The Senate will vote Thursday on a lean coronavirus relief bill that Democrats block.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer called the plan, which does not come with a momentary stimulus check, as “a poor bill. “But Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said “optimistic” Republicans would support him.
The $300 billion proposal, called the U. S. Immediate Relief To Families, Schools, and Small BusinessEs Act, includes enhanced unemployment benefits, investments, and promises of responsibility for businesses and fitness facilities.
In Los Angeles, a day after issuing rules prohibiting deception and other Halloween activities, fitness officials canceled their regulations on Wednesday. They now recommend that the solution or cure not this year,” said Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer.
And universities across the country continue to face the demanding situations of COVID-19. The University of Wyoming extended its return to fall on Wednesday for now by a week, while the University of Wisconsin-Madison switched to online education for two weeks.
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President Donald Trump would possibly have to locate a new house for weekend crusade rallies in Reno and Las Vegas after local officials warned that occasions would violate Nevada’s ban on collecting more than 50 people for the coronavirus pandemic. he had sent a letter to the organizers of the rally warning that saturday’s planned occasion for another 5,000 people “could not be carried out” after airport lawyers decided it would violate state and local COVID containment guidelines.
“It has to do with politics,” the executive chairman of the airport authority, Daren Griffin, said in a statement. “The letter we send is about rules and security, political campaigns. “
Earlier Wednesday, former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, a Republican, tweeted without evidence that Trump’s planned appearances at Reno-Tahoe airport and Cirrus Aviation in Las Vegas had been ruled out in a “scandalous” act of “political retaliation. partisan”. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, later tweeted that he was “not involved” in the decision.
Most of Michigan’s top school games start late this fall, and now a new executive order will allow you to watch games like never before. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order requiring the use of a facial canopy at all times through “athletes who train, participate in or participate in organized games where the athlete cannot maintain a social distance of six feet, for occasional and fleeting times. “
Swimmers are excluded from this order, but soccer, football and volleyball players are not. So expect to see the players on the field and on the sidelines wearing a mask under their helmets when the games begin on September 18.
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison has suspended in-person categories due to an increase in coronavirus cases on campus and as of Monday, categories will be held remotely. Officials canceled categories from Thursday to Saturday. “Unfortunately, our positive verification rate among academics continues too fast,” officials said in a press release Wednesday.
There has also been an “acute” backlog in the cases shown in two university residences, and the government has asked citizens to quarantine them for the next two weeks.
Meanwhile, the University of Wyoming prolonged the break from its fall until Monday. Officials said Wednesday that the extension would allow them to “gather more knowledge about the prevalence of COVID-19 infection within the University of Washington community. “Last week, Seidel suspended the fall of college after seven academics tested positive for the virus on September 2.
Navajo Nation fitness officials on Wednesday reported 0 deaths so far in 3 days. It comes after tribal fitness officials reported there were no more deaths Monday for the first time since March. Authorities also reported 12 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of infections to 9,915. The death toll remains 527. About 98,000 more people were tested Wednesday and 7,100 have recovered, authorities said. responsable.
“Wheel of Fortune” enthusiasts will see adjustments when the long-standing game screen returns for its 38th season on September 14. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the production of “Wheel” has been adjusted to reflect protection protocols. , according to a press from the game display production company, Sony Pictures Television.
In addition to following local government rules and a rigorous testing protocol for applicants, talent, staff and crew, the upcoming “Wheel of Fortune” season will see the platform surrounding the redesigned wheel, allowing applicants and host Pat Sajak to be two metres away. . of each of them. Players will have to turn the wheel with a non-public “swivel cap” which is a small pocket of fabric that allows the competition to grab and rotate the wheel without touching it.
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Teachers in at least 3 states have died after coronavirus episodes since dawn of the new school year, and a leader of an instructors’ union fears that returning to in-person categories will have a fatal effect across the board. United States if proper precautions are not taken. AshLee Marinis, a 34-year-old special education instructor in Missouri, died after being hospitalized for 3 weeks. Elsewhere, a third-grade instructor died in South Carolina on Monday, and two other educators recently died in Mississippi, which has reported 604 cases among school workers.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said schools have rules such as mandatory masking and strict social estating regulations to reopen safely.
“If the spread of the network is too high as in Missouri and Mississippi, if you don’t have the test infrastructure and if you don’t have the protective measures to prevent you from spreading viruses in school, we think you can’t reopen in person,” Weingarten said.
Contribute: The Associated Press