Ian Desmond will choose not to play this season, the Colorado Rockies outfielder announced Monday. “The COVID-19 pandemic has made this baseball season one that is a risk I’m not comfortable with,” he wrote at the end of a long Instagram post that touched on race and opportunities for youth …
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Country singer Chase Rice is speaking after receiving a backlash for hosting a crowded concert amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Saturday night, Rice, 34, performed at a concert in Tennessee, where thousands of concertgoers gathered at the venue, most of whom appear not to be wearing face masks, as recommended …
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The world has suffered economically due to COVID-19, but Japan in particular had two major events that have now been delayed due to the pandemic. The first was the Summer Olympics, which were delayed until the summer of 2021, and the second is the opening of the Universal Studios Japan …
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SodaStream has become the first Israeli company to join the growing protest against Facebook’s hate speech policies, along with a growing list of brands that have vowed not to advertise on the social media platform. SodaStream, the maker of seltzer machines for the home, joined parent company PepsiCo Inc. over …
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Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday extended the state’s public health emergency, certain trade restrictions and his have-in-place order for the medically fragile amid a record increase in new cases of the coronavirus. The governor also announced Monday that he plans to take a statewide flight tour before the July 4 …
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