Author: Helen Heaton

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s positive test has brought Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to demand that the player get vaccinated.

Economists had been expecting an increase of 0.6 percent, below the 0.8 percent initially reported for May. On a 12-month basis, the consensus forecast was for 6.8 percent.

The NBA was looking to right the ratings ship and get back to normal in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, but they’ll have to keep looking.

Jakov Milatovic, economy minister of Montenegro, said on Wednesday that his government is negotiating with “a number of Wesetern banks from Europe and the United States” to refinance almost a billion dollars in loans taken out from Chinese banks to finance a lavish road construction project. 

Democrat Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), a candidate for U.S. Senate in the state of Florida, is slamming GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis for a move to cut off federal unemployment insurance benefits that have for months paid people more to stay home than to work.

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