BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — Kansas harvester Mike Keimig is growing increasingly anxious about whether the foreign seasonal workers he needs to run his nine combines and drive his grain trucks will arrive in time for the start of the winter wheat harvest, which is just weeks away. His regular crew...
The 4 Reasons Why Reopening Could Crush The Restaurant Industry
[aggregation-styles] Forbes While 97% of the US Population is still under some form of shelter in place order, restaurants are beginning to reopen in 62% of the USA. Two highly-populated states, Georgia and Texas, are allowing for patrons to dine inside at restaurants with a 25% capacity restriction. While restaurant...
Fauci Becomes Third Member of White House Coronavirus Task Force to Enter Quarantine
[aggregation-styles] NBC Three members of the White House coronavirus task force will self-quarantine after possible exposure to COVID-19, administration officials said Saturday. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control, will quarantine for...
South Korea, Hailed for Pandemic Response, Backtracks on Reopening After COVID-19 Cases Jump
[aggregation-styles] Newsweek Despite recently reopening businesses amid an impressive decline in new coronavirus case, the South Korean government has issued a nationwide health advisory for bars and nightclubs to close down for 30 more days after health officials tracked 13 new cases to a single person who attended five nightclubs...
11 Secret Service Members Test Positive for COVID-19 and Fears of It Spreading Through the White House Are Mounting
[aggregation-styles] Business Insider Eleven members of the US Secret Service have tested positive for the coronavirus as of Thursday evening, according to Yahoo News. Documents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seen by Yahoo News, revealed that the agency has 11 active coronavirus cases and an additional 60 employees...
What Needs to Go Right for a COVID Vaccine in 12-18 Months
I, like many Americans, miss the pre-pandemic world of hugging family and friends, going to work and having dinner at a restaurant. A protective vaccine for SARS-Cov2 is likely to be the most effective public health tool to get back to that world. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute...
Lives Lost: Alabama Medal of Honor Winner Downplayed Heroism
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Decades after the Vietnam War, retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie Adkins had a simple way of explaining how he survived mortar attacks and rifle bullets that killed so many people all around him. “It was not my day,” he’d say. Then the coronavirus found Adkins and...
Is This Allowed? Confusing Rules, Enforcement in California
SACRAMENTO — Manager Lisa Trino thought she was doing everything right at Spencer’s Cafe in Bakersfield. “Out of 25 tables we were only using nine tables, and all staff was wearing masks and using gloves and we were practicing social distancing,” she said. Customers loved being able to sit down...
Dead Taxpayers Got Relief Checks. Can Survivors Keep Them?
President Donald Trump, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin — and now the IRS — are urging people who received coronavirus relief payments for a deceased taxpayer to return the money to the government. But legal experts say there is no law requiring people do that. Some of the more than 130...
California Nail, Hair Salons Plead to Open With Other Shops
WESTMINSTER — California officials have rattled off numerous shops and businesses that can now start reopening under rules aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus — but hair and nail salons are nowhere on the list. For more than a week, salon owners have clamored to get back to...