U.S. retail sales and manufacturing output plummeted to record lows in April. The COVID-19-induced slump caused clothing store sales to contract by 79 percent. After households cleared supermarket shelves of food, toilet paper, and other necessities in March, grocery sales fell by 13 percent in April, according to a report released on Friday by the U.S. Commerce Department.

Going to work will look a lot different after the coronavirus pandemic. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told his employees on Tuesday they don’t ever have to come back to the office if they don’t want to. Facebook and Google also have said their employees will have more work-from-home options as offices gradually reopen.

Major League Baseball has a plan for players, but not fans, to return to ballparks in early July. The strategy calls for an 82-game season with teams playing their divisional rivals and other nearby teams to minimize travel during the coronavirus pandemic. The change will mean more interleague play, so MLB executives want the National League to adopt the American League’s rule of having a designated hitter bat for the pitcher. That’s a big adjustment for NL players and managers, as well as for fans who have fiercely debated the pros and cons of a designated hitter for decades.

Jerry Stiller, the punchy Jewish comedian who delivered some of the most memorable scenes on the 1990s sitcom Seinfeld, has died of natural causes at age 92. His Emmy-nominated role as the cantankerous father of Jerry Seinfeld’s best friend George Costanza assured him a spot in the annals of modern comedy: People still mock-celebrate the fake holiday of Festivus the character Frank Costanza promoted as a Christmas alternative.

Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ’n’ roll,” died on Saturday at age 87. His family and friends did not disclose the cause of his death. Born in Macon, Ga., as Richard Penniman, he belonged to a wave of musicians like Chuck Berry and Fats Domino who introduced white America to the traditions of black music. They laid the foundation for performers such as Elvis Presley, who performed Richard’s “Tutti Frutti,” the Beatles, who recorded “Long Tall Sally,” and Bruce Springsteen, who played the flamboyant rocker’s “Good Golly, Miss Molly.”

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Thursday charged 64-year-old Gregory McMichael and his 34-year-old son Travis McMichael with murder in the Feb. 23 shooting death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. The McMichaels, who are white, told police they confronted Arbery, an African American, because he matched the description of a suspect in a local burglary. They claimed Arbery attacked them and they were defending themselves. Arbery’s relatives said he was out for a jog when the suspects racially profiled, pursued, and killed him.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday an immediate ban on the sale and use of semi-automatic rifles. He said Parliament would work out the details of a two-year grace period for gun owners, but noted, “Effective immediately, it is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import, or use military-grade, assault weapons in this country.”