A coalition of Republican and Democratic senators, as well as the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus, unveiled their own $908 billion proposal Tuesday. The group presented it as a middle-of-the-road compromise vital to curbing the economic pain felt by tens of millions of Americans as they head into the holiday season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is still no current path forward for how any relief legislation becomes law before Congress leaves for the year....

Climate change has been found to cause a host of problems—everything from worsening natural disasters to affecting human health and changing weather conditions. Climate change can negatively affect animals in some areas, such as impacting polar bears in Arctic regions where ice is more prone to melt due to global warming. In other cases, climate change makes areas more appealing, such as with the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive species from Asia that is now established in the United States and targets dozens of crops....

On Saturday, Ophelia Nichols, the Alabama-based TikTok user with over 7 million followers who also goes by @shoelover99 and Mama Tot, posted a video to her account revealing that her son, 18-year-old Randon Lee, had been shot to death at a gas station the previous night. She also noted that Saturday would have been his 19th birthday. “My son was murdered,” Nichols said in the video. “He was shot. And I have this hatred in my heart that I don’t recognize because I have never felt hate for anybody....

Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS), a district in Tampa, Florida, that extends throughout the state’s Hillsborough County, reopened to students for its first day of classes on August 10. The district had about 208,500 enrolled students as of the third day back at school, according to an estimate district officials cited in a message distributed to the wider district community last week. As of 7 a.m. local time on Monday, the district said 5,599 students and 316 district employees were either isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 or in quarantine after being in close proximity with someone who did test positive....

For 20 years, the western U.S. has suffered drought caused by climate change, and the soil is at its driest since 1895, according to UCLA climate and fire scientist Park Williams. A year ago, 3 percent of California was in a state of extreme or exceptional drought, and 4 percent of the state ended up burning during the 2020 fires. “It means that the dice are loaded toward a lot of forest fire this year,” said Williams....

Friday marks the 100th day of protests in the city since May 28, when two demonstrations occurred in front of the downtown Multnomah County Justice Center. They mirrored the protests that erupted up around the world in the wake of George Floyd’s death on May 25 while in Minneapolis police custody. Police kept their distance from protesters on that first night of demonstrations, The Oregonian reported. But more than three months have passed since then, and the situation in Portland has changed drastically....

Napoli 23/20 favs with dabblebet However, for the fans, the game at the San Paolo is simply unmissable. So, when Partenopei supporters learned that the fixture had been brought forward to give both sides an extra day to prepare for their respective Champions League assignments, they were gripped with fear. A Friday night kick-off meant a clash with ‘Gomorra’, the Naples-based drama series that has become a global phenomenon. As a result, Sky Italia was inundated with requests from desperate Napoli fans begging them to reschedule the release of the next two episodes of the gritty crime show....

Roma have had an offer rejected for the winger as they seek to replace Mohamed Salah, with sporting director Monchi indicating they may not return with a fresh bid for the Algeria international. Leicester are 5/6 to make the top half this season Mahrez, PFA Player of the Season in Leicester’s Premier League title-winning campaign in 2015-16, has continued to feature for the Foxes during pre-season despite announcing his intention to move on....

Shepherd started the July 2013 race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway at age 71. MORE: New Chase favorites | Earnhardt must win now | New penalties, appeal process The Support Military Foundation has signed to help sponsor Shepherd, who will drive the No. 93 Toyota leased from BK Racing and fielded by MacDonald Motorsports and Dell Hamilton of the SMF. The team is still looking for additional sponsorship. “Whenever you can break a record or make history, it’s something special,” Hamilton said....

Reports in Italy emerged claiming the former West Ham midfielder had failed to show up for team meetings, and was refusing to return to Italy from London in a bid to force through a move away from the club in January. However, Lazio released a short statement on Friday explaining that Morrison’s return home was to deal with personal issues. Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez? Click here to see the countdown of the 50 best players in the world in the 2016 Goal 50...

Darya Dugina, who’s the daughter of Alexander Dugin, was reportedly in the vehicle when the vehicle exploded Saturday evening. “A Toyota Land Cruiser Prado exploded near the village of Velyki Vyazomy in the suburbs of Moscow, as a result of which the driver died, law enforcement agencies informed us,” Russian state media TASS reported, also cited by the Washington Post. The Washington Post reported this note. “The daughter of key Putin adviser Alexander Dugin was killed in a car explosion in the Moscow region, according to Russia’s state-run media outlet Tass....

With his side already trailing to an early controversial goal from Alexis Sanchez, Moses got one-on-one with his direct opponent Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on Chelsea’s right wing. Chelsea rage at ‘offside’ Alexis goal Having tricked his way into the penalty box, Moses went down under Oxlade-Chamberlain’s challenge and referee Anthony Taylor decided there was not enough contact. Moses was therefore booked for simulation by the official and, as the Nigeria international had already been shown a yellow card for a foul on Danny Welbeck, he became the fifth player to be dismissed in an FA Cup final....

Real-time global wildfire detection and monitoring service OroraTech has posted satellite images of the area and added a fire cluster hotspot to the image below, showing the extent of the fire. The blaze broke out on Wednesday afternoon at approximately 4.30pm, and by 10pm last night the fire had spread 500 acres. Wasco County Sheriff’s Office has issued immediate evacuation orders for Paradise Ridge Place Rd, West of State Rd, plus Evergreen Terrace to Dry Creek Rd....

A seasoned bettor, however, is looking for value anywhere he can find it and in this game it’s coming in the form of big favorites. That’s why prop bets like “Will there be a successful 2-point conversion?” have gotten a ton of tickets on YES, but more money on NO. The same often goes for “Will the game go to overtime?” MORE: NFL live odds page More props: The 50 weirdest | QBs | TDs | Penalties...

The survey, which was published by the U.K. Office for National Statistics (ONS), also found that participants were slightly less likely to report a loss of taste or smell. The B.1.1.7 variant was first detected in the U.K. toward the end of last year and has now been found in several countries around the world, as well as more than 20 U.S. states. Scientists say the new variant is around 50 to 70 percent more infectious than the original....

Biden has proposed another round of $1,400 checks, which added to the $600 signed off previously would add up to $2,000 in support. However, Republicans have opposed the amount of spending in his pitch and a group of 10 lawmakers from the upper chamber met with the president on Monday to discuss a scaled down framework. This would include reducing the top-line amount and reducing the number of people eligible to receive it....

The daughter of storied Boston mayor John (Honey Fitz) Fitzgerald and wife of millionaire investor Joseph P. Kennedy, Rose strove to imbue her nine children with social grace, confidence and a love of learning. But it was her role as the “glue” that held her family together through times of crisis that made her an icon. “She sustained us in the saddest times – by her faith in God, which was the greatest gift she gave us – and by the strength of her character, which was a combination of the sweetest gentleness and the most tempered steel,” Senator Kennedy, Rose’s only surviving son, told the crowd, which included three generations of Kennedy relatives (more than 100 in all), senators, congressmen and cabinet members....

In a post on the London-based discussion site Mumsnet, user MollyPocket shared her dilemma after her mother-in-law became upset about the “no sleepovers” rule. In the post, the mom explained that their in-laws had recently revealed a freshly decorated room just for their granddaughter: “[My mother-in-law] proceeded to do a grand reveal of our daughter’s new bedroom. All bedecked with pink princesses and unicorns, not my taste but clearly a lot of effort gone in....

Lydia Rodriguez was taken to the University of Texas Medical Branch, in League City, in mid-July with her husband Lawrence after both fell victim to the virus. According to a GoFundMe organized by Dottie Jones, who said she was Lydia Rodriguez’s cousin, Lawrence Rodriguez was first placed on oxygen, but “took a turn for the worse” and was transferred to the same ICU where his wife was being cared for....