Coronavirus
– Virus America, six months in: Disarray, dismay, disconnect
– Eight People In Indonesia Caught Not Wearing Masks Punished By Having To Dig Graves Of COVID Victims
– The Latest: United Nations chief: Virus is ‘out of control’
– Global coronavirus cases pass 30 million
Business/Economics
– Las Vegas is a ghost town where even the strippers put up signs saying, ‘Sorry, we’re clothed’
– US Industrial Production Big Disappointment In August As “V” Evaporates
– A Staggering 84% Of All S&P500 Assets Are Now Intangible
– Manhattan Rental Market Sees Another Record Plunge For August With 15,000 Empty Apartments
– A Depression For The 21st Century
– Fed To Continue “At Least” $120BN In Monthly QE To “Support Flow Of Credit To Households”
– Federal Reserve sees rates near zero at least through 2023
– More than half of businesses that closed during the pandemic won’t reopen
– Yelp Reveals 60% Of Business Closures Are Now Permanent
– US Retail Sales Disappoint, Online Spending Growth Hits A Wall As Government Handouts End
– 860,000 Americans Filed For First-Time Jobless Benefits Last Week
Government/Politics
– Scientific American Makes First Presidential Endorsement In Its 175-Year History
– Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead At 87
Global
– Bank of England eyes sub-zero rates in face of virus, Brexit
– Belarus president closes some borders, puts army on alert
Crime
– Chicago Logs Whopping 52% Jump In Homicides From 2019: ‘Five Times Any Prior Year’
Race
– Breonna Taylor’s Family to Receive $12 Million Settlement From City of Louisville
Culture
– Self-censorship in the US
Education
– GW University Reports 17% Enrollment Drop As Students Opt Out Of COVID-Restricted Campus Life
– College leaders deserve a flunking grade for their reopening
Weather
– ‘Huge rainmaker’: Hurricane Sally threatens historic floods
– Sally is leaving widespread flooding in parts of Alabama and Florida, and rescues are underway
Wildfires
– Smoke from US wildfires spreads across country and into Europe
– Yosemite National Park closes as wildfires scorch West Coast
– Wildfires, smoke continue to impact the West Coast
