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COVID-19 has hit every sector of society Jan 25, 2021 “He’d wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning to get to the hospital for rounds, so he could be at his office when it opened. He never took a break.” That was Dr. Carlos Araujo Preza’s daughter talking about her 51-year-old father, a pulmonologist in Texas who had been on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic before he died of the disease on Nov. 30. “My mom was the smiling face, the one that everybody loved.” That is how Debra Ivory, 62, owner of a popular barbecue restaurant in Oklahoma City, was remembered by her son after sh...

The Washington Post on the U.S. passing the grim milestone of 400,000 COVID-19 deaths: “He’d wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning to get to the hospital for rounds, so he could be at his office when it opened. He never took a break.” That was Dr. Carlos Araujo Preza’s daughter talking about her 51-year-old father, a pulmonologist in Texas who had been on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic before he died of the disease on Nov. 30. “My mom was the smiling face, the one that everybody loved.” That is how Debra Ivory, 62, owner of a popular barbecue restaurant in Oklahoma City, w...

Editorial Roundup: US Last Updated Jan 20, 2021 at 3:14 pm EDT Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 20 The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the inauguration of President Joe Biden marking ‘a new day in America’: Though it was hardly peaceful, it was a transition — an essential transition after four years of tumult capped by an insurrection led by the outgoing president to stop Congress from certifying his successor’s election. The historic proportions of President Joe Biden’s inauguration cannot be overstated, and not just for the deadly Jan. 6 assault...

NationofChange 12 Trump attacks on the environment since the election In its final days, the administration is rushing to cement its destructive legacy with attacks on clean air, wildlife and public lands that could be difficult to undo. Image Credit: Robb Kendrick/National Geographic Creative In the aftermath of the Nov. 3 election, President Donald Trump has tried every trick in the book to avoid facing the reality of his loss. A barrage of lawsuits accompanied by disinformation campaigns has attempted to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the election. But a close look at regul...

good evening everyone. mark twain wrote that the mississippi river will always have its own way, no engineering skill can persuade it otherwise. but tonight the army corps of engineers and government officials hope to prove him wrong. they're watching the levees up and down the river as flood floodwaters surge higher. the levees are holding in memphis where the river crested this morning at a near record, almost 14 feet above flood stage. mark strassmann is there tonight. mark, the flooding in memphis may not get any worse but i understand it won't get better any time soon, either. >...