And another day of averting shutdowns, divided Democrats, school boards asking for help policing threats, death in rural America, the flu vaccine, ‘untapped’ wealth, and ‘wives need to be led with a firm hand’ comes to a close:
“Autumn’s the mellow time.” -- William Allingham
Deaths
US: 716,847 (+2894)
World: 4,797,151 (+8933)
Cases
US: 44,314,424 (+114,928)
World: 234,551,417 (+493,450)
Biden signs bill to avert partial government shutdown. With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden on Thursday evening signed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3. Congress had passed the bill earlier Thursday.
Democrats divided: Progressives, centrists say trust is gone. In their fight over trillions of dollars, their paramount policy goals and perhaps their political fate, this isn’t helping: Democratic progressives and centrists say they don’t trust each other. They’re tossing around words like “stupid” and “insanity” and they’re drawing lines in the sand.
School board group asks US for help policing threats. A group representing school board members around the country asked President Joe Biden on Thursday for federal assistance to investigate and stop threats made over policies including mask mandates, likening the vitriol to a form of domestic terrorism.
Rural Americans are dying of Covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that health experts say is likely to widen.
It’s flu vaccine time, even if you’ve had your COVID shots. Amid all the focus on COVID-19 vaccinations, U.S. health experts have another plea: Don’t skip your flu shot.
A Black woman in Virginia alleges a neighbor plays monkey noises and racial slurs over speakers to taunt her family from inside his home, but authorities say there's little they can do about it.
Inside the Church That Preaches ‘Wives Need to Be Led with a Firm Hand’. A culture that normalizes sexual abuse and harassing survivors is just one manifestation of the authority and control that blends devotion to God with submission to church leaders.
Gloria Estefan says she was molested at music school at 9. Gloria Estefan has revealed that, at the age of 9, she was sexually abused by someone her mother trusted. Her mother called the police, but the officers advised her not to press charges because the trauma of testifying would be too harmful.
Leaked Facebook Docs Depict Kids as 'Untapped' Wealth. — Keep your kids off Facebook.
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Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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