Updated Nov 3, 2021, 04:26pm EDT Topline The sports world was rocked Wednesday by the news that Packers quarterback and reigning NFL most valuable player Aaron Rodgers had tested positive for Covid-19 and had not been vaccinated against the virus, even though he’d made a number of public statements suggesting that he supports following Covid…
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Topline North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr's brother-in-law sold up to $280,000 worth of stocks almost immediately after receiving a call from the senator in February 2020--about a week before markets crashed over coronavirus fears, according to a ProPublica review of new Security and Exchange Commission filings as part of an ongoing insider trading investigation into…
Topline Coronavirus cases are once again on the rise in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins University, with more cases added Wednesday than any day in over a month as declines in hospitalizations and deaths grind to a halt. Key Facts The U.S. added 86,903 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday—the highest in a single day since…
Updated Feb 24, 2021, 01:40pm EST Topline Palm Beach County, Florida—which had been the home county of late conservative talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh—will not lower flags to half-staff Wednesday despite Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis specifically directing the county to do so, as the governor receives backlash over his decision to have the state…
Topline Houston-based electric company Griddy has been hit with a class-action lawsuit seeking "monetary relief of over $1 billion" after a rash of customers reported astronomically high energy bills after last week's winter storm, even as millions in the state went without power during the height of the deep freeze. Key Facts The lawsuit claims…
Updated Jan 20, 2021, 05:07pm EST Topline Former President Donald Trump opted to extend Secret Service protection for his adult children in one of the final acts of his presidency, according to multiple reports, in a last-minute move that will likely cost taxpayers millions of dollars. Key Facts That security, which will go for the…