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[ESPN] The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament is known as one of the biggest fishing events in the country. Fittingly, Michael Jordan entered the 62nd installment of the annual tournament and made an immediate impact. Jordan and the crew on his boat, Catch 23, reeled in a 442-pound blue marlin […]
[Forbes] A spokeswoman said on Tuesday that National Guard members, who were sent to D.C. to respond to riots starting on May 31 and have since been among hundreds of thousands of protestors in the nation’s capital, have tested positive for COVID-19, bolstering concerns over a protest-induced spike in coronavirus cases. KEY […]
[The Wall Street Journal] The economic situation for black workers was fragile even before the downturn, which means recovery might be slower Near the end of a decadelong economic expansion, African-Americans were finally finding some financial stability. Unemployment had reached record lows, and their wages had begun rising modestly. Anthony Steward, […]
[Bloomberg, Getty Images] The world is having serious doubts about the once widely accepted presumption of American exceptionalism. The era of the U.S. dollar’s “exorbitant privilege” as the world’s primary reserve currency is coming to an end. Then French Finance Minister Valery Giscard d’Estaing coined that phrase in the 1960s largely […]
Preliminary data from 23andMe’s ongoing genetic study of COVID-19 appears to lend more evidence for the importance of a person’s blood type — determined by the ABO gene — in differences in the susceptibility to the virus. 23andMe is still recruiting for its massive study, most recently seeking 10,000 participants outside of 23andMe who have […]
[FOX NEWS] Across the globe, skywatchers have been enjoying the stunning June full moon or strawberry moon. The moon became full at 3:12 p.m. ET Friday and will appear full into early Sunday morning, NASA explains, on its website. “This moon is named Strawberry Moon as a reference to the time of harvesting strawberries in North […]
[CBS] Players on the Alabama football team tested positive for the coronavirus after many met for workouts this week, multiple news outlets reported. Alabama’s players have begun to return to campus ahead of voluntary workouts starting next week. At least five of those players have already tested positive for the coronavirus, according […]
[CNN] The former Minneapolis Police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck was charged on Wednesday with a new, more serious count of second-degree murder, and the three other officers on scene during his killing were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. “I strongly believe that these developments are […]
[AccuWeather] Hurricane season — which officially got underway on Monday — featured the formation of the third tropical system of the year with a tropical depression brewing over the Gulf of Mexico. June 1 marks the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, yet forecasters have already been busy for weeks […]
CHICAGO (WLS) — The United States Postal Service announced Monday that they will be temporarily suspending service and limiting delivery in Chicago. The change in service was made, “out of an abundance of caution,” a USPS spokesman said in a statement. “The Postal Service will continue to review the ongoing […]