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Odd ads for Dr Cronk’s Compound Sarsaparilla Beer, once wildly popular, went viral on Twitter. Now a Canadian brewer is bringing it back More than a century after it was last consumed, beverage connoisseurs will soon…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodger Stadium’s 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer. The game scheduled for July 14 was canceled Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Dodger Stadium…

from WaPo July 2nd By Mark Maske July 2, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. CDT **The NFL is considering allowing players to wear helmet decals or jersey patches this season with the names of victims of systemic racism and police…

The United States added 4.8 million jobs in June, according to a government survey, prompting President Trump to say the economy was “roaring back” from the coronavirus recession. But the nominally massive jobs number is…

https://apnews.com/1800038fe0d63179879062e13fe38df2 AMSTERDAM (AP) — It wasn’t quite business as usual Wednesday as Amsterdam’s red-light district emerged from coronavirus lockdown, but it was close. “We are, of course, used to taking care of hygiene,” said Janet van der…

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-republicans-exclus/exclusive-hundreds-of-george-w-bush-administration-officials-to-back-biden-group-says-idUSKBN24253R WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush are set to endorse Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden, people involved in the effort said, the latest Republican-led group…

Former U.S Navy Seal Dr. Dan Barkhuff wants to know if @realDonaldTrump is a coward who can't stand up to Putin or if he's complicit. https://twitter.com/i/status/1278028522863427584

Mark, here's yet another story of christian hypocrisy for your edification. https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/06/29/a-megachurch-let-the-pastors-son-work-with-kids-despite-his-attraction-to-minors/ In short, Pastor John Ortberg [...] of Menlo Church in California allowed a volunteer who admitted an “attraction to minors” to work with children. The…

Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-diseases expert, warned lawmakers Tuesday that there may be as many as 100,000 new cases per day, 2.5 times the present record rate of infections, if the United States…