Rideshare company Uber is helping customers social distance
The company announces grocery deliveries in select cities
Uber is now offering grocery delivery in select cities in order to help its users keep their distance from others.
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Here’s how people can volunteer for COVID-19 vaccine trials
(CNN) – People can now volunteer to take part in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials in the US. Click here to be directed to the website. Interested participants can register online for four large vaccine studies expected to start this summer and fall. They will be asked to fill out a questionnaire to determine how good of a study subject they…
EPA gives first approval to products that can kill COVID-19
(CNN) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given its first approval to two disinfectants that they say can kill COVID-19. Lysol Disinfectant Spray and Lysol Disinfectant Max Cover Mist have been federally approved as effective at killing COVID-19. The EPA approval is based on lab testing that found when used on hard, non-porous surfaces, both products kill the virus…
US car sales taking biggest hit since ’09 recession
(CNN) – U.S. car sales are taking their biggest hit since the 2009 recession. Wednesday, several top automakers reported a more than 30 percent plunge in sales during the second quarter. Car companies have been forced to close dealerships because of the COVID-19 crisis. Some credit analysts say it could take several years for the auto industry to return to…
COVID-19 national numbers surging to record highs with 40 states seeing increase
(CNN) – 60 percent of all the world’s coronavirus cases have been reported in the past month. Wednesday, the United States saw its highest single day of new COVID-19 cases, with nearly 47,000 cases reported. Nearly forty states across America are now seeing surges in cases and more than twenty are now pausing or rolling back re-openings. Categories: National News,…
Former Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks is released from jail
The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot has been released from jail.
Cops called on children playing football, and police get a touchdown for their response
The person who complained that children were playing football in their neighborhood probably didn't expect this outcome
(CNN)— Ohio police were called to a neighborhood street after someone complained about children playing football there. But what happened next probably wasn’t exactly what the caller or the kids anticipated. Jim Nelson has the details. Categories: Digital Exclusives and Features, National News
American Airlines will start booking the middle seat again filling flights
(CNN) – As more American’s begin to travel as the country continues to reopen amid the pandemic, a number of airlines are starting to open up those middle seats again. American Airlines is the latest saying Friday they’ll be booking middle seats starting July 1. The company says they’ll let you know ahead of time that you’re booked next to…
Facebook to crackdown on hate speech
Social media platform will bad ads that scapegoat minorities, immigrants among other groups
(CNN)— Facebook will ban ads that scapegoat minorities, immigrants, racial or other groups as part of a wider crackdown on hate speech, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The expanded policy will prohibit ads that claim these groups are a threat, Zuckerberg said on a livestream Friday. The new policy will also ban negative ads about immigrants or asylum seekers. “Specifically,…
Coronavirus pandemic could lead to fewer births
New study predicts drop in the number of child births during the global health crisis
(CNN) — One of the effects of the coronavirus could end up being up to half a million fewer births in the u-s than expected. That’s what experts at the Brookings Institution and the March of Dimes are predicting. researchers looked at data from U.S. fertility during the recession of 2007 through 2009 and the 1918 flu pandemic. The group…
