The Mercury News - 2021-12-28

• Crews find apparent time capsule at Lee statue site
• Artificial Christmas trees can’t be recycled; plus no Tesla AM
• Jury signals verdict not near at Maxwell trial
• Post claims short men have more sex
• U.S. Catholic clergy shortage eased by recruits from Africa
• Sarah Weddington, lawyer who argued Roe v. Wade, dies at 76
• Sacramento painter Thiebaud dies at 101
• Flu is making a comeback in U.S. after unusual year off
• Biden signs $768.2B defense spending bill into law
• California still gerrymande­rs — but not the old, ugly way
• Putin is only pretending to be crazy on Ukraine
• Site briefly reopens to help visiting artists
• Fresno sees large surges in deaths during pandemic
• Principal exits after only 5 months on job
• New dater wants timely texts
• CONFERENCE CLASS
• Sharks, NHL returning to action, but more game cancellati­ons and protocol absences
• NBA changes protocols, shortens path to return
• Colts finally hit by COVID-19 protocol
• Today’s crossword
• Omicron, weather again hit air travel
• Wall Street marks another S&P record
• Apple closes New York City stores after COVID spike

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