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As The Voice Season 19 went live for the first time Monday with the top 17, we already knew the names of the top 16 contestants. But that 17th slot would be filled by the publicly voted winner of last week’s four-way Knockout: either Team Blake’s Taryn Papa, Team Legend’s Julia Cooper, Team Gwen’s Larriah Jackson, or Ryan Gallagher from Team Kelly. Classical-crossover crooner Ryan was widely predicted to prevail, but as host Carson Daly announced the four-way result at the top of… Source link

The 854 cases represent just .5% of the more than 180,000 positive Covid-19 tests the state has recorded since the app’s launch. The app has been downloaded 1.1 million times, which would represent 7% of the adult-age population in New York, though it is unlikely that each download represents an active user. As cases rise again in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pushed for people to download the app as a mitigation measure during the new surge for the virus, with a link to the app placed at… Source link

Are you happy, NFL? Are you getting what you want? We know the answer to this, of course. The NFL, which for our purposes means the billionaire team owners and their bank accounts, is still being paid by the league’s broadcast partners. It doesn’t matter how many people — players, coaches, staff and their family, and community members — are being needlessly put at risk. As long as the club owners are getting their money, they’re getting what they want. League-friendly media members… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Maps releases COVID feature to inform of community spread  FOX 6 Milwaukee Source link

Google Maps releases COVID feature to inform of community spread Online giant Google is trying to help make things easier and safer for those traveling this holiday season. While Thanksgiving is usually the busiest travel holiday, the coronavirus has changed things in 2020, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning against travel to visit relatives and friends, but an online giant is trying to help make things easier and safer. “Things have definitely changed,”… Source link

Kelly Stafford, wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, isn’t happy with the new COVID-19 restrictions in Michigan. Kelly Stafford expressed frustration over those rules Thursday, saying she was “over living in a dictatorship.” Stafford made those comments on her Instagram live story. Her full comments read: “So I’m going to be blunt, I’m so over it. I’m so over living in a dictatorship we call Michigan. I understand there’s a pandemic, and I understand it’s very… Source link

Google today announced an update to Google Maps that includes a number of new COVID-related features, as well as the ability to see the live status of your takeout or delivery orders, as well as the launch of the long-expected new Assistant driving mode. In addition, the company shared a few new stats around Google Maps today. The company says that it makes 50 million updates to Maps each day now, for example, though that includes user-generated content like user reviews, photos and… Source link

With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to rage, and President Trump refusing to concede the election, the nation’s two Democratic leaders in Congress on Thursday scolded Republicans for their reluctance to pass a new COVID-19 relief bill and accept that Joe Biden is now president-elect. “Stop the circus and get to work on what really matters to the American people,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said during a press conference on Capitol Hill. “It is most unfortunate that Republicans… Source link

A former White House staffer who quit her role as part of Donald Trump’s coronavirus taskforce has lambasted the president’s “horrifying” response to the pandemic. Olivia Troye, former Homeland Security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, has revealed how she became disillusioned over Trump’s continuous downplaying of the virus despite repeated warnings of its severity by the US’s top medical experts. Following Trump’s impromptu public appearance at a church nearby the White… Source link

An emotional Daniel Andrews has ended Melbourne’s lockdown, lifting several restrictions after the state recorded no new coronavirus cases for the first time in 139 days. The Victorian premier thanked the state’s people for staying the course as he announced Melbourne’s five million people will be able to return to pubs, cafes and restaurants alongside other social changes. It comes a day after Mr Andrews hit pause on a planned step forward on Melbourne’s road out of lockdown as he… Source link