As millions of people around the world have been asked to practice social-distancing, video-conferencing platforms have become the glue that is holding people together. But how much is too much? The Wall Street Journal mobile editor Joanna Sugden joins CBSN to discuss the growing issue of “Zoom fatigue.” Source
Author Archives: Stonecom Interactive
A meteor shower is lighting up the night sky on Cinco de Mayo
Halley’s Comet is bringing shooting stars to Earth next week. Source
Nearly 30% of Hawaii’s workforce filed jobless claims. Here’s a state-by-state breakdown.
No state has been left untouched by the jobless crisis, but some have been hit much harder than others. Source
Thousands storm California beaches to protest closures
Governor Gavin Newsom decided to close Orange County beaches after 80,000 people flocked to them during a heatwave last weekend. Source
Protesters in Maryland call for reopening as states remain divided over restrictions
A caravan of cars planned to drive across the state in protest of the governor’s stay-at-home order. Source
NYPD officers fan out across NYC to enforce social distancing
Officers are being dispatched across all five boroughs. Source
California freeways see 84% drop in fatal car crashes amid pandemic
At least 20 U.S. states reported seeing a noticeable drop in fatal car crashes during the coronavirus pandemic. CBS News reached out to 26 states with a historically high number of traffic deaths, and found that fatal car crashes on California freeways dropped a stunning 84%, as well as the number dropping by more than half in Michigan and Illinois. Kris Van Cleave breaks down the numbers, and explains why the downward trend is not the case in other states. Source
Mountain gorillas in Africa on lockdown amid coronavirus
With respiratory infections being the second leading cause of death among gorillas, doctors with Democratic Republic of Congo nonprofit group, Gorilla Doctors, are on high alert. Source
Cuomo: Virus death toll has remained “obnoxiously and terrifyingly high”
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that 299 people died due to the coronavirus on Friday. That marked a slight uptick from 289 deaths the day before – the first day in weeks that the single-day death toll had dropped below 300. Source
Cuomo: Death toll has remained “terrifyingly high”
“It’s still not dropping at the rate we would like to see it drop,” he said. Source