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Thursday June 10th, 2021 day edition

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ET: The 178 hospital employees who are refusing to get vaccinated have been suspended without pay for two weeks, the Washington Post reports.

“We only wish them well and thank them for their past service to our community, and we must respect the decision they made.”.

More than 100 employees at Houston Methodist Hospital are suing the hospital for requiring all staff to get vaccinated for COVID-19.

According to ABC News, 117 employees joined a lawsuit that was filed on Friday in Montgomery County.

The suit alleges the hospital is “illegally requiring its employees to be injected with an experimental vaccine as a condition of employment.”.

“It is legal for health care institutions to mandate vaccines, as we have done with the flu vaccine since 2009.

The COVID-19 vaccines have proven through rigorous trials to be very safe and very effective and are not experimental.”. »

Houston hospital suspends 178 employees who refused Covid-19 vaccination

Authored by nbcnews.com

A Houston hospital has suspended 178 staff members who have refused to abide by its mandate that employees be fully vaccinated by Monday.

But 178 unvaccinated employees who did not get religious or medical exemptions were suspended without pay, including 27 who are only partly vaccinated.

He accused Boom of putting profits over people to brand the hospital as the first to mandate vaccinations for its employees. »

All Cars Should Have Been Hybrids By Now

Authored by vice.com

However, the Maverick does have a noteworthy feature: It comes with a hybrid engine standard, the first pickup truck to do so.

Ford hopes it will be rated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to get 40 miles per gallon, which would indeed be impressive.

By then, the conversation should be not about how to make all cars hybrids, but how to phase out hybrid cars, too. »

Gohmert asks if federal agencies can change Earth's or moon's orbits to fight climate change

Authored by thehill.com

Gohmert was speaking with Jennifer Eberlien, associate deputy chief of the National Forest System, during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing.

"Well, if you figure out a way that you in the Forest Service can make that change, I'd like to know," Gohmert added.

ORBITS: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) asks whether the Forest Service or the BLM can alter the orbit of the moon or the Earth in order to fight climate change during a House Natural Resources hearing pic.twitter.com/yYiOyi2cMZ — Forbes (@Forbes) June 8, 2021. »

San Jose mayor proposes gun owners carry insurance and pay annual fee in wake of mass shooting

Authored by edition.cnn.com

While mass shootings draw much of the attention of gun violence, in the 13 days since the shooting at the Valley Transportation Authority facility , there have been eight additional shootings in San Jose, according to Mayor Sam Liccardo.

Some gun owners, he said, would already be covered through their homeowner's or renter's insurance.

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