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Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican culture, not independence
Read full article: Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican culture, not independenceAmerican bars and restaurants gear up every year for Cinco de Mayo, offering special deals on Mexican food and alcoholic drinks for a May 5 commemoration that is barely celebrated south of the border.
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo weekend at Elmwood Park with the first ever TacoRitas! Festival
Read full article: Celebrate Cinco de Mayo weekend at Elmwood Park with the first ever TacoRitas! Festival10 News and the Berglund Center are teaming up for the first-ever “TacoRitas!” Festival coming to Elmwood Park on Sunday, May 7 from 12 to 4 p.m.
Support local Mexican-American restaurants this Cinco de Mayo
Read full article: Support local Mexican-American restaurants this Cinco de MayoFestive drinks and foods are ready to be served Thursday to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but the holiday carries more historic and cultural meaning to Mexican-Americans.
WATCH LIVE: President Biden, first lady host Cinco de Mayo celebration
Read full article: WATCH LIVE: President Biden, first lady host Cinco de Mayo celebrationPresident Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden are hosting a Cinco de Mayo reception at the White House along with Beatriz Gutiérrez Mueller de López Obrador, the wife of the president of Mexico.
Biden touts $28.6B restaurant relief program, orders tacos
Read full article: Biden touts $28.6B restaurant relief program, orders tacosPresident Joe Biden has made a Cinco de Mayo taco and enchilada run to highlight his administration’s $28.6 billion program to help eateries that lost business because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Things to Know: States push their own relief packages
Read full article: Things to Know: States push their own relief packagesNot waiting for more federal help, states have been approving their own coronavirus aid packages, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help residents and business owners devastated by the the pandemic's economic fallout. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Here’s what’s happening Wednesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY:— States not willing to wait for pandemic financial relief from the federal government have taken matters into their own hands. The Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion relief plan would send hundreds of billions of dollars to state and local governments. — The predominantly Latino cities of Central Falls, Rhode Island, and Chelsea, Massachusetts, have been among their states’ hardest-hit communities in the pandemic. There are fresh voucher proposals in states with already abundant subsidies for private and home schools and in states where there are none.
Cayman Islands jails US college student in coronavirus case
Read full article: Cayman Islands jails US college student in coronavirus caseCayman Islands -- The Hard Rock Caf in the Cayman Islands holds an air guitar competition for Cinco de Mayo. SAN JUAN – A U.S. college student and her boyfriend have been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands for violating strict COVID-19 measures following a recent ruling that will be appealed, their attorney said Thursday. Skylar Mack, 18, of Georgia, and Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, of the Cayman Islands, have been in prison since Tuesday, when the ruling was issued. Under the original law, a Canadian couple found guilty of violating coronavirus measures were ordered to pay a $1,200 fine each. The Cayman Islands, a territory of nearly 62,000 people, has reported more than 300 coronavirus cases and two deaths.
Coronavirus might mean less Corona beer on Cinco de Mayo
Read full article: Coronavirus might mean less Corona beer on Cinco de MayoBut we’re referring to Corona beer and Cinco de Mayo. Typically, the dominant choice of beer for those celebrating Cinco de Mayo is Corona. But Corona likely will be consumed way less than usual due to the coronavirus pandemic, that is unrelated in name. In February, a report in the Denver Post said Corona was taking a public relations hit due to people fearing they would get coronavirus by drinking Corona. Cinco de Mayo has surpassed St. Patrick’s Day and the Super Bowl for beer consumption on one day, with Corona virtually holding a monopoly on advertising and sales for beer on Cinco de Mayo, according to Loop Insights.