by Jim Heath | Mar 6, 2020 | Economy, Headlines
For the first time in 34 years, the show at South by Southwest will not go on. Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt jointly announced the declaration of a “local state of disaster” in the city and county, and heir first move was to announce...
by Jim Heath | Mar 6, 2020 | Economy, Headlines
Apple advised all 12,000 employees at its Cupertino headquarters to work from home today amid heightened coronavirus concerns as the death toll in the US increased to 15 and the number of confirmed cases rose to more than 250. In a memo issued to all staff at the...
by Jim Heath | Mar 5, 2020 | Headlines, Health, Trump
Donald Trump slammed the ‘fake news’ once again today, claiming misinformation is being spread about him telling people that feel sick to still go to work as concerns over coronavirus continue to escalate. ‘I NEVER said people that are feeling sick...
by Jim Heath | Mar 3, 2020 | Headlines, Health
A Trump supporter at his North Carolina rally questioned the legitimacy of the deadly coronavirus and said it doesn’t exist. At a previous Trump rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, one Trump supporter called the coronavirus a ‘nothing burger.’...
by Jim Heath | Mar 2, 2020 | Headlines, Health
Four new deaths from the novel coronavirus have been reported in Washington state—bringing the U.S. death toll to six. The disease has killed more than 3,000 people globally and infected almost 89,000, with the vast majority of cases and deaths in China. While the...
