Vaccine Mandates, Genius Grants, and the Year's Best Street Photography
No images? Click here Good morning. It's Wednesday, Sept. 29, and we're covering vaccine mandates in New York, this year's genius grant award winners, and much more. Have feedback? Let us know at hello@join1440.com. First time reading? Sign up here. NEED TO KNOWDefense Officials TestifyTop defense officials testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday, their first such appearance since the conclusion of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan last month. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley defended the administration's exit, which suffered a bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 US troops and 169 Afghans and a mistargeted drone strike that killed 10 civilians. Separately, Milley defended discussions he held with China in the waning days of the Trump administration, framing the calls as preemptive efforts to deescalate tensions. Milley, who says senior White House officials were aware of the calls, has been accused of subverting the civilian chain of command for twice conveying to Chinese officials that the US would not attack the country. Separately, the officials confirmed media reports they had recommended maintaining a troop level near 2,500 in Afghanistan, contradicting earlier comments from President Joe Biden. In separate news, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers yesterday the department's extraordinary measures to avoid default will expire by Oct. 18, urging a raise in the debt ceiling. Vaccine Mandates Kick In Tens of thousands of healthcare workers in New York risk being fired if they remain unvaccinated against COVID-19, as a state mandate went into effect Monday. Roughly 16% of the state's healthcare workers, or about 83,000, aren't fully vaccinated, and an estimated 8% haven't received their first shot. An executive order from Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed Monday allows medically trained National Guard members to fill staff shortages if necessary. Workers fired for being unvaccinated will not be eligible for unemployment. Separately, a New York City vaccine mandate for educators in the nation’s largest school district becomes effective after school Friday—the teachers’ union says about 3% of its staff remain unvaccinated. In North Carolina, more than 175 healthcare workers at Novant Health have been dismissed after not complying with the company’s vaccine mandate. The various mandates have sparked ongoing protests, both in New York and elsewhere. Capital Gazette SentenceA gunman who killed five people and injured two others in a mass shooting at the Annapolis Capital Gazette in 2018 was sentenced yesterday to six life sentences plus 345 years in prison. Five of the life sentences are without a chance for parole; the terms are set to run consecutively. Forty-one-year-old Jarrod Ramos pleaded guilty to all charges, but argued he was not criminally responsible by virtue of insanity. A jury rejected the defense, meaning Ramos will spend life in prison instead of a maximum-security mental health facility. Prosecutors argued the attack was meticulously planned—including barricading an exit route before the attack—preempting an insanity defense. The deadliest attack on a newsroom in US history, the shooting was preceded by a yearslong harassment campaign by Ramos after a 2011 article by the Gazette covering a stalking case Ramos was involved in. See the victims' profiles here. HIGH-PROTEIN CEREAL? SAY NO MORE.Too often we sacrifice flavor and texture to make our indulgences "healthy." But that doesn't have to be the case—not with cereal, at least. Please support our sponsors! 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