From the Trenches World Report

ABC News St. Louis

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is launching an emergency leave policy for its 1.4 million hourly U.S. workers that includes allowing its employees to not be penalized for taking time off if they feel uncomfortable working because of fear of the spreading new virus.

The nation’s largest private employer also said Tuesday that hourly workers who work in a store, club, office or distribution center will receive up to two weeks pay if they’re required to quarantine by the government or by the retailer. Workers who have a confirmed case of the new virus will also receive two weeks of pay. If they are not able to return to work after that time, additional pay may be provided for up to 26 weeks for both full-time and part-time hourly workers.  Continue reading “Walmart sets emergency leave policy for 1.4M hourly workers”

CNN

New York (CNN Business)Dick’s Sporting Goods will stop selling guns at 440 additional stores this year, escalating the company’s methodical elimination of firearms from its stores.

The move follows a series of decisions at Dick’s to scale back gun sales. A few days after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting in February 2018, the company announced it would stop selling semi-automatic weapons like the one used in the event. Continue reading “Dick’s Sporting Goods will stop selling guns at 440 more stores”

The Root – by Michael Harriot

If you had one shot, one opportunity to help someone, would you capture it or would you let them die of thirst?

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti…  Continue reading “Detroit Figures Out How to Charge Poor People for the Right to Not Die From Coronavirus”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Starting in 1969 and running through 2003, a sickening and bizarre sexual experiment was carried out by government officials and a pedophile scientist that deliberately placed troubled children in the care of pedophiles to see if it had “positive consequences.” Victims from this utterly horrifying practice have filed a lawsuit which is getting media coverage this month, exposing the grotesque details of this taxpayer-funded pedophilia experiment.  Continue reading “Lawsuit Reveals Govt Experiment that Gave Kids to Pedophiles to See if Sex Abuse Could Help Them”

Fox News

A stimulus package bill meant to boost the economy amid coronavirus fears will be introduced on the floor of the House Wednesday but seems unlikely to include a temporary halt to the payroll tax that the Trump administration has been touting.

The bill, which lawmakers have been furiously working on for days, comes as the U.S. economy and global markets have faced severe instability since the global outbreak of the coronavirus.  Continue reading “House to move on coronavirus-related stimulus package, but Hoyer says payroll tax cut a nonstarter”

Reuters

A U.S. Bureau of Land Management auction of 25 oil and gas leases in Northeast Utah received mostly minimum bids of just $2 an acre a day after oil prices collapsed due to the impact of the spreading coronavirus outbreak.

The sale representing 32,713.76 acres (13,238.79 hectares) drew total bids of $237,559.60, according to energy marketplace EnergyNet, which conducted the online sale. The average bid per acre offered was $7.26.  Continue reading “U.S. oil and gas lease sale in Utah draws few bidders”

New York Post – by Yaron Steinbuch

A Big Apple conference about the coronavirus has been canceled – because of the coronavirus, according to a report.

The Council of Foreign Relations was due to hold a roundtable titled “Doing Business Under Coronavirus” on Friday, but decided to cancel it amid fears that it could lead to a spread of the deadly bug, Bloomberg News reported. Continue reading “Coronavirus conference canceled in New York because of coronavirus”

Fox News

An Arkansas police officer was killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop Tuesday night, according to multiple reports.

Officer Brent Scrimshire of the Hot Springs Police Department was taken to a hospital and later died from his injuries. Continue reading “Arkansas police officer fatally shot during traffic stop; suspect’s condition unclear”

Vox

Vladimir Putin is making plans to be president for life.

In an abrupt — if not totally shocking — move, Russia’s State Duma (its lower house of parliament) proposed a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that would reset presidential term limits to zero, allowing Putin to run again for president in 2024, when his tenure is supposed to expire. Continue reading “Russia’s Vladimir Putin just got one step closer to being president for life”

Forbes

Following a week of steep market losses amid mounting coronavirus fears, the world’s 10 richest people lost a combined $37.7 billion on Monday, as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones each sunk nearly 8%. Nine of the 10 billionaires took a multi-billion dollar hit on a day market pundits and social media users quickly dubbed “Black Monday,” in reference to the infamous stock market crash of October 1987.  Continue reading “The World’s 10 Richest Billionaires Lose $38 Billion On Coronavirus-Spurred ‘Black Monday’”

Pocket

On stage he’s a loveable, floppy-haired prince charming. Off camera – well let’s just say he needs a lot of personal space. He hates being a celebrity. He resents being an actor. To his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley’s friends he was apparently known as ‘Grumpelstiltskin.’

Hugh Grant may be famed for being moody and a little challenging to work with. But could a grumpy attitude be the secret to his success? Continue reading “Why It Pays to Be Grumpy and Bad-Tempered”

North Jersey

A Bergen County horse trainer with several underlying medical conditions was New Jersey’s first coronavirus death, state officials said Tuesday.

The 69-year-old man was identified as Little Ferry resident John Brennan, a horse trainer and mainstay in the paddock of Yonkers Raceway, according to several horse racing publications. Continue reading “Horse trainer from Little Ferry is first in NJ to die of coronavirus”

Statesman

Austin-based conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was booked into the Travis County Jail on a charge of driving while intoxicated just after midnight Tuesday, the Travis County sheriff’s office said.

Jones, 46, was booked at 12:37 a.m., said Kristen Dark, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office. The driving while intoxicated charge is a class B misdemeanor, she said.  Continue reading “Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones charged with DWI in Travis Co., authorities say”

The question to be asking is why push alcohol?

Everything they tell us is a lie.

Just Simply Health – by Serena

Cancer is irreversible and can never be cured — cliché to countless individuals; nevertheless, true in itself.  Continue reading “Flukes and Isopropyl – Cancer’s Ultimate Sources”

CBS News

Detroit — Joe Biden had a heated exchange with a construction worker who accused him of trying to take Americans’ guns away during a campaign stop in Michigan, one of six states holding primaries on Tuesday.

The former vice president was touring an assembly plant under construction for Fiat Chrysler, shaking hands with and praising the electrical workers union members who are building the plant. As Biden was working the room, one man confronted him about his stance on gun ownership. Continue reading “Joe Biden, accused of wanting to end 2nd Amendment, responds: “You’re full of sh**””