Monday Night Raw will be taped for a change this Monday night on the USA Network. It will be taking place in the O2 Arena in London, England since the WWE roster are on their annual European tour right now. However, the company has decided to announce several of the matches and key segments that will be featured on the show. For starters, former Money in the Bank winner Baron Corbin will face off against Ricochet for the first time ever before the two of them head into the Money in the Bank ladder match. A match between Braun Strowman and Drew McIntyre has also been booked for the show, and there will be a Fatal 4-Way match between Dana Brooke, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, and Natalya.
FINALLY, The #MonsterAmongMen @BraunStrowman will lock horns with The #ScottishPsychopath @DMcIntyreWWE! #RAW https://t.co/jJiUrpMOA5
— WWE (@WWE) May 11, 2019
ALSO, @BaronCorbinWWE looks to ground the high-flying @KingRicochet in one-on-one action this Monday on #RAW! https://t.co/zVxOjTlrT5
— WWE (@WWE) May 11, 2019
The four #RAW Superstars competing in the Women’s #MITB #LadderMatch will look to score a monumental victory in ???? when @NatbyNature @NaomiWWE @DanaBrookeWWE & @AlexaBliss_WWE collide in a #Fatal4Way Match! https://t.co/QPDicHiZXF
— WWE (@WWE) May 11, 2019
SmackDown Superstar Roman Reigns will be returning to Raw once again under the new “Wild Card” rule that was introduced on last week’s episode of Raw. “The Big Dog” will appear on Miz TV with The Miz, where the two of them will likely discuss their rivalries with Shane McMahon. Also, Becky Lynch will be taking part in two contract signings on Monday night. One will make her SmackDown Women’s Championship defense against Charlotte Flair official for Money in the Bank, while the other will be for her Raw Women’s Championship defense against Lacey Evans. Spoilers for the show will be posted online in advance, but Raw will air at the same time as usual in the evening of this upcoming Monday.
Speaking of the “Wild Card Rule,” @WWERomanReigns will use it yet again when he appears on #MizTV this Monday! #RAW @mikethemiz https://t.co/M8GIMmDgE0
— WWE (@WWE) May 11, 2019
This Monday, the “Wild Card Rule” is in effect as @MsCharlotteWWE joins @LaceyEvansWWE and #Becky2Belts in a double contract signing for @WWE #MITB! #RAW @BeckyLynchWWE https://t.co/PmXxEo91po
— WWE (@WWE) May 11, 2019
Those who watched the “Fighting With My Family” movie based on the life of WWE Superstar Paige may recall that the former Divas Champion has a brother who was sent away from the family. Paige just reunited with her brother on his birthday this week. Her brother, Asa, is currently institutionalized at a mental institution and has been in and out of various facilities over the years. Paige had chosen to keep the details surrounding her older brother’s life guarded over the years, but she posted a photo of herself meeting up with him this week. Paige briefly mentioned her brother online last year and wanted to use the opportunity to bring awareness to those dealing with mental illnesses. The photo can be seen down below:
Happy birthday to my big bro Asa! My bro that I don’t usually share very much with the internet because it can be a cruel place. Hope you have an amazing day. He’s allowed one day out a year of the hospital and today’s the day. Love you so much ?? pic.twitter.com/Ii1rctls8w
— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) May 11, 2019
Seven Gophers placed on the podium with five placing within the top-three at the Edinboro and Don Parker Opens this weekend.
133-pound Jake Gliva took home the Don Parker Open championship while 149-pound Brayton Lee and 174-pound Bailee O’Reilly advanced to the finals of the Edinboro Open before falling in the final bout by decision. Both Lee and O’Reilly advanced with multiple bonus point victories before falling to Big Ten opponents in the final bout.
125-pound Patrick McKee and 165-pound Jake Allar took home third place at in Edinboro, Pennsylvania with 197-pound Rylee Streifel placing fourth and 184-pound Brandon Krone taking sixth.
McKee posted two technical falls before pinning his opponent in the finals. Allar had bookend pins with a fall in his first and final matches.
Streifel won his first two matches before dropping the final two in narrow contests.
After dropping his first match, Krone bounced back with a technical fall and fall in his next two matches before placing sixth.
149-pound Brenn Olson start hot with pins in two of his first three matches before dropping his final three matches to fall off podium placement.
125-pound Patrick McKee (Unattached) – Third Place Round of 32: Patrick McKee tech. fall (18-0) Jason Lella (Edinboro) Round of 16: Patrick McKee dec. (14-7) Trevor Giallombardo (Ohio) Quarterfinals: Patrick McKee tech. fall (18-3) Braken Mead (Ohio State) Semifinals: Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) dec. (14-8) Patrick McKee Third place Match: Patrick McKee fall (2:55) Logan Treaster (Navy)
149-pound Brayton Lee (Unattached) – Second Place Round of 64: Brayton Lee major dec. (22-8) Hunter Yackee (Kent State) Round of 32: Brayton Lee by forfeit over Jackson Wrobel (West Virginia) Round of 16: Brayton Lee tech. fall (24-7) PJ Gohn (Edinboro) Quarterfinals: Brayton Lee tech. fall (22-4) Gerard Angelo (Finger Lakes Prep) Semifinals: Brayton Lee dec. (10-3) Graham Rooks (Indiana) Finals: Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) dec. (6-4) Brayton Lee
165-pound Jake Allar (Unattached) – Third Place Round of 16: Jake Allar fall (2:59) Ryan Ferro (Ohio State) Quarterfinals: Jake Allar dec. (8-7) Brady Chrisman (Kent State) Semifinals: Troy Keller (Buffalo) major dec. (12-1) Jake Allar Third Place Match: Jake Allar fall (5:44) Noah Grover (Buffalo)
174-pound Bailee O’Reilly (Unattached) -Second Place Round of 16: Bailee O’Reilly tech. fall (20-5) Zach Cassidy (Unattached) Quarterfinals: Bailee O’Reilly dec. (9-2) Andrew Buckley (Navy) Semifinals: Bailee O’Reilly major dec. (10-1) Tyler Bates (Kent State) Finals: Jacob Covaciu (Indiana) dec. (6-4) Bailee O’Reilly
184-pound Brandon Krone -Sixth Place Quarterfinals: Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) dec. (7-5) Brandon Krone Consolation of 8: Brandon Krone fall (2:19) Cameron Caldarelli (Buffalo) Consolation of 4: Brandon Krone tech. fall (16-0) Ben Cushma (Central Michigan) Fifth Place Match: Lane Hinkle (Kent State) major dec. Brandon Krone
197-pound Rylee Streifel – Fourth Place Round of 16: Rylee Streifel dec. (6-1) Colin McCracken (Kent State) Quarterfinals: Rylee Streifel major dec. (12-2) JT Brown (Army) Semifinals: Dylan Reynolds (Edinboro) dec. (5-3) Rylee Streifel Third Place Match: Andrew Davidson (Michigan) dec. (3-1) Rylee Streifel
Don Parker Open
133-pound Jake Gliva (Unattatched) – Champion Round of 16: Jake Gliva tech. fall (16-0) Caleb Nash (UW- Stout Club) Quarterfinals: Jake Gliva dec. (8-2) Jacob Prunty (Concordia-Moorhead) Semifinals: Jake Gliva dec. (11-8) Thomas Severson (UW-Eau Claire) Finals: Jake Gliva dec. (7-3) Sam Bennyhoff (Augsburg)
149-pound Brenn Olson (Unattatched) Round of 32: Brenn Olson fall (2:53) Gage Griffin (UW- La Crosse) Round of 16: Brenn Olson dec. (3-1) Jacob Forar (Augsburg) Quarterfinals: Brenn Olson fall (4:52) Cooper Siebrecht (Minnesota State) Semifinals: Alex Wilson (Augsburg) fall (2:27) Brenn Olson Consolation of 4 #1: AJ Bethea (Augsburg) fall (4:11) Brenn Olson Consolation of 4 #2: Ty Johnson (Concordia-Moorhead) fall (2:56) Brenn Olson
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MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Minnesota State University Moorhead wrestling team will wrap up the regular season with a home dual against No. 10 Minnesota-State Mankato on Saturday. Prior to the dual the Dragons will recognize seniors Adam Blees and Dylan Connell.
The Dragons last competed on Saturday night when they lost to Southwest Minnesota State 24-16. The Dragons won four matches on the night, including Cole Jones, who won his 125 pound match via forfeit. Also picking up wins for MSUM were Jordan Magnuson (285), Mason Schulz (141) and Adam Blees (174).
Jones leads the Dragons with a 22-7 record this season, including a win over No. 1 Brett Velasquez on Thursday against St. Cloud State. Evan Foster is another Dragon to have over 20 wins, bringing a 22-12 record into the dual. Schulz is right behind with a 20-16 record while Braydon Ortloff has a 17-12 record this season. Blees is 15-8 at 174.
About the Mavericks The Mavericks, who are ranked 10th in the latest NCAA DII Wrestling Coaches Association Top 25 poll, will bring an 8-1 record into the dual. Prior to facing MSUM they will face St. Cloud State on Saturday.
The Mavericks have three wrestlers ranked as individuals, led by sophomore Kyle Rathman, who is ranked second at 149 pounds. At 174 pounds, Zach Johnston is ranked fourth while George Farmah is ranked seventh at 133 pounds.
Jim Makovsky is in his 26th season as head coach. He picked up his 300th career win on Jan. 31.
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SIOUX FALLS — After falling into an early hole in Thursday’s regular season finale against top-ranked St. Cloud State, No. 12 Lukas Poloncic got No. 14 ranked Augustana on the board, and even though the Vikings fell in the dual, 31-3, Poloncic improved to 8-1 in duals and sits at 7-1 in NSIC action.
The loss sends the Vikings to the postseason with a 5-4 overall record to go along with their 4-4 mark in the Northern Sun, while the defending national champion Huskies extend their winning streak to 48 matches, end the regular season with a perfect 20-0 mark overall, which includes an 8-0 NSIC record and the outright conference title.
Trailing 2-3 entering the final period at 174 lbs., Poloncic got a takedown to go up 4-3, only to see Eischens escape to tie the match at 4-4, Poloncic responded with another takedown late to go up 6-4, and then added a point for riding time to secure the win, which boosts his record to 14-7 on the season.
The regular season in the books, the Vikings and Huskies now turn their attention to the NCAA Regional, which begins next Saturday, Feb. 23, at 11 a.m. in Moorhead, Minn.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — With nine competitors still in championship contention and still alive for national tournament berths, the Augsburg University wrestling team stands in first place after the first day of the NCAA Division III Upper Midwest Regional at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Augsburg wrestlers went 19-2 on the first day of the two-day NCAA regional, with eight pins, five technical falls and two major decisions. Nine of the 10 Auggies advanced to Saturday’s (2/23) championship semifinals, with one wrestler being eliminated. The nine remaining Auggies still have shots at qualifying for the NCAA Division III National Championships, as the top three placers in each weight class earn bids.
As a team, Augsburg, ranked No. 2 in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III national rankings, leads the 17-team regional with 100.0 points after the first day, with No. 9-ranked Wisconsin-La Crosse in second with 83.0 points. No. 14-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater is in third place with 80.5 points.
Three Auggies recorded two pins each on the first day of competition to advance to the semifinals — No. 2-ranked 157-pounder Ryan Epps (JR, Cannon Falls, Minn./Cannon Falls HS), No. 5-ranked 174-pounder Tanner Vassar (JR, Maple Lake, Minn./Maple Lake HS) and No. 7-ranked 141-pounder David Flynn (JR, Jordan, Minn./Jordan HS (Scott West)). Epps is now 31-3 with 10 pins, while Vassar is 20-6 with 10 pins, and Flynn is 23-4 with 11 pins.
At 149, No. 7-ranked Alex Wilson (SR, Oak Grove, Minn./St. Francis HS) improved to 32-5 with a pair of second-period technical falls, 18-0 and 20-2. He now has a team-leading 14 technical falls this season, and 26 bonus-point victories (eight pins, 14 technical falls, four major decisions) on the season.
No. 2-ranked 133-pounder Sam Bennyhoff (SR, Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka HS) scored a 59-second pin and a 10-0 major decision win to advance to the semifinals with a 22-4 record. He is now 115-26 in his collegiate career.
At 125, No. 2-ranked Victor Gliva (JR, Farmington, Minn./Farmington HS) claimed a 12-1 major decision win and a 15-0, third-period technical fall win to move to the semifinals. He is now 24-4 on the season with 16 bonus-point wins (seven pins, three technical falls, six major decisions).
At 184, No. 9-ranked Solomon Nielsen (SO, Luverne, Minn./Luverne HS) improved to 25-6 on the season with two victories, including a third-period pin in his opening match. He now has five pins on the year.
Top-ranked and defending 165-pound national champion Lucas Jeske (JR, St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) and No. 3-ranked 197-pounder Lance Benick (SO, Scandia, Minn./Totino-Grace HS) each had a technical fall among their two wins on the day. Jeske is now 15-0 on the year, while Benick is now 23-3.
Auggie heavyweight Ethan Hofacker (JR, Spring Valley, Wis./Spring Valley HS) saw his season come to an end with a 1-2 day at the regional. He dropped his first match, but scored a 1:54 pin in the wrestlebacks before dropping a 6-2 decision. Hofacker finished his season at 14-15 and has 42 victories, with 17 pins, in his Auggie career.
UP NEXT The regional resumes on Saturday (2/23) at 10 a.m. with championship semifinals, consolation quarterfinals and semifinals, and placing matches for first, third and fifth. The top three finishers in each class will advance to the NCAA Division III National Championships, to be held March 8-9 in Roanoke, Va.
125 — No. 2 Victor Gliva (24-4) Champ. Round 1 – Victor Gliva maj. dec. Jack Marley (UW-Eau Claire) 12-1 Quarterfinals – Victor Gliva tech. fall over Marco Padilla (Concordia-Wisconsin) 15-0 at 6:12
133 — No. 2 Sam Bennyhoff (22-4) Champ. Round 1 – Sam Bennyhoff pinned Justin Hames (Elmhurst) 0:59 Quarterfinal – Sam Bennyhoff maj. dec. Benjamin Bogart (Concordia-Moorhead) 10-0
141 — No. 7 David Flynn (23-4) Champ. Round 1 – David Flynn pinned Mike Day (Pacific-Ore.) 5:19 Quarterfinal – David Flynn pinned Jake Drexler (UW-Eau Claire) 6:15
149 — No. 7 Alex Wilson (32-5) Champ. Round 1 – Alex Wilson tech. fall Anthony Hennen (Saint John’s) 18-0 at 3:55 Quarterfinal – Alex Wilson tech. fall Alex Heiden (UW-Stevens Point) 20-2 at 4:59
157 — No. 2 Ryan Epps (31-3) Champ. Round 1 – Ryan Epps pinned Eric Martinson (Concordia-Wisconsin) 2:12 Quarterfinal – Ryan Epps pinned Muzi Siseltha (UW-Oshkosh) 3:48
165 — No. 1 Lucas Jeske (15-0) Champ. Round 1 – Lucas Jeske tech. fall Garrett Passmore (UW-Platteville) 19-2 at 5:45 Quarterfinal – Lucas Jeske dec. Travis Deegan (Concordia-Moorhead) 4-0
Oklahoma Takes Last Four Bouts to Edge NDSU 20-18 in Big 12 Conference Dual
NORMAN, Okla.—Oklahoma won the final four bouts and six overall to edge North Dakota State 20-18 in a Big12 Conference dual in McCasland Field House on Sunday, Feb. 24.
NDSU (10-6, 5-4 #Big12WR) will send 10 wrestlers to compete at the Big 12 Conference Wrestling Championships scheduled for March 9-10 in the BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla.
North Dakota State jumped out to a 12-0 lead after two bouts with pins from No. 18-ranked Andrew Fogarty at 165 pounds at 4:24 over Jeremy Thomas. It was the seventh pin of the season for Fogarty, who improved to 17-3 overall and 14-2 in duals.
At 174 pounds, Lorenzo De La Riva trailed by five early in the second period, but turned the tables with his fifth pin of the year at 3:25 over Anthony Mantanona. De La Riva improved to 21-8 overall and 10-5 in duals.
NDSU heavyweight recorded an important takedown with under a minute left in the third period in an 8-6 decision over Jake Boyd. Metz is now 15-10 overall and 6-8 in duals.
North Dakota State picked up its final win at 125 pounds. No. 9-ranked Brent Fleetwood (21-3, 13-1) and Christian Moody were scoreless in the first, and then traded escapes in the second and third periods. Fleetwood recorded a takedown with 22-seconds left to claim a 3-1 sudden victory-1 decision.
McCasland Field House, Norman, Okla. / Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019 Dual started at 165 pounds
Oklahoma 20, North Dakota State 18 165—#18 Andrew Fogarty (NDSU) fall Jeremy Thomas (OU), 4:24 174—Lorenzo De La Riva (NDSU) fall Anthony Mantanona (OU), 3:25 184—Kayne MacCallum (OU) dec Michael Otomo (NDSU), 7-0 197—#20 Jake Woodley (OU) dec Cordell Eaton (NDSU), 5-2 285—Brandon Metz (NDSU) dec Jake Boyd (OU), 8-6 125—#9 Brent Fleetwood (NDSU) sudden victory-1 Christian Moody (OU), SV-1 3-1 133—Anthony Madrigal (OU) dec #16 Cam Sykora (NDSU), 5-2 141—#18 Dom Demas (OU) tech fall Sawyer Degen (NDSU), TF 20-5 7:00 149—Davion Jeffries (OU) dec Jaden Van Maanen (NDSU), 9-2 157—#20 Justin Thomas (OU) dec #19 Luke Weber (NDSU), 7-6
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A government whistleblower leveled the harshest pubic criticism yet of the U.S. response to the new coronavirus, testifying before Congress Thursday that the Trump administration ignored his warnings about the severity of the health crisis and deliberately misled the American public.
America faces the “darkest winter in modern history” unless government leaders act to prevent a rebound of the coronavirus, immunologist Dr. Rick Bright said in a dire warning to a House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Bright’s testimony came the same day the U.S. Department of Labor reported that 36 million Americans are now jobless, an increase of nearly 3 million from the week prior and four times the record low that prevailed before the coronavirus struck hard in March.
Adding to the hardships, jobless workers in some states are still reporting difficulty applying for or receiving unemployment benefits. These include freelance, gig and self-employed workers, who became newly eligible for jobless aid this year.
The latest jobless claims follow a devastating monthly jobs report released last week. The government said the unemployment rate soared to 14.7 percent in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, and employers shed a stunning 20.5 million jobs. A decade’s worth of job growth was wiped out in a single month.
It’s likely the numbers fail to truly capture the number of Americans not working.
The government said many workers in April were counted as employed but absent from work and should have been counted as temporarily unemployed. Millions of other laid-off workers didn’t look for a new job in April, likely discouraged by their prospects in a mostly shuttered economy. They weren’t counted either.
In short, if all those people had been counted as unemployed, the jobless rate would have reached nearly 24 percent.
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Whistleblower Issues Dire Warning If Virus Rebounds
Bright, ousted as the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority , testified for nearly four hours Thursday.
“I believe by not telling America the truth or being totally transparent regardless of where the information was coming from, people were not prepared as they could have been,” he told the House Energy and Commerce Committee..
Bright was removed as the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency in April. He claims he was moved to a lesser position after warning the Trump administration against distributing a malaria drug President Donald Trump had promoted as a treatment for COVID-19.
“Our window of opportunity is closing,” Bright said. “If we fail to develop a national coordinated response, based in science, I fear the pandemic will get far worse and be prolonged, causing unprecedented illness and fatalities.”
Dr. Rick Bright arrives for a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Sen. Burr Steps Down As Intelligence Chair Amid Probe
Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, stepped down as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday after the FBI served a warrant to seize his phone as part of an investigation tied to insider trading.
The investigation centers around Burr’s mysteriously timed sale of stocks right before the coronavirus crisis caused markets to plummet.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he and Burr agreed he should step aside in the best interest of the Senate.
The Justice Department declined to comment. Burr’s attorney did not respond to phone and email messages from The Associated Press.
Sen. Richard Burr has stepped down from as chair of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)
Governors Warn COVID-19 Relief Is Becoming A ‘Political Football’
Likely frustrated by the federal government’s lack of recent action to help the millions of unemployed Americans, the National Governors Association on Wednesday urged Congress to put aside the back-and-forth politicking and push through an assistance package to help place states and Americans on the road to economic recovery.
The request was made after House Democrats rolled out their newest economic relief package — $3 trillion that would provide cash for cities and states, “hazard pay” for essential workers and a new round of cash payments to Americans, among other provisions.
Senate Republicans, however, have their own list of priorities and declared the Democrats’ legislation “dead on arrival” even before the ink had a chance to dry.
In their statement, the governors association chairmen — Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan and New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo — urged lawmakers to stop the economic aid package from turning into yet another partisan flashpoint, according to a report by The Hill.
“Each day that Congress fails to act, states are being forced to make cuts that will devastate the essential services the American people rely on and destroy the economic recovery before it even gets off the ground,” Hogan and Cuomo said.
“With widespread bipartisan agreement on the need for this assistance, we cannot afford a partisan process that turns this urgent relief into another political football,” they said. “This is not a red state or blue state crisis. This is a red, white and blue pandemic. The coronavirus is apolitical. It does not attack Democrats or Republicans. It attacks Americans.”
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York at a news conference on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Pandemic Has Claimed 100K Small Businesses
Congress approved a historic $700 billion to help U.S. small businesses through the coronavirus pandemic. It wasn’t enough to save some.
Economists project that more than 100,000 small businesses have permanently shuttered since the pandemic escalated in March, according to researchers at the University of Illinois, Harvard Business School, Harvard University and the University of Chicago. The data suggests at least 2 percent of small businesses are gone, according to a survey conducted May 9-11.
The toll is even higher in the restaurant industry, where 3 percent of restaurant owners have gone out of business, according to the National Restaurant Association.
The money funneled through Paycheck Protection Program loans and grants is only covering so much for a fraction of small businesses in America.
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, told The Washington Post he wouldn’t be surprised if “well over 1 million of these micro firms ultimately fail.”
Juan Desmarais, owner of Primo’s Barbershop in California, re-opened his business after realizing it could be months before he had permission to operate. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Fauci Warns Of ‘Serious Consequences’ If States Open Too Soon
As states begin easing social distancing requirements that shuttered businesse arcross America, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Wednesday the coronavirus is still spreading and “the consequences could be really serious” if cities and states reopen too quickly.
In fact, Fauci — the nation’s top infectious disease expert and member of the U.S. coronavirus task force — said opening too soon not only would cause “some suffering and death that could be avoided, but could even set you back on the road to try to get economic recovery.”
If there is a rush to reopen without following guidelines, “my concern is we will start to see little spikes that might turn into outbreaks,” Fauci said. “The consequences could be really serious.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci said reopening the economy too quickly could “turn the clock back” on economic recovery. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon: File)
U.S. Voters Want Congress To Focus On Aid Legislation: Poll
Nearly seven in 10 voters in the United States think controlling the spread of the coronavirus and stimulating economic recovery from the pandemic’s effects should be the top priority of Congress, according to a new poll from Morning Consult and Politico.
The poll’s findings are a sharp contrast to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s remarks to reporters that he and the White House “have not yet felt the urgency of acting immediately” on an additional round of coronavirus relief legislation.
The poll, conducted May 8-10, shows backlash from Republican voters, 73 percent of whom said Congress should focus on economic stimulus packages.
House Democrats proposed a $3 trillion virus relief bill Tuesday that aims to help state and local government, unemployment insurance and food stamp spending, but the aid package isn’t expected to gain Senate approval.
Shoppers venturing to farmers markets this spring are likely to see a lot fewer vendors and fellow customers. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Official Warns Of A Possible Sustained Recession
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Cold Cases Get Colder As Pandemic Wears On
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Twitter Employees Can Work From Home Permanently
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Minnesota State University Moorhead wrestler Cole Jones is an All-American. The sophomore earned those honors with a seventh-place finish at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships which concluded on Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio.
“He had a great year,” MSUM head coach Kris Nelson said. “He didn’t reach his ultimate goal of being a national champ but that’s something we feel he can do in the future. He put together a great year, finished third in the region. We know he’s right there.”
The Grand Rapids, Minn., native lost in the consolation semifinals to Tyler Kreith of McKendree by a tough 2-1 decision, but rebounded with a 13-5 major decision win over Brendan Howard of Pitt-Johnstown in the seventh-place match to finish seventh. Jones went 3-2 at the national tournament.
“It feels pretty good, the steps I’ve taken and the growth I’ve seen,” Jones said after the match. “I’m not satisfied yet, I didn’t reach the ultimate goal. From here on, I just build off what I’ve got going for me.”
Jones became MSUM’s first wrestling All-American since current assistant coach Blake Bosch finished as the runner-up at 133 pounds in 2017.
“(I learned) I can hang with anybody at this tournament,” Jones said. “You’ve got to battle for everything position. åMost of the time it comes down to heart. A point here and point there makes a huge difference.”
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The NCAA has announced the brackets for the 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The event will take place at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 21-23.
The championships are comprised of the 286 student-athletes who qualified automatically through their conference tournament finishes and 45 at-large selections.