House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks to journalists during her weekly press conference at the US Capitol on August 27, 2020. OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP via Getty Images House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said she did not think there should be any presidential debates because President Donald Trump “is likely to …

Graph by Ben Zigterman Of 10,644 new tests in Champaign County, 40 returned Thursday, a rate of 0.4 percent. The county’s seven-day positive rate remained unchanged at 0.5 percent. Other notable numbers: The number of residents of the provincial hospital with COVID-19 remained two. Active cases increased by 33, to …

The Rays have gotten outfielder Brett Phillips of the Royals in exchange for minor league association Lucius Fox, announced the teams. Both players are on the 40-man grid, so matching 40-man moves are not necessary. It is an exchange of two once announced young talents whose respective shares have disappeared …

Many singer Taylor Swift fans were shocked when they realized she was revealing what her friend, actor Blake Lively, called her youngest child, in her song “Betty.” But new evidence suggests that may not be the case. Here’s what happened, and the other possible explanation behind the Folklore track title …

Lori Grunin / CNET I have had an iPhone since the iPhone 3G in 2008 and currently have an iPhone XS Max. i love the iOS ecosystem and, besides some forgettable little annoyances here and there, I have never had a problem with it. That’s until now. Op August 4th …