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National News – 11-30-2021

K Buenavista — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 17:16:47 +0000

According to CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, she said that all US adults “should” receive the Covid vaccine booster
Previously, the agency said that all adults “may” receive the booster but the Omicron variant has urged the CDC to strengthen their recommendation

Amid the shift in US war efforts away from the Middle East, the Virginia and Kentucky National Guard has deployed 1,000 troops to the bottom of Africa
It is unclear if the 1,000 Guardsmen is an increase in the Pentagon’s force in Africa, or if those troops are replacing others currently deployed

On November 28, a Virginia man died and two others were rescued while hiking in Zion National Park
The Virginia man was found suspended from rope 260 ft. above Upper Emerald Pools along with 2 others stranded on a rock perch nearby
Luckily, the two survivors were able to contact the National park Service, and rescue teams helped them to rappel safely to the ground

On November 30, Germany’s highest court upheld COVID-19 restrictions despite complaints against the curfews and other restrictions imposed
The ruling from the Federal Constitutional Court came hours before outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and her designated successor, Olaf Scholz, planned to hold discussions on the situation with the country’s 16 state governors

K Buenavista — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 03:50:59 +0000

On November 11, Germany recorded more than 50,000 new cases which has prompted a severe warning for those living inside the country
Data coming from Germany’s public health body, the Robert Koch Institute, indicated that Germany’s total number of cases has now reached 4.89 million with 97,198 fatalities

According to information from the Virginia Department of health, a pharmacy incorrectly administered the Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 shot to 112 children during the first week of November
Recently, the shots for kids ages 5 to 11 were approved by the US CDC but the Virginia pharmacy mistakenly administered a lower dose than recommended
Kids in that age group receive a two-dose, 10 microgram Covid vaccine regimen, compared to the 30 microgram shots for those 12 and older

In a temporary block decision by the US appeals court, the National Archives are restricted from releasing information from White House records to the House Jan. 6 on Former President Donald Trump
The block was granted the stay that Trump’s lawyers requested while they appeal a lower court ruling that the former president cannot keep such documents secret by claiming executive privilege

According to a new report, Thanksgiving flight bookings are exceeding the number of bookings in 2019, which shows a significant recovery from low holiday travel in 2020
From the same time in 2020, Thanksgiving holiday bookings are 78% higher and 3.2% higher than 2019 bookings

On November 11, thousands of people marched in Warsaw to mark Poland’s Independence Day with a demand for stronger borders
This march is fueled by the Belarus crisis as hundreds of new attempts are made every day by migrants to enter the country illegally from neighboring Belarus

For those in the Muslim religion, the use of crypto assets as a currency is forbidden, according to Indonesia’s council of religious leaders
The National Ulema Council has deemed cryptocurrency as banned as it has elements of uncertainty, wagering, and hard

On November 11, the New Zealand government introduced the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Bill to repeal parts of the Sentencing and Parole Reform Act of 2010
The Three strikes law was enacted to put off habitual offenders by threatening with increasingly longer mandatory jail sentences and to punish repeated offenders

The Scottish Government is looking for a “pre-emptive” ban on trail-hunting as plans to strengthen the law in a move supported by the Scottish Countryside Alliance
Currently, hunting in Scotland is restricted under different laws like the Hunting Act 2004 and the Protection of Wild Animals Act 2002

K Buenavista — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:08:00 +0000

State guidelines that are aimed to protect transgender students have been voted on to be ignored by the Virginia school board
Under the law, school districts must adopt policies consistent with or more comprehensive than the model policies
They include allowing students to use school bathrooms and locker rooms that conform to their gender identity and allowing students to use pronouns and a name that reflects their gender identity