From the WBHA News Desk
SoFi Stadium, home to Rams and Chargers, hangs largest video scoreboard of its kind, weighing over 2M pounds
Two Los Angeles NFL teams made the joint announcement Wednesday that they now have the largest video scoreboard in the world: a 2.2 million-pound, 70,000-square-foot behemoth that officials say boasts more than 80 million pixels.SoFi Stadium’s official Twitter account shared a video showing the massive Samsung video board being installed Wednesday.In the video, the stadium’s chief……
Iona’s Rick Pitino tweets out suggestion to NCAA regarding college basketball season
Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino has some wise words for the NCAA.On Wednesday, Pitino, Iona’s new head coach, tweeted out an idea about how college basketball should go about playing games in the upcoming season amid the coronavirus pandemic.“Suggestion to the NCAA, push the start of the season back to January and only……
Tuscaloosa students throwing dangerous ‘COVID parties,’ city councilor warns
College students in Alabama who contracted the coronavirus have been attending COVID-19 parties over the past few weeks as part of a game to intentionally infect others, according to a city council member.Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry told ABC News that party organizers are purposefully inviting guests who have tested positive for COVID-19 with the goal……
Rob Manfred reveals MLB never intended to play more than 60 games
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred admitted on Wednesday that the league never intended to play more than 60 games in the 2020 season amid the coronavirus pandemic.During an appearance on “The Dan Patrick Show”, Manfred was asked to rate how he did during the negotiating process, and he responded by saying in truth that more than……
Texas town’s entire police department placed under coronavirus quarantine, report says
All 12 officers in a small Texas town’s police department went into self-quarantine after one member tested positive for the coronavirus this week, prompting a nearby sheriff’s office to step up and handle calls overnight.It happened in the city of Kemah, a waterfront community on Galveston Bay with a population of about 1,700.The city closed……
Christopher Columbus statue dismantled at Columbus City Hall
A work crew removed the statue of Christopher Columbus from Columbus City Hall in Ohio on Wednesday, after it sat there for 65 years following a donation by the Italian city of Genoa.The statue was taken off its pedestal before 6:30 a.m. and rotated to face City Hall. An hour or so later it was……
Tuscaloosa students throwing dangerous ‘COVID parties,’ city councilor warns
College students in Alabama who contracted the coronavirus have been attending COVID-19 parties over the past few weeks as part of a game to intentionally infect others, according to a city council member.Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry told ABC News that party organizers are purposefully inviting guests who have tested positive for COVID-19 with the goal……
Texas town’s entire police department placed under coronavirus quarantine, report says
All 12 officers in a small Texas town’s police department went into self-quarantine after one member tested positive for the coronavirus this week, prompting a nearby sheriff’s office to step up and handle calls overnight.It happened in the city of Kemah, a waterfront community on Galveston Bay with a population of about 1,700.The city closed……
Christopher Columbus statue dismantled at Columbus City Hall
A work crew removed the statue of Christopher Columbus from Columbus City Hall in Ohio on Wednesday, after it sat there for 65 years following a donation by the Italian city of Genoa.The statue was taken off its pedestal before 6:30 a.m. and rotated to face City Hall. An hour or so later it was……
Brooklyn building crashes to the ground, 1 hurt: ‘the loudest boom or bang I ever heard’
A three-story Brooklyn building housing a gym collapsed Wednesday afternoon, leaving one person injured and a massive pile of rubble and debris strewn on the street.The building at the corner of Court and Union streets in Carroll Gardens came crashing down at around 4:30 p.m. in the tony neighborhood.Officials said that the building – home……
Harvard grad says she’ll ‘stab’ anyone who says ‘all lives matter,’ later reveals death threats over ‘joke’
A recent Harvard University graduate claims she is getting death threats over a TikTok video she made in which she threatened to stab anyone who tells her that “all lives matter.”Claira Janover, who graduated in May with a degree in government and psychology, went viral after posting a short clip in which she attacked anyone with “the……
Gun background checks hit record high in June, a sign of booming sales, FBI reveals
Firearm-related background checks reached 3.9 million in June, the most since the tracking system was created more than two decades ago amid multiple crises in the coronavirus pandemic, an economic downfall and protests over police brutality and racial injustice.The lastest numbers are the most since the FBI began tracking such checks in 1998.More than 19 million checks –……