Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after Wall Street drop on higher bond yields
Asian shares have slipped as rising yields in the bond market on Wall Street set off expectations that high interest rates would continue in the U.S. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul, while rising slightly in Sydney.
Child abuse prevention advocates worry โStay Home, Work Safeโ orders putting kids at risk
SAN ANTONIO โ A perfect storm โ thatโs what some child abuse prevention advocates are calling the coronavirus pandemic. Some worry the longer this crisis continues, it will lead to another epidemic of child abuse and neglect cases. โThe implication is that maybe that child abuse is down, right? We know that in these kinds of very tense, anxious, anxiety-producing times that parents inappropriately will lash out at anyone around them, including children,โ Burton said. โVery few staff are working in offices right now but CPI caseworkers are still responding to allegations of child abuse and neglect.