Category: Local

  • AP source: Electric vehicle battery firms settle trade spat

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – Two big South Korean electric vehicle battery makers have settled a long-running trade dispute that will allow one of them to move ahead with plans to make batteries in Georgia, a person briefed on the matter says. LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation reached the settlement, ending the need for President…

  • Trent scores career-high 44, Raptors rout Cavaliers 135-115

    [ad_1] CLEVELAND (AP) – Gary Trent Jr. scored a career-high 44 points and the severely short-handed Toronto Raptors scored a franchise-record 87 first-half points en route to a 135-115 blowout victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night. Trent made 17 of 19 field goals, including shooting 7 of 9 from 3-point range, and went…

  • Liberal hippies of the 1960s would be ashamed of Biden the helicopter parent

    [ad_1] ANALYSIS/OPINION: Bobby Kennedy, George McGovern, Hubert Humphrey and the traditional liberals of the civil rights era are tossing and turning in their graves as Uncle Joe rides the new leftist wave down a trough of government-controlled speech and into a constrained and monitored society. Consider the new administration’s support of speech restrictions at school.…

  • Gun-makers face extinction under Joe Biden

    [ad_1] ANALYSIS/OPINION: If President Biden has his way, gun manufacturers in the nation will soon enough go extinct. “Most people don’t realize,” Biden said at a Rose Garden speech to announce his executive actions against guns, “the only industry in America, billion-dollar industry, that can’t be sued, that’s exempt from being sued, are gun manufacturers.”…

  • Crawford’s 3-run homer sends Giants past Rockies 4-3

    [ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Brandon Crawford delivered the decisive hit for a second straight day, connecting for a three-run homer in the sixth inning as the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Saturday. Crawford also came through with a bases-loaded, two-run double in the seventh of a 3-1 win in Friday’s…

  • Haniger, Mariners win 4-3 as Twins’ trouble in 10th persists

    [ad_1] MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Mitch Haniger homered and hit the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, giving the Seattle Mariners a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. All three of Minnesota’s losses this season have come in the 10th, with the bullpen struggling with baseball’s new-as-of-2020 rule that starts each extra inning…

  • CBS accused of ‘hypocrisy’ for blasting Georgia elections law, yet still airing Masters

    [ad_1] ViacomCBS took a public stand against the hotly disputed Georgia election law, but luckily for CBS Sports, the Masters Tournament refused to follow in Major League Baseball’s footsteps with a boycott. The network was able to have it both ways when the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia rejected calls to relocate or cancel…

  • Bouquet-bearing public honors Philip, ignoring COVID warning

    [ad_1] LONDON (AP) – British authorities have implored people to stay away from royal palaces as they mourn the death of Prince Philip in this time of COVID-19, but they keep coming. Not just to honor him, but to support Queen Elizabeth II, who lost her husband of 73 years. The mix included children, seniors,…

  • Walt Disney World updates COVID-19 policies to permit maskless outdoor photos

    [ad_1] Walt Disney World in Florida has modified its mask policy so that people visiting the park during the coronavirus pandemic can briefly pose for photos without requiring they keep their faces covered. Disney recently updated the mask policy it put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the contagious disease caused by the…

  • AP Source: Sabres trading D Brandon Montour to Panthers

    [ad_1] BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – The Buffalo Sabres’ sell-off continued Saturday with the team informing defenseman Brandon Montour he has been traded to the Florida Panthers, a person with direct knowledge of discussions confirmed to The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the teams have not announced the deal, which comes…