As the conversation about racial injustice continues to dominate American politics, a soccer team is removing “The Star-Spangled Banner” from its pre-game routine. Tulsa Athletic, a team in the semi-professional National Premier Soccer League, announced Wednesday that it will replace the national anthem with Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your …

The brothers who claimed they were paid to mount an attack on Jussie Smollett are now reportedly unwilling to testify against the actor. Chicago police allege that Abel Osundario and his brother, Ola, were paid $ 3,500 for jumping into Smollett in what the actor pretended was a racist and …

The digital payments company said in a statement Thursday that it had opened legal proceedings in Munich “due to impending insolvency and over-indebtedness.” The company’s shares, which have lost 90% of their value in less than a week, were suspended on the Frankfurt stock exchange. Markus Braun, the Austrian CEO …

This is what you need to know to Catch up and follow your day. (You can also receive daily “5 things you need to know today” in your inbox. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus About 180,000 Americans will die from the coronavirus before Oct. 1 unless nearly all start wearing …

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports that 25,763 people have now been confirmed to have the coronavirus. The percentage of positive cases and hospitalizations has increased. In Wednesday’s latest state report, there were 10,070 test results. More than 4% of them (4.29%) tested positive, for 432 new cases. That …