Major League Baseball is proposing a 76-game season in the league’s latest idea to save the 2020 season, per ESPN. The report details the latest proposal by the owners sent to the players union Monday morning. ESPN, citing an unnamed source familiar with the negotiations, says in addition to a shortened season, the players would
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico— The Las Cruces City Council has approved a resolution requiring people to wear face coverings in retail and commercial businesses to help combat the spread of the coronavirus. The council decision was made at a special meeting Monday afternoon. Council members agree on the benefits of wearing masks to mitigate coronavirus
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While states lift more restrictions and more Americans go out to socialize or protest, almost half of US states are seeing higher rates of new coronavirus cases. But the situation would have been much worse had states not shut down, a new study says. More than 1.9 million Americans have been infected, and more than
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As the cries for police reform grow louder across the nation, some police departments are holding their officers accountable, firing or suspending those accused of excessive force during recent protests. One Florida police organization has said it will re-hire those very officers accused of misconduct, and that offer is prompting outrage. On Saturday, the Brevard
Continue Reading First, the bad news: The number of new coronavirus cases reported in Florida each day has increased an average of roughly 46% over the past week, according to a national tracking website. But the percentage of coronavirus test results that turn out to be positive is only 4%, according to Covid19-projections.com, a modeling and tracking
Continue Reading The U.S. Soccer Federation is considering a repeal of a policy requiring national team players to stand during the National Anthem, according to an ESPN report. The federation’s board of directors plans to discuss the new policy Tuesday and a formal vote is expected Friday. If approved, the policy would take immediate effect, but will
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Investors are bullish on travel stocks again. US airline stocks had an exceptionally strong week last week on rising hopes that summer travel would be better than originally feared. The nation’s four major airlines, which had lost between 40% and 68% of their value year-to-date through the end of May, all posted solid gains last
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Sixty-three years ago, a pancake house opened in California that spawned a nationwide restaurant chain. Now, it’s the only one left — and it’s changing its name to meet the changing times amid the country’s demonstrations against racism and police brutality. Sambo’s in Santa Barbara will remain in business but under a new, undetermined name,
Continue Reading NASCAR drivers have joined the growing list of athletes and sports leagues throwing their support behind the nationwide protests against police brutality. Bubba Wallace wore a black T-shirt that said “Black Lives Matter” and “I can’t breathe” during Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500. Wallace also tweeted a NASCAR-sponsored video of him
Continue Reading A dozen new coronavirus cases in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, have been traced back to a single New Jersey resident who spread the virus at “beach house gatherings” on the Jersey Shore over the past two weeks, according to a county health department news release. “This is exactly why we can’t let our guard down now,
Continue Reading For the second time ever, astronomers have detected a pattern in a mysterious fast radio burst coming from space. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are millisecond-long bursts of radio waves in space, and astronomers have been able to trace some radio bursts back to their home galaxies. They have yet to determine the actual cause
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Click here for updates on this story McDowell County, NC (WLOS) — Authorities say on Sunday, June 7, shortly before midnight, two women traveling on I-40 westbound near Exit 90 in a white Buick Encore were met by a barrage of bullets from men in a dark-colored car with tinted windows. The driver of the
Continue Reading Ten racehorses were killed in a fiery tractor trailer crash early Sunday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike. Two of the horses identified in the crash were sired by champion horses. The trailer caught fire after the truck struck the center divider near East Windsor township, according to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeff Flynn.
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Among those mourning George Floyd at North Central University’s Frank J. Lindquist Sanctuary in Minneapolis last Thursday was a familiar face, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, who felt he needed be there to show our future generation — and Floyd’s family — that he’s dedicated to fighting for racial equality. “I think what was most impactful for
Continue Reading After 78 days of coronavirus stay-at-home orders and a death toll larger than all but six countries, New York City begins to reopen Monday. Now, New York and cities across the country must reckon with a combination of coronavirus, vast unemployment and systemic racism — a toxic trifecta that most deeply hurts black communities. Once
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces police on Monday released a photograph of an officer accused of involuntary manslaughter as video of the deadly encounter with a man who led police on a foot chase also came to light. “I’m going to f***ing choke you out, bro,” Officer Christoper Smelser is heard saying to
Continue Reading The BTS fan-based charity fundraising group “One In An ARMY” has launched a campaign to raise funds in support of the Black Lives Matter movement after the K-pop group donated $1 million. BTS’s music label Big Hit Entertainment confirmed the group’s donation to the Black Lives Matter campaign organization to CNN. “We Stand against racial
Continue Reading If large-scale shutdown policies — such as ordering people to stay home and closing schools — were not implemented after the coronavirus pandemic reached the United States, there would be roughly 60 million more coronavirus infections across the nation, a new modeling study suggests. The study, published Monday in the scientific journal Nature, involved a
Continue Reading While coronavirus keeps spreading and killing with impunity, the world waits for a vaccine that could quash the pandemic. But details and timelines keep shifting. Here’s the latest on where we stand in the race for a vaccine: When will a Covid-19 vaccine be available to the public? No one’s sure yet, but the target
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Ben Lomond, CA (KPIX) — A veteran Santa Cruz County Sheriff Deputy was killed and a second was severely injured by an improvised explosive device Saturday during “an ambush” in the Santa Cruz Mountains. A grief-stricken Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart said the dead deputy was 38-year-old
Continue Reading Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam are sporting different looks in the “Looney Tunes Cartoons” that launched on the new streaming service HBO Max. While their outfits remain the same, both will no longer be carrying guns. The cartoons will still have plenty of sticks of Acme dynamite and cartoon violence, but Fudd will no longer
Continue Reading The coronavirus is out of the headlines while America hits a hinge in history on race — but it has not gone away. During two weeks of protests, fevered political debate and presidential posturing, the virus marched on — killing hundreds of Americans every day and spreading faster in southern states that have so far
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago, IL (WBBM) — A Chicago police officer was shot during a domestic disturbance overnight in South Austin. A call for help came in from Leamington and Ferdinand, after a man fired shots inside a home. Police said the gunman ran out, but came back in the house
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore, MD (WJZ) — All across the country right now, people are amplifying their voices for what they believe in, and Baltimore’s homegrown activists are no exception. One local business owner shared her messages with the world. You may have heard the saying, “turn your mess into a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Orange County, FL (WESH) — The Orange County sheriff has called for a review of a traffic stop during which a deputy smashed a woman’s car window near a George Floyd protest Wednesday night. Video of the incident spread on social media Thursday and prompted Orange County Sheriff
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Louisville, KY (WLKY) — On what would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday, local artist Jaylin Stewart paid tribute by painting a portrait of Taylor that will be seen larger than life downtown this weekend. “Breonna Taylor has changed the face of Louisville. I feel like she has
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Montpelier, VT (WPTZ) — In Vermont’s capital city, a few thousand demonstrators packed the state house lawn Sunday afternoon demanding an end to police brutality. “Racism is bigger than my concerns for COVID-19 at this point,” said Evy Gray. It’s been nearly two weeks since the death of
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The pandemic forced many American college campuses to close and move classes online. Some are now wondering whether the high cost of college tuition is worth it. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta talks with NYU Professor Scott Galloway about what Galloway believes may be a disruption of higher education. You can listen on your
Continue Reading Thousands of brave souls have ventured into the Rocky Mountains for the past decade, searching for a treasure chest filled with gold, rubies, emeralds and diamonds. But that adventure has finally come to an end. The treasure has been found. Forrest Fenn, the 89-year-old art and antiquities collector who created the treasure hunt, made the
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