The CDC confirmed today that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has killed precisely zero people in the U.S., with only one case requiring hospital treatment.
Over the past half-century or so, American law enforcement and popular culture have conferred an extra level of seriousness and gravity to “hate crimes” as opposed to regular crimes. The definition of a hate crime, according to the FBI, is a regular crime with an added element of bias. “A ‘criminal’ offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity,” the FBI.gov website states.
Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke announced a Texas gubernatorial bid last month, but a new Quinnipiac University poll of registered Texas voters appears to bode ill for the Democrat's chances of defeating incumbent GOP Gov. Greg Abbott.