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Mississippi Governor: Biden’s Mask Mandate is an ‘Attack’ on Federal Workers

The governor of the U.S. state with the highest COVID deaths per capita rate said he sees President Joe Biden’s mask mandate for all federal workers as “an attack,” not a preventive measure meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves told CNN’s State of the Union Sunday the mandate is “an attack by the president on hardworking Americans and hardworking Mississippians who he wants to choose between getting a jab in their arm and their ability to feed...

LA School District to Require Students Over 12 to Get Vaccinated by January

The Los Angeles Unified School District will require all students over the age of 12 to be fully vaccinated by January if they want to attend school. Anna Rice narrates the story..

'The Crown,' 'Ted Lasso,' Streaming Seek Emmy Awards Glory

The miniature statutes given at the Emmy Awards on Sunday can be an outsized boon to egos, careers and guessing games. Will The Mandalorian bow to The Crown as best drama series? Can the feel-good comedy Ted Lasso charm its way into freshman glory? Will Jean Smart be honored as best comedy actress for Hacks? (She will.) But there's oh-so-much more at stake when the TV industry — or a pandemic-constrained slice of it — gathers to honor itself at the 73rd Primetime Emmy...

Illegal Marijuana Farms Take West’s Water in ‘Blatant Theft’

Jack Dwyer pursued a dream of getting back to the land by moving in 1972 to an idyllic, tree-studded parcel in Oregon with a creek running through it. “We were going to grow our own food. We were going to live righteously. We were going to grow organic,” Dwyer said. Over the decades that followed, he and his family did just that. But now, Deer Creek has run dry after several illegal marijuana grows cropped up in the neighborhood last spring, stealing water from both the stream and...

Biden to Use UN Summit to Advance Multilateral, Globalist Worldview

In his first appearance as head of state at the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Joe Biden will promote his multilateralist, diplomacy-focused worldview, administration officials said Monday. "It's an important and consequential week for President Biden and his leadership on the world stage and driving forward some critical priorities for America's national security and for the broader peace and prosperity of the world," a senior administration official...

Fearful US Residents in Afghanistan Hiding Out From Taliban

Every night in yet another house in Afghanistan’s capital, a U.S. green card-holding couple from California take turns sleeping, with one always awake to watch over their three young children so they can flee if they hear the footsteps of the Taliban. They’ve moved seven times in two weeks, relying on relatives to take them in and feed them. Their days are an uncomfortable mix of fear and boredom, restricted to a couple of rooms where they read, watch TV and play “The Telephone Game” in...

Australia Says New Defense Accord with US and Britain Will Boost Regional Security

Australia is defending its decision to join a tripartite alliance with the United States and Britain despite an angry reaction from France. Australia said Sunday it “regrets” France's decision to immediately recall its ambassadors to Canberra and Washington in response to a new deal that will make Australia only the seventh country to have nuclear-powered submarines. Australia scrapped a multibillion-dollar defense contract with France after joining the new AUKUS alliance with...