Washington Nationals star tests positive for Covid-19 hours before home opener
Washington Nationals left fielder Juan Soto has tested positive for Covid-19. Soto will miss the team’s opener against the New York Yankees…
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Taylor Swift will drop a surprise new album tonight
Surprise! Taylor Swift is releasing a new album this week, one she wrote and recorded entirely in isolation. The world has less than one day to…
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New Mexico governor says no in-class school until after Sept. 7; Doña Ana County sees 15th virus death
SANTA FE, New Mexico – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday afternoon hit the pause button on reopening public schools this fall,…
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AP source: MLB and players’ union agree to 16-team playoffs for 2020, pending MLB owners’ approval
NEW YORK (AP) – Major League Baseball and the players’ union agreed to expand the playoffs from 10 teams to 16 for the pandemic-delayed…
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‘Doxing’ officers in Kansas City could soon be a crime
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Mayor Quinton Lucas is taking action to protect police…
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A typo on a death certificate exposes a man allegedly trying to avoid prison
A Long Island man allegedly created a fake death certificate to avoid being sentenced for unrelated charges, but a typo on the certificate gave him…
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At least 15 prisoners at a California prison have died of apparent complications from Covid-19
At least 15 people incarcerated at California’s oldest prison have died since June from apparent Covid-19-related complications amid a growing…
Continue Reading Here’s what Drake raps in Arabic in ‘Only You Freestyle’
It sounds like an Arab woman has Champagne Papi all up in his feelings … Drake and British rapper Headie One dropped “Only You…
Continue Reading University professors fear the risks of classroom teaching in pandemic hot spots
Dr. Joe Gerald will be lecturing students in person this fall. But what he might teach them in his public health course is that being in the…
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El Paso Electric sale to JP Morgan approved by federal regulators
EL PASO, Texas — Federal regulators on Thurday approved the $4.3 billion sale of the El Paso Electric Co. to an investment fund controlled by…
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El Pasoan charged with firing gun on highway now accused of leaving dog outside to die in 103-degree heat
EL PASO, Texas — A 26-year-old El Paso man now jailed on animal cruelty charges, allegedly leaving his dog outside in sweltering temperatures to…
Continue Reading Cardinals plan to display ‘unified’ message regarding social justice on Opening Day Friday
Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — The topic of social justice has risen to the forefront of…
Continue Reading The Boston Red Sox put up a Black Lives Matter billboard over the Massachusetts Turnpike
The Boston Red Sox are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. The phrase “Black Lives Matter” — written in the…
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Do you sleep with your eyes open? (You’ll be surprised how many of us do)
You walk over to your friend who is asleep on your couch, snoring away. You bend over to goose him when suddenly you jump back in shock. His eyes are…
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Watchdog to review conduct of federal agents in Portland & D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department inspector general said Thursday that it will conduct a review of the conduct of federal agents who…
Continue Reading Martha Stewart talks us through the afternoon that pool selfie came to be
On Tuesday afternoon, Martha Stewart and her best friend Charlotte Beers were having a socially distanced lunch outside at her East Hampton home.…
Continue Reading Talks between Bottoms and Kemp may keep mask mandate case out of court
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — After weeks of back and forth, it appears the fight over…
Continue Reading Washington’s football team to call itself Washington Football Team until it settles on a new name
The Washington NFL franchise, formerly known as the Washington Redskins, is officially going to change its name to the Washington Football Team. The…
Continue Reading Portland mayor tear gassed after speaking with protesters on presence of federal agents
Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear gassed in downtown Portland early Thursday morning, according to video and posts on Twitter from a New York Times…
Continue Reading World will have 710M tons of plastic pollution by 2040 despite efforts to cut waste, study says
If the world embarked on an immediate and globally-coordinated effort to reduce our plastic consumption, there would still be an estimated 710…
Continue Reading Memphis councilman wants to make police misconduct complaints more transparent to public
Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — Inside the Raines Police precinct, a man was handcuffed for…
Continue Reading Black Lives Matter protests across America continue nearly 2 months after George Floyd’s death
The national Black Lives Matter protest movement, rekindled in the days after an unarmed George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis last May,…
Continue Reading To stop vote meddling, Western leaders have to want to do something about it
The question is not whether Russia and China will try to influence Western elections — it’s whether Western governments have the wit and…
Continue Reading Biden and Trump: Why doctors say attacks on age can be ‘dangerous’
The presidential battle for the White House typically includes criticizing your opponent’s policy ideas and even exposing any closeted…
Continue Reading Convent outside Detroit lost 13 nuns to Covid-19 with 12 dying in one month
Coronavirus spread so quickly through a convent in Michigan that it claimed the lives of 12 nuns in one month, beginning on Good Friday. They were…
Continue Reading Wow! That WAS a bear roaming through the neighborhood
Click here for updates on this story MARIETTA, GA (WGCL) — Residents in an area of Marietta may have been doing double…
Continue Reading Man meets Memphis police officer who saved him after bullet tore through his neck
Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — A man who was shot in the neck and foot is praising the…
Continue Reading The newest NHL team officially has a name. Meet the Seattle Kraken
Seattle’s new hockey team got a name this week, and it’s a nod to what haunts the city’s mysterious, murky waters. Meet the Seattle…
Continue Reading Search for a mass grave from the 1921 Tulsa race massacre ends without finding human remains
A search for potential mass graves from the 1921 Tulsa race massacre has ended without uncovering any evidence of human remains. The test excavation…
Continue Reading NC National Guard to end COVID-19 relief operations on Friday
Click here for updates on this story NORTH CAROLINA, USA (WLOS) — The North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) will wind…
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