Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Another rough season ends with Wolves near bottom of league
By: Dave Campbell MINNEAPOLIS - Another season of setback and tumult has mercifully ended for the Minnesota Timberwolves, this time in the strangest of ways after the NBA's decision to resume virus-ha...
Jun 06, 2020
MLB plan saves big-spending teams $100M each
By: Ronald Blum NEW YORK - The New York Yankees, Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers would each save more than $100 million on player salaries as part of management's proposal to start the coronavi...
Jun 06, 2020
First-place Raptors dump Nets in NBA 2K League
Unbeaten Raptors Uprising GC kept NetsGC from completing a perfect week, sweeping a best-of-three series Friday to improve to 7-0 in the NBA 2K League season. The Nets (3-2) had won each of the previo...
Jun 06, 2020
Goodell says NFL was wrong for not listening to players
NEW YORK - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league was wrong for not listening to players fighting for racial equality and encouraged them to peacefully protest. One day after 2018 NFL MVP Patr...
Jun 06, 2020
Buffalo police officers await arraignment as supporters gather outside court
By Lindsay DeDario BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - Hundreds of law enforcement officers gathered outside two Buffalo courthouses on Saturday in support of two police officers expected to be arraigned on cri...
Jun 06, 2020
Hundreds of Lebanese resume anti-government protests as lockdown eased
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Several hundred Lebanese protestors took to the streets on Saturday, with some throwing stones and demanding the government resign over its handling of a deep economic crisis as har...
Jun 06, 2020
Oil workers, Louisiana island residents flee ahead of Storm Cristobal
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Cristobal moved through the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Saturday carrying strong winds and heavy rains that prompted the evacuation of a coastal Louisiana community and d...
Jun 06, 2020
UK coronavirus death toll rises by 204 to 40,465
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's death toll from confirmed cases of COVID-19 has risen by 204 to 40,465 as of 1600 GMT on June 5, according to government data published on Saturday. Including s...
Jun 06, 2020
A sight for sore eyes: Madrid reopens its museums
MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid residents wearing face masks queued two meters apart to be among the first visitors back in the city's famed galleries on Saturday, as the Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen-Born...
Jun 06, 2020
Volkswagen considering more cost cuts to cope with downturn
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen is considering more cost cuts to help cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, a spokesman for the German automaker said on Saturday. The issue was rece...
Jun 06, 2020
