HISTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS AND USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Bob Behnken is photographed outside the International Space Station on a spacewalk on June 26. Credit: NASA Picking up where they left off last week, two space station astronauts ventured out of the outpost on Wednesday and completed replacing …
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Welington Castillo chooses to leave the 2020 season
Veteran collector Welington Castle He has chosen to exit the 2020 season, Nationals manager Dave Martinez told reporters on Friday (Twitter link via Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post). Castillo signed a minor league contract with the Nationals in January and was originally announced as part of the team’s 60-player …
Read More »Willie Nelson’s July 4th Picnic will be virtual this year
Willie Nelson’s annual July 4 picnic is going virtual this year over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. Fans can tune in to the nearly 50-year-old music party on Saturday through luck.stream and williepicnic.com. Picnic tickets are for sale at williepicnic.com. Other artists expected to play include Sheryl Crow, Ziggy Marley, …
Read More »By choosing a low-profile French PM, Macron bets heavily on himself
Hoping that the worst health aspects of the coronavirus crisis are behind him, Macron is turning his attention to the massive economic consequences that are still unfolding. How the president handles that aspect of the crisis will be a determining factor in his chances for reelection in 2022. And he …
Read More »Hillary Clinton Believes She Would Handle Coronavirus Pandemic Better Than Trump, Defeat Him In November
Former 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton believes she would have handled the coronavirus pandemic better than President Trump, and that she would win if she were on the ballot in November. “We could not have stopped the pandemic at our borders in the way that Trump initially claimed, but surely …
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