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(CNN) The Iditarod , Alaska's legendary long-distance sled dog race , is set to begin Sunday despite the threat of coronavirus. The route, usually almost 1,000 miles, has been modified to avoid most communities and will be roughly 100 miles shorter than usual. A reduced number of 47 mushers include 13 women and 12 rookies. They will line up in Willow, about 75 miles outside of Anchorage, before hitting a new out-and-back trail. The race usually ends in Nome. Joar Leifseth Ulsom, the 2018 champion, says pandemic protocols won't make much difference once the race begins. "It's not like we are very social people," Ulsom, one of this year's favorites, told Reuters. "We spend most of our time out with the dogs." Read More READ: A dog musher left stranded in Alaska hitches ride in historic plane Veteran musher Thomas Waerner won last year's race. 'Next year, we're going to have the biggest bash' Rod Urbach, the Iditarod's chief … [Read more...] about The legendary Iditarod sled dog race is going ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic

MILAN (AP) — The virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb of Bollate with amazing speed. In a matter of just days, 45 children and 14 staff members had tested positive. Genetic analysis confirmed what officials already suspected: The highly contagious virus variant first identified in England was racing through the community, a densely packed city of nearly 40,000 with a chemical plant and Pirelli bicycle tire factory a 15-minute drive from the heart of Milan. “This is the demonstration that the virus has a sort of intelligence, even if it is a single-cell organism. We can put up all the barriers in the world and imagine that they work, but in the end, it adapts and penetrates them,” lamented Bollate Mayor Francesco Vassallo. Bollate was the first city in Lombardy, the northern region that has been the epicentre in each of Italy’s three surges, to be sealed off from neighbours because of mutant versions that the World Health … [Read more...] about AP: Covid Uptick in EU Driven by Virus Variants ‘Racing Through’ Communities

close Video Lordstown Endurance electric pickup going desert racing Lordstown Motors CEO Steve Burns talks exclusively to Fox News Autos about the battery-powered truck the company is entering in the San Felipe 250, its first beta build and the future of the all-electric brand. The Lordstown Endurance electric pickup will be hitting the road this fall, but it will be going off road before then. (Lordstown Motors) The Ohio-based startup is entering one of its trucks in the SCORE International San Felipe 250 race across Baja, Mexico in April. Lordstown Motors CEO Steve Burns told Fox News Autos in an exclusive interview that the goals are to become the first electric truck to finish the race and to prove the capability of its unique design, which features four in-wheel hub motors that are the drivetrain's only moving parts. (Lordstown Motors) The full-size electric truck uses a skateboard-style design that … [Read more...] about Lordstown Endurance electric pickup entering San Felipe 250 off-road race

For Rep. Jeff Van Drew Jeff Van Drew Lawmakers demand changes after National Guard troops at Capitol sickened from tainted food New Jersey lawmakers press for SALT cap repeal in next relief package Sunday shows preview: Riots roil Washington as calls for Trump's removal grow MORE (N.J.), swapping party allegiances has also meant reversing course on the top issues moving through Congress. The second-term Republican, who left the Democratic Party last year to protest the first impeachment of former President Trump Donald Trump Trump announces new tranche of endorsements DeSantis, Pence tied in 2024 Republican poll Lawmakers demand changes after National Guard troops at Capitol sickened from tainted food MORE , had supported every one of the Democrats' top nine legislative priorities in the last Congress, most of them before he jumped to the GOP. That list featured some of the more controversial issues Congress considers, including gun … [Read more...] about Van Drew, after flipping parties, bashes bills he once backed

By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A woman who lost her job at BNY Mellon for something she posted on Facebook lost her appeal in court. READ MORE: Woman Sues BNY Mellon, Claims She Was Fired For Facebook Comments About Antwon Rose Protesters Back in 2018, Lisa Ellis commented about a Bell Acres councilman who drove through a crowd of Antwon Rose protesters. Ellis posted, “Total BS. Too bad he didn’t have a bus to plow thru.” BNY Mellon fired Ellis after that. Ellis, who is white, then sued, claiming discrimination due to her race. A judge ruled Ellis presented no evidence that her firing was based on race. A federal appeals court just upheld that ruling. … [Read more...] about Fired BNY Mellon Employee Loses Appeal For Wrongful Termination Over Antwon Rose Protesters Facebook Comments