The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the safe return of four Americans kidnapped in Mexico, and the arrest of their abductors. According to the Associated Press, the four had crossed […]
4 Americans grabbed in Mexico
MLB playoffs: too big, too small?
By Ronald Blum/AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) – Major League Baseball views expanded playoffs as the more the merrier. Not for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets and […]
Extra innings change sticks
By Ronald Blum AP Baseball Writer Automatic runners in extra innings are sticking around for a third straight season. Despite an easing of pandemic restrictions, Major League Baseball and the players’ association […]
Baseball trots forward … slowly
Baseball, one of the most hide-bound of major sports – or should we say, horsehide-bound – is finally starting to change. As spring training camps open after an agreement was reached between […]
“No right to overturn election”
Former vice president Mike Pence rebutted former president Donald Trump’s assertion that Pence could have stopped Joe Biden from being certified as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. According to the […]
Facebook’s fall hits millions
If you were unable to connect to Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp today, you had plenty of company: hundreds of millions of people. The popular social media operation, which includes a majority of […]
It’s a wild wild card situation
The MLB wild card standings are of special interest to baseball fans now, as the final weeks of the season wind down. The Dodgers are in a unique spot: if they finish […]
Ex-NFL player shot, killed five
A former NFL player is believed to be the man who fatally shot five persons – and then himself – early Thursday morning in Columbia, South Carolina. The Associated Press is reporting […]
Vaccines for all adults by April 19
All American adults will be eligible to be vaccinated against the coronavirus on April 19, President Joe Biden announced today (Tuesday). That’s two weeks ahead of schedule. According to the Associated Press, […]
Reform stalls; violence in Wisc.
At the same time that the U.S. Senate wrestled over a police reform bill, the governor of Wisconsin has activated the state National Guard over continuing violence in the state capital of […]
