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181 - part 2 - Lora Gastineau

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  1. Teacher accused of injecting teen with COVID-19 vaccine arrested
    1. New York police arrested a Long Island teacher accused of forcefully injecting a student with a COVID-19 vaccine on New Year's Eve.
    2. Laura Russo, 54, was arrested last Friday at her home, Nassau County police said in a statement on Monday. She is charged with the unauthorized practice of a profession.
    3. According to the police report, Russo, who is not a registered medical professional, injected the vaccine into a 17-year-old male at her residence when she was not authorized by the parent of the teenager to administer it.
    4. The youth went home and told his mother he was vaccinated. The mother then notified police.
    5. Russo's son is friends with the teenager, and when the two were at Russo's home, the teenager reported that his mother didn't want him to get vaccinated just yet, so Russo gave it to him.
  2. Today marks one year since the deadly Capitol insurrection.
    1. One year has passed since then-President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol and temporarily halted the transfer of power to Joe Biden.
    2. The riot has prompted a criminal investigation by the Justice Department, a House select committee probe and a legislative push by Democrats, all of which are ongoing.
    3. Democrats aim to shine as much light as they can on the riot and Trump’s role in it during events at the Capitol on Thursday.
    4. His lies about the 2020 election being “rigged” against him through widespread fraud have gone mostly unchallenged by Republican officials, who have also mostly avoided talking about the Capitol invasion itself. Even some Republicans who initially blamed Trump for the riot, or resigned from his administration in protest, have since either kept silent or renewed their support for him. Trump was set to hold a press event on the anniversary, but he canceled it.
    5. Roughly 140 police officers who responded to the attack were assaulted, according to the Justice Department. Five of those officers have since died, including four from suicide.
    6. The numbers are staggering: In one year, the government has arrested and charged more than 725 people in connection with the riot. More than 325 of them were charged with felonies, including many for assaulting officers or corruptly trying to obstruct Congress’ official proceeding. Ten were charged with assaulting members of the media or destroying their equipment.
    7. But the FBI is still trying to identify more than 350 other people that it believes committed violence at the Capitol, more than 250 of whom may have assaulted officers.

  3. EVERYBODY HAS COVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  4. Remembering Betty White