Shortly  after 4 a.m. Wednesday, April 22,  on the 1400 block of St. James  Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

News Headline: “Rolling back environmental regulations, new voter restrictions, banning abortion–it’s all happening while the public is focused on the coronavirus.”
The system works.

K.R. , a Baltimore reader, writes:
“I have been watching a squirrel hang by its hind feet to eat mulberry flowers.  Life goes on.”

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News Headline: “Earth Day 50: Under lockdown.”
Humans were starting to go viral 50 years go.
There were about 3.7 billion of us.
There are about 8 billion now.

News Headline: “The White House coronavirus briefings.”
So this is where we stay:
Benny Hill with a death toll.

News Headline: “Spending more time outside during the pandemic? Scientists say beware of ticks.”
Ah, nature.

News Headline: “Coronavirus: Trump’s name to appear on US relief checks.”
Still waiting on the death certificates.

Beware the ides of National Car Care Month.

News Headine: “Stupidity isn’t Trump’s worst trait.”
As we continue to investigate the difference between intelligence and cunning.

News Headline: “Man sets fire to toilet paper in casino, starts throwing punches.”
K.W., a Denver reader, suggests this is as reasonable a response as any to the news of the day.

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