Today's Top Stories: March 17, 2020
Channel: My Daily Grind News
Date: 2020-03-17

Today's Top Stories: March 17, 2020. Is there any new news? Not really. Coronavirus continues its onslaught, economy in freefall, and yes, there still is a presidential election coming later this year (unless Trump calls it off).


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Coronavirus update:

185,067 infected, up from 174,884 yesterday. Up 5.6%.
7,330 dead, up from 6,705 yesterday. Up 9.3%.
March 17, 2020 COVID-19 map
Relevant COVID-19 stories:

    Closing every school in America because of the coronavirus would cost the US economy $51 billion a month
    Trump tweets about coronavirus using term ‘Chinese Virus’

Economy Update:
March 17, 2020 Dow Jones Industrial Average

Dow is up 417 points. Fed cuts rates to near zero and is implementing similar strategy used in 2008 mortgage meltdown. Seems to be working, short-term.

Seems a lot like 2008. Except this time, it’s really different.

Financials are strong, banks are strong, but is it only a matter of time before they aren’t?
Relevant Economy stories:

    Markets Are Jumpy After Dow’s Biggest Drop Since 1987
    Fighting the Coronavirus is hurting the global economy

Democratic Primary News
Today's Top Stories: March 17, 2020 1
Joe Biden is in the lead, Bernie Sanders follows closely
Relevant Democratic primary stories:

    Our Final Forecast For Arizona, Florida And Illinois Shows A Big Biden Lead
    Biden aims to shut out Sanders in Democratic primaries amid coronavirus fears 

Offbeat Story of the Day:

Cop Gets Eyeful After Stripper Gets Collared | The Smoking Gun

    Shatara Mitchell, 28, was behind the wheel of a Pontiac G6 when Peoria police pulled her over last Saturday for running a stop sign around 1:45 AM.

    Mitchell, wearing a halter top and cutoff shorts, had worked that evening at Luxxx Showgirls, a gentlemen’s club in West Peoria.

    A patrolman reported that Mitchell’s car smelled of alcohol and she had “droopy eyelids.” The cop added, “Shatara seemed to be relaxed as her radio was loud and she was dancing in her seat.”

    …Mitchell agreed to perform a series of field sobriety tests, the results of which led to her arrest. During one test, Mitchell became distracted since she “wanted to dance and sing to a song” that was playing on her car radio. Mitchell apologized, saying, “I just really love this song.”

    An initial breath test recorded Mitchell’s blood alcohol content at .204, more than twice the legal limit of .08. Mitchell told cops that she consumed two shots of tequila and two shots of vodka at home before going to work, and that she had two double-shots of Hennessy cognac at the strip club. 

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