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Wendell Pierce starts campaign to voice Cleveland on ‘Family Guy’

https://twitter.com/WendellPierce/status/1277347624375455751 LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Wendell Pierce said on Twitter that he is starting a campaign to voice the role of Cleveland on Fox animated comedy series Family Guy. Mike Henry, a white actor who portrayed Cleveland for 20 years, recently stepped down from the role stating that a person of color should voice him. "Now that Mike Henry has consciously given up the role of Cleveland, I am publicly starting a campaign to voice the role myself on The […]

todayJune 29, 2020 17

MLB News

MLB restart likely to include quirky finishes, underdog contenders

NEW YORK (UPI) -- The 2020 MLB season will be unlike any other when it begins in July after a four-month delay. Quirky rules for extra innings will allow for new excitement, while a shorter season could make underdogs World Series contenders. MLB team owners and players agreed this week to safety protocols for a resumed 2020 season after play was suspended during spring training in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2020 regular season will start July 23 […]

todayJune 26, 2020 20

National

Army suspects ‘foul play’ in disappearance of a second Fort Hood soldier

FORT HOOD, Tex. (UPI) -- Investigators believe "foul play" is involved in the disappearance of a second U.S. soldier to go missing from the Fort Hood, Texas military base in the last year, a local politician said. Rep. Sylvia Garcia told reporters outside the base on Tuesday that she met with investigators searching for Pfc. Vanessa Guillen, who went missing mid-April, and they told her "foul play is involved." Garcia said the investigators weren't able to reveal why they believe […]

todayJune 24, 2020 11

National

Seattle mayor says ‘it’s time’ for CHOP to end

SEATTLE (UPI) -- After an increase in gun violence over the weekend, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced the city plans to end the so-called Capitol Hill Occupation Protest zone, which thousands of protesters have held free of police for roughly two weeks amid nationwide unrest following the death of a black man by a white police officer late last month. In a press conference Monday, Durkan told protesters who have taken over the six-block area that "it's time for people […]

todayJune 23, 2020 14

National

Lloyd, Rapinoe, Morgan to miss NWSL soccer tournament

SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -- Carli Lloyd has joined fellow United States Women's National Team stars Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan on the list of stars who will miss the National Women's Soccer League Challenge Cup tournament. Lloyd, 37, said Sunday in a statement that she sustained a minor left knee injury this off-season and won't be healthy enough to compete in the June 27 to July 26 tournament in Utah. The 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup marks the return for all […]

todayJune 22, 2020 3

NASCAR

NASCAR investigating after noose found in Bubba Wallace’s garage

LINCOLN, Ala. (UPI) -- NASCAR has launched an investigation after a noose was found in driver Bubba Wallace's garage at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Ala. Wallace is the only black driver in the Cup Series. NASCAR said the flag was found in the garage stall Sunday afternoon before the Geico 500 was postponed due to a rain delay. The incident occurred two weeks after Wallace successfully pushed the sport to ban the Confederate flag from its track and facilities. "[Sunday's] […]

todayJune 22, 2020 17

National

NYC museum to remove ‘problematic’ Roosevelt statue

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Amid renewed calls nationwide for controversial statues to be torn down, the American Museum of Natural History announced it has asked the city to permit the removal of a bronze statue of former President Theodore Roosevelt that critics say symbolize systemic racism. The statue of the 26th president flanked by walking Native American and African figures was unveiled to the public in front of the museum's Central Park West entrance in 1940 as part of a larger […]

todayJune 22, 2020 7

National

Army suspects ‘foul play’ in death of Fort Hood soldier

FORT HOOD, Tex. (UPI) -- Military officials said Sunday that foul play is suspected in the death of a soldier stationed in Fort Hood, Texas, who went missing some 10 months ago. Pvt. Gregory Wedel-Morales was last seen Aug. 19, 2019, driving a black Kia Rio near the Fort Hood base with his last known contact occurring the next day, igniting a search by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command for the 23-year-old Sapulpa, Okla., native. The search ended Friday when […]

todayJune 22, 2020 6

National

Petition calls for Columbus, Ohio, to be renamed ‘Flavortown’

COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) -- The controversy over depictions of Christopher Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, has led to an online petition calling for the city to be renamed Flavortown in honor of Guy Fieri. The city of Columbus announced Thursday that the statue of Columbus outside of City Hall would be removed, and officials are asking the Arts Commission to consider changes to the city's seal, flag, and other symbols. The Change.org petition calls for the city to go a step further […]

todayJune 19, 2020 7

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