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Decision 2020

Young progressives say they don’t want ‘return to normalcy’ under Joe Biden

(UPI) -- Several groups of young progressives said they're not on board with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's call for life to go back to what it was before the election of President Donald Trump. They wrote an open letter to the former vice president Wednesday, hours after Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., suspended his campaign to be president. "While you are now the presumptive Democratic nominee, it is clear that you were unable to win the votes of the vast […]

todayApril 8, 2020 56

Entertainment

NFL is planning for a virtual NFL Draft

The 2020 NFL Draft can quite obviously no longer be held in the city of Las Vegas. It was an unprecedented and exciting event, but now it will be unprecedented for a whole new set of reasons. An announcement late last month stated the draft would still take place in Vegas, but without fans in attendance. With the virus spreading and the death count rising, according to Adam Schefter, the league is preparing for a virtual draft that will take […]

todayApril 5, 2020 19

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Georgia spending $72 million to add 296 hospital beds, staff in advance of expected patient surge

ATLANTA (The Center Square) – Gov. Brian Kemp has announced plans to add 296 hospital beds throughout Georgia as the state prepares for a COVID-19 patient surge. Eighty-eight new beds will be a part of four temporary medical units, and 208 additional beds at two reopened health-care facilities. The governor's office said the plan to add hospital beds will cost the state about $72 million, which includes $12 million for additional staff at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Dougherty […]

todayApril 5, 2020 24

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April warmup to encompass central, eastern U.S. into midweek

Increasingly mild conditions across the eastern half of the U.S. will send temperatures rising into midweek. In the wake of a record-breaking winter storm that tracked through the Plains, temperatures will climb into the 60s in Denver and Rapid City, South Dakota, on Sunday. On Friday, temperatures fell below zero in Rapid City and into the teens around Denver. Temperatures will also climb into the upper 50s and 60s farther east across the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and most of […]

todayApril 5, 2020 41

Entertainment

White Sox play-by-play broadcaster Ed Farmer has passed away

Ed Farmer, the radio voice for the Chicago White Sox, has died. He was 70 years old. Farmer had been in poor health. He actually missed the end of the 2019 season due to medical problems. The Chicago native was the fifth-round pick of the Cleveland Indians in the 1967 MLB Draft and made his debut with them in 1971. From there he would go to Detroit, Philly, Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Texas before joining his hometown White Sox in 1979. […]

todayApril 2, 2020 69

MLB News

MLB cancels June series between Cardinals, Cubs in London

NEW YORK/LONDON (UPI) -- Major League Baseball on Wednesday canceled the 2020 London series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs, which had been scheduled for June, because of the coronavirus pandemic. "We are facing an unprecedented situation and nothing is more important than the health and safety of our players, employees and fans," MLB said in a statement. "We send our best wishes to all individuals and communities that have been impacted by COVID-19." The Cubs and Cardinals […]

todayApril 1, 2020 56

Football News

Seattle Seahawks release Ed Dickson, Tedric Thompson

SEATTLE (UPI) -- The Seattle Seahawks parted ways with veteran tight end Ed Dickson and safety Tedric Thompson, the team announced Tuesday. The roster moves clear more than $5 million in cap space for the Seahawks, according to Over The Cap. With the extra salary-cap space, the Seahawks are expected to attempt to re-sign Jadeveon Clowney or add one of the other premier pass-rushers available in free agency. The Seahawks selected Thompson in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL […]

todayMarch 31, 2020 28

Entertainment

WATCH: Amazing drone footage of seemingly empty San Francisco

San Francisco lit social media ablaze with haunting footage of boarded-up buildings and empty streets in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak has closed businesses, organizations and seemingly entire cities throughout the world. Residents of major metropolitan areas around the world are practicing social distancing to flatten the curve of one of the most gripping pandemics we have ever encountered. See the haunting footage below. Amazing drone footage of an empty San Francisco. [ https://t.co/G2BzTwrekb ] pic.twitter.com/Qa0OibkaRb — Kristy Tillman (@KristyT) March […]

todayMarch 31, 2020 20

National

CDC issues domestic travel advisories for N.Y., N.J., Conn., as coronavirus deaths double

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to avoid non-essential travel to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The CDC issued the Domestic Travel Advisory discouraging travel out of the three areas that have become hotspots in the global COVID-19 pandemic for 14 days, excluding employees of critical infrastructure such as trucking, public health professionals, financial services and food supply. The United States leads all nations with 124,763 […]

todayMarch 29, 2020 56

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