A small Tennessee town is discouraging door-to-door trick-or-treating this Halloween because of concerns over Covid-19, but there will still be events in the community for tiny ghouls, ghosts, pirates and princesses. The Town of Mountain City said in a notice posted on its Facebook page that there would be drive-by trick-or-treating at a local community…… MORE
It’s impossible to measure how much Alice Roberts has lost to Covid-19. Since the virus took her husband Charles “Rob” Roberts on May 11, she lost a life partner, a cook and the person who constantly made her laugh. Her children have lost a father, the person who helped them with schoolwork and rooted for…… MORE
Jessica Mendoza made history on Tuesday night, becoming the first woman to serve as a World Series analyst on a national broadcast. Paired with play-by-play commentator Dan Shulman, Mendoza is serving as the game analyst for ESPN Radio for the 2020 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays. Mendoza, who has…… MORE
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the world unfathomable stress, but a recent survey of workers points to where the virus has really applied pressure. The survey, conducted by AP-NORC and SAP, asked 1,015 full-time and part-time employees what their views were on the impact of the virus on the workplace. The results are mostly what…… MORE
From late May to early September this year, as Black Lives Matter demonstrators took to streets across the US, there were more than 100 incidents of vehicles driving into protesters, according to data collected by a terrorism researcher. Forty-three of those incidents have been identified as having malicious intent, said Ari Weil, of the University…… MORE
Mookie Betts did it all for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night in the team’s Game 1 World Series win over the Tampa Bay Rays, including winning free tacos for everyone in America. Taco Bell is running its “Steal a Base, Steal a Taco” promotion through the World Series, and Betts’s first stolen base…… MORE
Holly Courtier, the 38-year-old woman rescued after disappearing for nearly two weeks in Utah’s Zion National Park, was severely dehydrated and had lost 15 pounds when she was found earlier this week, her older sister told CNN. “The doctor was shocked she was so dehydrated. Her potassium levels were extremely low,” Jaime Strong, Courtier’s sister,…… MORE
Before you get your flu shot, there’s one very important thing experts recommend you do: Get a good night’s sleep. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.)…… MORE
Breonna Taylor would be alive if Louisville police had executed a no-knock warrant at her apartment, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, one of the officers involved in the botched drug raid, said in an interview that aired Wednesday. If he had to do it again, he said, he and his fellow officers wouldn’t give Taylor and her…… MORE
It may soon be illegal to make discriminatory, racially biased 911 calls in San Francisco. The “CAREN Act” (Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies) was introduced in July at a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting by Supervisor Shamann Walton. The ordinance is one step closer to becoming a law. On Tuesday, the board unanimously passed…… MORE
