July 2021

Car line etiquette

With back to school preparations starting amongst parents and students, it’s only fitting to talk about something that is the thorn in the side of every parent who has to drop off and pick up their child from school — the car line.

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Republicans, Democrats and the vaccine

More Republicans than Democrats appear to be “vaccine hesitant” -- that is, reluctant for one reason or another -- to take the COVID-19 vaccine. They’ve gotten the treatment you might expect in some quarters of the press. “Right-wing anti-vaccine hysteria is increasing. We’ll all pay the price,” read one headline in The Washington Post. In The New York Times, there was, “Far-Right Extremists Move From ‘Stop the Steal’ to Stop the Vaccine.” The Daily Beast chimed in with “The GOP’s Paranoid Streak From John Birchers to Anti-Vaxxers.” You get the idea.

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Injury-plagued Dodgers keeping close in bid to repeat title

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers waited 32 years to win the World Series again. The road to a repeat championship is never easy, and they head into the second half of the season hoping the worst of the bumps along the way are behind them.

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Peyton Manning doesn’t rule out future role with Broncos

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Peyton Manning didn’t rule out a future role with the Denver Broncos given the ownership uncertainty surrounding one of the NFL’s iconic franchises.

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Late entry Sullivan not wasting any time at British Open

SANDWICH, England (AP) — Andy Sullivan was among the last to make the field at the British Open and part of the first group out when play began Thursday.

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Child dies, woman critical after being set afire; 1 arrested

FRANKLIN (AP) — A Louisiana man is accused of dousing his girlfriend and his 5-year-old great nephew with liquid and setting them on fire, killing the child and critically injuring the woman, the state Fire Marshal’s Office said Wednesday.

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Louisiana man convicted after fatal crash in intersection

SHREVEPORT (AP) — A Louisiana man faces up to 30 years in prison after a jury convicted him Tuesday of killing a woman last summer while he was driving drunk.