Authorities said a woman appears to have been killed Monday by a shark in Maine, a state that researchers say has recorded only one confirmed unprovoked attack in nearly 200 years. The Maine Marine Patrol said in a statement that the woman, who was not identified, was likely attacked while swimming near Bailey Island, northeast of Portland. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The patrol said an eyewitness reported seeing the attack. Kayakers brought the woman to shore, the statement… Source link

As Dr. Anthony Fauci prepared to throw out the first pitch of MLB’s season, President Donald Trump broke some baseball news of his own. Trump announced in the middle of a COVID-19 press briefing last Thursday that he had been invited to throw out the first pitch at a New York Yankees game. He would do so on Aug. 15, a date that saw the rival Boston Red Sox visiting Yankees Stadium. It turns out that announcement was news to the Yankees, according to a New York Times report published Monday.

Richard Sherman has lashed out at the NFL’s COVID-19 plans. Now he’s convinced the NFL will go through with the 2020 season no matter what. The outspoken San Francisco 49ers cornerback told Pro Football Focus during an Instagram Live session Monday that he doesn’t see the NFL shutting the season down because of the pandemic. “I don’t see the league saying, ‘Hey, we’re going to shut down if 10 people get it, 15 people get it, 50 people get it,’” Sherman said, per the San Jose… Source link

On Saturday, the Seattle Seahawks made an offseason move that sparked plenty of conversation not just in the PNW, but league-wide. The Seahawks traded safety Bradley McDougald, a 2021 first round draft pick, a 2022 first round draft pick and a 2021 third round draft pick for New York Jets Pro Bowl safety Jamal Adams and a 2022 fourth round pick. There were no hard feelings from the two safeties, just business. Each wishing the other the best on their new teams. [RELATED]: 8 takeaways from… Source link

Brittney Griner didn’t take the floor for the national anthem during the Phoenix Mercury’s debut in the WNBA bubble on Saturday. Don’t expect her to do so moving forward. The Mercury center and 2019 league MVP runner-up told reporters on a video call Monday that the WNBA should stop playing the anthem this season. “I honestly feel we should not play the national anthem during our season,” Griner said, per The Arizona Republic. “I think we should take that much of a stand.” Players… Source link

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Stock futures opened slightly higher Monday evening, with developments on the Covid-19 vaccine front, stimulus talks in Washington and corporate earnings results front and center. Developments in the race to create a Covid-19 vaccine picked up again on Monday. Shares of Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech (BNTX) rose in late trading, after the two companies announced they would be beginning a Phase 2/3 study of their Covid-19 vaccine candidate. The announcement after market close came following… Source link

WASHINGTON — Andrew Yang, the New York entrepreneur who became famous nationally thanks to an otherwise quixotic campaign for president, just might find a job in a Joe Biden administration.  “I’ve been talking to his team about taking on some kind of role in the administration,” Yang told Yahoo News. “I’m on the record saying if I can help solve some of the problems I land on, then I’d love to.”  In the meantime, Yang has been hitting the virtual campaign trail for the former… Source link

Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to the 2016 campaign of President Donald Trump, on Monday filed a new lawsuit against Oath, Inc., the corporate parent of Yahoo! News and the Huffington Post.  The suit, filed in Delaware, names the same defendants and makes similar claims to a suit Page filed in federal court in New York in 2017.  The New York case was dismissed because the claims failed as a matter of law, a federal judge wrote. The new lawsuit alleges defamation and… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Oil was propped up by a weaker dollar and stronger U.S. equities with speculation growing around the Federal Reserve reinforcing its dovish message. U.S. crude futures climbed 0.8% on Monday. Equities strengthened on the possibility that a resurgence in global coronavirus cases will push Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to signal rates will stay near zero for longer. Meanwhile, the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index weakened for a second straight session. “You’re going to have the… Source link