

Stay up to date on variant developments, case counts and vaccine news with Coronavirus Today. Anthony Fauci told us that between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans would die of COVID-19? A lot’s gone wrong since then, writes Times columnist Nicholas Goldberg.

Meanwhile, California transit agencies scrambled to formulate messages on mask-wearing guidance and requirements on their transit systems. Several airlines quickly announced they would drop mandates. The CDC still recommends the public wear masks in indoor public transportation settings. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requiring mask use on public transit is not in effect at this time. The Biden administration said the court decision means that the federal order issued by the U.S. Some public transit agencies in California are asking riders to continue wearing masks on buses and trains, despite a federal court ruling in Florida that struck down the masking mandate on public transportation. Some California transit agencies ask riders to still wear masks district attorney’s office is now reconsidering whether to press ahead with the charges that prosecutors filed in the few cases that remain active, according to district attorney’s records reviewed by The Times. Charges against three officers have been tossed out, while prosecutors have decided there isn’t enough evidence to bring cases against the other officers suspected of possible wrongdoing. In the years since, however, the case has largely fallen apart. Prosecutors also dismissed felony cases that had relied on testimony from the charged officers. Six officers were charged with crimes and police officials opened investigations into two dozen more. When Los Angeles police officers were accused two years ago of deliberately misidentifying people as gang members, the fallout was swift and sweeping. Sign up for our California Politics newsletter to get the best of The Times’ state politics reporting and the latest action in Sacramento.Ĭases against LAPD officers accused of making false gang claims fall apart

would halt testing of satellite-killing missiles to reduce the threat posed by space debris.
