September 22, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

General national news

• Can anything stop blockbuster US job growth? Why it keeps rolling despite slowing economy, recession worries (USA Today)
• How Biden helped avert a rail strike – and another economic crisis  (The Hill)
• Student loan borrowers in 7 states may be taxed on their debt cancellation (NPR) The founder of Patagonia is giving his company away  (NPR)
• The Most Alarming Case On The Supreme Court’s Docket You Haven’t Heard Of (Talking Points)
• Students whose families make less than $100K will get free tuition at Princeton(NPR)

Trump and Jan. 6 controversies

• Appeals court allows DOJ to resume review of classified records in Trump case(The Hill)  
• Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago (Washington Post)
• Two-thirds of independents say they don't want Trump to run for president(NPR)
• Biden warns Trump and his closest followers are trying to undermine American democracy in combative speech(CNN)
• Judge Unseats Official Who Trespassed at Capitol on Jan. 6  (New York Times)
• Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's elections office before voting machine breach (CNN)
• Judge dismisses Trump suit against Hillary Clinton(ABC News)

WORLD

• U.S. Watching for Warning Signs Putin Is Preparing Nuclear Attack (Newsweek)
• Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne (AP News)
• Amid Ukraine’s startling gains, liberated villages describe Russian troops dropping rifles and fleeing (Washington Post)
• For Russia's Putin, military and diplomatic pressures mount (AP)
•  Ukraine's counteroffensive has some Russian officials calling for Putin to resign(NPR)
• UN nuclear watchdog calls for ‘security protection zone zone' around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant(NBC)
• U.S. unfreezes billions of Afghanistan's money aiming to stabilize its economy (NPR)
• China ambassador: U.N. report on Xinjiang has 'closed door of cooperation' (Reuters)
• Xi, Putin hold summit in Uzbekistan as the Ukraine war dominates  (NPR)
• Hungary is no longer a full democracy, says European parliament (Guardian)
• Mass grave more than 440 bodies found in Izium, Ukraine (Reuters)

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August 3, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• U.S. kills Al Qaeda chief in Afghan drone strike (International Business Times)
• Trump didn't act and didn't want to, plus 4 other takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing  (NPR)
• Kansas voters protect abortion rights in first major post-Roe test (The Hill)
• GOP Support Among Seniors, a Key Trump Base, Drops Dramatically: Poll (Newsweek)
• Justice Dept. investigating Trump’s actions as part of Jan. 6 criminal probe (Washington Post) 
• At least 37 dead in Kentucky flooding with hundreds unaccounted for  (CBS News)
•  Biden administration task force reunites 400 migrant families separated under Trump (NBC News)
• Election deniers are running to control voting. Here's how they've fared so far (NPR)
• First on CNN: Secret Service identified potential missing text messages on phones of 10 individuals (CNN)
• Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds (New York Times)
• Steve Bannon found guilty of contempt of Congress (CNN)

WORLD

• Russia hits Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa in wake of grain deal  (NPR)
• Pope Francis: Pontiff says he is 'deeply sorry' to Canadian residential school survivors (BBC)
• The last 'Arab Spring' democracy is dangling by a thread (CNN)
• China hits Taiwan with trade restrictions after Pelosi visit (CNN)
• Putin Pulling Russia From International Space Station, Cutting One of Last Remaining Ties With U.S. (Newsweek)
• Iraq protests: Sadr's followers pledge an open-ended sit-in at Parliament  (NPR)
• Russian Troops Deserting Posts As Kyiv Makes Use of U.S. Weapons: Pentagon (Newsweek)

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June 13, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Senators strike bipartisan gun deal, heralding potential breakthrough (Washington Post)
• 31 Patriot Front members were arrested near an Idaho Pride event  (NPR)
• 22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here’s where the guns came from (AP)
• Biden lays out plan to fight inflation (The Hill)
• U.S. to drop COVID testing for incoming international air travelers (Reuters)
• Texas school shooting victims take action against gun maker (Reuters)
• U.S. marks Memorial Day weekend with at least 11 mass shootings (Washington Post)
• Biden calls on Congress to act on gun control, saying 'too many' schools have become 'killing fields' (NBC)
• Guns overtake cars as leading cause of death for U.S. youth (San Jose Mercury)
• NEW INDICTMENT: Proud Boy leader faces even more serious charges for January 6th coup plot (Washington Press)

WORLD

• Handguns: Canada proposes total freeze on ownership (BBC)
• Russia's war is ravaging Donbas, Ukraine's beleaguered heartland. Here's what the region means to Putin (CNN)
• Violence erupts in Jerusalem during controversial flag march (CNN)
• The EU moves to bar insurance on ships carrying Russian oil. It'd be a big blow (NPR)
• Iran now has enough uranium for nuclear weapon, UN watchdog reportedly says (Forbes)
• Russia has blocked 20 million tons of grain from being exported from Ukraine  (NPR)

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April 11, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Misc. national news

• Congress votes to revoke Russia's trade status, ban Russian gas and oil (10 News)
• President Biden taps oil reserves to control US gas prices (10 News)
• Baby Formula Shortage, Partially Prompted by Recall, Leads Stores to Ration (Newsweek)
• Native American tribe gets its land back after being displaced nearly 400 years ago (CNN)

January 6 investigation

• Washington Post and CBS News: White House records of January 6 show more than seven-hour gap in Trump's calls (CNN)
• Judge: Trump Likely Committed Crimes Related to Election (US. News & World Reports)
• Biden's Justice Department wants to hire 131 more lawyers to prosecute January 6 cases (Business Insider)
• Justice Dept. Widens Jan. 6 Inquiry to Range of Pro-Trump Figures (New York Times)

WORLD

Ukraine war

• Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&P (CNN)
• West pledges to punish Russia over civilian killings in Bucha (Reuters)
• Mariupol mayor says 31,000 residents deported at 'gunpoint' to Russian 'filtration camps,' evacuations stalled (Yahoo News)
• UN assembly suspends Russia from top human rights body (KPBS)
• Talks resume as Ukraine denies hitting depot on Russian soil (10 News)
• Russian Troops Suffer ‘Acute Radiation Sickness’ After Digging Chernobyl Trenches (Daily Beast)
• Ukraine claims control over Kyiv region as Russia looks east (Reuters)
• Russ­ian oli­garch Ro­man Abramovich and Ukrain­ian peace ne­go­tia­tors suf­fered symp­toms of sus­pected poi­son­ing af­ter a meet­ing in Kyiv ear­lier this month (Wall Street Journal)
• With Ukraine farmers on frontlines, U.N. food chief warns of 'devastation' (Reuters)

Other world news

• Emmanuel Macron to face Marine Le Pen in French presidential election runoff (CNN)
• Here's why Mexico's president is launching a vote to recall himself (NPR)
• China tightens restrictions and bars scholars from international conferences  (NPR)
• U.N.: 1 out of 4 of the world's population live in areas affected by violence  (NPR)
• Gunman kills 5 in mass shooting spree in central Israel  (NPR)

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March 13, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden OKs $200M in Ukraine Military Aid, Russia Warns It Can Hit Shipments (Newsweek)
• U.S. grants temporary protected status to tens of thousands of Ukrainian immigrants already in the United States (Washington Post)
• MLB lockout ends as MLBPA, owners reach agreement: Live updates, reaction to baseball's return (CBS)
• Monitoring the Arctic in Russian invasion of Ukraine (Indian Country Today)
• Former National Security Advisor John Bolton says 'Putin was waiting' for Trump to withdraw the United States from NATO in his second term (Business Insider)
• Pence says there’s no room in the GOP for ‘apologists for Putin’ in veiled swipe at Trump (Washington Post)

WORLD

• Russia strikes military base near Polish border as it steps up its offensive, Ukraine says (Reuters)
• Russia’s bombing of maternity and children’s hospital an ‘atrocity,’ Zelensky says (CNN)
• Ukraine Official Says Russia Won’t Collect Soldier Corpses, Burning The Ones It Has (Knewz)
• Ukraine: Russia has attacked schools and hospitals, says deputy PM (BBC)
• As Russia Pounds Ukraine, NATO Countries Rush In Javelins and Stingers ((New York Times)
• Ukraine accuses Moscow of breaking ceasefire in Mariupol (Reuters)
• Putin likens Western sanctions to war as Russian assault traps Ukrainian civilians (Reuters)
• Big brands and oil ban punish Russia as Moscow makes new pledge on Ukraine refugees (Reuters)
• Mastercard, Visa, suspend operations in Russia after invasion (10 News)
• Russia’s Military Chief Promised Quick Victory in Ukraine, but Now Faces a Potential Quagmire (Wall Street Journal)
• Russians Rush to Leave as Sanctions Bite, Dissent Is Suppressed (Wall Street Journal)
• More than 4,500 antiwar protesters arrested in one day in Russia, group says (Washington Post)

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February 18, 2022 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Ex-Youth Theater Employees Plead Not Guilty To Sex Abuse Charges
•  Rancho Bernardo man sues SDG&E over rising utility costs (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego Supervisors vote to ask state for 'safe' phase-out of school mask mandate (KPBS)
• Mesa Grande tribe embarks on plans to repurpose Ramona’s Golden Eagle Farm (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson’s second act gaining speed (Orlando Sentinel)
• Marines investigate former GOP chair's son for white supremacy ties (KPBS)
• Man pleads guilty to dragging, seriously injuring El Cajon officer with SUV (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego city attorney refers matter related to former council member to criminal investigators (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• California adopts nation’s 1st ‘endemic’ virus policy (AP)
• San Francisco DA drops charges against woman linked to crime through rape victim DNA (NPR)
• COVID-19 sick pay reinstated in California — and more aid for businesses San Jose Mercury News)
• What will change with California’s mask rules? (San Jose Mercury News)
• California Considers Mandatory Student Vaccines and More Bills (New York Times)

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January 20, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Supreme Court blocks Biden’s workplace vaccine rules, allows requirement for health-care workers (Washington Post)
• The Supreme Court Just Denied Trump’s Request Regarding Jan. 6 Records (Mother Jones)
• Manchin, Sinema join with GOP in rejecting attempt to change filibuster rules, effectively killing Democratic voting bill (Washington Post)
• Oath Keepers leader and 10 others charged with 'seditious conspiracy' related to US Capitol attack
• New FEMA program would place homeless disaster survivors in apartments instead of trailer parks (Washington Post)
• Atlanta D.A. Requests Special Grand Jury in Trump Election Inquiry (New York Times)
• RNC moves to require presidential candidates to skip traditional commission debates (The Hill)
• Supreme Court’s Gorsuch refused to wear mask despite request over Sotomayor’s Covid concerns, report says (CNBC)

WORLD

• Prince Andrew loses military titles and use of HRH (BBC)
• Analysis: Russian troop build-up sparks unintended NATO renewal (Reuters)
• Quebec will impose a tax on the unvaccinated  (NPR)
• Canada: Unvaccinated father loses right to see his child (BBC)

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December 23, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Why Christmas Gifts Are Arriving on Time This Year (New York Times)
• Deadly tornadoes leave path of destruction across six states: ‘It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen’ (Washington Post)
• Biden backs exception to filibuster for voting rights bill (The Hill)
• Deadly Collapse at Amazon Warehouse Puts Spotlight on Phone Ban (Bloomberg)
• Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit with no rules that investigates Americans  (Yahoo News)
• Unruly behavior on flights could result in revoked TSA Pre-check, the FAA says  (NPR)
• Biden says ground troops ‘not on the table’ but Putin would face ‘severe’ sanctions for Ukraine invasion (Washington Post)
• Biden resists shutdowns as Omicron threat rises (The Hill)
• Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to violating George Floyd's rights (Reuters)

WORLD

• Biden signs bill punishing China for Uyghur abuses  (The Hill)
• Mexican cartels turning to meth and fentanyl production  (NPR)
• Putin says Russia has 'nowhere to retreat' over Ukraine (Reuters)
• Taliban chief bans forced marriage of women in Afghanistan (10 News)
• Pro-Beijing candidates sweep Hong Kong elections  (NPR)
• 'Biblical' flooding in South Sudan displaces hundreds of thousands (CNN)
• Kidnapped missionaries escaped their captors in Haiti, aid group says  (NPR)
• One of suspected killers of Saudi journalist Khashoggi arrested in France - RTL (Reuters)

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November 24, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden releasing oil from strategic petroleum reserve to help lower gas prices (CBS)
• Biden hopes fines on lingering cargo containers ease congestion at major U.S. ports (CNBC)
• January 6 committee flexes its power as Bannon indictment serves as a warning to other reluctant witnesses (CNN)
• US announces big hike in Medicare premiums (CNN)
• Jury finds all 3 defendants guilty of murder in Ahmaud Arbery's death  (USA Today)
• Rittenhouse acquittal magnifies divisions in a polarized America (Washington Post)
• This Colorado 'solar garden' is literally a farm under solar panels(NPR)

WORLD

• Indigenous voices stir debates at COP26 climate meeting (Indian Country Today
• French couple who said windfarm affected health win legal fight (The Guardian)
• Austria brings back COVID-19 lockdown, this time for the unvaccinated (Reuters)
• Singapore’s Unvaccinated Will Have to Foot $18,000 Covid Bills Now (Bloomberg)

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September 30, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden signs bill to avert government shutdown, approves bill to fund government through Dec. 3 (USA Today)
• After 9/11, No Americans Were Held to Account. Here's Why That's Dangerous (Newsweek)
• Former President Bush says violent extremists abroad and at home are "children of the same foul spirit" (CBS)
• Unvaccinated people were 11 times more likely to die of covid-19, CDC report finds (Washington Post)
• Sweeping New Vaccine Mandates For 100 Million Americans (KPBS/AP)
• Insurance companies are now asking COVID-19 patients to share in the cost of their treatment (CBS)
• Biden to require COVID-19 vaccines, tests for millions of private workers (The Hill)  
• Woodward/Costa book: Worried Trump could 'go rogue,' Milley took secret action to protect nuclear weapons (CNN)
• The VA Will Finally Fund Service Dog Training for Veterans (MSN)
• The government's pandemic help has run out (CNN)
• The Last Days of American Wild Horses? RTFitch
• How US deactivated hundreds of planes, rockets and artillery before leaving Afghanistan (DNA India)

WORLD

• U.S. says Kabul drone strike killed 10 civilians, including children, in 'tragic mistake' (Reuters)
• In escalation over submarine deal, France recalls envoys from U.S. and Australia (Reuters)
• U.N. seeks $600 million to avert Afghanistan humanitarian crisis (Reuters)
• Afghanistan: Taliban announce new rules for female students (BBC)
• Taliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving, but unclear why  (AP)
• Afghan protests persist, posing a problem for new Taliban government (Reuters)
• Mexico's top court decriminalizes abortion in 'watershed moment' (Reuters)

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August 10, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Pentagon to require all troops to get coronavirus vaccine by mid-September (The Hill)
• Biden backs effort to include immigration in budget package (The Hill)
• United Requires Employees Be Vaccinated, As 1st Major U.S. Airline To Do So : Coronavirus Updates   (NPR)
• Biden administration considers withholding funds and other measures to spur vaccinations (Washington Post)
• 2 travelers to Canada who gave false COVID-19 vaccination information each fined almost $20K (USA Today)
• Simone Biles sparks nationwide conversation on mental health (The Hill)
• Senate negotiators reach deal on $2 billion Capitol security funding bill in wake of January 6 insurrection (CNN)
• The Postal Service Presses Forward With Unpopular Plan To Slow Some Mail Delivery (NPR)

WORLD

• Afghanistan: Fighting rages as Taliban besiege three key cities (BBC)
• As Fears Grip Afghanistan, Hundreds of Thousands Flee (New York Times)
• Panic-Buying And Transport Lockdowns. In Wuhan, It Feels Like Early Pandemic Again: Coronavirus Updates  (NPR)
• Brazil's scandal-plagued President may face a reckoning as lawmakers consider impeachment (CNN)

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July 10, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden declares war on anti-competitive practices with sweeping order (The Hill)
• More than 60 dead from heat wave in Pacific Northwest as region confronts new future (NBC)
• Supreme Court says Arizona limits don't violate Voting Rights Act (CNN)
• Poll: More Americans Are Concerned About Voting Access Than Fraud Prevention (NPR)
• Grand Jury Indicts Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg (Yahoo! News)
• Biden directs ICE to limit arrests of pregnant, nursing women (The Hill)
• Biden fires Social Security commissioner (Politico)

WORLD

• Extreme heat cooked mussels, clams and other shellfish alive on beaches in Western Canada (CNN)
• Haitian president assassinated by gunmen at home, state of emergency declared (Reuters)
• Statues of Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth toppled in Canada (CNN)
• Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim to rebuild collapsed Mexico City overpass at no cost (CNN)
• Musicians faced death under Taliban rule. They may be silenced once more (Los Angeles Times)
• Canada Battles More Than 180 Wildfires With Hundreds Dead In Heat Wave    (NPR)
• As Secular Peace Effort Stutters in Israel, Religious Mediators Hope to Step In (New York Times)
• Gas leak responsible for 'eye of fire' in Mexican waters, says oil company (CNN)
• Iran takes steps to make enriched uranium metal; U.S., Europe powers dismayed (Reuters)

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June 15, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• The Criminals Thought the Devices Were Secure. But the Seller Was the F.B.I. (New York Times)
• As Shootings Continue to Surge in 2021, Americans Set to Face a Summer Plagued by Gun Violence (Time)
• U.S. says Russian-backed outlets spread COVID-19 vaccine 'disinformation' (Reuters)
• Senate GOP blocks bill to combat gender pay gap (The Hill)
• Delta flight attendant tackles would-be hijacker, zip-ties his wrists (Fox News)
• Harris tests migration waters with Latin America trip (Washington Post)
• Trump, allies try to rewrite history of pandemic while villainizing Fauci (Washington Post)
• Trump advances dangerous disinformation campaign as more states move to restrict the vote (CNN)

WORLD

• Netanyahu out, Bennett in as Israel marks end of an era (Reuters)
• G7 Leaders Offer United Front as Summit Ends, but Cracks Are Clear  (New York Times)
• G-7 nations back global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% (CBS News)
• Buried Alive In Mongolia's Worst Sandstorms In A Decade (NPR)
• Mexico goes to the polls in elections marred by violence against candidates (CNN)
• ‘Not again’: Jon Rahm told he has Covid on live TV while leading US PGA event (Guardian)
• Prince Harry and Meghan welcome a baby girl, Lilibet Diana, named for the queen and Harry’s late mother (Washington Post)

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May 11, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• As US Economy Surges Back, Economists Forecast 2021 Boom (WTTW)
• White House announces deal for free vaccination rides from Uber, Lyft  (The Hill)
• Biden defunds border wall, returns millions to military (News and Guts/Dan Rather)
• Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator shuts network after cyber attack (Reuters)
• Supply chain interruptions: here’s everything you can’t get now (CNN)
• GOP divided over expected Liz Cheney ouster (The Hill)
• GOP governors slash jobless aid to try to force Americans back to work (Washington Post)

WORLD

• At least 68 killed in Afghan school blast, families bury victims (Reuters)
• Israel launches airstrike after rockets fired from Gaza in day of escalation (CNN)
• How a Jerusalem neighborhood reignited the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Washington Post)
• India turns to ex-army medics as COVID surge sparks calls for lockdown (Reuters)
• The Taliban is targeting areas around key provincial capitals, looking for weak spots as foreign troops withdraw (Washington Post)

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April 12, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Reshape the Economy (New York Times)
• US gun violence: Biden takes action on 'international embarrassment' (BBC)
• The US saw significant crime rise across major cities in 2020. And it's not letting up (CNN)
• Court tosses Trump rule limiting emissions regulations (The Hill)
• Police chief: Kneeling on Floyd’s neck violated policy (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Boeing Warns Of Possible Electrical Issue, And Airlines Ground Some 737 Max Planes (KPBS)
• Inside BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ million-dollar real-estate buying binge (New York Post)

WORLD

• Putin signs law that could keep him in Kremlin until 2036 (Reuters)
• Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies aged 99 (Associated Press)
• Incident at Iran's Natanz facility a 'terrorist action,' nuclear chief says (CNN)
• St. Vincent suffers power outage after La Soufrière volcano erupts (CNN)
• Pope condemns 'scandalous' armed conflicts in scaled-down Easter Sunday mass (CNN)

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