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Eve Black, the woman who last week filmed herself passing through a Melbourne checkpoint without answering police questions, has been detained in a dramatic arrest. The 28-year-old was intercepted at 1.55pm on Wednesday on Princes Street in Carlton, an inner-northern suburb, and once again refused to comply with requests for information from police. Officers wanted to discuss her evasion of police at their checkpoint in Bunyip, a small town 81km southeast of the city, which was highly… Source link

Subscribe to The Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast Hello and welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast! Yahoo’s Scott Pianowski and baseball writer Joe Sheehan from Sports Illustrated and Baseball America discuss the first (only?) week of the 2020 MLB Season, what the Miami Marlins situation could mean for the rest of baseball, what teams stand out early and whether the closer role is slowly going away for good. [Create or Join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball League for free today!] Is it over… Source link

WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden was uncharacteristically tight-lipped on Tuesday about the final stretch of his search for a vice president. But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee seemed prepared to talk about at least one leading contender: California Sen. Kamala Harris. As he took questions from reporters on Tuesday, Biden held notes that were captured by an Associated Press photographer. Harris’ name was scrawled across the top, followed by five talking points. “Do not hold… Source link

Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. shared a wild conspiracy theory about the COVID-19 pandemic and claimed that he’s never been vaccinated on a Snapchat Q&A on Tuesday night, just days before the NBA season is scheduled to resume. Porter, who is in his first season playing with the Nuggets after missing the entire 2018-19 season recovering from a back injury, claimed that the coronavirus is being used for worldwide population control and that it’s being overblown. “Personally, I… Source link

The Minnesota Twins honored George Floyd with a moment of silence during Tuesday’s home opener against the St. Louis Cardinals. With the game in the fifth inning, the Twins halted the action at exactly 8:46 p.m. local time. The time denotes how long former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck when Floyd died on May 25. Floyd was a resident of Minneapolis at the time of his death. The #MNTwins halted play at 8:46 p.m. for a moment of silence in George… Source link

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Los Angeles Clippers big man Montrezl Harrell will miss the highly anticipated restart matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday and it is unclear when he will return to the NBA’s Disney bubble, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The Sixth Man of the Year candidate has been away from the team since last week while tending to a personal matter on an excused absence. [Create or join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Football League for free today] Whenever the forward… Source link

Boston Celtics guard Carsen Edwards added to his rookie highlight reel with an amazing dunk in Tuesday night’s scrimmage against the Houston Rockets. Early in the third quarter, Edwards drove past Rockets guard Russell Westbrook toward the basket and threw down a thunderous slam over Rockets guard James Harden. Download the MyTeams app for the latest Celtics news and analysis Dunking between two former NBA MVP winners is a pretty impressive feat. Check out the play in the video below: Here’s… Source link

(Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. raised its profit and sales forecasts for the year, but the new outlook disappointed investors who hoped the digital marketplace would take greater advantage of the surge in consumer spending during the pandemic. Shares declined as much as 6% in extended trading. The market reaction suggested investors are worried the spending bump on EBay could be fleeting as economies reopen and people return to work. A drop in federal stimulus money, which could trigger a pullback… Source link

WASHINGTON — Twitter removed a tweet that had been retweeted by President Donald Trump that falsely said that there was a cure for the coronavirus. Late Monday, Trump retweeted the tweet from an account with the handle “@stella_immanuel” that said: “Covid has cure. America wake up.” Twitter soon after removed the tweet and replaced it with a gray box that says, “This Tweet is no longer available.” A cure for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, doesn’t exist, and scientists have… Source link

Much of the non-COVID-19 discussion around the pending NFL season is focused on how the league and its players will approach social justice protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death. More specifically — who will protest, how will they protest and how will the league respond after years of discouraging protests? Not much has been discussed about who won’t protest. Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt took that issue head-on on Monday. He made it clear on Twitter that he will… Source link