Act Three

The last day of the month ends.

Joe Monti’s real name is Joe Montalbano.

Salesman Jason Mascia has the most sales of anyone this month, as usual.

One of the last independent newspapers in Russia finds new ways to cover a war that the government doesn’t want them to cover.

Back in 1999 there was series of bombings of apartment buildings in Moscow and across Russia. 300 people died.

A week after starting classes, a Covid outbreak forces a university to send students back home.