The last Monday of August – What are you going to do with it? Maybe a little extra side hustle to pay that super sized electric bill when it hits your inbox. Let’s not think about that, let’s focus on THE 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW in today’s “That’s Trending”
1. At least 3 Marines were killed and 20 others were injured over the weekend in annual training exercises off the coast of Australia when their V-22 Osprey crashed.
2. 97 percent, that was the overwhelming vote by United Auto Workers, authorizing strikes at GM, Ford and Stellantis. This move is considered part of the proceedure during contract negotiations, but depending on how those go, could depend on whether workers walk off the job or not
3. 33 counties in Florida are under a state of emergency as tropical strom Idalia heads toward the Gulf Coast of Florida and is expected to make landfall as a hurricane on Tuesday or Wednesday
4. With hand drawn swastikas on the high powered rifle and hand gun used in the attack, police are calling the killing of 3 people at a Jacksonville Dollar General Store racially motivated.
5. We are all still coming to grips with the news that long time host of The Price Is Right, actor and animal rights activist, Bob Barker died over the weekend at the age of 99. Tributes poured in from all over from Adam Sandler to Drew Carey. We all remember staying home from school or work and Bob was always there to make us feel just a little bit better. The fact that in the spin of the “Big Wheel of Life” Bob hit 99 without going over 100, seems kind of fitting.
