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A white woman who called police and falsely accused a black man of threatening her life after he asked her to put her dog on a leash will face minor charges, the Manhattan district attorney announced Monday. The woman at the Central Park meeting, who was videotaped and sparked intense …

Infielder brewers Luis Urias and left-handed Angel Perdomo both tested positive for COVID-19 before intake, manager Craig Counsell told reporters this morning (Twitter links via Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel). Both gave their consent for their diagnoses to be made public. Urias and Perdomo are thankfully asymptomatic at the …

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Confirmed cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in some U.S. states, and hospitalizations in those areas are on the rise. The stock market shook the worsening pandemic news on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^ DJI) up 1.3% at 12:35 pm EDT. Actions of Boeing (NYSE: …

Israel has said he carried out fresh air forays into the Gaza Strip in response to three suspected rockets fired from the embattled Palestinian enclave. No victims were reported in the attacks late on Sunday. That took place amid intense tensions over Israel’s widely criticized plan to illegally annex parts …