The owner of a restaurant in Gaithersburg, Maryland, wrote a controversial social media post telling customers that he won’t require servers to wear face masks. The post since deleted on the Grill at Flower Hill Facebook page read in part: “Let me be very clear … my staff will not …
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The Hill campaign report: Trump’s job approval erodes among groups that fueled his 2016 victory
Welcome to The Hill’s Campaign Report, your daily roundup of the latest news in the 2020 Presidential, Senate and House elections. Did anyone send you this? Click here for subscribe.. We are Julia Manchester, Max Greenwood and Jonathan Easley. This is what we are seeing today in the electoral campaign. …
Read More »Republican Senator from Mississippi: “We don’t want to celebrate” the Confederate flag
“It is a symbol that increasingly represents a day in the past that we do not want to celebrate,” Senator Roger Wicker said of the Confederation battle flag. He added that NASCAR’s move to ban flags at its events helped push the state to remove the Confederate battle cross from …
Read More »68 new COVID-19 cases reported over 3 days in SLO County
San Luis Obispo County reported a three-day total of 68 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the county’s total to 765 confirmed cases as of July 6. There were 21 new cases on Saturday, 26 on Sunday and 21 on Monday. Thirteen people are hospitalized, including five patients who are …
Read More »Scientists first tracked a new bird song that ‘went viral’ through this species of sparrow
Scientists have tracked for the first time a song that “went viral” on some kind of bird. Most of our feathered friends are slow to change their tune, preferring to stick with tried and tested songs to defend territories and attract women. Now, a 20-year study has found how a …
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