“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
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)
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)
Trump Slams
Mail-In Voting.
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic affecting nearly every aspect of life, several states are making adjustments to their primary election procedures. .
Many states have already postponed their elections to later dates, or have called for mail-in voting.
President Donald Trump criticized the idea of voting by mail on Twitter, saying Republicans lose out in the process.
Republicans should fight very hard when it comes to state wide mail-in voting. Democrats are clamoring for it. Tremendous potential for voter fraud, and for whatever reason, doesn’t work out well for Republicans, President Donald Trump via Twitter.
Easier access to voting by mail could affect
Trump’s bid for reelection this year, especially
in swing states where margins could be very thin
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)
Lady Gaga made the announcement during a World Health Organization call on Monday. The global televised special will take place April 18, and proceeds will help fund protective equipment for health-care professionals. (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)
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)
