Sep 04 Topps to produce first-ever women’s softball card set By Associated Press The set will include cards for 56 of the world's top players, including 17 Olympians from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Italy. Continue reading
Sep 04 Will long Labor Day weekend mean another coronavirus spike? By Pat Eaton-Robb, Thalia Beaty, Associated Press The rise in infections, deaths and hospitalizations over the summer was blamed in part on Americans behaving heedlessly over other long holiday weekends. Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Police union head says officers in suffocation death followed training By Carolyn Thompson, Michael Hill, Associated Press Locust Club President Michael Mazzeo says the officers were in a difficult position, trying to help someone who appeared to have mental illness. He says they didn't intend to harm Prude. Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Trump holds news conference following accusations of U.S. military comments By Associated Press The allegations, sourced anonymously in The Atlantic, describe multiple offensive comments by the president toward fallen U.S. service-members, including calling World War I dead at an American military cemetery in France "losers" and "suckers" in 2018. Continue reading
Sep 04 North Carolina kicks off mail voting as requests spike By Bryan Anderson, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Mail voting has started in the presidential election as North Carolina begins to send out about 600,000 ballots to voters who have requested them. Those voters are overwhelmingly Democrats and independents. Continue reading
Sep 04 Trump says he won’t let Pentagon close Stars and Stripes newspaper By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon's plan to shut down the military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, hit a major roadblock Friday, as President Donald Trump announced that he won't allow that on his watch. Continue reading
Sep 04 Chadwick Boseman honored as hometown hero in native South Carolina By Associated Press The actor, who became widely popular through “Black Panther,” was honored after he shockingly died last week at the age of 43 following a private four-year battle with colon cancer. Continue reading
Sep 04 Federal task force kills Portland shooting suspect during arrest By Associated Press The man, Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, was killed as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him near Lacey, Washington, about 120 miles (193 kilometers) north of Portland. Continue reading
Sep 04 U.S. unemployment rate falls to 8.4 percent even as hiring slows By Associated Press Employers added 1.4 million jobs, the Labor Department said, down from 1.7 million in July. Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch 2:51 News Wrap: Rochester mayor suspends police involved in death of Daniel Prude In our news wrap Thursday, the mayor of Rochester, New York, has suspended police involved in the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man, last March. Officers said he was spitting; they put a hood on him and pressed him… Continue watching