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If the GOP’s plan to reduce extra coronavirus unemployment benefits gets passed, lower-income American families will get hurt the most. The Republican proposal released Monday suggests cutting the extra unemployment benefits to $200 a week through September and then ultimately transitioning to unemployment benefits that replace only 70% of wages. That would replace the extra $600 in weekly benefits that expire on July 31. “The $600 a week disproportionately benefits poor people and that is… Source link

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Despite COVID-19 concerns, the MLB season continues to press on. There are 15 games on the schedule Tuesday, nine of which will make up the main evening slate on Yahoo. Let’s dive right in and discuss some players to target for your lineup. Pitchers We are once again looking at an ugly group of starting pitchers to choose from. The one big name on the list is Walker Buehler ($50), but he’s facing the Astros and will likely be on a pitch count, making it hard to have any confidence in deploying… Source link

Intel Corp. (INTC) is ordering its 6-nanometer (nm) chips to be manufactured by TSMC (TSM) for next year, according to a report from the Taiwan-based newspaper Commercial Times. The news is considered unprecedented for Intel, a prominent chip manufacturer, now using a third-party manufacturer to create its own product. On July 23, Intel announced that it would see significant delays until 2022 for its latest cutting-edge 7-nm chip. Intel CEO Bob Swan said on a Q2 earnings call that the… Source link

Major League Baseball was the canary in the coal mine. If something was capable of going sideways for a league operating without a bubble during the COVID-19 pandemic, baseball would send a warning to the NFL. Football executives didn’t expect it to come so soon in the season — after a single weekend baseball series — nor did they anticipate the warning to be a full-blown air raid siren. But here we are, with the Miami Marlins already teetering on the brink with 15 players and two… Source link

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