📅 The Week Ahead
Monday: National Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day
Tuesday: Midterm election primaries in ID, KY, NY, OR, and PA; start of Cannes Film Festival (ends May 28); Monthly retail sales data
Wednesday: Congress aims to pass $40 billion aid package for Ukraine
Thursday: Golf’s PGA Championship begins (ends Sunday)
Friday: Downton Abbey: A New Era hits theaters; National Pizza Party Day
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| May 13, 2022The US is Approaching a Covid Milestone
🇺🇸 President Biden ordered flags to be flown at half-staff yesterday in honor of the Americans who have died from Covid, as the overall US death toll nears 1 million.
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| May 12, 2022Overdose Deaths Hit a New Record High
💊 More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, a roughly 15% increase from the previous record set in 2020, per new CDC data published yesterday. This translates to one American dying from an overdose every ~5 minutes.
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| May 10, 2022Land of the Free, Home of the Connected
🌐 The Biden administration announced yesterday that 20 major internet service providers – including AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon – have agreed to offer basic low-cost plans that’ll end up being free for millions of low-income Americans after a federal refund.
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