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Delaware shop owner threatens mask wearers on social media

By The Associated Press

MILFORD, Del. (AP) — A Delaware distillery owner threatened to point a gun at anyone who tries to enter his store wearing a mask, despite federal guidance promoting face-masks in public to avoid spreading the coronavirus.

Eric Fibelkorn of Feebs Distilling Co. later deleted his Facebook message, which said mask-wearing people coming into his store would “be met with a 12-gauge to the face.”

He told the Delaware News-Journal that he can’t risk a robbery, so now he is installing lockers so that people can call ahead and pick up their bottles without coming inside.

Milford and Delaware State Police said they aren’t seeing an increase in crimes by people wearing masks.

America 250: Catherine Bauer’s vision for affordable housing continues to resonate today

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Catherine Bauer devoted her life to improving housing for low-income families and has been called the "mother of public housing." "A brilliant woman who thought that we ought to treat housing as a public good, the way we treat the fire department or the police department," said Elizabeth Deakin, professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. "That doesn't mean there's not a big role for the private sector, but it also means that the public sector has responsibilities to make sure we're okay."
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