China’s president has warned its virus epidemic is still “grim and complex” and called for more efforts to defeat the disease and prevent it from disrupting spring planting of crops By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer February 23, 2020, 3:54 PM 4 min read BEIJING — Warning that China’s virus epidemic is “still grim and […]
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CODOGNO, Italy — Scrambling to contain rapidly rising number of new coronavirus infections in Italy, the largest amount outside Asia, authorities on Sunday stepped up measures to ban public gatherings, including stopping Venice’s famed carnival events, which have drawn tens of thousands of revelers to a region that is now in the heart of the
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BARSTOW, Calif. (AP) — A self-styled daredevil died Saturday after a rocket in which he launched himself crashed into the ground, a colleague and a witness said. “Mad” Mike Hughes died after the homemade rocket crashed on private property near Barstow about 1:52 p.m. near Highway 247, the Daily Press of Victorville reported. Waldo Stakes,
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When the University of Michigan announced last week that allegations of decades-old sexual misconduct by a sports doctor were under investigation, the case immediately called to mind a similar probe at Ohio State By KANTELE FRANKO and LARRY LAGE Associated Press February 23, 2020, 4:21 PM 5 min read ANN ARBOR, Mich. — When the
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Japan’s health ministry says a cruise ship passenger who had been hospitalized after testing positive for the new virus has died, the third fatality from the Diamond Princess By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press February 23, 2020, 3:42 PM 3 min read TOKYO — A cruise ship passenger who had been hospitalized after testing positive for
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Italian conductor Carlo Rizzi learnt to speak Welsh while serving as the music director of Welsh National Opera between 1992 and 2001 A conductor has twice stopped an opera in Cardiff after mobile phones rang in the audience. Carlo Rizzi was conducting Welsh National Opera’s new production of Verdi’s
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Max Heidegger had 17 points as UC Santa Barbara topped UC Davis 70-56 February 23, 2020, 5:53 AM 1 min read SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Max Heidegger posted 17 points as UC Santa Barbara defeated UC Davis 70-56 on Saturday night. Amadou Sow had 16 points for UC Santa Barbara (18-9, 7-5 Big West Conference),
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Lizzo was named the Entertainer of the Year at the 2020 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday. During her acceptance speech on stage, the “Cuz I Love You” singer celebrated meeting all of her “heroes” at the award show, including Angela Bassett, who was also nominated for the honor this year. “It says that I’m the
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of honor on the National Register of Historic Places – but don’t look for many mentions of slavery in the government’s official record of places with historic significance. The register’s written entries on the
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James Harden scored 38 points and Russell Westbrook had 34 to boost the Houston Rockets to a 120-110 victory over the Utah Jazz By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press February 23, 2020, 6:00 AM 5 min read SALT LAKE CITY — Team are trying to get creative in guarding the Houston Rockets. Russell Westbrook doesn’t think
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