The Weekly Readlines

The Weekly Readlines January 12

The Weekly Readlines (rhymes with headlines!) offers news you can use every Wednesday morning. 

  BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES

First the good news: President Biden gave the most important speech of his political career on the anniversary of the January 6 attempted coup. And health experts say the COVID pandemic could soon become endemic and we could get on with our lives at last.

Speaking of COVID, millions of workers are calling out sick, straining the economic recovery. The Biden administration pivots to voting rights after Joe Manchin killed the Build Back Better Act in a fit of pique. And the Omicron variant sees hospitalizations at their highest levels yet. And it’s still January.

  LGBTQ+ NEWS

Queer History Is Still Being Made in Washington, D.C.
AFAR Magazine

Most LGBTQ Elders Feel Lonely. Here’s What Organizations Are Doing To Help
USA Today

European Court Declines to Take Pro-Marriage Equality Cake Case
EDGE Media Network

Republicans In 7 States Rang In 2022 By Attacking Trans Youth
LGBTQ Nation

‘Search Party’ Star John Early, TV’s Funniest Gay Narcissist, Says Goodbye
The Daily Beast

  U.S. AND BEYOND

New York Governor Hochul Outlines LGBTQ Initiatives
Gay City News

US CONSUL GENERAL TO HONG KONG AND HIS HUSBAND ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF SON
South China Morning Post

Gay, Non-binary Skater Timothy LeDuc Heading to Olympics
EDGE Media Network

  HEALTH AND AGING

Scientists Design Blood Test To Detect Cancer In People With Non-Related Symptoms
India Today

New Treatments, Clinical Trials At Hollings Offer Hope To Cervical Cancer Patients
Medical University of South Carolina

Unlucky in Love? It Can Damage Men’s Health, Study Finds
U.S. News & World Report

Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant
BBC News

  FINANCE AND RETIREMENT

Retirement Savings Letting You Down? 3 Ways to Scrounge Up More Income
MSN

People Hate Overdraft Fees. Banks Are Ditching Or Reducing Them
NPR

Worried Inflation Will Wreck Your Retirement? Here’s What to Do
The Motley Fool

  THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

RIP Bob Saget: Jimmy Kimmel’s Emotional Tribute
TooFab

Hugh Jackman Returns For Broadway’s The Music Man Post Covid-19 Recovery
Bollywood Hungama

Don’t Look Up Opens Odd New Flank In The Culture Wars
The Irish Times

Andy Bell Talks LGBT Culture, Choir Days And More Ahead Of Erasure’s Tour Kickoff
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

  TRAVEL

UK Travel Industry Urges Ministers To Drop International Covid Tests
The Guardian

CDC Warns Against Travel To Canada
TheHill

A Staple of Sci-Fi Space Travel Will Likely Remain a Fantasy
WIRED

Opinion: Fly Direct, Skip The First Restroom, And 7 Other Insider Travel Tips
MarketWatch

  ISN’T THAT SOMETHING?

Naked Alien Photographed In Part Of Montana Known For UFO Sightings
WBZ News Radio

Watch: Lifeguard Rescues Struggling Kangaroo At Australian Beach
UPI

Rare Melanistic Fox Found In Canada Jungle
News Track

Can You Identify This Week’s Mystery Plant?
Post and Courier