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Basketball legend and longtime activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says NBA players who have refused to get vaccinated for COVID should be disciplined. The NBA said the league can t mandate players to get vaccinated unless the players union approves it. About 90% of NBA players have been vaccinated against COVID-19. In an interview on CNN, Abdul-Jabbar, who has been advocating for others to get the COVID vaccine, said the league should step in. I think they should be disciplined, he said Monday. I don t think they are behaving like good teammates or g stanley cups ood citizens. Earlier Monday, Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving said he wanted to keep his vaccination status private after Rolling Stone reported on his social media activity, where he was engaging with anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories. He couldn t attend the session in person because New York City requires anyo stanley cup ne over the age of 12 to show COVID-19 vaccination proof to en stanley cup ter indoor venues, such as gyms or arenas. Abdul-Jabbar said he can t accept Irving s stance on the issue. He s hiding behind procedure here, he said. Either you understand what s going on and you re going to do the right thing or you don t understand what s going on and you re going to continue to create all this confusion with your stance. The NBA players union, where Irving serves as vice president, has not agreed to any requirement involving COVID-19 vaccines, despite the National Basketball Referees Associati Xupm 8203;Golden Gate Bridge officials fear invasion of drones
The security level at all U.S. military bases has been raised due to a threatening environment created by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.The security level has been raised from Alpha - the lowest - to Bravo, Martin reports. A Pentagon spokesman said there was no specific threat but the increase in security was ordered in response to a general increase in the overall threat environment, referring to the recent attack in Garland, Texas, and social media chatter.The increased security conditions come a month after federal authorit stanley cup ies arrested a 20-year-old Kansas man after he allegedly tried to set of air max f a bomb at Fort Riley, Kansas. Officials said John Booker Jr. intended a suicide attack on the Army base in support of ISIS. ISIS recruiter linked to Texas shooting suspect 02:42 The attack on a provocative cartoon contest in Texas appears to reflect a scenario that has long troubled national security officials: A do-it-yourself terror plot, inspired by ISIS and facilitated through the ease of social media. Trying to gauge which individuals in the United States pose such threats - an adidas samba d how vigorously they should be monitored - is a daunting challenge for counterterrorism agencies. Some