There’s good news even in a pandemic. According to a report released Tuesday by a panel of climate scientists, the level of daily carbon dioxide emissions worldwide dropped by 17 percent in […]
Shutdowns reducing carbon dioxide
Many businesses may reopen soon
The light at the end of the business shutdown tunnel appeared Monday when Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that most counties in California would be allowed to re-open many businesses soon, including retail […]
JC Penney will file for bankruptcy
JC Penney, once a retail fixture in nearly every American town, could be headed into the final roundup. The 118-year-old department store chain on Friday announced it would file for Chapter 11 […]
Joblessness is now at 36 million
The total number of American workers who have applied for unemployment benefits in the last two months is at about 36 million, now that almost 3 million more people this week have […]
Republicans win two House seats
For the first time in two decades, a Republican candidate has taken back a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from the Democrats in California. In a special election on Tuesday, […]
Fauci warns of too-early “re-opening”
Warning of the possible impact of reopening the national economy, Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday morning testified to a U.S. Senate committee that “consequences could be really serious” if the process moved […]
MLB proposes a season without fans
You won’t be able to take anyone out to the ball game this year … at least not for a while. According to Fox News, Major League Baseball’s owners have put forth […]
Joblessness near Depression era
As was widely expected, Friday’s report of the U.S. unemployment rate was bad news. The Department of Labor revealed the jobless rate for April was 14.7 percent, the highest since the latter […]
Some stores can reopen on Friday
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced that lower risk workplaces and businesses would be allowed to reopen starting on Friday. This “Early Phase Stage 2” is a next step toward further loosening […]
3.2 million file for jobless benefits
Filings for unemployment benefits for the week ending May 2 dropped from the total of the week before, but still came in at 3.2 million people, the U.S. Department of Labor announced […]
