President Donald Trump retweeted a post by game show host Chuck Woolery that unfoundedly claimed that “everyone is lying” about the coronavirus pandemic in a possible effort to thwart Trump’s re-election prospects this fall by damaging the economy. Conservative Woolery, who hosted shows like “Love Connection,” wrote Sunday night: “The …
Read More »WHO sounds the alarm when coronavirus cases rise by a million in five days
(Reuters) – The number of coronavirus infections worldwide reached 13 million on Monday, according to a Reuters count, which increased by one million in just five days. The pandemic has now killed more than half a million people in six and a half months, and the head of the World …
Read More »Texas Supreme Court rules that the Republican State Party cannot compel Hot Spot Houston to host a convention in person
The Texas Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from the Texas Republican Party that would have allowed the group to host a face-to-face, mask-free convention in Houston, hit by the coronavirus, this week. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a Democrat, had ordered the event be canceled due to concerns about the coronavirus …
Read More »Small Business Emergency Grant Program Has No Money
Pedestrian traffic is slowly returning to Brattle Street and Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but small local businesses still suffer from prolonged blockage of the coronavirus. Lane Turner / The Boston Globe via Getty Images EIDL loans The EIDL Advance program, created by the CARES Act, awarded emergency grants to …
Read More »WHO chief: pandemic ‘is going to get worse and worse’
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that the coronavirus pandemic is out of control in North and South America, and that the virus will continue to spread unimpeded unless governments and individuals take the necessary steps to suppress your transmission. Almost 13 million people worldwide have tested positive …
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