METAIRIE, La. — An off-duty Louisiana police officer shot and wounded a 14-year-old boy after he found several people in his front yard early Friday morning, authorities said.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said the boy was hospitalized in critical condition Friday afternoon, news outlets reported.
Lopinto said the officer was asleep when he heard noises outside his home around 3 a.m. Friday in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie. The man went outside and saw several juveniles in his front yard, near his vehicle, authorities said.
An altercation occurred and the man shot the 14-year-old in the head, Lopinto said. The other individuals fled the scene but were later identified and interviewed, Lopinto said.
Source: Off-duty cop shot boy in the head outside Louisiana home, sheriff says
Pittsburgh Restaurants Offering Bottle Sales To-Go — GOOD FOOD PITTSBURGH
Okay! Yinz asked, so here are more ways to get booze in Pittsburgh.
Stop logging onto the PA Wine and Spirits website to try your chances with their online home delivery system. There are plenty of restaurants offering beer and wine bottles to-go (and they could really use your support right now!)
Below are a few restaurants spread all over the city offering beer and wine bottles to-go. Most are also open for curbside food pickup, so make a night of it! Dinner + Drinks + Supporting Local Businesses. Cheers to that!
Tag us @goodfoodpgh and #goodfoodpgh so we can see your night in!
How to Get Beer & Wine in Pittsburgh Right Now:
Carmella’s Plates & Pints
This South Side staple is open each week Tuesday through Sunday from 12PM – 8PM for To-Go orders. Beer & Wine are also available for takeout. View a whole of alcohol online, as well as their takeout menu. Tip: On Mondays from 4pm – 10pm for Malbec Monday, there are half-priced bottles of wine with $20 food order.
Carmella’s Plates & Pints (1908 E Carson St)
Joseph Tambellini Restaurant
Joseph Tambellini Restaurant is open for takeout and they are also selling beer & wine. Most bottles are 20% off. Browse their selection online and call to place order. Orders will be brought out curbside. Keep an eye on social media for their up-to-date takeout menu.
Joseph Tambellini Restaurant (5701 Bryant St)
Mary’s Vine
Support this local business with wine take out. Stop by the restaurant during open hours (keep an eye on social media for updates) and chat with their sommelier. Also taking orders via email, connect@marysvine.com. A full wine list can be viewed online. They are also happy to setup up another time to browse, just reach out.
Mary’s Vine (211 Kenmawr Ave, Rankin)
Penn Cove Eatery & The Warren
Located next to the Benedum Center Downtown, these connected restaurants are open for pick-up (order online), as well as delivery through Grubhub and Postmates. Additionally, select wines are available for purchase, all curated by owner Spencer Warren. While on their website, be sure to donate to their Service Industry Dinner Program.
Penn Cove Eatery & The Warren (245 7th St)
Acorn
As part of their online ordering process, wines can be selected to-go from Acorn in Shadyside. (Don’t miss the mimosa kit!)
Acorn (5528 Walnut St)
Umami
Umami is open for takeout Wed-Sat: 5:00-10:00 PM. In addition to their food menu (keep an eye on social), they’ve got beer, wine bottles, and sake bottles for carryout.
Umami (202 38th St)
Lot 17
Lot 17 is offering six packs and take out food. Keep an eye on social for menu and hours.
Lot 17 (4617 Liberty Ave)
Cioppino Restaurant
Cioppino Restaurant is open for takeout wit wine and beer. Menu can be viewed online. They also have a “Date Night ?? Package,” including Shrimp Cocktail | Filet Mignon | Roasted Rosemary Potato | Chef’s Choice Of Chocolate Dessert | Bottle Of Wine – $100! Available For Curbside Pick-Up.
Cioppino Restaurant (2350 Railroad St)
Cenacolo Restaurant
In addition to their take-out and delivery (via GrubHub), availible Wednesday – Saturday 4:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M., Sunday 3:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. (menu online), Cenacolo offers wide selection of wine to-go!
Cenacolo Restaurant (2000 Commerce Loop, North Huntingdon)
DeBlaze Grill
This Italian Steakhouse in bridgeville is offering free delivery… and that includes 6 Packs and bottles of wine. Call to Order and receive $5 Gift card for every $30 spent. 412.319.7475.
DeBlaze Grill (500 Washington Ave, Bridgeville)
D’s Six Pax & Dogz
D’s Six Pax & Dogz is open! They have wine, beer, and boozy slushies (okay, twist our arm). Both the beer cave and cooler are open. Full food menu is also available. Both pick up and delivery options. Call 412-241-4666 to order. Keep an eye on their social media for specials.
D’s Six Pax & Dogz (1118 S Braddock Ave)
Sushi Tomo
Located on McKnight Road, this restaurant is serving fresh quality sushi to Pittsburgh, and offering delivery via DoorDash & UberEats. The restaurant also has booze (including Japanese Whisky, Sake, and Japanese beer!) for carry out. Keep an eye on their social media for updates.
Sushi Tomo (4812 McKnight Rd)
Silk Elephant
Squirrel Hill’s Silk Elephant, a Thai tapas and wine bar, has a selection of beer, wine and spirits to go. Call them at 412-421-8801 to order.
Silk Elephant (1712 Murray Avenue)
Walmart requires face masks for workers, urges shoppers to wear them – Business Insider
- Walmart will require all US employees to wear face masks starting on Monday.
- The company will also encourage customers to wear masks or other facial coverings while shopping.
- Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.
Source: Walmart requires face masks for workers, urges shoppers to wear them – Business Insider
Johnstown’s Flood City Music Festival canceled due to coronavirus, organizers say | WJAC
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — This year’s AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival is canceled, the Johnstown Area Heritage Association announced Friday.
JAHA’s signature event was to be held July 31 through Aug. 1 at Peoples Natural Gas Park.
Organizers say they delayed cancelling the event for as long as they could, but admitted the future’s uncertainty regarding the coronavirus forced their hand.
“We waited to make this decision as long as we could, hoping for more clarity on when large gatherings like concerts and festivals would be possible – but at this point, no one knows, and we cannot continue in a holding pattern,” said Ron Carnevali, festival chairman. “It is now time to let our patrons, sponsors, volunteers, and artists know that the 2020 festival is canceled. We are deeply disappointed, as we’d done a great deal of planning and were even ready to announce a lineup.”
Source: Johnstown’s Flood City Music Festival canceled due to coronavirus, organizers say | WJAC
Man charged with robbing girlfriend, dragging her out of car in Uniontown | Local News | heraldstandard.com
A man was arrested Friday for allegedly robbing his girlfriend and dragging her from a car while it was in the road in Uniontown.
Darrell Howard Foster, 42, of River Avenue in Masontown was charged with strangulation, robbery, simple assault, theft and receiving stolen property.
According to court paperwork, Uniontown City Police were called to the intersection of South Gallatin Avenue and Main Street at about 6:45 a.m. Friday when a bystander called 911, reporting a woman was dragged from a vehicle and screaming for help.
Over 450 people benefit from free meals provided by Greensburg restaurant | TribLIVE.com
Jim Bosco has lofty goals for his Greensburg restaurant: provide 50 free meals to community members in five hours every day.
Several Western Pennsylvania restaurants have banded together since the coronavirus that causes covid-19 hit, in an effort to provide free meals to those in need. Community members sitting at home have started sewing masks, leaving essential supplies for medical workers and protecting people during activities like grocery shopping.
Source: Over 450 people benefit from free meals provided by Greensburg restaurant | TribLIVE.com
5.2 million more seek unemployment aid as U.S. layoffs spread | TribLIVE.com
WASHINGTON — The wave of layoffs that has engulfed the U.S. economy since the coronavirus struck forced 5.2 million more people to seek unemployment benefits last week, the government reported Thursday.
Roughly 22 million have sought jobless benefits in the past month — easily the worst stretch of U.S. job losses on record. All told, roughly nearly 12 million people are now receiving unemployment checks, roughly matching the peak reached in January 2010, shortly after the Great Recession officially ended.
Source: 5.2 million more seek unemployment aid as U.S. layoffs spread | TribLIVE.com
Westmoreland reports no new coronavirus deaths; total cases up to 249 | TribLIVE.com
Westmoreland County officials continued to report 19 coronavirus deaths on Friday as state data showed nine new cases across the county.
The coroner’s website, last updated Thursday morning, showed 19 cases: 10 men and nine women. The oldest covid-19 victim in the county was 109 years old, and the youngest was 61.
State health officials said the cases were reported between 12 a.m. Thursday and 12 a.m. Friday, and the countywide total now stands at 249. The state continues to report 13 deaths, and officials have said they’re investigating the cause of the discrepancies.
The state as a whole on Friday reported 1,706 new coronavirus cases, pushing the running total to 29,441. Forty-nine more people have died, and Pennsylvania’s death toll stands at 756.
Source: Westmoreland reports no new coronavirus deaths; total cases up to 249 | TribLIVE.com
Pittsburgh food bank hosting another drive-up distribution in Duquesne | TribLIVE.com
By Matt Rosenberg
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will hold another drive-up distribution at its Duquesne headquarters Monday.
The distribution, which runs from noon to 3 p.m., will be able to accommodate up to 1,000 vehicles. Each vehicle will receive two boxes.
The food bank is asking attendees to begin lining up no sooner than 11 a.m. via the intersection at Route 837 and South Linden Street. Vehicles arriving before 11 a.m. may be turned away and told to return at that time.
As with its other drive-up distributions, the food bank is asking attendees to adhere to the following guidelines:
• Stay in your vehicle at all times, except when using the outdoor restroom facilities placed along Linden Street.
• After pulling into “distribution row,” please put your vehicle in park and unlock your trunk or backseat for food to be loaded
• Attendees will not be required to fill out a registration form in order to receive food
The food bank’s drive-up distributions have seen hundreds waiting in long lines for food boxes. The distributions will continue every Monday at the Duquesne headquarters until further notice as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
Matt Rosenberg is a Tribune-Review assistant multimedia editor. You can contact Matt at 412-320-7937, mrosenberg@triblive.com or via Twitter .
Source: Pittsburgh food bank hosting another drive-up distribution in Duquesne | TribLIVE.com
Coronavirus: Germany says its outbreak is ‘under control’ – BBC News
Germany’s health minister says the month-long lockdown has brought his country’s coronavirus outbreak under control.
Jens Spahn said that since 12 April the number of recovered patients had been consistently higher than the number of new infections.
The infection rate has dropped to 0.7 – that is, each infected person passed the virus to fewer than one other.
In Germany 3,868 have died of Covid-19 – fewer than in Italy, Spain or France.
However, the number of fatalities is still rising in Germany, as is the number of infected health care workers.
So far almost 134,000 people have been infected in Germany.
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The degree of lockdown varies across Germany’s regions – it is tightest in the states of Bavaria and Saarland.
Source: Coronavirus: Germany says its outbreak is ‘under control’ – BBC News
Landlords sexually harassing tenants during coronavirus crisis
Some disgusting US landlords are taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis by trying to coerce their cash-strapped tenants into “sex-for-rent” agreements, according to a disturbing new report.
In Hawaii, the state’s Commission on the Status of Women has seen 10 complaints of sexual harassment by landlords since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, BuzzFeed News reported.
“We’ve received more cases at our office in the last two days than we have in the last two years,” Khara Jabola-Carolus, the executive director of the commission, told the outlet last week.
In the Chicago area, Sheryl Ring, the legal director at Open Communities, a legal aid and fair housing agency, said that her organization has seen a threefold increase in housing-related sexual harassment complaints over the past month.
Source: Landlords sexually harassing tenants during coronavirus crisis
‘I’m asking you to stay the course’: Gov. Tom Wolf outlines broad plan for reopening Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday presented the broad outlines of his administration’s requirements for relaxing restrictions on businesses and residents in Pennsylvania, including expanded testing and systems for tracking when people are becoming sick with the coronavirus.
But he did not provide a specific timeline for reopening the state, nor did he provide benchmarks on which he would base that decision.
The Democratic governor instead advocated for taking a gradual and regional approach toward opening certain business and industry sectors, with a requirement that hospitals and health systems in those areas have adequate bed space and personal protective equipment.
China Raises Coronavirus Death Toll by 50% in Wuhan
China on Friday raised its coronavirus death toll by 50 percent in Wuhan, the city where the outbreak first emerged, amid accusations that the government had concealed the extent of the epidemic.Officials placed the new tally at 3,869 deaths from the coronavirus in the central Chinese city, an increase of 1,290 from the previous figure. The number of cumulative confirmed infections in the city was also revised upward to 50,333, an increase of 325.The move appeared to be a response to growing questions about the accuracy of China’s official numbers and calls to hold the country responsible for a global health crisis that has killed more than 142,000 people and caused a worldwide economic slowdown.China has been criticized as having initially mismanaged and concealed the extent of the epidemic, though it ultimately swung into action and seemingly tamed the virus. Recently, as other countries have grappled with their own outbreaks, Chinese officials have come under even greater pressure to explain how exactly the epidemic unfolded in Wuhan.“They are on the defensive, clearly,” said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a political science professor at Hong Kong Baptist University and an expert on Chinese politics. “It’s an uphill battle now for China to improve its image.”In an interview Friday with the official Xinhua news agency, an unidentified official from Wuhan’s epidemic command center said that revising the figures was important for protecting the “credibility of the government” and “maintaining respect for each individual life.”The local authorities say the new totals were reached after a detailed investigation and now include deaths at home from the virus that went unreported in the early days of the outbreak and deaths that were incorrectly reported by hospitals. After reaching a peak in February, the epidemic appears to be controlled for now in China, and restrictions in Wuhan have been loosening this month.Experts say the revisions are not unusual. Many countries are probably underreporting their official tallies of infections and deaths, in part because of problems with testing and the speed with which the virus has overwhelmed public health care systems.Still, the changes to the official figures are small enough that they are unlikely to quash lingering doubts about their veracity.
State lawmakers in Pittsburgh take calls from unemployed residents, hear stories of hardship amid pandemic
PITTSBURGH —Pennsylvania residents are feeling excruciating financial pressure as most businesses remain closed, forcing scores of people to file unemployment claims at unprecedented levels.People complain of a flawed unemployment system they describe as virtually unresponsive, with jammed phone lines, waiting periods that exceed two hours and dropped calls when they do get through.
Many are turning to their elected state senators and representatives for guidance and support through phone calls and emails to express their respective levels of economic trauma. “Right now there are a lot of people hurting,” says Rep. Sara Innamorato,(D) PA. 21st District. “We get phone calls into our office, people who are near tears. ”
Rep. Valerie Gaydos, (R) PA. 44th District, is hearing the same hardship. “Trying to tell a single mom it’s going to be three more weeks before she can put food on the table is unacceptable “
Biggest cosmic mystery ‘step closer’ to solution – BBC News
Stars, galaxies, planets, pretty much everything that makes up our everyday lives owes its existence to a cosmic quirk.
The nature of this quirk, which allowed matter to dominate the Universe at the expense of antimatter, remains a mystery.
Now, results from an experiment in Japan could help researchers solve the puzzle – one of the biggest in science.
It hinges on a difference in the way matter and antimatter particles behave.
The world that’s familiar to us – including all the everyday objects we can touch – is made up of matter. The fundamental building blocks of matter are sub-atomic particles, such as electrons, quarks and neutrinos.
Source: Biggest cosmic mystery ‘step closer’ to solution – BBC News
Meghan Markle Prince Harry Deliver Free Meals in L.A. Amid Covid | PEOPLE.com
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stepped out in L.A. on Wednesday to help their new community during the coronavirus crisis.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who moved from Canada to L.A. last month with their son Archie, helped distribute meals for Project Angel Food, a non-profit charity that cooks, prepares and delivers meals to people living with critical illnesses who are at greater risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, PEOPLE confirms.
“They actually did two deliveries for us — one on Easter Sunday and one on Wednesday — and they’ve done it quietly,” Richard Ayoub, Project Angel Food’s executive director, tells PEOPLE. “We’re completely honored.”
“They were extremely down to earth and genuinely interested in every single person they met,” Ayoub continues. “They engaged with our chefs, they engaged with clients — they just wanted to make sure that people felt the love and appreciation. Their goal was really to just honor our chefs and staffs and volunteers by being of service.”
“What Meghan said is she wanted to show Harry Los Angeles through the eyes of philanthropy. It’s just beautiful,” he adds. “There’s obviously a great deal of love and selflessness between them. They both are individuals who want to know about others. Our clients are clients who are often forgotten. They really wanted to go visit these people. They wanted to see them and talk to them and hopefully put a smile on their faces.”
Source: Meghan Markle Prince Harry Deliver Free Meals in L.A. Amid Covid | PEOPLE.com
Sweden Continues With Controversial Coronavirus Strategy: Is It A Big Mistake?
There’s a growing media chorus pointing out that Sweden’s relatively relaxed approach to public restrictions amid the coronavirus outbreak is beginning to look like a mistake. One main factor is that Sweden’s death rate is continuing to climb more quickly than that of its Nordic neighbors. The rate of intensive care admissions at hospitals is also outpacing the likes of Denmark, Norway and Finland, as pointed out in a daily briefing compiled by Swedbank.
In Sweden coronavirus-related death and hospitalization numbers are still climbing, but authorities seem satisfied that they aren’t out of control just yet. Meanwhile more international media is calling the strategy a terrible mistake. A look at what some Swedes are thinking, and what may lie ahead.
Source: Sweden Continues With Controversial Coronavirus Strategy: Is It A Big Mistake?
Rolling coronavirus patients on stomach may help chances of recovery, expert says | Fox News
A decades-old practice of flipping patients with respiratory issues onto their front side rather than having them lay on their backs may prove beneficial when dealing with coronavirus, and even increase chances of recovery, as the position is helping to improve oxygen delivery and absorption, experts say.
Dr. Imran Sharief, a pulmonary disease specialist in California, told Fox News that using what is called “prone positioning” with his coronavirus patients has proven beneficial. When patients on ventilators lie on their backs, a significant amount of pressure from the rib cage, fat content, secretions and gravity pulls contents in the body downward, thereby compressing airways, he said.
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Simply turning patients onto their front alleviates pressure and offers more area to deliver oxygen, lending more absorption in the system that will aid in oxygen delivery to all organs in the body.
Sharief, who works with patients across all counties in California, explained an average person normally intakes room air, which contains 21 percent oxygen, while COVID-19 patients require 90 to 100 percent oxygen.
Source: Rolling coronavirus patients on stomach may help chances of recovery, expert says | Fox News
Diamond & Silk claim Bill Gates work on coronavirus vaccine is part of plot to “rule the world” | Salon.com
Trump-loving social media personalities Diamond & Silk this week uncorked a bizarre conspiratorial rant about Gates
ome supporters of President Donald Trump have latched onto a new villain to attack during the COVID-19 pandemic: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
As The Daily Beast’s Will Sommer reports, Trump-loving social media personalities Diamond & Silk this week uncorked a bizarre conspiratorial rant about Gates working to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus to use unsuspecting Americans as “guinea pigs” in a plan to “rule the world with vaccines.”
Bill Gates stored food in basement to prep for a pandemic
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, people across the world have rushed to “panic buy” and stockpile food and toilet paper, fearing potential shortages.
But Bill and Melinda Gates began to stockpile food in their basement years before the current pandemic.
“A number of years ago, we talked about, ‘What if there wasn’t clean water? What if there wasn’t enough food? Where might we go? What might we do as a family?’ So, I think we should leave those preparations to ourselves,” Melinda Gates told BBC Radio Live on Thursday.“We had prepared, and had some food in the basement in case needed, and now we’re all in the same situation,” she said.
Melinda said they could not prepare with a particular drug or vaccine, of course, as “there are no tools” for Covid-19.
“This is a disease we’re all in together,” she said on BBC Radio.
But she also acknowledged her family’s privilege.
“What we mostly talk about now in our home every night is how lucky we are. We understand our privilege. When we say our grace at night, what we’re thankful for around the table, is that we aren’t struggling to put a meal on the table as so many families around the world are,” Melinda said.As far back as 2010, Bill Gates warned of a looming pandemic in a blog post after the 2009 H1N1 outbreak.
Source: Bill Gates stored food in basement to prep for a pandemic
Trumpists Believe Bill Gates Is Using Coronavirus to Implant Brain Chips
Billionaire Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have committed $100 million of their own money to fight the coronavirus pandemic. In return, a fevered segment of the pro-Trump internet is convinced the couple wants to kill off a good portion of humanity, then install mark-of-the-beast style tracking chips in whoever survives.
On Wednesday, pro-Trump personalities and regular Trump White House guests “Diamond and Silk” became the latest to push conspiracy theories about Gates, tweeting that the Microsoft founder was operating on a secretive “agenda” to “rule the world with vaccines” and vowing not to take any coronavirus vaccine that Gates was involved with.
“You’re not going to make black people the guinea pigs for this here right here,” Lynnette “Diamond” Hardaway said in a video.
“We’re not going to be your experiment or your project,” Rochelle “Silk” Richardson added.
Source: Trumpists Believe Bill Gates Is Using Coronavirus to Implant Brain Chips
Workers returning to Pa. liquor stores to boost online sales | TribLIVE.com
To help process online orders, workers will be back on the job at many state-owned wine and liquor stores, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board said Thursday.
The stores will not be open to the public.
Gov. Tom Wolf’s office gave the OK to reopen more than 100 of the state system’s 600 stores to help with online fulfillment, a PLCB spokeswoman said.
Wolf ordered the stores shuttered at close of business March 17 as part of the effort against covid-19. On March 16, the day the closures were announced, wine and liquor sales hit $29.9 million — a record high for single-day sales in at least a decade.
Source: Workers returning to Pa. liquor stores to boost online sales | TribLIVE.com
How Man’s Best Friend Is Sniffing Out Covid-19 – YouTube
Stock market today: Dow futures rip 800 points higher amid report Gilead drug showing effectiveness treating coronavirus
U.S. stock futures surged on Thursday night after a report said a Gilead Sciences drug was showing effectiveness in treating the coronavirus. The move pointed to a jump for the stock market on Friday.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 800 points, or about 3.4%. S&P 500 futures gained 3.2% while Nasdaq 100 futures were up by 2.1%.
Gilead shares jumped by 14% in after-hours trading after STAT news reported that a Chicago hospital treating coronavirus patients with Remdesivir in a trial were recovering rapidly from severe symptoms. The publication cited a video it obtained where the trial results were discussed.
National coronavirus updates: President Trump details plans for ‘gradual’ reopening of the country
The ranks of Americans thrown out of work by the coronavirus has ballooned to more than 20 million.
Source: National coronavirus updates: President Trump details plans for ‘gradual’ reopening of the country
Brian Dennehy Dead: Actor in ‘First Blood’ and ‘Death of a Salesman’ Was 81 | Hollywood Reporter
2 inmates escape from coronavirus-stricken Wisconsin prison
Two inmates escaped Thursday from a Wisconsin prison where staffers have been infected with the coronavirus, police and correctional officials said.
Thomas E. Deering, 46, and James R. Newman, 36, escaped from the Columbia County Correctional Institution in Portage and investigators believe they could be headed toward Madison, Portage police said.
The inmates are not suspected to still be in Portage, where police advised residents earlier Thursday to stay inside and lock their doors until further notice.
“[All] officers and detectives are being provided the latest information on the suspects,” Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain told WMTV. “Like other area law enforcement, we are on alert.”
Detectives are also searching for the pair in nearby Poynette, police told WMTV.
Newman was convicted of kidnapping, escape and theft in 2016, according to court records cited by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Deering, meanwhile, had been serving time at the prison with maximum- and minimum-security units after being convicted of kidnapping, burglary and sexual assault in 2001, the newspaper reports.
Source: 2 inmates escape from coronavirus-stricken Wisconsin prison
Land O’ Lakes drops ‘racist’ Native American image from packaging after nearly 100 years | Fox News
Land O’ Lakes has an updated look for 2020.
The farmer-owned dairy cooperative, which produces butter, cheese and other milk products, has dropped the Native American maiden image from its packaging, opting instead for just a landscape.
The logo, which has been the company’s label for nearly 100 years since it was founded in Minnesota in 1921, has been called “racist” and criticized for its use of the “butter maiden.”
Source: Land O’ Lakes drops ‘racist’ Native American image from packaging after nearly 100 years | Fox News
Pennsylvania State Senate votes to override governor’s stay-at-home order | TheHill
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Coronavirus stimulus checks were deposited into wrong bank accounts
Some Americans say they haven’t gotten their coronavirus stimulus checks because the feds sent the money to the wrong bank accounts.Several taxpayers tried to check the status of their payments
Source: Coronavirus stimulus checks were deposited into wrong bank accounts