The World Health Organization names the Wuhan Coronavirus a public health emergency as the virus is thought to have infected over 8,000 people in 20 different countries now, with six infections in the US. Petroleum analyst for gas-buddy-dot-com Patrick De Haan says the infection has sent gas prices tumbling to 2.15 a gallon, an eight-cent drop in the last week due to collapsing demand from China…
DeHaan says it’s possible the statewide average could get down to two dollars a gallon.
And crawfish prices aren’t looking so hot either. President of the Crawfish Research and Promotion Board David Savoy says the demand has been slow to rise despite the season being underway. Savoy says some people may view Super Bowl weekend as the official kickoff of the season.
Cut 6 (09) “…December last year.
3,100 dollars raised to “help purchase Clemson a new mascot costume” on GoFundMe in jest will instead be used to help protect real tigers in the wild. The money is headed to the Tigers United University Consortium, and Director Brett Wright says their work is critical to protecting one of nature’s most majestic creatures.
The account was created after LSU fans noticed Clemson’s fairly hideous tiger mascot on the sidelines during the National Championship game.
A study by Color of Change shows bias in television crime dramas helps shape public perception of criminal justice issues. President Rashad Robinson says one of the issues the study discovered was the makeup of TV writers. Robinson says roughly 80 percent of crime drama writers are white, and their bias was evident.