Donald Trump has canceled the portion of the Republican National Convention that was taking place in Jacksonville, Florida, his biggest public recall until the ferocity of the coronavirus pandemic. The insistence of the US president in a crowded crowd forced the Republican National Committee to announce in June that it …
Read More »Dr. Fauci takes a break from fighting the pandemic to launch the first pitch of the MLB season
Starting Thursday, you can add a launcher to your extensive resume. Fauci launched the first ceremonial pitch of the 2020 Major League Baseball season before the first game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees. He took the mound in Nationals Park with a Nationals cap, T-shirt and, …
Read More »Barry Alvarez warns that Wisconsin track and field is ‘at risk’ if football season is canceled
Wisconsin’s athletic department projects revenue losses of $ 60 million to $ 70 million if the Badgers play a conference-only 10-game season and losses of more than $ 100 million if the next soccer season is canceled due to the pandemic of coronavirus. In a letter to Wisconsin fans posted …
Read More »S&P 500 Index Falls 40 Points: Worst Day Since June As Unemployment Claims Rise, Coronavirus Cases Send Shares Of Apple, Tesla And Microsoft Down
the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^ SPX) it lost 40.4 points, or 1.2%, on July 23, breaking a streak of positive days in the second half of the month. Today’s mass sale came after the Labor Department reported that 1.42 million people applied for unemployment last week. That’s 100,000 higher than …
Read More »Congress moves ahead of Trump’s veto threat to remove Confederate names from base
The Senate overwhelmingly passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Thursday 86-14, a day after the House passed its defense authorization bill 295-125. Both chambers cleared the two-thirds threshold for a veto-proof majority in legislation establishing policy for the military and it has been enacted 59 consecutive years. Both versions …
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