Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a Republican-backed election overhaul bill that would expand voter identification requirements, move up the voter registration deadline, limit the use of drop-boxes, and allow county officials to conduct early pre-canvassing for mail-in ballots, among other measures. In explaining why he vetoed the bill, the Democrat governor wrote that he “made it…
Pennsylvania Gov. Vetoes GOP-Backed Election Integrity Bill
June 30, 2021
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Supreme Court Reverses 9th Circuit, Orders Courts To Hear Landlord Rights Case From San Francisco
A unanimous Supreme Court held the courts must hear a challenge to a San Francisco ordinance forcing land owners to provide lifetime leases to tenants, overturning a ruling by the often-reversed U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. The case, Pakdel v. City and County of San Francisco, court file 20-1212, was disposed of without oral arguments on June 28 in an…
Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Dead at 88
Donald Rumsfeld, a forceful U.S. defense secretary who was the main architect of the Iraq war until President George W. Bush replaced him as the United States found itself bogged down after 3-1/2 years of fighting, has died at age 88, his family said in a statement on Wednesday. “It is with deep sadness that…
Shark Bites Hand of Person Kayaking Near Catalina Island
CATALINA ISLAND, Calif.—A kayaker was airlifted to a hospital for surgery June 30 after being bitten on one hand by a shark near Parson’s Landing at Catalina Island. The encounter was reported at 7:15 a.m., according to lifeguards with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “The patient and their father were kayaking near Parson’s Landing…
Orange County Takes a Bite out of its Mosquito Population
June 30, 2021
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Southern California cities are preparing for battle against bloodsucking pests this summer as mosquito season picks up. The City of La Habra—which has historically had high mosquito and West Nile virus activity—is conducting its first of many large-scale mosquito sprays June 30. Mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths than any other creature in the world, killing…
Deadly Canadian Heatwave Eases but Continues to Shatter Records
WINNIPEG, Manitoba—Canada’s deadly heatwave, the most severe on record, is moderating slightly, but still looks this week to erase high-temperature marks set decades ago, a government climatologist said on Wednesday. At least 233 people died in the Pacific coast province of British Columbia between Friday and Monday, about 100 more than the average for a…
Canadian Hostages and Chinese Scientists Provide Lessons on China’s Communist Dictatorship
Commentary Chinese scientist Xiangguo Qiu transferred deadly pathogens from Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) Dr. Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng were dismissed from the NML in 2019 and journalists are now unable to locate them. Those bombshell revelations are finally getting traction, but they may have overshadowed…
Pennsylvania Democrats to Propose Bullet Tax and Encoded Rounds to Track Ammo Owners
June 30, 2021
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A 5 cent per bullet tax will be proposed in Pennsylvania as part of legislation to be brought forth by two state House Democrats, Rep. Manny Guzman and Rep. Stephen Kinsey. The tax would fund a state police database of ammunition sold in Pennsylvania. The planned legislation would require ammunition manufacturers to encode ammunition provided…
State Department Will Let People Choose Their Gender on Passports
The State Department will allow people to choose their gender on passports, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Wednesday. The State Department will let people “self-select their gender as ‘M’ or ‘F’” and will waive the required medical certification for individuals whose gender on their citizenship or ID doesn’t match their “self-selected…
Arizona AG Backs Georgia in Fight Against DOJ Over Election Integrity Reforms
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has thrown his weight behind Georgia’s effort to fight the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit targeting Georgia’s election reform law whose backers say is a measure to enhance election integrity but whose opponents claim amounts to “voter suppression.” “As the Attorney General of Arizona, another state where the DOJ is…
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