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Think of health and safety as Mount Everest and how to pay the players as Mount Kilimanjaro — or vice versa. These are the mammoth issues confronting MLB and the Players Association, when it comes to re-starting the game (they hope with spring training in less than a month). MLB has opened with health and …
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The $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill released by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) earlier this week has received pushback from both moderate and progressive Democratic lawmakers. Criticism came from Representative Abigail Spanberger (D., Va.), a former CIA officer who is the first Democrat to be elected to Virginia’s 7th congressional district in 38 years. …
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said his claim that the Obama administration left no plan for a national pandemic was “wrong” and there was in fact a playbook in place for the Trump administration. “I was wrong,” McConnell said during a Fox News interview. “They did leave behind a plan. So I clearly …
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Congress’ next coronavirus stimulus bill must include liability protections for businesses that try to reopen amid the pandemic, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. There’s a “high likelihood” that lawmakers take another stab at blunting the virus’ economic impact, the Kentucky Republican said, but the bill must shield businesses from virus-related lawsuits to get President …
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It’s not so much the one that we want, but the one that we got saddled with. CBS announced Friday that a musical will, indeed, fill the June 7 time slot vacated by the 2020 Tony Awards this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. It just won’t be live — or new. Instead, the network …
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The coronavirus pandemic can’t take away New York City’s gay pride. Heritage of Pride announced Friday morning that “Schitt’s Creek” creator and star Dan Levy will be among four grand marshals for a virtual pride celebration on Sunday, June 28. The city’s annual pride march and other in-person summer events were canceled last month for …
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US retail sales took a record plunge for the second straight month in April as the coronavirus crisis gutted the industry, new data shows. Sales by retail and food service merchants plummeted 16.4 percent last month to $403.9 billion, the US Department of Commerce said Friday. That’s worse than the 12 percent drop economists predicted …
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DraftKings reported a steeper-than-expected loss as live sports events were canceled worldwide, but played down concerns that the coronavirus crisis will cripple its betting business in the longer term. In its first earnings report as a public company, the online sports-betting behemoth — which went public last month via a blank-check company merger — reported …
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Two Amazon warehouse workers in Indiana have reportedly died of the coronavirus, pushing the company’s death toll to at least seven. The e-commerce giant learned Wednesday that COVID-19 had killed an employee at its facility in Jeffersonville, near Louisville, Kentucky, according to local CBS affiliate WLKY. The unidentified worker was diagnosed with the disease on …
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Sen. Kelly Loeffler gave the feds records related to her stock trades amid questions about sales she made before the coronavirus hammered global markets, according to reports. The Georgia Republican forwarded documents to the US Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Senate Ethics Committee, her office told media outlets in a …
Think of health and safety as Mount Everest and how to pay the players as Mount Kilimanjaro — or vice versa. These are the mammoth issues confronting MLB and the Players Association, when it comes to re-starting the game (they hope with spring training in less than a month). MLB has opened with health and …
