Fantasy football is a billion-dollar pastime. Covid-19 is wreaking havoc with it
This NFL season has been a chaotic mix of coronavirus precautions, postponed games and infected players, all unfolding under a looming concern for…
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Covid-19 is raging through overcrowded California prisons
As Covid-19 infections surge across California, state correctional facilities have recorded more than 4,000 active cases among inmates and another…
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Texas high school football player charged with assault after tackling referee during game, authorities say
A South Texas high school football player was charged with assault after rushing from the sideline and knocking a referee to the ground during a…
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Texas high school football player charged with assault after tackling referee during game, authorities say
A South Texas high school football player was charged with assault after rushing from the sideline and knocking a referee to the ground during a…
Continue Reading Anonymous Korean War veteran purchases hundreds of meals for local hunger relief effort
What started as an average Monday morning last month at a grocery store in Raeford, North Carolina, turned into something extraordinary when a…
Continue Reading China state TV reports 18 miners killed by carbon monoxide in southwest; rescuers searching for 5 others
BEIJING (AP) — China state TV reports at least 18 miners have died due to high levels of carbon monoxide in the country’s southwest. The report…
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Moratorium on federal student loan payments extended until Jan. 31
WASHINGTON, DC — People with federal student loans will get another month of relief after U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos extended the…
Continue Reading $60,000 reward offered in shooting death of 1-year-old boy in Washington, DC
Authorities offered reward of up to $60,000 after a 1-year-old was shot and killed in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night, according to police. The…
Continue Reading Jerseys bearing the last names of Jordan, Kaepernick and Obama break records in online auction
Sports jerseys from Michael Jordan, Colin Kaepernick, and even a former president all set world records this week during an online auction.…
Continue Reading Kentucky board denies request from Breonna Taylor’s family for special prosecutor
The Kentucky Prosecutors Advisory Council declined to appoint a special prosecutor in the case of Breonna Taylor’s March death in a botched…
Continue Reading Covid-19 has already exhausted the US. And it’s only the start of a dark and deadly winter
For weeks, experts have warned Americans in increasingly dire terms that this winter will be one of the darkest periods in the nation’s public…
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California certifies Joe Biden’s victory, giving the Democrat more than the 270 electors needed to win the White House
SACRAMENTO, California — California has certified its presidential election and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Joe Biden, officially…
Continue Reading Nearly 6 million people to be under stay-at-home order in San Francisco Bay Area
Six San Francisco Bay Area governments issued a stay-at-home order Friday ahead of California’s statewide mandate, restricting activities in a…
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Biden predicts ‘bleak future’ if Congress doesn’t pass stimulus
WILMINGTON, Delaware — President-elect Joe Biden is predicting the economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic will only get worse if…
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Dow rallies to close at new high amid jobs data, stimulus hope
NEW YORK, NY — Stocks returned to record highs on Wall Street Friday as traders took a discouraging jobs report as a sign that Congress may finally…
Continue Reading Washington state will be taking down its ‘murder hornet’ traps for the winter
Don’t expect to hear of Asian giant “murder hornets” or nests being captured in the coming months. The Washington State Department…
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More than 1,000 migrant children in U.S. gov’t custody have tested positive for Covid-19
WASHINGTON, DC — More than 1,000 migrant children in US government custody have tested positive for coronavirus since March, according to the…
Continue Reading Pharrell Williams launches nonprofit to help Black and Latino start-ups
Pharrell Williams is not only a Grammy award-winning artist and producer, but he is also quite the entrepreneur. And this week he announced an…
Continue Reading This 6-year-old girl is helping the homeless with care packages
Most kids want toys or candy for their birthdays, but 6-year-old Bethany Moultry’s wish was to help more people. Months before the pandemic…
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Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier says Brexit talks are ‘paused’ to brief principals on talks
LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s chief negotiator says he and his British counterpart have agreed to “pause” trade negotiations while they…
Continue Reading The 2017 travel ban may be associated with preterm births among women from the targeted countries, study says
The 2017 travel ban imposed by the Trump administration on seven Muslim-majority countries may be associated with an increase in preterm births among…
Continue Reading Indian village schoolteacher wins $1 million global prize — and gives half to the runners-up
An Indian schoolteacher has been awarded the 2020 Global Teacher Prize — and has vowed to give half of the $1 million prize money to the…
Continue Reading Suspect in state trooper’s shooting is killed and two US marshals are wounded in Bronx shootout
A suspect is dead after a confrontation in the Bronx Friday morning in which two US marshals were shot and wounded, according to law enforcement…
Continue Reading A Jewish doctor who treated a patient with Nazi tattoos says the pandemic has tested his compassion
Dr. Taylor Nichols has faced hate in the emergency room before. He’s treated racist patients, and each time the Jewish physician has dipped…
Continue Reading Even beloved public schools may lose students forever
The Newhart family moved to their Chicago suburb for the public schools. But when William Hatch Elementary closed its doors at the beginning of the…
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Bahrain says it is granting emergency-use authorization for coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The island kingdom of Bahrain says it has become the second nation in the world to grant emergency-use…
Continue Reading Founder of all-Black armed activist group faces federal charge after FBI says he aimed a rifle at officers
The founder of an all-Black armed activist group is facing a federal charge after the FBI alleges he aimed a rifle at federally deputized task force…
Continue Reading Saudi foreign minister welcomes ‘progress’ on Qatar crisis talks, says a ‘final agreement’ appears to be within reach
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has expressed optimism that the ongoing boycott of Qatar by four Arab nations…
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Even beloved public schools may lose students for ever
The Newhart family moved to their Chicago suburb for the public schools. But when William Hatch Elementary closed its doors at the beginning of the…
Continue Reading Maryland authorities raced to find and stop a child positive for Covid-19 from boarding a flight
A child who had tested positive for Covid-19 was stopped from boarding a plane just in the nick of time, thanks to the coordinated effort of law…
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