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Raptors denied permission to play in Canada, head to Tampa
The Toronto Raptors will start the NBA season next month in Tampa, Florida, because of travel restrictions the Canadian government has put in place stemming from the pandemic.
2 days ago in Sports
Week 12: Big Ten unbeatens, Bedlam and Lawrence returns
The Big Ten's four unbeaten teams square off Saturday in two games that could go a long way toward settling the division races. No. 9 Indiana faces No. 3 Ohio State in a top-10 matchup featuring the conference's overwhelming favorite against its best early season story.
2 days ago in Sports
Tiger Woods to play with 11-year-old Charlie in Father-Son
The PNC Championship announced Thursday that Woods will play with 11-year-old son Charlie in the tournament that has paired major champions with their sons since 1995, the year before the 44-year-old Woods turned pro.
3 days ago in Sports, Trending
Wolves select Edwards with No. 1 pick in delayed NBA draft
Commissioner Adam Silver announced the pick from ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. The draft was originally scheduled for June 25 before multiple delays caused by the virus pushed it back and out of its usual home at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
3 days ago in Sports
New FIFA rules to protect female players’ maternity rights
The governing body of soccer is preparing to mandate clubs to allow at least 14 weeks of maternity leave paid at a minimum two-thirds of a player's full salary. National soccer bodies can insist on more generous terms.
3 days ago in Sports
Maryland-Michigan State canceled after Terps’ virus outbreak
The Big Ten game Saturday between Maryland and Michigan State has been canceled after a COVID-19 outbreak on the Terrapins resulted in a positive test for coach Michael Locksley.
3 days ago in Sports
New York Giants fire offensive line coach Marc Colombo
The New York Giants have fired offensive line coach Marc Colombo. Coach Joe Judge announced the stunning move on Wednesday without explanation. Veteran line coach Dave DeGuglielmo will finish the season running the line.
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1 day ago in Entertainment
Universal strikes another deal with a major theater chain
Another major movie theater chain has struck a deal with Universal Pictures to allow for shorter exclusive theatrical windows. Canada's Cineplex has agreed on a multiyear "dynamic window" agreement, the film exhibitor and Universal Filmed Entertainment Group said Friday.
1 day ago in Music, Entertainment
Dylan papers, including unpublished lyrics, sell for $495K
A long-lost trove of Bob Dylan documents including the singer-songwriter's musings about anti-Semitism and unpublished song lyrics has sold at auction for $495,000.
2 days ago in Entertainment, Music
Ladies’ night at Latin Grammys: Lafourcade, Rosalía win big
A year after Rosalía made history by becoming the first solo female performer in 13 years to win the top prize at the Latin Grammys, Natalia Lafourcade followed in her footsteps with a big win at the 2020 show.
2 days ago in Entertainment, Music
BTS releases new album ‘BE,’ a ‘letter of hope’
The band held a socially distanced news conference in Seoul to unveil "BE," their second album this year. It includes their English-language hit "Dynamite," which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time ever for a South Korean group.
2 days ago in Entertainment
Taraji P. Henson tells New Jack Swing backstory in podcast
Taraji P. Henson remembered wearing her favorite outfit to a music festival where some of the biggest New Jack Swing tunes were being performed from Bell Biv Devoe's "Poison" to Tony! Toni! Tone!'s "Feels Good."
2 days ago in Entertainment
Carol Burnett puts variety, and music, back in her show
Carol Burnett is so glad we had this time together, as she sang in her signature song. Now, she's added a lot more time, and a lot more songs, to be glad about.
3 days ago in Entertainment
Singer Bobby Brown’s son found dead at Los Angeles home
Bobby Brown Jr., the son of singer Bobby Brown, was found dead at a Los Angeles home Wednesday. He was 28.
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1 day ago in National, Trending
Heading home for the holiday? Get a virus test, colleges say
As college students prepare to go home for the holidays, some schools are quickly ramping up COVID-19 testing to try to keep infections from spreading further as the coronavirus surges across the U.S.
1 day ago in Coronavirus Updates, National, Trending
Daily COVID-19 deaths in US reach highest level since May
The surging coronavirus is taking an increasingly dire toll across the U.S. just as a vaccine appears at hand, with the country now averaging over 1,300 COVID-19 deaths per day — the highest since the calamitous spring in and around New York City.
1 day ago in National, Trending
Trump to meet Michigan leaders in bid to subvert election
Michigan state legislators headed to the White House on Friday as President Donald Trump made an extraordinary and sure-to-be futile attempt to block Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state and subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election.
1 day ago in Coronavirus Updates, National, Trending
What does emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine mean?
What does emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine mean? It's when regulators allow shots to be given to certain people while studies of safety and effectiveness are ongoing.
2 days ago in Coronavirus Updates, National, Trending
The Latest: U.S. official expects quick vaccine distribution
Gen. Gustave Perna of the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed vaccine program says about 40 million doses could be ready for distribution in the U.S. quickly if the Food and Drug Administration authorizes emergency use.
2 days ago in National, Trending
Georgia Secretary of State to certify election for Biden
Georgia's top elections official said he will certify that Joe Biden won the state's presidential election after a hand tally stemming from a mandatory audit affirmed the Democrat's lead over Republican President Donald Trump.
2 days ago in Coronavirus Updates, National, Trending
Pfizer seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US
Pfizer said Friday it is asking U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an end to the pandemic -- but not until after a long, hard winter.
2 days ago in National, Trending
Birthday time: Biden turns 78, will be oldest U.S. president
President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In two months, he'll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment and a reckoning on racial injustice.
2 days ago in National, Trending
State: Too late for Detroit-area county to yank election OK
Michigan's largest county can't revoke its certification of election results, officials said Thursday after two Republicans who approved Joe Biden's local landslide wanted to revert to their initial stance of refusing to bless the vote tally.
2 days ago in National, Trending
Anomalies found in data put census deadline in jeopardy
The director of the Census Bureau said Thursday that irregularities have been found during the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census, a development that jeopardizes the statistical agency's ability to meet a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats.
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