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NFL teams can begin reopening their facilities on Tuesday if state and local governments will allow it
NEW YORK (AP) – In a memo sent to the 32 teams Friday by Commissioner Roger Goodell and obtained by The Associated Press, he stressed that the clubs must be "in compliance with any additional pu...
Syndicated Author May 15, 2020

Golfer Rory McIlroy Criticizes Trump, Wouldn’t Play Golf With Him Again
Rory McIlroy says he wouldn't play golf again with President Donald Trump and doubts he would even be invited after questioning his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.McIlroy did an hour-plus int...
Syndicated Author May 15, 2020

U.S. Layoffs Surged To Record High Of 11.4 Million In March
WASHINGTON - U.S. layoffs soared in March to a record 11.4 million after state and local governments closed restaurants, bars, movie theaters and other nonessential businesses in response to the inten...
Syndicated Author May 15, 2020

US Navy Grants First Waiver For Transgender Service Member To Serve
The US Navy has granted a waiver allowing a transgender service member to serve “in their preferred gender” for the first time since the military enacted a transgender ban.“The actin...
Syndicated Author May 15, 2020

NIH Director: Large-Scale Vaccine Testing Expected By July
The National Institutes of Health is gearing up for a master experiment to rapidly tell if any possible vaccines for COVID-19 really work.At least four or five possible vaccines "look pretty promising...
Syndicated Author May 15, 2020

Dems Push $3T Coronavirus Relief Bill Toward House Vote
WASHINGTON - Democrats began pushing Congress' biggest coronavirus relief bill yet toward expected House passage Friday, a $3 trillion behemoth they said a beleaguered country badly needs but that Rep...
Syndicated Author May 15, 2020

Ocean City lifts restriction on renting rooms
Maria Leaf WMAL.com WASHINGTON– You can go ahead and plan that weekend in Ocean City. A restriction on the rental of hotel rooms and other short term housing that went into effect in April will ...
Syndicated Author May 14, 2020

IOC Says Postponing Tokyo Olympics Will Cost It $800M
GENEVA - The IOC set aside $800 million on Thursday for loans and payments arising from the pandemic that forced the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to be postponed. It is still unclear how big the total postpone...
Syndicated Author May 14, 2020

Trump Says He’ll Restock Stockpile For Future Pandemics
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he intends to prepare the country for future pandemics by restocking the national stockpile and bringing critical manufacturing back to the U...
Syndicated Author May 14, 2020

Analyst: Maryland Faces Between $925M And $1.1B Budget Hole
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland faces a budget hole of between $925 million and $1.1 billion for the current fiscal year because of the impact of the coronavirus on the economy, a state fiscal analyst said ...
Syndicated Author May 14, 2020
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