The Jewish Home | AUGUST 5, 2021
poses,” he said. In a Sunday statement, the Republican and Democrat senators who helped formulate the infrastructure bill said, “Over the last four days we have worked day and night to finalize historic legislation that will invest in our nation’s hard infrastructure and create good-paying jobs for working Americans in communities across the country without raising taxes.” They added that they are looking forward to “moving this bill through the Senate and delivering for the American people.” The bipartisan bill seems likely to make it through the Senate, but the House will be on break until September 20. The package includes approximately $550 billion for roads, waterways, broadband, water systems, bridges, airports, and a new power grid. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has promised not to support the infrastructure bill unless a budget measure passes at the same time.
In D.C., Murders More than Corona Deaths
July 2021 saw 21 homicides in Washington, D.C., compared to eight deaths from coronavirus, FOX5 DC reported on Monday. Ward 8 Councilman Trayon White said, “We’ve put a lot of resources and time into the COVID pandemic. We’re in a pandemic right now when it comes to crime in
this community, and we got to start acting it.” By July 10, Washington, D.C., had hit 100 homicides for the year. According to the D.C. Police Union, the city usually hits the triple digits around October, though according to WTOP News, in 2018 and 2019 the city reached that mark in August. Data from the Metropolitan Police Department showed that as of July 30, there were 113 homicides in Washington, D.C., this year, compared to 108 last year.
Big Mouth
She’s a big mouth – and she’s proud of it. Samantha Ramsdell used to feel uncomfortable about her unusually large mouth. This week, though, her mouth was something to talk about. The Connecticut woman nabbed the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest mouth gape of a female. Ramsdell’s mouth, capable of holding an entire large order of fries, measures 6.52 cm or about 2.5 inches wide. “I never thought it would be possible to be this famous off my mouth, but it’s incredible,” she told Guinness. The 31-year-old has amassed 1.7 million followers on TikTok after posting videos of stuffing three doughnuts in her mouth at one
Did you know? If baby sea turtle eggs incubate in cooler sand, they produce males; eggs incubated in warmer sand produce females.
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