Coronavirus
– Hong Kong Confirms First Case Of COVID-19 Reinfection Anywhere In The World
– Germany Imposes Fine For All Non-Mask Wearers In New National Crackdown
– Hawaii’s COVID-19 Outbreak Spirals Out Of Control As Gov Revives Lockdown
– India Smashes Global Record For Most New COVID-19 Cases Reported In A Day
– US and UK are bottom of the pile in rankings of governments’ handling of coronavirus pandemic
Business/Economics
– In Historic Reshuffling, Exxon, Pfizer & Raytheon Kicked Out Of Dow Jones Industrial Average, Replaced By Saleforce, Amgen & Honeywell
– US Consumer Confidence Re-Plunges In August To 6 Year Lows
– Record GDP Plunge Revised Slightly Higher: US Economy Contracted 31.7% In Q2
– Initial Jobless Claims Above 1 Million Again Last Week
– US Cargo Thefts Erupt As Violent Crime Spreads Across America
– MGM Resorts To Fire 18,000 Employees, A Quarter Of Its Workforce
Government/Politics
– Pence reinvents Trump’s presidency on a disorienting night of crises
– 7 takeaways from the Republican convention
– Democrats Beat Republicans In Convention Television Ratings
Global
– Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Longest-Serving Postwar Leader, Resigns As Health Deteriorates
Protests
– Gov Evers Declares ‘State Of Emergency’ As Wisconsin Braces For 3rd Night Of Violence
– Protests Over Shooting Of Jacob Blake Turn Deadly In Kenosha, Wisconsin
– Jacob Blake protests: Timeline of unrest over police shooting
– Literal Battle Zones Are Erupting All Over America
– Chaos Erupts In DC After GOP Convention; Rand Paul And Wife Chased Down Street By BLM Protesters
– Teenager in Wisconsin shootings charged with six criminal counts -complaint
Weather
– Double Tropical Trouble Brewing For US Gulf Coast
– Hurricane Laura Upgraded To “Catastrophic” Category 4 With “Unsurvivable” Storm-Surge
Food
– Hungry New Yorkers form quarter-mile line for free food in Queens
Religion
– Jerry Falwell Jr. may get $10.5 million payout from Liberty University
