWOQA1
A newly implemented Texas law allows you to carry a handgun in public without a permit — or the background check and training the state previously required.https://t.co/UUqMgUpxes
— NPR (@NPR) September 2, 2021
Trump on Nikki Haley: "Every time she criticizes me, she uncriticizes me about 15 minutes later" https://t.co/dvCppoITnn pic.twitter.com/JyBbo2vMTT
— The Hill (@thehill) September 2, 2021
Better weather has helped the battle against a huge California forest fire near Lake Tahoe, as the strong winds that drove the Caldor Fire east through the Sierra Nevada fade. The fire covers more than 328 square miles and is 25% contained. https://t.co/1QCtN3cd4o
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 2, 2021
