2020 CENSUS FIGURES UNDERCOUNTED IN SIX STATES

Census Bureau officials say population figures in the 2020 census of six states were undercounted while with eight states they were overcounted, notes Grumpy Editor.

Totals for other states and the District of Columbia fell within estimated ranges reports The Wall Street Journal.

The pandemic resulted in some difficulties and miscounts with the tally.

 

Population estimates provide distribution of some federal and state aid.

 

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PENTAGON GETS ABOUT 400 UFO REPORTS.  Pentagon officials tell a House panel there are now close to 400 reports from military personnel of possible encounters with UFOs.  A Navy official points out investigators are "reasonably confident" the floating pyramid-shaped objects captured on video are likely drones.

 

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS RECIPIENTS EBB.  People receiving unemployment benefits fell to to 1.3 million for the week ended May 7. That’s the lowest point in 50 years.

 

PROBLEMS SEEN WITH POWER GRID.  A power grid regulator warns extreme temperatures and ongoing drought this summer could cause the power grid to buckle across vast areas of the country, potentially leading to electricity shortages and blackouts.

MAJOR UNDERGROUND TUNNEL DISCOVERED.  Authorities discover an underground smuggling tunnel at the U.S.-Mexico border that runs the length of six football fields. It features reinforced walls, electricity, ventilation and a rail system.  From Tijuana, it’s about 1,744 feet long, 61 feet deep, with a diameter of about 4 feet at its widest point.

ARMY SUICIDE CRISIS GRIPS ALASKA.  The Army is dispatching about 40 mental health counselors and chaplains to Alaska in coming weeks to address a suicide crisis among soldiers.  Seventeen soldiers last year died by confirmed or suspected suicide.

RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS TO RETURN.  Ringling Bros., the historic circus known for acts featuring lions, tigers and elephants shut down in 2017 in response to pressure from animal rights groups and changing audience tastes is returning, but without animals.  Rather, it will use human talent from around the world when it starts a 50-plus city tour September next year.

GUN PRODUCTION SOARS.  Domestic gun makers produced 11.3 million firearms in 2020 (the latest year for which data are available), roughly triple the 3.9 million that were made in 2000, while the U.S. population increased 18 percent.

BASEBALL PITCHER TOSSES FIVE HOME RUNS IN INNING.  Baseball’s Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi becomes the third pitcher in major league history to allow five home runs in one inning.  In his Fenway Park start against the Houston Astros, Eovaldi lasts 1⅔ innings, allowing eight hits and six earned runs while striking out none.