Korean War

Dian Zhang USA TODAYPublished 5:54 PM EDT May 4, 2020Yangzhong, a tiny island in eastern China, was largely known for its culinary take on puffer fish before the coronavirus pandemic.In late March, business owners and families desperate for work began converting their workspaces into makeshift manufacturing plants to churn out…

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy | Michael Mancuso-Pool/Getty Images With reports of new coronavirus cases flattening and the number of hospitalizations falling, New Jersey is now shipping ventilators it received from the federal stockpile to hospitals in other states, Gov. Phil Murphy said during his daily briefing on Wednesday. New…

Invoking the Korean War–era Defense Production Act, Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday mandating that American meat production keep running at all costs—workers and grave threats to public health be damned. According to the United Food and Commercial Workers, 20 industry employees—many working shoulder to shoulder at a rapid…

TOPLINE President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that invoked the Defense Production Act to keep meat plants open as industry leaders sound the alarm about possible shortages—and critics say is executive overreach that compromises workers’ safety. President Trump spoke Tuesday about the Paycheck Protection Program used to support small…

A Cold War-era law is being used to encourage manufacturers to produce and distribute critical supplies to healthcare workers. As the coronavirus pandemic goes on, there has been much to-do about the Defense Production Act (DPA) and the nationwide effort to recover the economy and fulfill shortages of critical personal…

Brand Ave. Studios connects advertisers with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch audience through compelling content programs, from concept to production to distribution. From Mizzou to medic: Korean War veteran recalls unexpected journey Monte Safron was a newlywed and midway through his education at the University of Missouri Columbia when the draft…

Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday 16 states have submitted plans to lift coronavirus restrictions and reopen their economies, as the United States has topped more than 50,000 coronavirus-related deaths and has recorded more than 880,000 cases.  “At the present moment, 16 states have released formal reopening plans,” the vice president…

passages Bruce Baillie, 2019. Photo: Timoleon Wilkins. FOR AN AVANT-GARDE FILMMAKER born in the 1930s, Bruce Baillie came late to cinema, but his manner belied his background—a BA from the University of Minnesota, naval service in the Korean War, even an abortive stint at the London School of Film Technique…

About 19 miles southwest of Chicago near the city of Joliet resides a massive plot of restored prairie land. This is the former site of the Joliet Ammunition Plant, which produced TNT and artillery shells during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.  By the late 1970s, operations…

By Josh LaBella Updated 5:04 pm EDT, Sunday, April 19, 2020 Anthony Amoroso, a 90-year-old Stratford resident involved in the hospitality business, died on April 14 after contracting COVID-19. Anthony Amoroso, a 90-year-old Stratford resident involved in the hospitality business, died on April 14 after contracting COVID-19. Photo: / Contributed Anthony…