Major League Baseball, the National Pasttime, was able to salvage something of a season in 2020 despite COVID-19, but the pandemic prevented most of the fans from attending live games. Now, in 2021, with encouraging vaccine numbers in the U.S., teams like the Boston Red Sox are welcoming back their fans to stadiums. Cheddar stopped by the oldest ballpark still in operation in the MLB, Fenway Park, to see how the return to some semblance of normalcy was going.
Thousands of Los Angeles city employees, including sanitation workers, lifeguards and traffic officers, walked off the job Tuesday for a 24-hour strike alleging unfair labor practices.