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Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Blizzard Watch for Nine States, Including Cheeseland

• February 1, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American History, Food, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Travel, Weather, Wisconsin
Tags: Candles, Capitol Square, Chicago, Dane County, Gas, Hilldale Mall, Madison.com, Metcalfe's, Middleton, Midwest, Midwestern United States, National Weather Service, Prescription Drugs, Radio, Rocky Mountains, Snow, Snow Blower, The Big One, The White Stuff, Travel, Winter Storm, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Emergency Management

Well, There’s WiFi on the Eighth Floor Tonight

• October 16, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Class, Education, Fiction Writing, Holidays, Joblessness, The Economy, Who I Am, Wisconsin, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Apple, Black Women, Blacks, Boohooing, Business, Cali, California, Cisco Systems, EBT, EBT Card, Joni Mitchell, Lake Mendota, Life Goes On, Madison Metro, Madison WI, Michelangelo's Coffeehouse, People, Retraining, Self-Respect, State Street, The Bay Area, The Big One, The Eighth Floor, The Eighties, The Great American Black Woman's Novel, The Madison Children's Museum, The Yellow Brick Road, Unemployed, Unemployment Insurance, United States, Web Design, Wi-Fi, Wisconsin, YWCA, YWCA Madison

It Was Sixty Four Years Ago Today

• August 6, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Crime, Health, History, Japan, The Rest of the World, War Crimes
Tags: August 6, August 8, Hiroshima, Japan, Nagasaki, The Atomic Bomb, The Big One, The Pacific War, The United States, World War II

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The New York Times

Chicago’s Jail Is Top U.S. Hot Spot as Virus Spreads Behind Bars April 8, 2020
At least 1,324 confirmed coronavirus cases are tied to prisons and jails across the United States, according to data tracked by The Times, including at least 32 deaths.
Optimism Is Less Distant as Global Coronavirus Battle Rages On April 9, 2020
Scientists say drastic shifts in behavior appear to be having an effect in the pandemic, though they say the death toll will continue to mount and caution against drawing any sweeping conclusions.
‘That Is What We Do’: The Power of Passover and Tradition Across Generations April 8, 2020
Jewish families on Wednesday will again recount the 10 plagues from the Book of Exodus. Only this year will be a little different.
‘I’m in High School Again’: Virus Sends College Students Home to Parents, and Their Rules April 8, 2020
Their college campuses closed, crestfallen students have journeyed back to their childhood bedrooms — and to chores, revived sibling rivalries and curfews.
Today’s News: What You Need to Know April 9, 2020
Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, Bernie Sanders: Here's what you need to know.
Flying Via a Smaller Airport? It May Take a While April 9, 2020
Passengers looking to fly to and from regional airports are feeling the brunt of airline cuts even more than those in bigger hubs, with many cancelations and circuitous routes.
Transit Has Been Battered by Coronavirus. What’s Ahead May Be Worse. April 9, 2020
“The number of scenarios that we have to plan for is staggering.”
The Humble Phone Call Has Made a Comeback April 9, 2020
The volume of phone calls has surged more than internet use as people want to hear each other’s voices in the pandemic.

The Guardian, UK

Coronavirus live news: Iran deaths pass 4,000 as US insists isolation measures are working after record daily toll April 9, 2020
Boris Johnson still in intensive care; US protective equipment stockpile nearly empty; virus could push 500m people into povertyThe cluster effect: how social gatherings were rocket fuel for coronavirusCoronavirus latest: at a glanceUK coronavirus updates – liveAustralia coronavirus updates – liveSee all of our coronavirus coverage 12.13pm BST Indonesia has […]
The cluster effect: how social gatherings were rocket fuel for coronavirus April 9, 2020
Holding hands, kissing, sharing drinks from the same glass all helped spread the virusOn 15 February, a merry crowd wearing clown wigs and jester hats gathered in the town hall of Gangelt, a small western German municipality nestled by the Dutch border, to ring in the peak of the carnival season.Beer and wine flowed aplenty as approximately 350 adults in fan […]
Coronavirus could double number of people going hungry April 9, 2020
Exclusive: multinationals write to G7 and G20 urging leaders to keep borders open to trade and avert global food crisisCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFood supplies across the world will be “massively disrupted” by the coronavirus, and unless governments act the number of people suffering chronic hunger could double, some of the w […]
Have Australia and New Zealand stopped Covid-19 in its tracks? April 9, 2020
Southern hemisphere neighbours have developed different strategies but both are working – for nowCoronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Its more than 35,000km of coastline was always going to be Australia’s most potent weapon in the fight against coronavirus, but even so, the speed with which it was deployed was breathtaking.Without wa […]
Hong Kong face masks ban largely upheld despite coronavirus April 9, 2020
Law against use at legal and illegal assemblies was introduced during protestsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs health experts in Hong Kong call for masks to be made mandatory to tackle coronavirus, a ban on their use that was introduced in response to protests has been largely upheld by the appeal court.The court also used its r […]
Linda Tripp, key figure in Bill Clinton's impeachment, dies aged 70 April 8, 2020
Tripp, whose secret recordings of conversations with Monica Lewinsky blew the whistle on Clinton, was terminally illLinda Tripp, whose secretly recorded phone conversations with Monica Lewinsky led to Bill Clinton’s impeachment in the 1990s, has died. She was 70 years old.Tripp’s lawyer, Joseph Murtha, confirmed Tripp’s death to the Guardian earlier today, b […]
Child sexual abuse victims should not be put off by George Pell decision, experts say April 9, 2020
It would be ‘legally wrong’ to conclude that the high court ruling undermined the point of bringing cases to trial, professor saysVictims of child sexual abuse should not be dissuaded from coming forward and reporting perpetrators as a result of the jury conviction of Cardinal George Pell being overturned by the high court, a barrister and professor of law a […]
British Museum looks to crack mystery over decorated ostrich eggs April 8, 2020
Experts reexamine eggs – some dating back to bronze age – to understand origins and designsThey are about the same size as a standard Easter egg, but are rather older – with some specimens dating back five millennia to the early bronze age.A collection of decorated ostrich eggs belonging to the British Museum in London has been reexamined by experts in an ef […]

The BBC

Coronavirus: EU could fail over outbreak, warns Italy's Giuseppe Conte April 9, 2020
Giuseppe Conte tells the BBC EU leaders need to rise to the challenge of the pandemic.
Coronavirus in Suifenhe: Remote border town locks down as China opens up April 9, 2020
As cases rise in Suifenhe - 1,000 miles from Beijing - people have been ordered to stay indoors.
Coronavirus fuels a surge in fake medicines April 9, 2020
With the world's major medicine producers in lockdown, dangerous counterfeit drugs are on the rise.
Coronavirus: Spain PM sees fire 'coming under control' April 9, 2020
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is the latest leader to express cautious optimism about the outbreak.
Virus could push half a billion people into poverty April 9, 2020
Research warns the coronavirus pandemic could put a further 8% of world's population in poverty.
Coronavirus: How Russia's ballet wasn't shut down despite lockdown April 8, 2020
The spread of coronavirus has shut down entertainment venues but for these dancers the show must go on.
Coronavirus: WHO chief urges end to 'politicisation' of virus April 9, 2020
The comments come as President Trump continues his attacks on what he calls the "China-centric" WHO.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh locks down a million in Rohingya camps April 9, 2020
Cox's Bazar district hosts camps housing more than a million Rohingya Muslims displaced from Myanmar.