#i promise the 19 year old who has spent their entire salary of the past 3 months on genshin impact isnt going to commit mass murder just

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tiktok is fun because youll see takes like "you cant like this character because they committed crimes" and then the character in question murdered maybe like. 3 people at best

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Even though I’m a conservative, to be honest, I tend to ignore a lot of big government spending articles because the numbers are usually just too big to digest. Then I saw how some of those monstrous numbers broke down locally.

I live in South Bend, Ind., best known as home to the University of Notre Dame. The morning after President Biden signed his new COVID-19 “relief” bill into law, news in my local paper broke that our county was about to be granted an obscene amount of money. The sum? $52.7 million — or, about one-third of our entire county budget, all provided courtesy of federal taxpayers.

Now, to put that in perspective, under the CARES Act COVID-19 relief bill signed last year by President Trump, my county got $8.7 million. Frankly, even that amount was a lot for the county to figure out how to spend. Reports the South Bend Tribune:

When county officials found they would be unable to spend all the CARES Act money before the Dec. 31 deadline, the federal government allowed them to use much of that money to pay employee salaries that would have come from the county’s normal budget.

When it was all said and done, that money “allowed the county to end 2020 with more cash on hand than the year before.”

Now imagine how much richer my county will be with a federal boost six times as much as the previous amount. As the county auditor reports, he expects us to be in a “very strong position financially” and that the federal money will be “seriously transformative in terms of county revenues.” No kidding.

It could also be seriously transformative in how much it grows the size and influence of our local government. It’s a tale as old as time: Give the government more money; grow their power; create a bunch more programs; hire more workers; and then, when the money runs out, tell taxpayers higher taxes must follow.

These huge sums of money are not simply federal freebies — they have strings attached. This time, it’s with the Biden administration and its lists of eligible uses, which will be used to shape how we use our taxpayer dollars locally, both redistributing and depriving money to benefit some areas to the detriment of others.

Sure, this money is supposed to get us out of some of the economic problems caused by COVID-19, but who caused these problems in the first place? Politicians and experts mandating lockdowns and killing businesses.

Now they’re spending all our taxpayer dollars and directing the money through a government-run process redirecting money to their favorite causes. Rather than throw buckets of the people’s money right back at them, the proper solution is to open up the economy completely and let people get back to work.

As my congressional representative, Jackie Walorski, wrote in a South Bend Tribune editorial, “This legislation isn’t about Covid, with less than 9 percent going to public health measures, like vaccine distribution. It’s not necessary, either, given that $1 trillion in existing relief funds haven’t been spent.”

These funds are going to be used for the redistribution of wealth and the financial equaling of states, which will especially reward states that have managed money badly and punish states like my own. Walorski points out:

This legislation will bail out fiscally irresponsible state and local governments, forcing Hoosiers to send their tax dollars to states like California. Even worse, Indiana will be penalized for our strong economy, because direct funding to states is based on unemployment, not population as in past relief bills.

Now, consider the stimulus checks. We as a society are getting very used to them. I’ve already received almost $10,000 this year for my family, and if we’re eligible for the latest round, that will be about $13,000 from Uncle Joe.

All in all, it’s starting to feel like I’m receiving a universal basic income, and, with it, a dangerous new cycle of dependence and expectation. Who are you going to vote for — the guy who says it’s time for the stimulus payments to end, or the one who promises you another check?

The reward of federal money could also be why we are still burdened with masks and virus restrictions in Indiana. Despite about a third of states dropping or never having implemented mask mandates, our Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb still hasn’t budged. The way state legislators can force Holcomb to drop COVID-19 rules is by terminating his state of emergency, which has been renewed 12 times and is now going into its second year.

Now more than one-fourth of our state’s House of Representatives are behind the bill, but it doesn’t appear to be going anywhere — even though the author of the bill says he believes he has the votes to pass it. Maddeningly, despite the support to do so, the Republican chairman of the committee, Dan Leonard, won’t move it forward and put an end to the madness.

Why? Federal funding, of course, according to Leah Wilson, a health advocate familiar with the matter and fellow supporter of this bill. Leonard claims if we drop the emergency, we lose a heck of a lot of money. He’s clearly not considering that the state and counties are already sitting on excess piles of money, as noted above. Moreover, Leonard and others don’t seem to realize that there’s also another greater cost: our freedoms.

Money has a way of making us lose focus. It’s great at first, but then you realize what you’ve lost by taking it. As Gerald Ford once put it, “If your government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away from you everything you have.” As we eagerly await the next COVID-19 relief check in our bank accounts, we’d do well to remember those words, and recall that everything, everything, ultimately carries a price.

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America's Business of Prisons Thrives Even Amid Pandemic

As factories and other businesses remain shuttered across America, prisoners in at least 40 states continue going to work. Sometimes they earn pennies an hour, or nothing at all, making masks and hand sanitizer to help guard others from the coronavirus. 

Those same inmates have been cut off from family visits for weeks, but they get charged up to $25 for a 15-minute phone call — plus a surcharge every time they add credit.

They also pay marked-up prices at the commissary for soap so they can wash their hands more frequently. That service can carry a 100% processing fee.

As the COVID-19 virus cripples the economy, leaving millions unemployed and many companies on life support, big business that has become synonymous with the world's largest prison system is still making money.

"It's hard. Especially at a time like this, when you're out of work, you're waiting for unemployment … and you don't have money to send," said Keturah Bryan, who transfers hundreds of dollars each month to her 64-year-old father at a federal prison in Oklahoma.

Meanwhile, she said, prisons continue their nickel-and-diming.

"You have to pay for phone calls, emails, food," she said. "Everything."

Coronavirus fears

The coronavirus outbreak has put an unlikely spotlight on America's jails and prisons, which house more than 2.2 million people and have been described by health experts as petri dishes for the virus's spread.

Masks and hand sanitizer often still don't reach inmates. Testing is often not done, even among those with symptoms, despite fears that the virus may spread to surrounding communities. And in some parts of the country, those experiencing symptoms languish in sweltering buildings with poor ventilation.

The concerns extend to prison medical providers, often accused by health experts of providing substandard care even in the best of times.

Sheron Edwards shares a dorm with 50 other men at Chickasaw County Regional Correctional Facility in Mississippi. Given his past experiences with the prison's medical provider, Centurion of Mississippi, he worries about what will happen if coronavirus hits.

"I'm afraid they'll just let us die in here," he said.

When he was at the notorious Parchman prison several years ago, Edwards said, Centurion would allow him only one session of physical therapy after a 6-inch rod and screws were placed in his broken ankle.

"Even though that wasn't life-threatening, it was serious," he said. "With COVID-19, I could actually lose my life."

More than 20,000 inmates have been infected and 295 have died nationwide, at Rikers Island in New York City and at state and federal lockups in cities and towns coast to coast, according to an unofficial tally kept by the COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project run by UCLA Law.

On Wednesday, officials in San Diego announced the first death of a detainee in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

Business opportunity

When incarceration rates soared to record highs in the 1980s and '90s, some corporations saw a business opportunity. Promised lower costs and, in many cases, profit sharing agreements, prison and jail administrators started privatizing everything from food and commissary to entire operations of facilities.

By the 2000s, the private sector was embedded in nearly every aspect of the correctional system.

Today, some of corporate America's biggest names, and many smaller companies, vie for a share of the $80 billion spent on mass incarceration each year in the U.S., roughly half of which stays in the public sector to pay for staff salaries and some health care costs, according to the nonprofit Prison Policy Initiative.

Proponents of for-profit prisons say it's cheaper for private companies to run them than the government, arguing it's easier to cancel contracts and there is more incentive to provide better service. That, they say, leads to better living conditions and more effective reintroduction of the incarcerated back into society, with the ultimate goal of reducing recidivism.

The advocacy group Worth Rises disagrees.

The group released a report Thursday detailing some 4,100 corporations that profit from the country's prisons and jails. For the first time, it identified corporations that support prison labor directly or through their supply chains. The group also recommended divesting from more than 180 publicly traded corporations and investment firms.

"The industry behind mass incarceration is bigger than many appreciate. So is the harm they cause and the power they wield," said Bianca Tylek, the group's founder and director.

"They exploit and abuse people with devastating consequences," Tylek said. "Of course, they aren't unilaterally responsible for mass incarceration, but they're part of the ecosystem propping it up."

The report includes vendors that stock commissaries with Cup Noodles and Tide laundry detergent, along with contracted health care providers that have been sued for providing limited or inadequate coverage to those behind bars.

There are companies like Smith & Wesson, which makes protective gear for correctional officers, and Attenti, which supplies electronic ankle bracelets. Other household names, such as Stanley Black & Decker, have entire units dedicated to manufacturing accessories for prison doors.

Employing inmates

Prisoners also work, making everything from license plates to body armor vests and mattresses. In California, some even serve as firefighters. But in some places, incarcerated people are employed by major corporations such as Minnesota-based 3M.

Billed as a cheap alternative to foreign outsourcing, inmates also previously provided goods to Starbucks, Victoria's Secret and Whole Foods, sparking an uproar that caused many big-name companies to bow out.

Some prisoners leave their lockups to do jobs in the community, such as at fast food restaurants. State-owned businesses have also cropped up around the massive prison labor industries, including some with almost comical names, such as Big House products in Pennsylvania and Rough Rider Industries in North Dakota.

While some jobs might pay minimum wage as required by federal law for products that enter interstate commerce, the take-home pay of workers in correctional industries can be as low as just 20% of their stated wage after garnishment for room and board, restitution, and other costs.

Meanwhile, private companies market catalogs full of products to lockups. One website advertises an array of pricey bondage items: Leather bed restraints for $267, ankle hobbles for $144 and a metal waist chain with handcuffs going for $76.95.

An Alabama company markets video visitation systems under a call box with the face of an elderly woman in glasses shown on the monitor inside. Beside it reads the slogan: "Keep Granny's shank pies away from your facility."

Bobby Rose, one of the report's researchers, served 24 years in New York state prisons, where he spent a lot of time thinking about the role money plays in America's legal system.

But he was shocked to learn just how many big-name companies were involved and how much was being made off not only those behind bars, but also their families — a particularly poignant concept during the pandemic.

He still thinks about friends left in prison — two of whom have succumbed to COVID-19.

"I feel," he said, "that some of these companies that really profit could have provided ... sanitizer or even gave free soap."

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Top 10 Highest Earners in the MLS 2020 Season

MLS has been a retirement base for a portion of the world's most capable footballers in the past few years. Andrea Pirlo, Kaka, and  David Beckham are only a couple of prominent stars to have spent their last years of career after a famous football career in Europe. At the point when such players despite everything keep on rushing to the division, the MLS is likewise turning into a sought-after place for soccer players in their prime, especially footballers from South America. Including an ever-developing number of native gifted players and it implies the division is gradually starting to set up itself as a rising power in world football. in any case, as it developed the costs are the case and specifically, the salaries of its footballers. As Zlatan Ibrahimovic has left MLS, the 2020 season despite everything looks an energizing prospect. Lots of new sides and players have entered, all set to win the title immediately. Maybe the most interesting new player is Javier Hernandez, otherwise known as 'Chicharito'. While beginners in MLS Nashville SC and Inter Miami would like to demonstrate their value immediately. Everyone's considering will be on the latter particularly, as David Beckham's side. In spite of the fact that his side has bought no famous names. Matias Pellegrini and Rodolfo Pizarro will be of great help to the team. MLS turning out to be a fascination for LA Liga, Premier League, and Serie A top soccer players. In 2020, Javier Hernández and Michael Bradley presently lead the most generously compensated Major League soccer players list. The MLS has a wage regulation which allows each side to spend close to $4.035 million on its salary bill for the campaign, anyway since 2007 and the presentation of the Beckham Rule, each side is permitted 3 players to whom the limitation doesn't have any significant bearing. Since the standard's beginning, there have been 144 players in the league, 65 of whom play in the division right now. Here’s a look at the top 10 highest earners in MLS this campaign. - 1-Javier Hernandez - LA Galaxy ($7.2 million per year) :

Hernandez is a Mexican expert soccer player who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy and the Mexico national side. He left West Ham football club to join LA Galaxy. An amazing goalscorer, Hernández has been portrayed as a "goal poacher", because of some of his goals being netted from the box. His run off the ball, pace, and capacity to discover space inside the box has additionally been admired. He joined LA Galaxy on 3 years contract and turned into the most generously compensated player in MLS $7.2 million ensured wage as announced by football sources. Weight will be tremendous on Chicharito's shoulders as he offers to do the unimaginable undertaking of filling Zlatan's boots. In spite of the fact that the Mexican striker is no amateur to such responsibility, having played for a portion of Europe's greatest sides. He earned two PL titles with Red Devils and delighted in progress at Santiago Bernabeu.

2-Michael Bradley - Toronto FC ($6.5 million per year):

Michael Sheehan Bradley who was brought into the world on July 31, 1987, is an American expert soccer player for Toronto FC. He has joined the Toronto FC in the year 2014 in the wake of leaving AS Roma. Since then he is playing for the Toronto FC and his agreement with the club worth of million dollars. He showed up 163 times for the team and scored 11 goals in the games. Bradley's wage detailed up to $6.5 million in the year 2019. As of late, he signed another agreement with the club. Toronto FC skipper has played in the top divisions of Netherlands, England, Germany, Italy, which means he is one of the most seasoned footballers in the MLS. A clever and genuinely forcing right-footed soccer player, Bradley is fit for assuming the responsibility in numerous midfield positions and has been featured in the center, as a holding player, box-to-box midfielder, even in flanks as well as a profound playmaker. He came back to the division where he started in 2014 and assisted Toronto to lift the MLS Cup three years later. He's additionally been an MLS top player in 3 of the 5 full campaigns he's been with the club. The skipper was vital in their late-season to ascend to complete season fourth in the Eastern Conference. In spite of the fact that the club may profit by having a revived Bradley for the end of the season games. They ordinarily progress admirably, having arrived at the MLS Cup last 3 times in the last 4 campaigns.

3-Jozy Altidore — Toronto FC ($6.33 million per year):

Josmer Volmy "Jozy" Altidore born on November 6, 1989, is an American expert soccer player who plays as a striker for Toronto FC and the United States national side. Jozy Altidore is the third most generously compensated MLS player. He is right now holding an agreement with Toronto FC. He has scored 56 goals in all tournaments in 110 games for Toronto FC. His yearly pay detailed $6.33 million which incorporates reward and prize share. With Sunderland AFC in his last full campaign in the Premier League, Jozy Altidore netted only two goals in 39 appearances. That performance in 2015 earned him a single direction ticket out of Premier League and back to the MLS with Toronto FC, where he's found himself once more, scoring 72 goals and 24 assists in 139 matches. A fast and truly ground-breaking forward, because of his pace, finishing, and work-rate Altidore is fit both for scoring goals and connecting with his teammates. His physic, quality, and skills are noticeable in the air likewise empower him to hold up the ball with his back to the net and go about as a strider, he is additionally equipped for playing on the wing, or as a second striker. Following 7 years of European career, Altidore came back to the MLS and immediately regrouped. In any case, Injuries constrained his game time in the last two campaigns. Should he stay fit for 2020, be that as it may, there is no explanation Altidore can't assist Toronto with earning their title in the wake of three years.

4- Alejandro Pozuelo — Toronto FC ($3.8 million per year)

in March 2019, Alejandro Pozuelo had a difficult job as a successor for Sebastian Giovinco when he left Belgian side Genk to join Toronto FC. Up until now, he's done an entirely great job, scoring 12 goals in only 22 matches as an attacking midfielder. The previous Real Betis player delighted in a strong first season in Canada and will seek after business as usual in 2020. Pozuelo's inventiveness and work-rate and qualities made him an important figure from Toronto's side. He could establish the pace during his matches and even scored 12 league goals. Furthermore, subsequent to losing the MLS playoff to Seattle Sounders a year ago, Pozuelo intends to go one better this time.

5- Carlos Vela — Los Angeles FC ($4.5 million per year)

Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido brought into the world 1 March 1989 is a Mexican expert soccer player who plays as a winger for Los Angeles FC and the Mexico national side as a skipper. Vela is was the MLS' top scorer last campaign having netted a noteworthy 34 goals. He's additionally provided 15 assists, making him the second-best playmaker in the league. Considered as a promising footballer in his childhood, talented with abilities and athletic characteristics, previous Arsenal director Arsene Wenger portrayed Vela as a player who seems to be " Naturally skilled, fast, wise and with generally excellent technique". He additionally marked him as an "uncommon ability", expressing "I like Vela's insight and his pace. He scores goals however he can likewise create them." The previous Arsenal man surpassed Zlatan Ibrahimovic last campaign to complete the season as the MLS' best goal scorer. A record 34 goals in only 31 matches came to his direction. In this way, Vela scored forty percent of Los Angeles FC's goals toward the Western Conference title. Be that as it may, even Vela wasn't sufficient to win Los Angeles FC the Major League Soccer title following a playoff loss against Toronto. The 31-year-old who has always lost MLS title in his football career is resolved to change that this season.

6- Josef Martinez - Atlanta United ($3 million per year)

Josef Alexander Martínez Mencia brought into the world 19 May 1993 is a Venezuelan expert soccer player who plays as a forward for American club Atlanta United FC and the Venezuela national side. Josef Martinez scored 35 goals last campaign as Atlanta United lifted the MLS Cup without precedent for its history. Basically a forward, Martinez is an aggressive and ground-breaking player, who typically assumes the role of a central striker, however, he is likewise equipped for playing as on flanks. His pace, dribbling, finishing with either foot just as his head, joined with his skills to make aggressive runs off the ball from behind and get into great positions, make him a perilous attacking danger in the box. he's proceeded with that noteworthy from in the current campaign as well, scoring 28 goals, scoring for a further eight matches in succession. The Venezuelan forward rose to fame in the MLS during the 2018 campaign with champions Atlanta United by netting 35 goals in 39 matches. The 26-year-old demonstrated it was no accident the next campaign by netting a further 32 goals. Be that as it may, his great record couldn't defeat Carlos Vela and Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the MLS' top-scorer position. All things considered, Martinez has demonstrated his scoring ability and is resolved to repeat his records in his fourth season in MLS.

7- Nani - Orlando City SC ($2.333 million per year)

Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha ComM brought into the world 17 November 1986, usually known as Nani, is a Portuguese expert soccer player who plays as a winger for MLS team Orlando City SC. Nani is one of the MLS' most decorated footballers of all time, having earned 17 significant titles with the Portuguese national side, Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United. In the beginning times of his football career with Red Devils, Nani's skills and playing style regularly welcomed correlations with the international teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, but Nani's style formed more that of a conventional winger than Ronaldo's advancement into a striker. While the 33-year-old has been brilliant since his appearance at Orlando City in February 2019, it's improbable that he will include the eighteenth title to his honors at any point in the near future. The previous Manchester United winger's arriving at Orlando a year ago was a shock for everybody. In any case, he before long found himself in a strong first season. Nani completed the season with 12 goals and five assists in 30 MLS matches notwithstanding Orlando completing 11th in the Eastern Conference. In this way, he lost a season playoff and title. The Portugal international will seek after a better position this time in 2020.

8- Diego Valeri — Portland Timbers ($2.32 million per year)

Diego Hernan Valeri is an Argentine soccer player who as of now plays as an attacking midfielder for MLS club Portland Timbers. Diego Valeri has shown up in the American league more than two hundred times since joining Portland Timbers in January 2013. The Argentine is a talented and inventive footballer and is known for his expertise and skills to give assists to his teammates, and normally plays as an attacking midfielder. In spite of the fact that he normally plays as a playmaker for his sides, he is likewise fit for scoring goals himself. The 33-year-old is a potential danger outside the box and has a decent header like his couple of goals he scored in the 2019 campaign. In 2015, Valeri assisted the Timbers to earn the MLS Cup. In 2017, he was named the division's MVP and has additionally been an All-Star in three back to back seasons Subsequent to frustrating spells with Porto and Almeria, Diego Valeri has developed himself into one of the MLS' greatest player. Valeri will plan to assist Timbers onto more prominent things in 2020 after their first-round exit in the last campaign's playoff games.

9- Carles Gil — New England Revolution ($2.1 million)

Carles Gil de Pareja Vicent brought into the world 22 November 1992 is a Spanish expert football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for New England Revolution in MLS. In January 2019, the 27-year-old turned out to be New England Revolution's record signing from Deportivo La Coruna with a $2 million contract. Up until this point, Gil has demonstrated a sensible profit for that money, scoring 10 times in 34 matches.

10-Jonathan dos Santos - LA Galaxy ($2 million every year)

Jonathan dos Santos Ramirez born on 26 April 1990 is a Mexican expert soccer player who plays as a midfielder for MLS club LA Galaxy and the Mexico national side. The more youthful of the two Dos Santos siblings Giovani, Jonathan started his football close by his brother with Catalans both having risen of La Masia.

Dos Santos is portrayed as a flexible midfielder, with LA Galaxy he regularly plays as a central midfielder. He is famous for his hard-working, dribbling ability, defensive awareness, vision, and skills to provide assists in space.

The 29-year-old joined Major league soccer club LA Galaxy On 27 July 2017. Villarreal sold Jonathan for a fee reportedly around €5–6 million. Since then he has scored 5 goals in 62 matches in all competitions.

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Why Vaccines Are So Slow

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Good morning. The economic downturn is hitting young workers especially hard. Trump claims to be taking an unproven medication. And there is encouraging vaccine news — but an actual vaccine is still a long way away.

Early news about medical treatments — like yesterday’s announcement that a coronavirus vaccine has shown positive results in eight people — can feel both exciting and frustrating.

The frustrating part is the timing. Even if all continues to go well with the research into this vaccine, it won’t be available until late this year or early next year. Between now and then, the vaccine will have to endure two more research trials, one involving hundreds of people and the other involving thousands.

Given the virus’s terrible toll, that long process can seem strangely lacking in urgency. But scientists insist that it isn’t. Here are the key reasons they say that there are no easy or fast routes to a vaccine:

Early results don’t always stand. In 2015, the French drug company Sanofi began selling the first vaccine for dengue. The drug had made it through multiple research trials — although some researchers believed Sanofi had ignored worrisome signs. Sure enough, as children in the Philippines began using it, some contracted an even worse form of dengue. Today, use of the vaccine is highly restricted.

In recent testimony, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, noted that a coronavirus vaccine could suffer from the same problem.

The larger point is that drugs that look good in small, initial studies often look less good when they’re tested in more people.

Side effects matter. A vaccine doesn’t merely need to work, as Katie Thomas, a Times reporter covering pharmaceuticals, explained to me. It needs not to have side effects that cause more damage than the virus itself.

This coronavirus seems to kill only a small percentage of people who get it. The side effects have the potential to do more damage, because any coronavirus vaccine will be given to billions of people, including many with underlying health problems.

It could lead people around the world to stop taking vaccines that actually work. That’s what happened in the Philippines after the dengue scandal.

All of which is a reminder that promising early results — like yesterday’s — often prove fleeting. Only about 10 percent of drugs that clear the first research phase ultimately make it to market.

In other virus developments:

THE MORNING FIVE

1. Fired watchdog was investigating arms sales

The State Department inspector general fired by Trump on Friday was in the final stages of an investigation into whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo improperly allowed weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Trump, speaking on Monday, said of his decision to fire the inspector: “I don’t know him. Never heard of him. But I was asked by the State Department, by Mike.”

2. A swift end to ‘hero pay’

Several of the country’s biggest employers have raised the wages of their essential workers through “hero pay”: some extra money on top of normal hourly salaries. Now there is a split between companies that plan to end those programs and those that will continue them.

Amazon warehouse workers will lose their extra $2 an hour at the end of this month, and Starbucks baristas will lose their extra $3. Other companies that had planned to end the additional pay — including Target and Kroger, the nation’s largest supermarket chain — have reversed course, apparently in response to public pressure, as The Star Tribune and The Cincinnati Enquirer have reported.

3. An economic crisis for the young

Young people — many of them recent graduates saddled with debt — are entering a job market devastated by the pandemic. Studies of previous economic downturns have shown that they can create lasting disadvantages for younger workers.

Already, the unemployment rate has risen most sharply for Americans under 35, and especially those under 25:

4. Trump says he’s taking an unproven medication

The president announced yesterday that he has been taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug, to protect himself from the coronavirus, despite a lack of evidence that it can prevent infection. Medical experts sharply criticized him, saying the drug brings significant risks.

5. A fear realized for black runners

“When will be the right time to explain to a 9-year-old the wariness that comes every time I lace my clunky green sneakers and pad through the streets in our almost entirely white Seattle community?” Kurt Streeter, a sports reporter at The Times who often jogs with his son, writes in an opening essay.

Here’s what else is happening

BACK STORY: THE HURDLES FOR TEAM SPORTS

The major sports leagues seem to be moving rapidly toward resuming games. N.B.A. teams are holding workouts. The N.H.L. is considering an expanded playoffs. And Major League Baseball has a plan that would allow Opening Day in July.

To make sense of it all, I asked for guidance from Oskar Garcia, a deputy sports editor. His advice: Fans shouldn’t get too excited yet.

Individual sports — like car racing, golf and tennis — have easier paths. But team sports create inherent problems during a pandemic. They require dozens of athletes to come in close contact, touching each other during games and getting dressed in cramped locker rooms.

It’s true that the leagues are trying to minimize this contact. Baseball would encourage players not to shower in the locker room after games (which could make for some uncomfortable rides home in August). But the leagues can’t eliminate human contact entirely. To play the games, as Oskar says, “you need to have some people together.”

As Billy Witz, who covers college football, recently wrote: “Imagine if the starting left tackle tested positive for Covid-19 the day before a game. What would happen to the rest of the offensive line that had been in meetings with him all week or the defensive ends that had been knocking heads with him in practice?”

PLAY, WATCH, EAT, SAVE

The new face of restaurants

Restaurant-quality food at home: Try this recipe for chicken with vinegar from the chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, which gets its punch from butter, shallots and good red-wine vinegar.

Suze Orman is back

The famous financial adviser had slowly been winding down, fishing and relaxing in the Bahamas home where she has spent much of the past five years.

But now the pandemic — and the resulting economic crisis — has made Suze Orman as “in demand as Lysol wipes,” Jacob Bernstein writes in a profile. Orman, who has written more than a dozen books, wants taxes on the wealthy to “skyrocket,” and she says that having an emergency fund can be even more important than paying off debts.

It’s a salamander’s world

Many frogs and salamanders are killed crossing roads during their annual migration, but this spring is different. Scientists are excited to measure the impact that the lack of car traffic has on the creatures.

Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David

P.S. Thanks to the readers who wrote to say they missed seeing Bill Russell’s name on yesterday’s list of the most successful team athletes of the past 50 years. If we had extended the window to 60 years, Russell — who won a remarkable 11 N.B.A. championships in 13 years, ending in 1969 — would have ranked above even Michael Jordan.

You can see today’s print front page here.

Today’s episode of “The Daily” is about President Trump’s purge of inspectors general.

Lauren Leatherby, Ian Prasad Philbrick and Sanam Yar contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com.

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Top 10 Highest Earners in the MLS 2020 Season

MLS has been a retirement base for a portion of the world's most capable footballers in the past few years. Andrea Pirlo, Kaka, and  David Beckham are only a couple of prominent stars to have spent their last years of career after a famous football career in Europe. At the point when such players despite everything keep on rushing to the division, the MLS is likewise turning into a sought-after place for soccer players in their prime, especially footballers from South America. Including an ever-developing number of native gifted players and it implies the division is gradually starting to set up itself as a rising power in world football. in any case, as it developed the costs are the case and specifically, the salaries of its footballers. As Zlatan Ibrahimovic has left MLS, the 2020 season despite everything looks an energizing prospect. Lots of new sides and players have entered, all set to win the title immediately. Maybe the most interesting new player is Javier Hernandez, otherwise known as 'Chicharito'. While beginners in MLS Nashville SC and Inter Miami would like to demonstrate their value immediately. Everyone's considering will be on the latter particularly, as David Beckham's side. In spite of the fact that his side has bought no famous names. Matias Pellegrini and Rodolfo Pizarro will be of great help to the team. MLS turning out to be a fascination for LA Liga, Premier League, and Serie A top soccer players. In 2020, Javier Hernández and Michael Bradley presently lead the most generously compensated Major League soccer players list. The MLS has a wage regulation which allows each side to spend close to $4.035 million on its salary bill for the campaign, anyway since 2007 and the presentation of the Beckham Rule, each side is permitted 3 players to whom the limitation doesn't have any significant bearing. Since the standard's beginning, there have been 144 players in the league, 65 of whom play in the division right now.

Here’s a look at the top 10 highest earners in MLS this campaign. 1-Javier Hernandez - LA Galaxy ($7.2 million per year) :

Hernandez is a Mexican expert soccer player who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy and the Mexico national side. He left West Ham football club to join LA Galaxy. An amazing goalscorer, Hernández has been portrayed as a "goal poacher", because of some of his goals being netted from the box. His run off the ball, pace, and capacity to discover space inside the box has additionally been admired. He joined LA Galaxy on 3 years contract and turned into the most generously compensated player in MLS $7.2 million ensured wage as announced by football sources. Weight will be tremendous on Chicharito's shoulders as he offers to do the unimaginable undertaking of filling Zlatan's boots. In spite of the fact that the Mexican striker is no amateur to such responsibility, having played for a portion of Europe's greatest sides. He earned two PL titles with Red Devils and delighted in progress at Santiago Bernabeu.

2-Michael Bradley - Toronto FC ($6.5 million per year):

Michael Sheehan Bradley who was brought into the world on July 31, 1987, is an American expert soccer player for Toronto FC. He has joined the Toronto FC in the year 2014 in the wake of leaving AS Roma. Since then he is playing for the Toronto FC and his agreement with the club worth of million dollars. He showed up 163 times for the team and scored 11 goals in the games. Bradley's wage detailed up to $6.5 million in the year 2019. As of late, he signed another agreement with the club. Toronto FC skipper has played in the top divisions of Netherlands, England, Germany, Italy, which means he is one of the most seasoned footballers in the MLS. A clever and genuinely forcing right-footed soccer player, Bradley is fit for assuming the responsibility in numerous midfield positions and has been featured in the center, as a holding player, box-to-box midfielder, even in flanks as well as a profound playmaker. He came back to the division where he started in 2014 and assisted Toronto to lift the MLS Cup three years later. He's additionally been an MLS top player in 3 of the 5 full campaigns he's been with the club. The skipper was vital in their late-season to ascend to complete season fourth in the Eastern Conference. In spite of the fact that the club may profit by having a revived Bradley for the end of the season games. They ordinarily progress admirably, having arrived at the MLS Cup last 3 times in the last 4 campaigns.

3-Jozy Altidore — Toronto FC ($6.33 million per year):

Josmer Volmy "Jozy" Altidore born on November 6, 1989, is an American expert soccer player who plays as a striker for Toronto FC and the United States national side. Jozy Altidore is the third most generously compensated MLS player. He is right now holding an agreement with Toronto FC. He has scored 56 goals in all tournaments in 110 games for Toronto FC. His yearly pay detailed $6.33 million which incorporates reward and prize share. With Sunderland AFC in his last full campaign in the Premier League, Jozy Altidore netted only two goals in 39 appearances. That performance in 2015 earned him a single direction ticket out of Premier League and back to the MLS with Toronto FC, where he's found himself once more, scoring 72 goals and 24 assists in 139 matches. A fast and truly ground-breaking forward, because of his pace, finishing, and work-rate Altidore is fit both for scoring goals and connecting with his teammates. His physic, quality, and skills are noticeable in the air likewise empower him to hold up the ball with his back to the net and go about as a strider, he is additionally equipped for playing on the wing, or as a second striker. Following 7 years of European career, Altidore came back to the MLS and immediately regrouped. In any case, Injuries constrained his game time in the last two campaigns. Should he stay fit for 2020, be that as it may, there is no explanation Altidore can't assist Toronto with earning their title in the wake of three years.

4- Alejandro Pozuelo — Toronto FC ($3.8 million per year)

in March 2019, Alejandro Pozuelo had a difficult job as a successor for Sebastian Giovinco when he left Belgian side Genk to join Toronto FC. Up until now, he's done an entirely great job, scoring 12 goals in only 22 matches as an attacking midfielder. The previous Real Betis player delighted in a strong first season in Canada and will seek after business as usual in 2020. Pozuelo's inventiveness and work-rate and qualities made him an important figure from Toronto's side. He could establish the pace during his matches and even scored 12 league goals. Furthermore, subsequent to losing the MLS playoff to Seattle Sounders a year ago, Pozuelo intends to go one better this time.

5- Carlos Vela — Los Angeles FC ($4.5 million per year)

Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido brought into the world 1 March 1989 is a Mexican expert soccer player who plays as a winger for Los Angeles FC and the Mexico national side as a skipper. Vela is was the MLS' top scorer last campaign having netted a noteworthy 34 goals. He's additionally provided 15 assists, making him the second-best playmaker in the league. Considered as a promising footballer in his childhood, talented with abilities and athletic characteristics, previous Arsenal director Arsene Wenger portrayed Vela as a player who seems to be " Naturally skilled, fast, wise and with generally excellent technique". He additionally marked him as an "uncommon ability", expressing "I like Vela's insight and his pace. He scores goals however he can likewise create them." The previous Arsenal man surpassed Zlatan Ibrahimovic last campaign to complete the season as the MLS' best goal scorer. A record 34 goals in only 31 matches came to his direction. In this way, Vela scored forty percent of Los Angeles FC's goals toward the Western Conference title. Be that as it may, even Vela wasn't sufficient to win Los Angeles FC the Major League Soccer title following a playoff loss against Toronto. The 31-year-old who has always lost MLS title in his football career is resolved to change that this season.

6- Josef Martinez - Atlanta United ($3 million per year)

Josef Alexander Martínez Mencia brought into the world 19 May 1993 is a Venezuelan expert soccer player who plays as a forward for American club Atlanta United FC and the Venezuela national side. Josef Martinez scored 35 goals last campaign as Atlanta United lifted the MLS Cup without precedent for its history. Basically a forward, Martinez is an aggressive and ground-breaking player, who typically assumes the role of a central striker, however, he is likewise equipped for playing as on flanks. His pace, dribbling, finishing with either foot just as his head, joined with his skills to make aggressive runs off the ball from behind and get into great positions, make him a perilous attacking danger in the box. he's proceeded with that noteworthy from in the current campaign as well, scoring 28 goals, scoring for a further eight matches in succession. The Venezuelan forward rose to fame in the MLS during the 2018 campaign with champions Atlanta United by netting 35 goals in 39 matches. The 26-year-old demonstrated it was no accident the next campaign by netting a further 32 goals. Be that as it may, his great record couldn't defeat Carlos Vela and Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the MLS' top-scorer position. All things considered, Martinez has demonstrated his scoring ability and is resolved to repeat his records in his fourth season in MLS.

7- Nani - Orlando City SC ($2.333 million per year)

Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha ComM brought into the world 17 November 1986, usually known as Nani, is a Portuguese expert soccer player who plays as a winger for MLS team Orlando City SC. Nani is one of the MLS' most decorated footballers of all time, having earned 17 significant titles with the Portuguese national side, Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United. In the beginning times of his football career with Red Devils, Nani's skills and playing style regularly welcomed correlations with the international teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, but Nani's style formed more that of a conventional winger than Ronaldo's advancement into a striker. While the 33-year-old has been brilliant since his appearance at Orlando City in February 2019, it's improbable that he will include the eighteenth title to his honors at any point in the near future. The previous Manchester United winger's arriving at Orlando a year ago was a shock for everybody. In any case, he before long found himself in a strong first season. Nani completed the season with 12 goals and five assists in 30 MLS matches notwithstanding Orlando completing 11th in the Eastern Conference. In this way, he lost a season playoff and title. The Portugal international will seek after a better position this time in 2020.

8- Diego Valeri — Portland Timbers ($2.32 million per year)

Diego Hernan Valeri is an Argentine soccer player who as of now plays as an attacking midfielder for MLS club Portland Timbers. Diego Valeri has shown up in the American league more than two hundred times since joining Portland Timbers in January 2013. The Argentine is a talented and inventive footballer and is known for his expertise and skills to give assists to his teammates, and normally plays as an attacking midfielder. In spite of the fact that he normally plays as a playmaker for his sides, he is likewise fit for scoring goals himself. The 33-year-old is a potential danger outside the box and has a decent header like his couple of goals he scored in the 2019 campaign. In 2015, Valeri assisted the Timbers to earn the MLS Cup. In 2017, he was named the division's MVP and has additionally been an All-Star in three back to back seasons Subsequent to frustrating spells with Porto and Almeria, Diego Valeri has developed himself into one of the MLS' greatest player. Valeri will plan to assist Timbers onto more prominent things in 2020 after their first-round exit in the last campaign's playoff games.

9- Carles Gil — New England Revolution ($2.1 million)

Carles Gil de Pareja Vicent brought into the world 22 November 1992 is a Spanish expert football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for New England Revolution in MLS. In January 2019, the 27-year-old turned out to be New England Revolution's record signing from Deportivo La Coruna with a $2 million contract. Up until this point, Gil has demonstrated a sensible profit for that money, scoring 10 times in 34 matches.

10-Jonathan dos Santos - LA Galaxy ($2 million every year)

Jonathan dos Santos Ramirez born on 26 April 1990 is a Mexican expert soccer player who plays as a midfielder for MLS club LA Galaxy and the Mexico national side. The more youthful of the two Dos Santos siblings Giovani, Jonathan started his football close by his brother with Catalans both having risen of La Masia.

Dos Santos is portrayed as a flexible midfielder, with LA Galaxy he regularly plays as a central midfielder. He is famous for his hard-working, dribbling ability, defensive awareness, vision, and skills to provide assists in space.

The 29-year-old joined Major league soccer club LA Galaxy On 27 July 2017. Villarreal sold Jonathan for a fee reportedly around €5–6 million. Since then he has scored 5 goals in 62 matches in all competitions.