It's Day 70 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒.
On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, it's now just a waiting game. Governor Hochul and health officials are deciding whether to end it extend two key COVID-19 mask mandates. She plans to announce today which rules will stay in place. If any hints are to be believed, the school mandate might remain in place for now, saying the wants more kids 5-11 to get vaccinated before dropping the mask rules in the classroom. The broader masking order for indoors might be coming to an end.
In the Bronx, several families whose loved ones died or were injured while trying to escape that smoke-filled apartment building that killed 17 people including eight children, are now suing the owners. They allege in five lawsuits that safety violations led to these wrongful deaths. They don't specify monetary damages or particular safety violations.
In South Dakota, Republicans on a Senate committee have rejected a bull that would have banned transgender students from using school restrooms that match their gender identity. They argued that determining trans students' bathroom access was a policy best left to local school boards. And sex. We all want it. We all crave it. It's just a basic human desire. But when it comes to the zodiac signs, each sign has a different way that they like to get it on. ♑♓💦👅
