New Jerseyans may soon be required to put on facial covers every time they venture out to the public, indoors or out. Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday the state is considering ordering residents to wear masks in public spaces outdoors, not just indoors, as the virus transmission rate has passed …
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Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly regrets the Twitter photo of the overweight Pablo Sandoval
Over the holiday weekend, MLB players informed their local ball stadiums for “Summer Camp” to prepare for a shorter 2020 baseball season. Most of the news focused on players who tested positive for COVID-19 or considering whether to opt out of the season due to health issues. But when practice …
Read More »The Washington Post scoffed at the tweet saying Ennio Morricone wrote the ‘ah-ee-ah-ee-ah’ theme of ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’
The Washington Post offered a strange tribute to the late Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who died Monday at the age of 91. Morrione, the Oscar-winning composer of “The Hateful Eight,” has more than 500 IMDB credits spanning decades, but his best-known work was creating the iconic theme for Clint Eastwood’s …
Read More »Caesars to fire workers for not wearing a mask
Casino operators are reinforcing efforts to comply with Governor Steve Sisolak’s order for everyone to cover their faces in public. Caesars Entertainment Corp. and Las Vegas Sands Corp. said covering their faces is a working condition. In a message dated Thursday, Caesars CEO Tony Rodio said “not wearing your mask …
Read More »UK sanctions Saudis and Russians under new Magnitsky powers | News
The United Kingdom it imposed economic sanctions on dozens of people and organizations in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar and North Korea under new British powers to punish human rights violators. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Monday that sanctions targeted those behind “some of the notorious human rights violations in recent …
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