Inmate firefighters
Prisoners who battle wildfires make $5 a day, but find it nearly impossible to get hired by fire departments after their sentences end. A new state law reduces barriers for the ex-cons to be hired as firefighters.
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Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthyRepublican House Minority Leader from Bakersfield comes under fire for condemning riot by Trump supporters at Capitol, then hours later embraces their cause by voting without evidence to block Joe Biden’s electoral votes.
Elon Musk
Tesla CEO becomes world’s richest man, surpassing Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. But Tesla stock has skyrocketed eightfold this year, making the company worth 10 times General Motors, and some analysts call it a bubble.