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Mets' Yoenis Cespedes opts out of the MLB season for COVID-related reasons
MLB Yesterday
Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes has opted out of the rest of the 2020 MLB season for “COVID-related” reasons, team general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said. The announcement came after Cespedes did not show up on Sunday for the team's game against the Braves.
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The Bella Twins both welcomed their babies one day apart 🍼🍼
Wrestling Yesterday
Nikki Bella and fiancé Artem Chigvintsev welcomed their first child, a baby boy, on Friday. Then, on Saturday, Brie Bella and Daniel Bryan also celebrated a parenting milestone with the birth of their son.
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Dr. Deborah Birx claims COVID-19 is 'extraordinarily widespread' in US
US news Yesterday
Birx, who serves as one of the lead experts advising President Donald Trump in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, told CNN's Dana Bash that widespread coronavirus infections in urban and rural America mark a new phase for the pandemic.
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Australia declares state of disaster in Victoria and imposes curfew in Melbourne
World news August 2, 2020
Australia's second-most populous state declared a state of disaster, with Melbourne entering a stricter lockdown including nightly curfews and limits on movement. This comes as the state confirmed 671 new COVID-19 cases and seven new deaths.
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Renomination of Trump to be held in private without reporters due to COVID-19
Politics Yesterday
As first reported by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette correspondent Frank Lockwood, members of the press will not be invited to President Trump's formal renomination by the GOP. According to an RNC spokesperson, the vote will be livestreamed.
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Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin marries long-term partner
World news Yesterday
The 34-year-old prime minister of Finland announced she had married her long-term partner over the weekend. The couple, who have been together for 16 years and are parents to a two-year-old daughter, married at the prime minister’s official residence in Helsinki.
Good news: Covid-19 lockdowns led to fewer premature births
In places like Denmark and Ireland, the number of preemies with very low birth weights were down by at least half.
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Players of the Pac-12 say they will opt out of season over concerns of COVID-19
NCAA football Yesterday
In a letter published by The Players' Tribune, a group of Pac-12 athletes said they will opt out of fall camps and game participation if the conference doesn't agree to meet a number of serious concerns, including a health plan protecting players during the pandemic.
Two passengers removed from Delta flight for refusing to wear masks
US news Yesterday
Two passengers who refused to wear masks were removed from a Delta Air Lines flight before it left Detroit for Atlanta on July 23. Last week, Delta CEO Ed Bastian said "If you board the plane and you insist on not wearing your mask, we will insist that you don’t fly Delta into the future."
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NASA SpaceX astronauts made a successful splashdown in Gulf of Mexico
Space Yesterday
More than two months after arriving at the International Space Station, US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken returned to Earth, splashing down at the Gulf of Mexico, marking the first crew recovery at sea since 1975.
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One day in the life of COVID-19 across L.A. shows wrenching inequities
The pandemic may have slowed the city, but it hasn’t stopped it. We sent reporters across the city to capture one day, Wednesday, in the life of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is what they found:
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How an iconic NYC deli is surviving despite grim restaurant statistics
1 in 3 U.S. restaurants may close permanently this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But NYC landmark, Katz's Delicatessen, has managed to continue serving its famous pastrami sandwiches since opening in 1888. How did they adapt?
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Marines halt search for eight missing troops
US news Yesterday
The Marines announced on Sunday that the search and rescue operation for the eight troops that went missing on July 30 after their landing craft sank off San Clemente during a training exercise has ended. All of the Marines were attached to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at nearby Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego and are now presumed dead.
Washington officials eye colony eradication after successful trapping of the state's first 'murder hornet'
Animals August 1, 2020
The Washington State Department of Agriculture announced that officials were able to trap the state's first Asian giant hornet, also known as the "murder hornet," following five previous confirmed sightings. The department said the next steps are to search for nests using infrared cameras and place additional traps to catch live specimens, which will be tagged and tracked back to their colony. Officials aim to find and destroy the nest by mid-September before the colony would begin creating new reproducing queens and drones.
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Actor Wilford Brimley has died at age 85, TMZ reports
In memoriam August 1, 2020
According to TMZ, the diabetes campaigner and film actor for cult classics including Cocoon, The Natural and The Thing passed away on Saturday morning at his home in Utah.
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When Saturn, Jupiter and the moon all align ✨
Amazing August 2, 2020
On Saturday night, stargazers around the world were able to capture images of Jupiter, Saturn and the moon all at once.
Is Public Transportation Risky? It May Be Safer Than You Think
New studies in Europe and Asia suggest that riding public transportation is not a major source of transmission for the coronavirus.
The Mets add speed and defense with the acquisition of Billy Hamilton
MLB Yesterday
New York traded right-handed pitching prospect Jordan Humphreys to the Giants in exchange for outfielder Billy Hamilton. Hamilton has not appeared in a game this season.
More than 30 crew members of Norwegian cruise ship test positive for COVID-19
COVID-19 August 2, 2020
Out of the 158 crew members working on Hurtigruten’s MS Roald Amundsen, 36 have tested positive for COVID-19. The 177 passengers on the cruise had already disembarked at Tromsø, Norway, and have now been told to self-isolate.
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Scientists to study COVID-19 outbreaks in European mink farms
COVID-19 August 2, 2020
The Associated Press reports that scientists are looking into COVID-19 outbreaks within mink farms in the Netherlands and Spain to see if it is possible for the virus to be transmitted back to humans. So far, more than a million animals have been culled after several outbreaks in fur farms.