Army hosts Navy for 1st time in 77 years due to COVID-19
Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo never tires of the feeling that permeates the locker room in the moments before the opening kickoff of the annual matchup against Army.
Author: Associated Press
AP: Jury: Black bikers’ race was a factor, but city won’t pay
A federal jury says Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was motivated by race when it created a traffic plan for a motorcycle festival known as Black Bike Week. But the jurors said the city probably would have imposed the plan anyway, so it owes no damages and won’t have to change.
AP: Trump loses Wisconsin lawsuit in latest legal defeat
President Donald Trump has lost a Wisconsin lawsuit seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots and overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state.
Congress stuck as McConnell torpedoes emerging COVID-19 deal
Current proposal does not have the stimulus payment millions of Americans received earlier in the year
WASHINGTON (AP) – An emerging $900 billion COVID-19 aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers all but collapsed Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republican senators won’t support a key compromise. It includes a slimmed-down liability shield for companies from virus-related lawsuits in exchange for adding $160 billion for cash-strapped states and cities that Democrats want. The hardened…
US carries out rare execution during presidential transition
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) – The Trump administration has carried out its ninth execution of the year and the first during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years. Federal prison officials in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Thursday executed a Texas street-gang member for his role in the 1999 slayings of an Iowa religious couple. The case of 40-year-old Brandon Bernard…
AP: US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak.
AP: Black bikers see racism in Myrtle Beach, SC, traffic plan
A South Carolina beach city is in the second week of a federal trial over whether it discriminates against thousands of Black tourists who visit each May to celebrate motorcycle culture.
AP: DeGeneres: Positive test for coronavirus but ‘feeling fine’
Ellen DeGeneres says she’s tested positive for COVID-19 but is “feeling fine right now.”
AP: SC to prioritize elderly, food workers for COVID-19 vaccine
Prisoners and poultry plant workers will follow shortly after frontline healthcare workers in South Carolina’s COVID-19 vaccine plan.
High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground. The court without comment Tuesday refused to call into question the certification process in Pennsylvania. Gov. Tom Wolf already has certified Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump and the state’s 20 electors are to meet on…
