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Unlikely PGA Tour pro tied for lead at Rocket Mortgage Classic

DETROIT — Webb Simpson and Bryson DeChambeau were expected to be contenders at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, taking advantage of a relatively weak field and course by PGA Tour standards. Chris Kirk was not. A year after taking a leave…

Top NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson tests positive for coronavirus

INDIANAPOLIS — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss this weekend’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, The 44-year-old Johnson is the first driver in any NASCAR series to test positive and the news…

Sanitizer, distance, homers: Inside Day 1 of Mets spring training 2.0

Citi Field opened for baseball Friday, complete with hand sanitizers near each foul line, socially distanced markers and masks for players and staff. Some 113 days after the COVID-19 outbreak shuttered spring training, the Mets returned to workouts for a…

This is the fed’s case against Ghislaine Maxwell

She befriended girls by asking about their lives and taking them shopping or to the movies. But Ghislaine Maxwell’s motives for cultivating the friendships were dark — she was grooming the teens to be abused by her ex-boyfriend and best…

Protesters block roadway to Mount Rushmore ahead of Trump’s arrival

The National Guard has stepped in to remove protesters who blocked access roads at Mount Rushmore Friday night ahead of President Trump’s arrival. The demonstrators, mainly Native Americans, are protesting that South Dakota’s Black Hills — where Mount Rushmore stands…

World’s oldest cat dead at 31

He lived life to the feline fullest. Rubble, long considered the world’s oldest cat, has passed away at the age of 31 — or 150 in human years, according to People magazine. “He was an amazing companion that I had the…

Video shows looters making off with $1.5M in clothing from SoHo shop

Police have released surveillance footage showing these fashion-conscious looters making off with $1.5 million in clothing from the high-end, Soho clothing store Celine. The video captured at least six still-at-large looters grabbing pricey merchandise at the store — where blouses…

4 hospitalized after shooting at Alabama shopping mall

HOOVER, Ala. — A shooting at an Alabama shopping mall left at least four people hospitalized Friday afternoon, police said. Multiple shots were reported near the food court inside the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Police Capt. Gregg Rector said in…

The story behind America’s national hymn

Katharine Lee Bates was on “a merry expedition up Pike’s Peak” in Colorado in 1893 when “the opening lines of the hymn floated into my mind.” Those lines became “America the Beautiful.” Source: NY Post click here for more…

UK scraps quarantine for some visitors as pubs set to reopen

LONDON — Boris Johnson wants a haircut and a beer. Like millions of other Britons, the prime minister will be able to have a trim and a tipple on Saturday, when the country takes its biggest step yet out of…