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Cleveland showed a willingness to rebrand itself when it pulled the highly debated Chief Wahoo logo off its game jerseys and caps. While the red-faced, toothy caricature remains a presence on some team merchandise, its reduced status and removal from the diamond and signage around Progressive Field was applauded as a positive step. … [Read more...] about Indians, other teams pressured after Redskins drop nickname

June 27: Singer Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys is 78. Actress Julia Duffy (“Newhart”) is 69. Actress Isabelle Adjani is 65. Country singer Lorrie Morgan is 61. Writer-director J.J. Abrams (“Lost,” ″Alias”) is 54. Singer Draco Rosa (Menudo) is 51. Actor Edward “Grapevine” Fordham Jr. (“Battle Creek”) is 50. TV personality Jo Frost (“Supernanny”) is 50. Actor Yancey Arias (“Kingpin”) is 49. Actor Christian Kane (“The Librarians”) is 48. Actor Tobey Maguire is 45. Singer Leigh Nash of Sixpence None The Richer is 44. Christian rock singer Zach Williams is 42. Reality star Khloe Kardashian is 36. Actor Drake Bell (“Drake and Josh”) is 34. Actor Sam Claflin (“Hunger Games” films) is 34. Actor Ed Westwick (“Gossip Girl”) is 33. Actor Matthew Lewis (“Harry Potter” films) is 31. Actress Madylin Sweeten (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) is 29. … [Read more...] about Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 21-27

Merkel spoke to reporters alongside visiting Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at Meseberg Castle — the German government's guest house, north of Berlin, where the two held talks. She said positions are still too far apart to make any predictions about how the negotiations will proceed.  … [Read more...] about Merkel: Unclear if EU Will Approve Recovery Fund Plan This Week

Fox News host Tucker Carlson introduced the Monday night “Tucker Carlson Tonight” segment by pointing out schools opening elsewhere “with none of the restrictions” U.S. schools are contemplating. He then played a clip of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accusing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos of “malfeasance.” … [Read more...] about ‘Schools Are About Public Health’: Dr. Marc Siegel Calls On California Governor To Open Public Schools