It's Day 8 of the MLB Lockout π₯π.
On #TheUpdate this Thursday, work has begun in giving some of America's most spectacular natural settings and historic icons a makeover. The Department of the Interior says that $1.6 billion a year for the next five years from The Great American Outdoor Act will go toward critical projects in national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and other areas. In Midtown, police say that a mad is facing charges including arson for setting fire to a 50-foot Christmas tree in front of Fox News headquarters. The artificial tree outside the News Corp. building that houses not only Fox News, but also The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post caught fire shortly after midnight Wednesday. And there's a true burning question on the minds of many: how will the world decide when the pandemic is over? There's no clear cut definition for when a pandemic starts an ends, and how much of a threat a global outbreak is posing can vary by country, but it may be considered over when the World Health Organization decides COVID-19 is no longer an emergency of international concern, a designation its experts have been reassessing. π·π€