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NFL Recommends Some Sideline Players Wear Masks During Games
The NFL is recommending that players on the sidelines who are not participating in a game or about to go on the field wear protective masks. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, the l...
Syndicated Author Oct 30, 2020

Netflix Raising US Streaming Prices Amid Booming Growth
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) - Netflix is raising most of its U.S. prices by 8% to 13% as its video streaming service rides a wave of rising popularity spurred by government-imposed lockdowns that corralled...
Syndicated Author Oct 30, 2020

Oregon Could Become 1st US State To Decriminalize Hard Drugs
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - In what would be a first in the U.S., possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, LSD and other hard drugs could be decriminalized in Oregon under a ballot measure that voters a...
Syndicated Author Oct 30, 2020

Melania Trump heading to Wisconsin, Pennsylvania
Melania Trump plans to make solo campaign appearances for the president on Saturday in the battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The first lady will head to West Bend, Wisconsin, in the southea...
Syndicated Author Oct 30, 2020

Illinois Judge To Rule On Rittenhouse Extradition To Kenosha
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois judge said he will decide late Friday afternoon whether a 17-year-old accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin, should be extradited across the bord...
Syndicated Author Oct 30, 2020

Actress Lori Loughlin reports to prison in college scam
BOSTON (AP) - Authorities say "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin has reported to a federal prison in California to begin serving her two-month sentence for her role in the college admissions bribery s...
Syndicated Author Oct 30, 2020

Kennedy Cousin Skakel Will Not Be Retried In 1975 Killing
C STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - A prosecutor said Friday that Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel will not face a second trial in the killing of Martha Moxley, an announcement that came 45 years to the day after t...
Syndicated Author Oct 30, 2020

Texas Early Voting Exceeds Total Of All 2016 Ballots
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texans have already cast more ballots in the presidential election than they did during all of 2016, an unprecedented surge of early voting in a state that was once the country's ...
Syndicated Author Oct 30, 2020

Judge Judy To Move Her Gavel To Streaming Service IMDb TV
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Everyone's going to streaming, including Judge Judy. The broadcast television staple's next act will be with IMDb TV, Amazon's free digital service.Judith Sheindlin, whose long-runn...
Syndicated Author Oct 29, 2020

Pelosi, Trump Administration Trade Blame Over Virus Aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The major players in Washington's COVID-19 relief blame game lobbed familiar volleys on Thursday, marking time in the days before an election that promises to change the landscape fo...
Syndicated Author Oct 29, 2020
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