A major shake-up is underway at Barcelona after Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned as club president with immediate effect. Bartomeu had stood firm amid increasing scrutiny but announced he and the entire board of directors would step down during an explosive press conference on Tuesday. The 57-year-old had become a divisive figure during his near seven-year…… MORE
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Senior State Department official tested positive for Covid-19 after Europe trip, official says
A senior Trump administration official recently tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from a diplomatic trip to Europe, according to a State Department official familiar with the matter. Peter Berkowitz, the director of policy planning at the State Department, tested positive for the virus after the recent trip to France, the United Kingdom and Hungary,…… MORE
Sprint star Christian Coleman banned for 2 years over missed drug test
Reigning world 100-meter champion Christian Coleman is set to miss the Tokyo Olympics after being banned for two years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). The independent body, which combats doping, had provisionally suspended the 24-year-old in June for a “whereabouts failure” and upheld its decision on Tuesday. The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) “whereabouts” system…… MORE
20 former Republican US attorneys endorse Biden campaign
Twenty US attorneys, who were appointed and served under Republican presidents as far back as Dwight Eisenhower, announced on Tuesday their endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. “We firmly believe that Vice President Joe Biden is the candidate who can — and will — provide the leadership we need to refocus the Justice Department…… MORE
People who place their ‘I Voted’ stickers on Susan B. Anthony’s headstone will notice something different there this year
For years, it’s been a local tradition: Sticking “I Voted” stickers in Susan B. Anthony’s grave. But this year, things are going to look a little different at Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, where Anthony’s grave is situated. The grave will be covered in plastic to protect it from being damaged,…… MORE
Here’s what Brett Kavanaugh said on CNN about Bush v. Gore in 2000
Nearly two decades before Brett Kavanaugh was appointed to the Supreme Court, he helped with George W. Bush’s legal fight before the court in the contested 2000 presidential election, providing insight at the time into his view on questions of whether the Constitution allows state courts to tinker with election rules. The comments from Kavanaugh,…… MORE
Trump appears to give a pass to the domestic kidnapping plot against Whitmer
President Donald Trump repeatedly attacked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, during his rally in Lansing, Michigan, on Tuesday, at one point taking credit for the FBI thwarting a plot to kidnap her and then immediately downplaying the actual threat that had been posed to Whitmer. “Your governor, I don’t thinks she likes me too…… MORE
Gorsuch rejects appeal by Minnesota Republican to delay congressional election
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Tuesday rejected an appeal from a Republican congressional candidate in Minnesota to delay that election until February. Tyler Kistner was asking the court to intervene in a case concerning whether his election takes place on November 3 or on February 9, 2021, after the recent death of Legal Marijuana…… MORE
Drama at the zoo: Egg-napping male penguin couple steals the nest of a female penguin couple
Is this the plot of a soap opera involving penguins? No, it’s just another day at DierenPark Amersfoort, a zoo in the Netherlands. In their ongoing quest to raise a chick, a couple of African male penguins that rose to viral fame last year for stealing an egg from a heterosexual penguin couple have now…… MORE
READ: Michigan judge’s ruling striking down ban on open carry of guns at polling places on Election Day
A Michigan Court of Claims judge on Tuesday struck down Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s directive that sought to ban the open carry of firearms at polling places on Election Day. Read the order:… MORE
