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Cooper & Thief

Red blend

California 2017

$21.99

Used bourbon barrel-assisted and 16 percent alcohol. Mostly merlot and syrah but a host of others making for a big jammy but surprisingly smooth, well-balanced blend.

Well suited for around the barbecue, waiting for the ribs.

This wine is available at All Star Wine, Latham Farms.

— Fred LeBrun

NEW YORK (AP) — Several New York City police officers were attacked and injured Wednesday as pro-police and anti-police protesters clashed on the Brooklyn Bridge.

DETROIT (AP) — Get ready, because the Motown Museum is back in business.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ready to roll back a foundational Nixon-era environmental law that he says stifles infrastructure projects, but that is credited with ensuring decades of scrutiny of major projects and giving local communities a say.

PHOENIX (AP) — Housing advocacy groups in Arizona have joined lawmakers in lobbying Gov. Doug Ducey to extend his coronavirus-related moratorium on evictions, which will expire next week and allow authorities to start removing hundreds of renters in a state that's a national hot spot for both infections and scorching summer weather.

PASADENA, Calif. — Organizers have canceled the Rose Parade because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on long-range planning for the New Year’s tradition.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Days after reopening two theme parks amid a spike in coronavirus cases in Florida, Walt Disney World on Wednesday welcomed back visitors to two more theme parks that had been shuttered since March because of the new coronavirus.

A source confirmed the arrival of Hopkins, which was first reported by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Hopkins, a 6-foot graduate transfer, will be eligible to play immediately with one year of eligibility remaining.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For generations, school has been an opportunity for American children to learn and make friends. For many parents today, though, it's something that's elemental in a very different way: a safe place that cares for their children while they are at work — or a necessity for them to be able to work at all.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Virus restrictions once lifted are being reimposed, shutting businesses and curbing people's social lives as communities try to curb a disease resurgence before it spins out of control.

Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Wednesday as investors were encouraged by news that an experimental COVID-19 vaccine under development by Moderna and the U.S. National Institutes of Health revved up people’s immune systems just as desired.

News outlets including The Associated Press headed to court Wednesday seeking to unseal court records involving the mental competency of billionaire Tom Benson when he rewrote his will to give his third wife ownership of the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans sports franchises.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to announce a new federal rule to speed up the environmental review process for proposed highways, gas pipelines and other major infrastructure, a move that critics are describing as the dismantling of a 50-year-old environmental protection law.

Try to think of a more deserving guy in all of sports than Dan Snyder to get his name-change plans caught in a vise.

Cleveland

The Cleveland Browns are closing in on a contract extension with star defensive end Myles Garrett, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Garrett, the No. 1 overall pick in 2017 and one of the NFL's top edge rushers, and the team could have the deal completed in the next day or so, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks.

NFL Network reported the extension could be for five years and $125 million... Читать дальше...

Opening day rosters gained clarity on Tuesday when the Atlanta Braves reached an agreement with Yasiel Puig, while Tampa Bay pitcher Tyler Glasnow provided hopes for teams awaiting players to be cleared following positive tests for the coronavirus.

Dublin, Ohio

The PGA Tour has been back for five weeks and already has delivered a tournament scoring record one week, a former No. 1 winning another week, two sudden-death playoffs and a player who grew by two shirt sizes to try to change the game.

And it still felt as though something was missing.

Or someone.

That changed a few minutes past 7 a.m. Tuesday when Tiger Woods arrived at Muirfield Village and began preparing for his first PGA event in five months.

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New York

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'I think it's always been brewing in me, but I think timing is everything, you know? I mean, who knew that we was going to be in this pandemic? And on the heels of that, another senseless murder by law enforcement," said the 33-year-old "Just Mercy" star. Читать дальше...

A season without tournaments to run — and few do it any better — hasn't left the New York State Golf Association with nothing to do this summer.