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A slick-looking Real Madrid overpowered Liverpool 3-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday night. Despite missing their starting center-back pairing of captain Sergio Ramos and Raphaël Varane, Madrid looked a class above the reigning Premier League winners. First-half goals from Vinicius Junior and Marco Asensio shot the hosts into the
Continue ReadingMontana Gov. Greg Gianforte tested positive for Covid-19 Monday after experiencing mild symptoms on Sunday, according to his office. The Republican governor will isolate for 10 days in accordance with his doctor’s instructions and public health guidance and plans to work from home, his office said in a statement released on Monday. Montana’s first lady,
Continue ReadingBlack adults were more likely than their White and Latino/Hispanic counterparts to report having been discriminated against or judged unfairly by a health care provider or their staff in the months leading up to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new analysis finds. The report was released this week by the Urban Institute and the
Continue ReadingThe practice of finding new uses for old medications — called repurposing or repositioning drugs — is not new. The most famous (or perhaps infamous) example is sildenafil — aka: Viagra. Originally developed to treat high blood pressure, the little blue pill received US Food and Drug Administration approval in 1998 to treat erectile dysfunction,
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he plans to nominate former Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan as administrator of the General Services Administration, a powerful position whose previous occupant played a role in his delayed transition to the presidency. Carnahan worked at GSA between 2016 and 2020, where she “founded and led the State
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President Joe Biden said Tuesday that it is “reassuring” to see businesses “speaking up” about restrictive voting laws, but added that he respects whatever judgment a corporation may make as part of its response. When asked on Tuesday whether he thinks the upcoming Masters Tournament should be moved out of Augusta, Georgia, in response to
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was blunt in his reaction to Major League Baseball’s decision to move its All-Star Game out of Atlanta this summer following the passage of a series of new election measures by Georgia elected officials. “Corporations will invite serious consequences if they become a vehicle for far-left mobs to hijack our
Continue ReadingRapper will.i.am wants to make face masks a high-end, high-tech statement. The Black Eyed Peas member announced this week he is teaming up with Honeywell to launch XUPERMASK, a $299 mask with a ton of bells and whistles. In addition to dual three-speed fans and HEPA filters, a type of mechanical air filter, it features
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A Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck is not a trained neck restraint tactic. “We don’t train leg-neck restraints with officers in service, and as far as I know, we never have,” Lt. Johnny Mercil said. Mercil’s testimony came as a series of police experts testified
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Click here for updates on this story ARLINGTON, Texas (KTVT) — As many as 40,000 fans were inside Globe Life Field in Arlington Monday afternoon for the Texas Rangers’ home opener. The full capacity crowd is one of the first since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than a year ago. There was lots of energy
Continue ReadingJust as Grape Nuts come back to stores, Americans are faced with yet another shortage — this time, of oat milk at some Starbucks cafes. Starbucks rolled out oat milk lattes at about 1,300 stores in the Midwest last year. It added Oatly-brand oat milk to the menu nationally in March. But now, a mere
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks, but said Americans must remain on a “war footing” to beat the virus. With all states having opened eligibility to the public or at least having
Continue ReadingMigrant families are “self-separating” in Mexico, sending children alone to cross into the United States after first having been expelled, the US Border Patrol’s chief patrol agent of the Rio Grande Valley sector told CNN. “What we are seeing, more and more, is the families are self-separating in Mexico,” Brian Hastings, who leads the busiest
Continue ReadingA Michigan man says government officials erroneously placed him on the “No Fly List” after he refused to become an FBI informant, according to a new federal lawsuit. Almost three years ago, Ahmad Chebli was approached by FBI agents who accused him of being part of Hezbollah, a terrorist organization — an allegation that “shocked”
Continue ReadingA Navy sailor shot and injured two other sailors at a facility in the Maryland city of Frederick on Tuesday morning before driving to the US military’s nearby Fort Detrick, where police shot and killed him, authorities said. The US Navy tweeted that the shooter was a Navy hospital corpsman, and Fort Detrick officials told
Continue ReadingBesides the green jacket, the adulation and the acclaim, one of the greatest honors for a Masters winner is putting on a spread for his fellow champions at the next year’s tournament. Although he’s had a shorter time to prepare than most — the 2020 Masters was held in November rather than its typical slot
Continue ReadingStarbucks is launching an experimental “borrow a cup” program at select locations in its hometown, Seattle. The program is part of Starbucks’ aim to make its cups more sustainable, and it will kick off as a two-month trial in five Seattle stores. Customers at those stores will have an option to receive their drinks in
Continue Reading“60 Minutes” is facing backlash for a story it aired Sunday on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — including from the supermarket chain Publix and two prominent Democrats in the state. As part of a larger story about Florida’s vaccine rollout, the renowned newsmagazine program spotlighted a recent $100,000 donation that Publix made to DeSantis’ re-election
Continue ReadingBusiness leaders had a lot on their plates over the past year, and many have let cybersecurity fall by the wayside. Nearly half of businesses say work-from-home policies have hurt their cybersecurity practices, according to Verizon’s 2021 Mobile Security Index, published Tuesday. The report includes findings from a survey of 856 professionals responsible for buying,
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A Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck is not a trained neck restraint tactic. “We don’t train leg-neck restraints with officers in service, and as far as I know, we never have,” Lt. Johnny Mercil said. While neck restraints may be allowed on suspects actively resisting,
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