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St Louis series at Detroit off after positive Cards tests

St Louis series at Detroit off after positive Cards tests

MILWAUKEE — Seven St. Louis Cardinals players and six staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, causing Major League Baseball to postpone the team's four-game series at Detroit.
Murad, Amal Clooney accuse leaders and UN of failing Yazidis

Murad, Amal Clooney accuse leaders and UN of failing Yazidis

TANZANIA, Tanzania — Six years after Islamic State fighters launched an attack on Iraq’s Yazidi minority, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney accused government leaders and the United Nations on Monday of faili
Spain's former king leaving country amid financial scandal

Spain's former king leaving country amid financial scandal

MADRID — Spain’s former monarch, Juan Carlos I, is leaving Spain to live in another, unspecified, country amid a financial scandal, according to a letter published on the royal family's website Monday.
Navy investigates video of dogs attacking Kaepernick fill-in

Navy investigates video of dogs attacking Kaepernick fill-in

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The U.S. Navy is investigating an incident in which dogs attacked a “Colin Kaepernick stand-in” during a K-9 demonstration during a 2019 fundraiser at the Navy SEAL Museum in Florida.
This year, Harvest Crusade takes shape as a cinematic event

This year, Harvest Crusade takes shape as a cinematic event

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Every year in August, tens of thousands of people fill the seats of Angel Stadium in Anaheim, not for baseball, but for the weekend-long Harvest Crusade.
US Treasury projects record Q3 borrowing of $947 billion

US Treasury projects record Q3 borrowing of $947 billion

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department is projecting government borrowing of $947 billion in the current July-September period, which would be a record for the quarter but down from the all-time high of $2.75 trillion in this year's second quarter.
Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas postponed until 2021

Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas postponed until 2021

LAS VEGAS — The Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas will not be happening this year. Organizers of the electronic dance music festival announced Sunday that the event will be pushed back to 2021.
Steve McQueen sets 3 premieres at New York Film Festival

Steve McQueen sets 3 premieres at New York Film Festival

Three original films by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen will debut at the New York Film Festival this year, organizers said Monday.
Tamar Braxton pays tribute to boyfriend for 'saving my life'

Tamar Braxton pays tribute to boyfriend for 'saving my life'

LOS ANGELES — Tamar Braxton is thanking her boyfriend for “saving my life” after her hospitalization last month. Braxton posted a lengthy message on social media late Saturday that paid tribute to David Adefeso being her “angel on earth.
Pandemic parody of `Goodnight Moon' to be released in fall

Pandemic parody of `Goodnight Moon' to be released in fall

NEW YORK — A popular online spoof of the children's favourite “Goodnight Moon,” reworked for the coronavirus, will be published by Penguin Random House this fall.