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UK coastguard issues new warning after record day

BBCAugust 9, 2020August 9, 2020

by BBCAugust 9, 2020August 9, 202007

Image copyright Reuters The UK’s coastguard has issued a new warning urging people to be careful in the sea, after recording its highest number of call-outs in a single day for more than four years. Its teams dealt with 340 incidents and rescued 146 people on Saturday. Saturday was the......

Kanye West Seeks Donations, Takes Stands on 2020 Presidential Issues

TMZAugust 8, 2020August 8, 2020

by TMZAugust 8, 2020August 8, 2020016

Kanye West wants you to donate to his campaign so he can become the 46th POTUS, and he’s making the pitch by laying out his positions on various issues, and one thing’s clear … he’s playing to both Democrats and Republicans. Ye, who calls his platform, “Creating a Culture of......

U.S. engine plant employees claim workplace is rife with COVID-19 safety issues

CBS NewsAugust 8, 2020

by CBS NewsAugust 8, 202000

CBS News – For more and to sign up click here A U.S. engine manufacturer is at the center of a CBS News investigation after some employees allege the company was not taking proper safety precautions against the coronavirus, including not telling workers a colleague “passed out on the job”......

City in China’s Inner Mongolia issues warning after bubonic plague patient dies

CNBCAugust 7, 2020August 7, 2020

by CNBCAugust 7, 2020August 7, 2020015

CNBC – For more and to sign up click here Authorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning after a patient who had bubonic plague died of multiple organ failure, state media reported on Saturday. Cases of plague are not uncommon in China, although......

Trump issues executive orders banning U.S. transactions with WeChat and TikTok in 45 days

CNBCAugust 6, 2020August 6, 2020

by CNBCAugust 6, 2020August 6, 2020015

CNBC – For more and to sign up click here President Donald Trump on Thursday issued executive orders banning any U.S. transactions with Chinese tech firms Tencent, which owns the messaging service WeChat, and ByteDance that owns the popular short-video-sharing app TikTok. The ban will take effect in 45 days. WeChat......

Barack Obama issues his first round of 2020 endorsements

CNBCAugust 3, 2020August 3, 2020

by CNBCAugust 3, 2020August 3, 2020020

CNBC – For more and to sign up click here Former U.S. President Barack Obama Sean Gallup | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama released his first slate of 2020 candidate endorsements on Monday, putting his considerable political weight behind 118 candidates up and down the ballot in......

Tekashi 6ix9ine Releases New Video Upon Release, No Major Legal Issues

TMZAugust 2, 2020August 2, 2020

by TMZAugust 2, 2020August 2, 2020042

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com 1:14 PM PT — Welp, that was fast. The video Tekashi was filming JUST THIS MORNING is already up out in the ether — as in, it’s up on YouTube mere hours after shooting it. The song’s called “PUNANI” and it features T69 and a......

Hong Kong issues arrest warrant for U.S. citizen under new national security law

CNBCAugust 2, 2020August 2, 2020

by CNBCAugust 2, 2020August 2, 2020026

CNBC – For more and to sign up click here A U.S. citizen is among six pro-democracy activists to have arrest warrants issued for them by Hong Kong police for suspected violations under a new national security law, Chinese state media reported late Friday. , the managing director of the D.C.-based......

Sports Illustrated - NCAA Football

Manfred’s Bluff to End Season Further Exposes MLB’s Issues

Sports IllustratedAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020

by Sports IllustratedAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020023

http://www.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Ch_1200%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1200/MTY4MDI3NjgzOTgzMjA1NjQ5/commissioner-rob-manfred-listed-las-vegas-and-portland-among-six-potential-expansion-locations—image.jpg Matt Martell For the first time since Pandemic Baseball began, it appeared Rob Manfred was finally taking seriously the perilous state of his sport. Hours after Friday’s Cardinals-Brewers game was postponed because two St. Louis players had tested positive for COVID-19, Manfred reportedly told Tony Clark, the head of......

New York Times - Politics

Army Officer Who Clashed With Trump Vows to Speak Out on Security Issues

New York TimesAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020

by New York TimesAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020016

An Army officer who was a key witness during the impeachment inquiry into President Trump last year and later retired after what he called a campaign of bullying and intimidation by the president and his allies, sharply criticized the administration on Saturday and said he would use his new civilian......

ESPN

Racing Point had no issues with Perez’s Mexico trip

ESPNJuly 31, 2020July 31, 2020

by ESPNJuly 31, 2020July 31, 2020015

Racing Point F1 boss Otmar Szafnauer insists the team had no issue with the two-day trip Sergio Perez took to Mexico before the positive COVID test that sidelined him for the British Grand Prix. Racing Point has called on Nico Hulkenberg to replace Perez this weekend after the Mexican driver......

BBC Entertainment

Ellen apologises to staff over workplace ‘issues’

BBCJuly 31, 2020July 31, 2020

by BBCJuly 31, 2020July 31, 2020015

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ellen’s tagline on the show is ‘Be Kind’ Several staff will be replaced on Ellen DeGeneres’ daytime chat show after an investigation uncovered “deficiencies” in “the show’s day-to-day management”. The inquiry was prompted by a widely-circulated story on Buzzfeed news, in which employees made......

In Lewis eulogy, Obama issues forceful call to action on voting rights, racial equality

PoliticoJuly 30, 2020July 30, 2020

by PoliticoJuly 30, 2020July 30, 202006

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here “It is a great honor to be back in Ebenezer Baptist Church in the pulpit of its greatest pastor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to pay my respects to perhaps his finest disciple, an American whose faith was tested again......

‘Now it is your turn’: John Lewis issues call to action in posthumous op-ed

PoliticoJuly 30, 2020July 30, 2020

by PoliticoJuly 30, 2020July 30, 2020045

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here “Millions of people motivated simply by human compassion laid down the burdens of division. Around the country and the world you set aside race, class, age, language and nationality to demand respect for human dignity.” Lewis explained that the ongoing......

New York Times - Politics

Barr to Testify on Protest Response, Mueller Inquiry and Other Issues

New York TimesJuly 28, 2020July 28, 2020

by New York TimesJuly 28, 2020July 28, 2020015

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr will travel to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for his first congressional testimony in more than a year, and lawmakers are prepared to press for explanations on the federal response to nationwide protests of police killings of Black Americans and the handling of criminal......

ESPN

Sources: NFL, PA still negotiating 3 key issues

ESPNJuly 23, 2020July 23, 2020

by ESPNJuly 23, 2020July 23, 2020020

NFLPA team player representatives are scheduled to convene on a conference call Friday morning as the players work to finalize an agreement with team owners on the rules and finances of the 2020 NFL season, according to sources. According to the sources, the two sides were still negotiating Thursday night......

NPR

Trump And COVID-19, Universities Reopening Plans, Federal Agent Legal Issues : Up First

NPRJuly 22, 2020July 23, 2020

by NPRJuly 22, 2020July 23, 2020014

NPR With cases up and approval ratings down, Trump changes course on the pandemic. Meanwhile, many universities are revising their pandemic opening plans as well. And finally, are federal agents in Portland, Oregon and elsewhere acting legally? NPR – Click for more...

USA Today - NFL

NFL, players have many COVID-19 issues to fix as training camps open

USA TodayJuly 20, 2020

by USA TodayJuly 20, 2020012

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Nick Cannon Issues Apology to ‘Jewish Sisters and Brothers’

TMZJuly 16, 2020July 16, 2020

by TMZJuly 16, 2020July 16, 2020024

Breaking News Nick Cannon says his eyes have been opened to the horribly anti-Semitic things he said things, and he’s offering an apology — one that might have saved his ‘Masked Singer’ gig. 24 hours after Viacom cut all ties with Nick for anti-Semitic remarks he made on his podcast,......

The nations with big (and small) population issues

BBCJuly 15, 2020July 16, 2020

by BBCJuly 15, 2020July 16, 202005

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Nigeria and other countries in Africa are bucking the trend of population decline A major new study published in the Lancet medical journal suggests falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century, and warns of......

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