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The NTT INDYCAR SERIES visits its first permanent road course of the season with a doubleheader at the Elkhart Lake’s beautiful Road America circuit in the Wisconsin Dells. The 14-turn, 4-mile track is the longest on the INDYCAR circuit. There will be two 55-lap races run on successive days for the first time ever in […]

"A public inquiry normally would be headed by a judge which are noted for their independence and that’s not necessarily the case with a review," said professor emeritus of law Wayne MacKay. "[A review] is too narrow. It’s not necessarily independent enough and most important of all is most of it is not public and that will not restore people’s confidence."

Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a 'dining discount for the well-off' which does nothing to protect jobs or do anything about the 'poverty pay' of key workers

First Stanford announced it will cut 11 varsity programs. Then the Ivy League cancelled all fall sports.

An Ottawa police officer has been found guilty of assaulting a former girlfriend in December 2017. Const. Carl Keenan was convicted Wednesday of one count of assault causing bodily harm by Court of Quebec Justice Anouk Desaulniers in a decision that had been set to be rendered earlier but was delayed by the pandemic. Keenan […]

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Amazon agreed to pay a fine to settle alleged violations of multiple US-imposed sanctions regimes including selling goods to Russia’s Crimea, Iran, and Syria, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said on Wednesday.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney has been fined the maximum of $1,000 for violating state ethics laws by participating in a campaign-related video conference call from his state office this spring, the commissioner of political practices said Wednesday.

1. Crap: NASA's Mars “Mole” Finally Started Digging, Then Hit Another Obstacle  Futurism
2. 7 Things to Know About the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission  NASA
3. The 'mole' on Mars from NASA's InSight lander may be stuck again  Space.com
4. NASA Rover Starts New "Road Trip" Across Martian Wasteland  Futurism
5. NASA Calls a Time Out as InSight’s Heat Probe Hits Another Snag on Mars  Gizmodo
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1. Crap: NASA's Mars "Mole" Finally Started Digging, Then Hit Another Obstacle  Futurism
2. 7 Things to Know About the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission  NASA
3. The 'mole' on Mars from NASA's InSight lander may be stuck again  Space.com
4. NASA Rover Starts New "Road Trip" Across Martian Wasteland  Futurism
5. Curiosity Mars Rover’s Summer Road Trip – “We’re Uncovering an Ancient World”  SciTechDaily
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The author said our ‘complex, difficult, in many ways beastly but joyous world’ must be reflected in literature.

The Biden-Sanders Unity Task force, a team of supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) campaigns, issued recommendations for the Democratic platform in a 110-page document Wednesday. Here are six of their most notable recommendations on the topics of climate change, criminal justice reform, the economy, education, health care, and immigration.

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., July 8, that there are 849 additional positive cases of COVID-19. A total of 92,148 total cases have been reported in Pennsylvania since March. There are 6,812 total deaths attributed to COVID-19, an increase of 25 new deaths. A breakdown of […]

Nuvyyo is adding two new DVR models with built-in storage to its Tablo lineup. While they're not the first devices from the company to include onboard storage, they feature significantly more space than the 64GB Dual model the company announced in 20...

In a new sign that the NFL has taken a financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, some NFL Media employees are taking pay cuts. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports that 50 NFL Network on-air employees have been asked to take voluntary pay cuts of up to 15 percent. The pay cuts will start [more]

After unleashing another £30bn jobs package, including unprecedented plans to give everyone in the country vouchers to eat out, Sunak declared he had never been a 'prisoner of ideology'.

Federal agents in hazmat suits raided a church in Florida, and confiscated 22 gallons of a toxic concoction the church was marketing as a cure for Covid-19. The ‘Miracle Mineral Solution’ is in fact a potent industrial bleach.
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The 2020 season hasn't even gotten underway yet, but we may already have seen the 'Catch of the Year'

Liverpool sealed all three points at Brighton after a Mohamed Salah brace as they edge ever closer to a Premier League record set by Pep Guardiola's Manchester City

While other teams with Native American names have said they’ll consider a name change, the Blackhawks announced Tuesday they will keep theirs. Scott Stewart/Sun-Times

The question is not whether the Hawks think they’re honoring Native Americans. The question is whether Native Americans think they’re being honored.

The firm, which allows investors to pool their money and lend it to businesses, had furloughed a 'small number' of staff. However, it did say it would cut around 85 jobs in the US.

While many of those who have been let go from their jobs are still receiving unemployment benefits, there are plenty of people who either quit or were fired before the pandemic began.

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The Office for National Statistics found that across the UK 46.6 per cent of people with jobs did some work from home in April. Of these people, 86 per cent did so because of the pandemic.

Thanks to a fast start against Brighton, Liverpool recorded their first triumph away from Anfield since February 15 on the south coast.