Las Vegas customers gambling with face covers

One day we’ll have an impressive array of COVID-19 face masks. Maybe we’ll trade them, like Topps baseball cards in the old days. Or maybe stage an exhibit of face covers at a downtown art gallery.

Obamas deliver speeches during YouTube virtual ceremony

Former President Barack Obama along with his wife, Michelle, delivered speeches during YouTube’s “Dear Class of 2020” virtual ceremony. The duo, along with a wide-ranging, star-studded lineup including Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Tom Brady, offered inspirational messages.

NY Times editorial page editor resigns amid fury over op-ed

The New York Times’ editorial page editor has resigned amid outrage over an op-ed by a Republican senator who advocated using federal troops to quell protests — outrage that only grew when it was revealed the editor had not read the piece before publication.

 
Romney joins protest march in Washington

U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney marched in a protest against police mistreatment of minorities in the nation’s capital, making him the first known Republican senator to do so.

Former Cincinnati Bengals great Ken Riley dies at 72

Ken Riley played 15 seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals as a defensive back, with 65 career interceptions for 596 yards and five touchdowns — all franchise records.

Tropical storm crashes onto US Gulf Coast amid flood threat

A lopsided Tropical Storm Cristobal came ashore Sunday in Louisiana and ginned up dangerous weather much farther east, sending waves crashing over Mississippi beaches, swamping parts of an Alabama island town and spawning a tornado in Florida.