Detroit (AP) – Concerns are mounting for United Airlines flight attendant Jordi Cuomix. In a few days, it will join about 40,000 airline workers whose jobs are likely to steam up in an industry plagued by the coronavirus epidemic. United will sue Comex on Thursday, cutting its income and health …
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Mystery of Zimbabwe elephant deaths could be solved, as experts have bacterial eye disease
Zimbabwean officials say the recent spate of elephant deaths in the country is the result of a bacterial infection. Fulton Mangwanya, director general of the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, told the parliamentary committee that 34 elephants had died so far and “many” could still die in the short …
Read More »Press NYC to clear its law by signaling Cuomo National Guard assistance
The government, Andrew Cuomo, threatened to send the National Guard to help if New York City were to cut state funding if it did not step up efforts to tackle crime and clean up waste amid the epidemic. Cuomo Sweeps de Blasio for Cream: ‘We have a problem in New …
Read More »Research shows that more than 30 Americans drank more during the coronavirus epidemic
The overall frequency of alcohol consumption has increased by about 14% since 2019, researchers report in the JAMA Network Open Journal. Which increases by 75% in adults to an average of one additional drinking day per month. Michael Pollard, a sociologist at RAR & Corporation, and colleagues analyzed a sample …
Read More »SpaceX’s Internet-to-Space Starlink system helps first responders fight fires in Washington, D.C.
Respondents fighting wildfires in Washington, D.C., are getting some help from the SpaceX and the company’s Internet, StarSlink initiative. SpaceX has given the Washington Emergency Management Division a loan on a handful of user terminals that can tap into the company’s Starlink satellites, providing Internet access in rural areas where …
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