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Visitors will have to reserve tickets in advance for a specific entrance time. They will be required to wear face coverings and have their temperatures checked before entering. Once inside, they will be required to follow a one-way pedestrian pattern and keep an appropriate distance from other groups, zoo spokeswoman Diane Nahabedian said. … [Read more...] about Roger Williams Park Zoo plans reopening; towns cancel camps

Kara Swisher: I wrote a column in the New York Times about how President Trump is pushing a debunked lie about a deceased woman. She died of a heart condition — fell and hit her head — but he’s pushing the lie that she was killed by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough. I didn’t focus on Scarborough in this case, because it’s not the point. This is a conspiracy theory that has been going around the internet. I focused on the widower of this woman, who’s being impugned by President Trump, because Trump didn’t just recycle the conspiracy theory — he made all kinds of weird allegations and, in the process, dragged a dead woman across the national stage for his own political gain. What’s interesting about this is that it then led Twitter to take action somewhere else: around mail-in balloting. They didn’t think they had him on this one, I guess. … [Read more...] about Twitter’s Trump Problem Is Just Beginning

When it was first announced that Premier League clubs would return to training, Deeney was one of a number of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) players who expressed concerns about those statistics, leading the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) to ask the Premier League to conduct more research into the figures. … [Read more...] about Football’s restart is a battle of ‘money vs. health,’ says former Premier League club doctor

"Our recognition comes from the number of people who attend our games," Hegerberg explains. "That was a really good trend before this crisis. It was one of the main goals, to get people to games, to draw more attention to women's football week in, week out. But being in a situation like this, it stops that good trend. We have to deal with [that] and keep pushing in order not to lose that positive development." … [Read more...] about As a female footballer it’s ‘impossible to not be standing for equality,’ says Ada Hegerberg

Reid pushed back against the situation being labeled as a “riot” despite the looting and burning of buildings, adding people in Minneapolis are “risking COVID” to say “stop killing us” and “acknowledge that we’re people.” … [Read more...] about Joy Reid on Minneapolis: ‘People Are Risking COVID’ to Say ‘Just Stop Killing Us’