The Labor Department released the tally of the most recent jobless claims on Thursday. First-time claims for the week ending on April 25 increased by more than 3.84 million. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The airline will require passengers to wear face coverings beginning on May 4. Travelers must wear face masks while checking in, boarding, throughout the flight and deplaning. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
“Saturday Night Live’ aired their second socially distanced episode of the COVID-19 pandemic on April 25. The episode’s cold open featured actor Brad Pitt portraying Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Labor Department released the numbers on Thursday. The five-week total of those who have filed claims since the beginning of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak now exceeds 26.4 million. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NBC recently announced that the cast of their beloved show, ’Parks and Recreation,’ would soon be reunited for a charity special featuring an “all-new story.” (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Reckitt Benckiser, the company that makes Lysol and Dettol, is warning customers not to ingest its cleaning products after President Trump suggested that ingesting disinfectants could help protect people against the coronavirus. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The CDC now recommends wearing cloth masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But are they suitable for babies? According to the CDC, masks should not be used for children under age 2. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
During the daily White House press conference on Tuesday, President Donald Trump revealed the details of the upcoming executive order. Trump said the order will be reassessed after 60 days “based on economic conditions” of the U.S. (Las Vegas Review-Journal
President Donald Trump announced the executive order in a Monday night tweet. As of Tuesday morning, the White House has offered no details of Trump’s forthcoming order. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration revealed that the test had received emergency approval. The new kit, produced by North Carolina-based LabCorp, allows people to collect their own sample from home and send it to be tested. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
U.S. crude prices reached their lowest level on record, with West Texas Intermediate crude dropping to minus $37.63 a barrel on April 20. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Oil Prices Plummet to
Minus $37 a Barrel.
U.S. crude prices reached their lowest
level on record, with West Texas Intermediate
crude dropping to minus $37.63 a barrel.
Oil’s May contract, known as its front month,
has been hit the hardest with deliveries set to
take place while the country is on lockdown.
As demand for gasoline
from refineries decreases,
storage tanks are also
beginning to near their limits.
We are seeing real pressure on storage as a consequence of the collapse in demand, ANZ strategist Daniel Hynes, via ‘Squawk Box’.
OPEC and its oil-producing partners finalized
a historic agreement earlier this month to cut
production by 9.7 million barrels per day on May 1
The guidelines set by Gov. Steve Sisolak and the Southern Nevada Health District include: 6-foot distancing rule, limiting customers in the store, hand sanitizer stations, plexiglass shields at checkout and protective gloves and face masks. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Jobless claims reached more than 16 million Americans on April 9. This equates to 10 percent of the workforce who have lost their jobs in the last three weeks. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
John Prine, Country-Folk Singer,
Dead at 73.
Prine died due to complications
caused by COVID-19 at Vanderbilt
University Hospital in Nashville, TN.
The singer and songwriter
is counted as one the favorite
artists by the likes of Bob Dylan
and Kris Kristofferson.
Prine’s stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mind trips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs, Bob Dylan, via ‘The New York Times’.
Born in the Midwest,
Prine learned to play the guitar
as a child after his family had moved to Kentucky.
He recorded albums for
Atlantic and Asylum records,
as well as under his own label, Oh Boy Records.
He received Grammy awards in
1992 and 2006. In 2019, he was
inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Prine was chosen for the
lifetime achievement Grammy in 2020.
They come along like a dream or something, and you just got to hurry up and respond to it, because if you mess around, the song is liable to pass you by, John Prine, via ‘The New York Times’
John Prine died due to complications caused by COVID-19 at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee on April 7. The singer-songwriter is counted as one the favorite artists by the likes of Bob Dylan and Kris Kristofferson. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
With recent news of a tiger at the Bronx Zoo testing positive for COVID-19, many have begun to worry whether animals can transmit the virus. According to Karen Terio, chief of the Zoological Pathology Program at the University of Illinois, there’s no need to panic. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Satellite images from the European Space Agency have shown that air pollution levels around the world have decreased as a result of the slowing of industrial activity. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London. A new statement released from his office on April 6 has revealed that his COVID-19 caused
symptoms have “worsened.” (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
According to Johns Hopkins University, as of April 3, more than 1,033,000 people have been infected with coronavirus. The U.S. has the most reported cases, with nearly a quarter of a million infections. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Amazon established a new section of its website where U.S.-accredited hospitals or state or federal agencies can apply for supplies. N95 masks, surgical masks, facial shields, surgical gowns, surgical
gloves and large-volume sanitizers are among the restricted items. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Democratic National Convention was set to take place over four days in the middle of July. Democratic officials have now confirmed the convention will take place the week of Aug. 17. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
According to Variety, 52-year-old frontman and songwriter Adam Schlesinger has died, following a short battle with the respiratory illness, coronavirus. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The U.S. Labor Department reported 6.6 million people filed for unemployment insurance in the past week. A reported 10 million people have filed over the past two weeks. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act into law March 27. It allows states to expand unemployment insurance benefits, including to independent contractors, self-employed and gig workers. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)