Odds are good for sequel to California sports betting effort
The effort to legalize sports betting in California ran headlong into a typical challenge for competing ballot measures as they were battered by negative advertising that doomed both to spectacular failure in the most expensive ballot race in U.S. history.
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Local 4 News at Noon -- Nov. 19, 2020
DETROIT โ Hereโs what you missed on Local 4 News at Noon. Americaโs Thanksgiving Parade will be a virtual production this yearThis yearโs theme is โWe Are One Together.โ The parade will honor frontline workers and heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. The parade will include floats, performers, helium balloons and Santa.
Morning Briefing Nov. 19, 2020: Wayne County election, Canada border closure
Trending ๐๐จ๐ฆ Report: Canada extends US border closure until Dec. 21The U.S.-Canada border will remain closed to non-essential travel for another month, according to reports. The current extension of the border crossing restrictions was set to expire Nov. 21, 2020. The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 277,806 as of Wednesday, including 8,190 deaths, state officials report. New COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise in Michigan. The state also reports โactive cases,โ which were listed at 125,000 on Tuesday, near its highest mark on record.
Corktown neighbors meet with Detroit Police Athletic League over loud concerts
DETROIT Several neighbors in Corktown met with the Detroit Police Athletic League (PAL) to talk about housekeeping issues. Erin Gavle lives next door to the PAL stadium, off of Michigan Avenue in Corktown. She said for the most part, theyre good neighbors, but the loud music, trash on the ground and crazy parking jobs, overlook the good. Local 4 News obtained video of cars lined up on Michigan Avenue in Corktown, causing traffic backup. CEO Robert Jamerson with PAL said he understands their neighbors concerns and its important to work together.
Medicaid, GOP congressional primary top Oklahoma ballot
Oklahoma voters will vote in Tuesday's primary election on State Question 802, which would amend the Oklahoma Constitution to expand Medicaid health insurance. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, Pool, File)OKLAHOMA CITY A question on whether to expand Medicaid in Oklahoma and a crowded Republican field vying to challenge the state's lone congressional Democrat are drawing the most attention ahead of Tuesday's primary election. According to the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, states that have expanded Medicaid through a ballot measure include Idaho, Maine, Nebraska and Utah. This is going to cost our state $200 million," Stitt said during an event this week with Americans for Prosperity. Republicans clearly see OK-5 as one of their best chances to flip' a House seat, and theyre correct to see it that way," said Matthew Motta, a political science professor at Oklahoma State University.
5 things you may not know as the first day of fall arrives
'Fall leaf' colors actually exist all year longNow, don't get too excited. Oh, fall leaf tourism brings in BIG MONEYIt's called "leaf peeping." Fall is only 'fall' to Americans, even though the term was coined in BritainWhat do you call the picking of ripe sweet potatoes, squash and pumpkins? Some time after, poets coined the phrase "the fall of leaves" -- shortened to "fall" in the 1600s. By the mid-1800s, the word "fall" had firmly rooted itself in America.
Kaley Cuoco to star in TV thriller 'Flight Attendant'
(CNN) - "The Big Bang Theory" star Kaley Cuoco has been making big plans since her hit CBS sitcom ended earlier this year. The one-hour drama will air on WarnerMedia's upcoming streaming service with playwright and TV writer Steve Yockey (The CW's "Supernatural") adapting the novel. Cuoco and Yockey are both executive producing the project, along with uber-producers Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter (The CW's "Arrow" and "Riverdale"). Warner Bros. and CNN share parent company WarnerMedia, which is owned by AT&T. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.