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12 hours ago in Sports

Agent: Anthony Davis inking 5-year deal to return to Lakers

Anthony Davis is finalizing a five-year contract worth up to $190 million to return to the Los Angeles Lakers.

12 hours ago in Sports

Worth the wait: Steelers keep top spot in AP Pro32 poll

For the Pittsburgh Steelers, getting to 11-0 was worth the wait. The Steelers, off to their best start in franchise history, beat their bitter AFC North rivals Ravens 19-14 on Wednesday in a game moved three times because of a COVID-19 outbreak that left Baltimore short-handed.

18 hours ago in Sports

Steelers overcome rust, short-handed Ravens to move to 11-0

Mike Tomlin isn't one for excuses. Even as COVID-19 wreaked havoc with his team's schedule, pushing their matchup with Baltimore from Thanksgiving night to middle of the afternoon in the middle of the week in the middle of a pandemic, the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers coach refused to reach for one.

18 hours ago in Sports

Gonzaga and Baylor to face off in rare top-2 meeting

The first week of the college basketball season was filled with great games, a few upsets, stellar performances and a handful of coronavirus cancelations. Next up is a rare treat: No. 1 vs. No. 2.

2 days ago in Sports

Broncos activate 3 QBs following COVID-19 rules violations

Quarterbacks Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles will be allowed to rejoin their teammates at practice Wednesday after the Denver Broncos activated them from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Tuesday.

Entertainment

12 hours ago in Entertainment

Theater uses its creativity to defy pandemic and stage shows

There's theater on Broadway. You just have to adjust your sights. More than a hundred blocks north of Manhattan's shuttered theater district but on that same famed thoroughfare, an actor recently read his lines from a huge stage. But there was no applause. Instead, all that was heard was a strange command for the theater: "And cut!"

13 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

Warner Bros. to release all 2021 films on HBO Max, theaters

In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate — including a new "Matrix" movie, "Godzilla vs. Kong" and the Lin-Manuel Miranda adaptation "In the Heights" — will stream on HBO Max at the same time they play in theaters.

18 hours ago in Entertainment, Music

Gloria Estefan reveals she caught COVID-19, is now recovered

Singer and businesswoman Gloria Estefan said on Wednesday that she spent much of November in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, days after dining outdoors at a Miami-area restaurant.

18 hours ago in Entertainment

All Mariah Carey wants is you to enjoy her Christmas special

Christmas is still a few weeks away, but Mariah Carey is already orchestrating her dinner menu. "I do my father's linguini with white clam sauce every Christmas Eve," says the legendary songstress. "Then we do that traditional, more of a Southern-style Christmas dinner."

18 hours ago in Entertainment, Music

Roddy Ricch has Apple Music’s top album, song of 2020

Roddy Ricch is the king of Apple Music: The rapper has the music platform's most-streamed song and album of the year.

Lifestyle News

2 days ago in Coronavirus Updates, Lifestyle

Is shopping in stores safe during the pandemic?

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says holiday shopping in crowded stores is a "higher risk" activity and that people should limit any in-person shopping, including at supermarkets.

2 days ago in Lifestyle, Sports, Trending

Virus, fan eagerness may spur sports bet, casino expansion

Huge holes in state budgets due to the coronavirus pandemic and the demonstrated eagerness of fans to bet on sports are likely to spur a further expansion of sports betting and online casino gambling, experts said Tuesday.

3 days ago in Lifestyle, Trending

It’s Major: Pets poised for a return to the White House

Major Biden is getting an early start in the spotlight as a presidential pet after a play date ended with his owner, President-elect Joe Biden, suffering a broken foot. As if that weren't enough for one weekend, it was also confirmed that Major will have to share the White House with, of all things, a cat.

National News

12 hours ago in Coronavirus Updates, National

Pelosi, McConnell discuss COVID relief as pressure builds

Capitol Hill's top leaders spoke about COVID-19 relief and other unfinished business Thursday, adding to tentative optimism that a medium-sized aid package might break free after months of Washington toxicity and deadlock.

12 hours ago in Coronavirus Updates, National, Trending

US virus deaths top 3,100 in a single day for the first time

The U.S. recorded over 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring, while the number of Americans in the hospital with the virus has eclipsed 100,000 for the first time and new cases have begun topping 200,000 a day, according to figures released Thursday.

13 hours ago in Coronavirus Updates, National, Trending

Facebook to remove COVID-19 vaccine-related misinformation

Facebook said Thursday it will start removing false claims about COVID-19 vaccines, in its latest move to counter a tide of coronavirus-related online misinformation.

13 hours ago in National, Trending

Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit

A split Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, saying the case must first wind its way through lower courts.

13 hours ago in National, Trending

Wind fans wildfire in California canyons, residents flee

Powerful gusts pushed flames from a wildfire through Southern California canyons early Thursday, one of several blazes that burned near homes and forced residents to flee amid elevated fire risk for most of the region that prompted utilities to cut off power to hundreds of thousands.

18 hours ago in National, Trending

Next for Biden: Naming a health care team as pandemic rages

Up soon for President-elect Joe Biden: naming his top health care officials as the coronavirus pandemic rages. It's hard to imagine more consequential picks.

18 hours ago in National, Trending

School closings threaten gains of students with disabilities

Without any in-school special education services for months, 14-year-old Joshua Nazzaro's normally sweet demeanor has sometimes given way to aggressive meltdowns that had been under control before the pandemic.

2 days ago in Coronavirus Updates, National, Trending

US panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes

Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available, an influential government advisory panel said Tuesday.

2 days ago in National

GOP objects to Biden nominees, a sign of what’s to come

President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet picks are quickly running into the political reality of a narrowly controlled Senate that will leave the new Democratic administration dependent on rival Republicans to get anything done.

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