Excuses will be offered. Justifications will be made. But Americans who shouldn’t be dying are dying. Trump has taken a more active public role in recent weeks protecting the statues of long-dead Confederate generals than trying to stop the spread of Covid-19, which is clearly exploding across the country after …
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Los Angeles Police Department morale sinks amid ‘defamation,’ ‘the constant verbal beating of our profession,’ says union chief
Morale among Los Angeles Police Department officers is crumbling as the city, like the rest of the country, grapples with “constant verbal beatings” and the looming threat of contracting the coronavirus, according to the chief of the police union. . “An agent told me that he feels like a Vietnam …
Read More »As Massachusetts approaches phase 3, at least 16 states pause, reopening plans reverse as coronavirus cases rise
Before the July 4 weekend, more than a dozen states have paused or reversed reopening strategies as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country. According to CNN, at least 16 states have altered their reopening strategies as the United States experienced a record in new cases last Friday with …
Read More »NL Notes: Braun, Mets, Betances, Dodgers, Phillies
By Connor Byrne The | June 30, 2020 to 10:28 pm CDT Some news and notes from the National League … Concerns about the coronavirus have helped lead four major league players: the Nationals. Ryan Zimmerman and Joe Ross, the Diamondbacks Mike Leake and the rocky mountains Ian Desmond – …
Read More »The Juno 2020 Awards open with a dramatic moment of reckoning on race and inclusion
It took 15 years for soul artists and reggae artists to be included in the category list. The most dramatic moments at the Juno Awards, which took place virtually on June 29, had nothing to do with the big winners of the night, Shawn Mendes and Alessia Cara. These moments …
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