Iditarod mushers could get $500 for veterinary expenses
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has announced that the first 50 mushers who enter the 2021 race and the 2022 race will receive hundreds of dollars in reimbursements to…
Phyllis George, female sportscasting pioneer, dies at 70
Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’s “The NFL Today,” has died May 17, 2020, 12:23 AM 3 min read 3 min read…
Truck collision on Indian highway kills 23 migrant workers
A government official says at least 23 migrant workers have been killed when a truck they were travelling in crashed into a stationary truck on a highway in northern India…
Virus rules tighten illegal immigration on northern border
Five Mexican citizens apprehended this week after illegally entering the United States in remote northern Maine were returned to Canada within hours under a rule put into place as part…
Report: Bryant crash pilot had no drugs, alcohol in system
LOS ANGELES — The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all nine sustained immediately…
Trump’s emergency powers worry some senators, legal experts
WASHINGTON — The day he declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, President Donald Trump made a cryptic offhand remark. “I have the right to do a lot of things…
Puerto Rico to hold statehood referendum amid disillusion
Puerto Rico will hold a nonbinding referendum in November to decide whether the island should become a U.S. state By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press May 16, 2020, 6:24 PM 3…
Kroger announces new bonuses after cutting hazard pay
Just days after announcing it would end hazard “hero” pay to front-line workers, Kroger says it will give them extra “thank you” pay through mid-June May 16, 2020, 4:06 PM…
Group buys Alabama abortion clinic to keep it from closing
An Alabama-based abortion rights group received a flood of donations after state lawmakers in 2019 attempted to outlaw abortion By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press May 16, 2020, 1:36 PM 3…
Washington Redskins player arrested in Colorado
A Washington Redskins player is facing five charges, including illegal discharge of a firearm, following his arrest in a Denver suburb Saturday morning May 16, 2020, 6:57 PM 1 min…