From superior athleticism to his tireless work ethic, there are many contributing factors that make Michael Jordan one of the greatest basketball players of all time. But, as is obvious in the new 10-part documentary series ‘The Last Dance,’ it’s his astonishing will to win that sets him so far apart from the rest. The
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From superior athleticism to his tireless work ethic, there are many contributing factors that make Michael Jordan one of the greatest basketball players of all time. But, as is obvious in the new 10-part documentary series ‘The Last Dance,’ it’s his astonishing will to win that sets him so far apart from the rest. The
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Most governors in the United States have ordered or recommended that statewide school closures continue for the rest of the academic year to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. Several states have announced their plans to begin lifting social distancing measures and the federal government has issued guidelines to reopen the country in
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The Senate on Thursday failed to override a presidential veto of a War Powers resolution intended to rein in presidential authority to use military action against Iran without congressional approval. The vote was 49-44. A two-thirds majority would have been required for a successful override, which was not expected to happen after President Donald Trump
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Since mid-March, Washington state, one of the first hit by the coronavirus outbreak, has ordered more than 300 million items of personal protective equipment from the private market, desperate to shore up enough supplies to meet demand. Weeks later, Washington has received less than 10 percent of those items and there’s no guarantee when the
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The labor market has given job seekers a serious case of whiplash. It wasn’t long ago that applicants were getting multiple offers. Now, they are competing with millions of Americans who have lost their jobs after coronavirus shut down the economy. “It was a tight labor market,” said Vicki Salemi, a career expert for Monster.
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for the president and his supporters in attacking the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation. The move is a stunning reversal for one of
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From playing without fans in attendance to completing seasons in different countries, organizers are searching for ways to get soccer back underway. Creative measures have been hypothesized to hasten the return of the professional game across the world following its suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. The first top-level league to signal its return is
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SWANTON, Vermont — The number of people apprehended for illegally crossing from Canada into the United States along its northern border has nearly tripled over the past three years, and a growing portion are Mexican citizens, according to federal data. One Mexican man who crossed illegally to work on a Vermont dairy farm said it
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump applauded Gov. Greg Abbott’s handling of Texas’ reopening during a White House visit on Thursday. “Gov. Abbott, when you look at the job he’s done in Texas, I rely on his judgment,” Trump said. “Texas is opening up and a lot of places are opening up. And we want
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Since mid-March, Washington state, one of the first hit by the coronavirus outbreak, has ordered more than 300 million items of personal protective equipment from the private market, desperate to shore up enough supplies to meet demand. Weeks later, Washington has received less than 10 percent of those items and there’s no guarantee when the
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Missing restaurants while social distancing? You’re not alone. One restaurant in the Netherlands, though, has found a solution. Mediamatic ETEN, a restaurant in Amsterdam, is offering a four-course vegetarian menu for diners — served to guests while they sit in their own personal quarantine greenhouses. Right now, the trial service is only being offered to
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Continue Reading A woman has been arrested on suspicion of shooting a fast-food worker and injuring others after they told her to leave a McDonald’s restaurant in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, police said. Gloricia Woody had entered the restaurant that evening despite the dining area being closed because of coronavirus restrictions, according to police. When employees asked
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A woman has been arrested on suspicion of shooting a fast-food worker and injuring others after they told her to leave a McDonald’s restaurant in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, police said. Gloricia Woody had entered the restaurant that evening despite the dining area being closed because of coronavirus restrictions, according to police. When employees asked
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When the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft briefly touched down on near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, scientists noticed two different colors of material on the asteroid’s surface. One was more red, while the other was more blue. Now, based on new analysis of the observations captured by the spacecraft, scientists know why. Ryugu, like Icarus in
Continue Reading New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday vowed to release NYPD social distancing enforcement data, saying “unfortunate and inappropriate” incidents had tainted “the vast number of interactions between our officers and our communities that have gone the right way.” The mayor’s remarks come after an officer was stripped of his gun and badge
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The Republican chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions said Thursday that for all the efforts the US made in readying itself for a pandemic, ultimately the country was not adequately prepared for the coronavirus crisis. “We’re not as prepared as we should have been,” Sen. Lamar Alexander from Tennessee told
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Continue Reading Education is being reshaped around the globe in response to the coronavirus and how easily it can spread. Most schools in the United States are closed for the rest of the academic year and plans for the fall are in flux, with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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The coronavirus pandemic has been, to say the least, grim for business. Widespread layoffs and furloughs have prompted about 21% of the US labor force to file for unemployment benefits since mid-March, and economists say the United States is likely already in a recession. And even as states begin to reopen, many of the jobs
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Although the new coronavirus has been spreading through the United States for months, and there are cities seeing a flattening of the curve, some areas of the country have recently begun to find an uptick of cases. Some of these hot spots are in states that have just begun allowing businesses to reopen. In Georgia,
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Although the new coronavirus has been spreading through the United States for months, and there are cities seeing a flattening of the curve, some areas of the country have recently begun to find an uptick of cases. Some of these hot spots are in states that have just begun allowing businesses to reopen. In Georgia,
Continue Reading Frontier Airlines abandoned plans to charge customers to keep middle seats open on flights following criticism from lawmakers that the airline was profiting from the coronavirus pandemic. The Denver-based carrier has rescinded the price increase for its “More Room” seating option, which charged passengers to keep the middle seat in a row empty on their
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Though a prosecutor says he’ll let a grand jury decide whether the man who killed Ahmaud Arbery will face charges, many in this south Georgia community can’t understand why no one’s been arrested. It’s been more than 10 weeks since the shooting, and Arbery’s supporters feel their outrage would’ve been louder had coronavirus restrictions not
Continue Reading Though a prosecutor says he’ll let a grand jury decide whether the man who killed Ahmaud Arbery will face charges, many in this south Georgia community can’t understand why no one’s been arrested. It’s been more than 10 weeks since the shooting, and Arbery’s supporters feel their outrage would’ve been louder had coronavirus restrictions not
Continue Reading French people are being encouraged to eat more cheese, after the country’s coronavirus outbreak caused sales to melt and left farmers with wasted produce. Michel Lacoste, the president of the National Council of Appellations of Dairy Origin (CNAOL), told CNN on Thursday that sales had slumped by 60% from the start of the lockdown on
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