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Rep. Louie Gohmert tests positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Louie Gohmert, the Republican congressman from Texas who has frequently voiced opposition to wearing a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic, has tested positive for COVID-19. In a video message published on Facebook, Gohmert announced that while asymptomatic he has contracted the coronavirus. "The reports of my demise are a great deal premature," he said. "I don't have symptoms that are listed as part of COVID-19, but apparently I have the Wuhan virus," he said, calling the coronavirus […]

todayJuly 30, 2020 55

Financial News

More stimulus, school and jobless funds expected in $1 trillion GOP relief bill

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Senate Republicans plan to introduce a $1 trillion coronavirus relief package on Monday that will include another stimulus payment for Americans and funds to help schools reopen. After days of negotiating among GOP lawmakers and the White House, the Senate measure is expected to include a $1,200 stimulus payment, temporary and reduced unemployment benefits, funds to help schools reopen, $16 billion in funding for COVID-19 testing and tax incentives for companies to rehire employees. Senators said they […]

todayJuly 27, 2020 23

MLB News

Trump pulls out of throwing first pitch at August Yankees game

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will no longer throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the New York Yankees' game against the Boston Red Sox on Aug. 15. Trump wrote on Twitter that he can't make it to New York for the matchup because of his "strong focus" on the coronavirus pandemic and the economy. He promised to "make it later in the season." "Because of my strong focus on the China Virus, including scheduled […]

todayJuly 26, 2020 67

Entertainment

TV personality Regis Philbin dead at 88

GREENWICH, Conn. (UPI) -- Longtime television host Regis Philbin died Friday of natural causes, family members said. He was 88. "We are deeply saddened to share that our beloved Regis Philbin passed away last night of natural causes, one month shy of his 89th birthday," said a statement Philbin's family shared with People Magazine Saturday. "His family and friends are forever grateful for the time we got to spend with him - for his warmth, his legendary sense of humor, and […]

todayJuly 25, 2020 70

National

Salmonella outbreak sickens 212 people in 23 states

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened 212 people in 23 states. In a Friday press release the CDC reported that 87 people had become ill since its last update on the outbreak Tuesday. The agency said people began showing symptoms linked to a strain of salmonella, which can take two to four weeks to manifest symptoms, between June 19 and July 11. Thirty-one people have been hospitalized […]

todayJuly 25, 2020 28

National

1 dead, 2 injured in San Antonio plane crash

SAN ANTONIO (UPI) -- One person died and two were hospitalized with injuries after a plane crashed in a residential neighborhood in San Antonio on Saturday. The crash took place in a residential area after strong winds caused the plane, a Piper PA-28, to go into a tailspin and plummet into a backyard, San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Woody Woodward said. The crash site was near Stinson Airport, and the Federal Aviation Administration told CBS Austin the plane crashed after […]

todayJuly 25, 2020 55

National

Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, wife face tax fraud charges

MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) -- The former Minneapolis police officer accused of second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd was charged with tax fraud Wednesday. Derek Chauvin and his wife, Kellie Chauvin, each face nine counts of tax fraud for allegedly underreporting their income by nearly $500,000 from 2014 to 2019. Washington County prosecutors said the couple didn't file any tax returns from 2016-18. The couple allegedly owe the state of Minnesota more than $21,000 in taxes as well as a […]

todayJuly 22, 2020 82

National

Kangaroo on the loose after escape from Texas ranch

EUREKA, Tex. (UPI) -- A Texas ranch owner is asking members of the public to keep an eye out for an unusual escaped animal -- a kangaroo. John Benda, owner of The Benda Ranch in Eureka, Nararro County, said the 2-year-old kangaroo escaped from the ranch and has been spotted in recent days wandering loose in the area. "It can survive by eating greens, grass, and drinking water," Benda told the Corsicana Daily Sun. He said the 2-foot-tall marsupial does not […]

todayJuly 22, 2020 65

Chicagoland Region

12 arrested, at least 18 injured at Chicago protest

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Activists and elected officials in Chicago have called for the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park following Friday-night confrontations that led to at least 12 arrests, as well as injuries to protesters and officers. Officials have also condemned the police's tactics in responding to the protest, citing among others an incident where an officer hit Miracle Boyd, an 18-year-old woman and knocked her tooth out. At a news conference Saturday, Boyd said she was […]

todayJuly 18, 2020 36

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