Police advocacy groups Blue Lives Matter NYC and Standing Up for NYC have teamed up to call New York Mayor Bill De Blasio to paint a street mural near the New York Police Department headquarters at One Police Plaza. The idea for a “Blue Lives Matter” mural was inspired by …
Read More »Retail sales in the United States decline; high unemployment, COVID-19 rise looms over recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US retail sales rose more than expected in June as consumers bought high-priced items like motor vehicles and went out to dinner, but a resurgence in new COVID cases- 19 is impacting the budding recovery, keeping 32 million Americans unemployed benefits. Economists attributed the second consecutive monthly …
Read More »Waves of viruses. Plateau working hours. America may be flattening the wrong curve
(Reuters) – The United States’ economic recovery showed signs of stagnation last week when the country struggled against rising coronavirus cases and an increasingly fractured government response, according to data from a broad set of industry sources and government. FILE PHOTO: A waitress takes customers’ temperatures when they come to …
Read More »Kangaroo jumping through South Florida safely captured by police
Fort Lauderdale police found a lone kangaroo leaping through the city center on Thursday morning. Officers put a strap over his head and lifted the Australian expat out of the back of a police cruiser, footage from CNN affiliate WSVN showed. The kangaroo was taken to the department’s stables, police …
Read More »Greta Thunberg: the world must ‘break’ old contracts, build new systems to save the climate
LONDON (Reuters) – Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said Thursday that the world needed economic reform to have a chance to beat climate change and that countries should be prepared to break old agreements and contracts to meet green goals. The 17-year-old spoke to Reuters TV after she and other activists …
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