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U.S. NEWS Saturday 23 May 2020
As Memorial Day tempts people outdoors, virus rebound feared

Continued from Front was called off for this Me-
morial Day.
Tens of millions of people “We saw what happened
have been thrown out of in early March with spring
work since the virus hit hard break crowds,” Miami
in March and forced busi- Beach Mayor Dan Gelber
nesses, including many po- said, recalling the raucous
pular summer destinations, scenes of young people
to shut down at least tem- partying in close quarters
porarily. Unemployment despite the burgeoning
has reached its highest pandemic. “We will do
level since the Great De- what we need to if there’s
pression, and on Thursday, crowds. It’s not a good
Federal Reserve Chair Je- thing to have in a pande-
rome Powell warned that mic.”
prospects for a recovery But up the coast in Palm
will remain unclear until the Beach County, which is
health crisis is solved. home to President Donald
Many long-running Memo- Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort,
rial Day commemorations officials were preparing for
of the nation’s fallen milita- beachgoers to hit the sand
ry heroes have been can- over Memorial Day.
celed or downsized, inclu- “Our ocean lifeguards and
ding concerts and fireworks Beachgoers relax on the shore at Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester, Mass., Friday, May 22, 2020. other parks staff will be mo-
shows. Parks, beaches, Associated Press nitoring the beaches and
campgrounds and swim- the rules. day can lead some people “The unfortunate thing is reminding park users to
ming pools remain closed In the absence of clear fe- to drop their guard and that all the out-of-town practice social distancing,”
in much of the country. deral guidance, it’s largely “just relax into their pre-CO- people have been cooped said Chris Korbelak, public
But plenty of popular public been left to state and local VID behaviors.” up the same amount of engagement manager for
spaces will be open — with officials to figure out how to “They forget to wear masks” time that the locals have the county parks depart-
restrictions. celebrate the holiday safe- Schaffner said. “They’re not been here,” said Christine ment.
In Virginia Beach, Virginia, ly. Social-distancing rules so keen on 6-foot distan- Barthelme of Point Plea- For a tourism and hospita-
the famed 40-block board- and bans on mass gathe- cing.” sant, New Jersey. “My fami- lity industry hit hard by the
walk and sandy shoreline is rings remain in place throu- On the Jersey Shore, bea- ly will do mostly what we do pandemic, there is modest
open beginning Friday, but ghout much of the country. ches will be open but with on every holiday weekend hope that Memorial Day
people must stay 6 feet (2 Keeping holidays safe is a social distancing manda- here: relax in our backyard, will mark the start of a re-
meters) from non-family quandary is faced by aut- tory. There will be no fire- have a barbecue and light turn to something resem-
members, with groups limi- horities around the globe. works, Ferris wheel rides, the fire pit.” bling recovery.
ted to 10 or fewer. Group On the same weekend as roller coasters, go-karts or Beaches, hotels and res- “This weekend is an early
sports such as volleyball Memorial Day, the Muslim boardwalk arcade games. taurants remain largely indicator as to how con-
will be prohibited, along world will mark the fast- Atlantic City’s casinos re- shut down in South Florida, sumers feel about coming
with tents and alcohol con- breaking festival Eid al-Fitr. main closed. another popular holiday back and partaking in
sumption. On Monday, U.K. residents Some locals plan to sit this destination. The annual normal social behavior,”
Mayor Bobby Dyer said get a bank holiday. summer out, fearful that Urban Beach Week festi- said Jason Guggenheim of
about 150 “beach ambas- Dr. William Schaffner, an visitors from harder-hit are- val, which typically draws Boston Consulting Group,
sadors” in red shirts will be infectious diseases expert as such as New York City tens of thousands to Miami which has surveyed consu-
deployed to “diplomati- at Vanderbilt University, might bring the virus with Beach for a series of hip- mers and sees pent-up de-
cally” ask people to follow warned that being on holi- them. hop and reggae shows, mand for travel.q

Judge grants sanctions against DOJ over citizenship question

Associated Press larly for the Department of year, Furman ruled against
A federal judge on Thurs- Justice." The judge in New an effort by the Trump
day agreed to impose fi- York ordered the adminis- administration to add a
nancial sanctions against tration to pay some of the citizenship question to the
the Trump administration costs and fees of nonprofit 2020 census. That deci-
for failing to produce hun- advocacy groups that sion was upheld by the
dreds of documents dur- had sought the sanctions. U.S. Supreme Court which
ing litigation over wheth- "To be sure, this was not said U.S. Commerce Sec-
er a citizenship question DOJ's finest hour," Furman retary Wilbur Ross' ratio-
could be added to the wrote, referring to the De- nale for the citizenship
2020 census. U.S. District partment of Justice. "At question — to help en-
Judge Jesse Furman said best, DOJ failed to pro- force voting rights — ap-
in a ruling that the Trump duce more than ten per- peared to be contrived. In this April 5, 2020 file photo, shows An envelope containing a
administration's failure to cent of the documents Nonprofit groups that had 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit.
produce the documents that Defendants were sued to block the citizen- Associated Press
"may well have been in- required to produce as ship question demand-
advertent, but is never- part of this litigation." The ed sanctions after new motive in adding the citi- that could benefit Repub-
theless unacceptable for Department of Justice de- documents surfaced that zenship question was for licans and non-Hispanic
any litigant, and particu- clined to comment. Last they say suggested Ross' aiding redistricting efforts whites.q