Month: September 2021

Florida Makes Quarantine Optional for COVID-19 Exposed Students

Florida’s new Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, issued a new measure allowing parents to decide whether their children who have been exposed to COVID-19 should quarantine rather than giving schools the authority to do so. Guidelines signed on Wednesday by Ladapo remove prior statewide rules requiring students to quarantine for at least four days off-campus if they…


Consequences of the Eviction Moratorium | Jonathan Madison

The eviction moratorium put forth in March of 2020 could be coming to an end come Oct. 1. Despite the continuing COVID-19-related issues California residents are experiencing, help from such laws may no longer be available. My guest is Jonathon Madison, lead attorney at the Madison Firm and opinion contributor to newspapers like the San…


Los Angeles to Seek Rental Subsidies to House Homeless

The City of Los Angeles will seek increased rental subsidies to house its growing homeless population, particularly those with physical and mental health concerns. The city voted to advance the Housing Now Fund on Sept. 21, which would partner with Los Angeles County’s Department of Health Services to instruct the city administrative officer to find…


Facts Matter (Sept. 22): North Carolina Hospital System Suspends Hundreds of Employees After Vaccine Mandate

Recently, the Biden administration moved to nationalize the distribution of monoclonal antibodies, which is a popular, non-hospital treatment for COVID-19. And they essentially took the power away from the states and placed the federal government in charge of allocating, distributing, and choosing which states get this treatment. Meanwhile, according to newly released financial disclosure filings,…


2019 vs 2021: Election Results So Similar, but Country So Different

News Analysis While the composition of Canada’s Parliament looks almost the same as it did after the 2019 election, the fallout from the 2021 election and how things have transpired in recent months can change the country’s future trajectory in fundamental ways, observers say. “The country looks a whole lot more divided than ever at…


2019 vs 2021: Election Results So Similar but the Country So Different

News Analysis While the composition of Canada’s Parliament looks almost the same as it did after the 2019 election, the fallout from the 2021 election and how things have transpired in recent months can change the country’s future trajectory in fundamental ways, observers say. “The country looks a whole lot more divided than ever at…


Man Injured in Australian Earthquake

A man was injured while performing building work during Victoria’s largest earthquake in history, as emergency services warn there may be more aftershocks. The magnitude 5.9 quake hit about 9.15 a.m. on Wednesday, with the epicentre between Mansfield and Rawson in the state’s northeast. The 10km deep earthquake – the biggest in the state since…


US Open of Surfing Returns to Huntington Beach

The largest surfing event in the world has returned to the shores of Huntington Beach, California, after its cancellation in 2020. The reactivation of the 2021 U.S Open of Surfing Huntington Beach is being held from September 20th–26th. As a major stop on the World Surf League’s (WSL) worldwide tour, 96 men and 64 female…


DHS Founding Member: DNA Affected by mRNA Could be Patented by Vaccine Manufacturers, Raising Social Concerns

With the new vaccine mandates, one of the common concerns is the safety of mRNA vaccines. A key issue is how patents work for DNA modified by mRNA, which could allow for DNA produced through its interactions to be patented by mRNA vaccine manufacturers like Pfizer or Moderna. To learn more about this, and what…


Britney Spears Formally Asks Judge to End Conservatorship

LOS ANGELES—Britney Spears said in a court filing Wednesday that she agrees with her father that the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money since 2008 should be terminated. The filing in Los Angeles Superior Court from Spears’ attorney Mathew Rosengart says she “fully consents” to “expeditiously” ending the conservatorship, which her father James…