Dateline March 12, 2026

• CDC says the Covid-19 wave 37 driven by variant omicron-pi

• SCOTUS upholds Arkansas birth control ban in 6 to 3 decision

• Vice President Madison Cawthorn dedicates California Noah’s Ark Museum

• Yesterday’s Mass Shootings: see appendices f through j

• CDC warns against using mothball suppositories to prevent Covid-19 infection

• Chicago’s first heat wave of 2026 end after three days of triple digits

• Two more states to allow backyard cremations

• Florida population drops below 19M: lowest since 2010

• CDC warns against putting menthol cigarette filters in your nostrils

• Scientists predict wild fire season and hurricane season will completely overlap by 2028