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Masks, Temperature Checks Mark New Normal at Restaurants

(Associated Press) With staff wearing masks, checking customers' temperatures and using disposable paper place mats, some of the nation's restaurants reopened for dine-in service...

What “Experts” Keep Getting Wrong About Cruising

(CruiseRadio) In case you haven’t heard, some “experts” out there are saying you won’t be getting back on a cruise ship. Completely unaware of just...

Stocks Rise as Governments Plan to Ease Virus Lockdowns

(Associated Press) Stocks around the world rose Monday as governments prepare to gradually lift restrictions they imposed on businesses to slow the sweep of...

Plastic Bag Taxes Transmit Disease at Grocery Stores

(The American Conservative) The COVID-19 pandemic is spurring restrictions and lockdowns across the nation. But one Washington area government showcases the shams behind some...

Questions Swirl as Fed Meets Amid Deepening Economic Crisis

(Associated Press) The Federal Reserve has largely calmed turbulent financial markets. Yet a far tougher task remains: Helping rescue an economy and job market...

Girl Scouts to Get Relief Loan for Lost Cookie Sales

(Associated Press) Selling Girl Scout cookies is normally a foolproof business model, but the coronavirus outbreak cooled sales of for Alaska scourts. The Girl...

GOP Senator Wants to “Send China a Bill for the Pandemic”

(Associated Press) Officials in South Carolina expressed appreciation Sunday for the 1.5 million surgical masks sent from China that are needed to stem...

Flood of Business Bankruptcies Coming

(Associated Press) The billions of dollars in coronavirus relief targeted at small businesses may not prevent many of them from ending up in bankruptcy...

University Gets $16.6 Million in Emergency Relief, Hires “Associate Vice President for Diversity”

(The College Fix) The University of Iowa’s values haven’t changed even as the coronavirus pandemic poses the worst threat to its finances since the...

Willie Nelson Puts Autographed Masks Up for Auction to Raise Pandemic Funds

(Wonderwall) Tanya Boike, a friend of Willie Nelson's granddaughter, Noelle Ward, recently started making masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19. When she...