It was less than 11 weeks ago that the first cases of pneumonia were detected in Wuhan, China. The speed at which what would soon be named COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, knocked the global economy askew is unparalleled in our lifetimes. Following are developments Thursday related to the outbreak, the efforts […]
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The NFL has changed course and will be allowing teams to announce signings they have reached with free agents, as well as trades, when all paperwork is filed By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer March 19, 2020, 7:15 PM 2 min read The NFL has changed course and will be allowing teams to announce
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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that the White House wants to send $1,000 payments to every American adult and $500 per child within three weeks to prop up the United States economy as it has been rocked by the coronavirus pandemic. The proposal is part of a $1 trillion economic stabilization
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Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Thursday: March 19, 2020, 8:21 PM 1 min read NEW YORK — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Thursday: Accenture PLC, up $7.35 to $158.50. The consulting company beat Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue forecasts. Guess Inc., up $4.88 to $8.80. The clothing and
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBoris Johnson: “This is going to be finite – we will turn the tide around and see how to do it, within the next 12 weeks” The UK can “turn the tide” on the coronavirus crisis within 12 weeks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. But pressed
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Social isolation during the coronavirus outbreak may be leaving you feeling less than bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. So we’ve decided to cute-rate a few funny TikToks featuring little, fuzzy pets like hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs, hedgehogs and more to help you ferret about it. And if this list isn’t enough to subdue your boredom and stress,
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An AT&T employee went to work Thursday dreading the task ahead of him: handling strangers’ grubby smartphones all day, wondering if his job had made him a vector for the coronavirus. Workers in the store had been using rubber gloves left behind by the cleaning crew days earlier. There were no caps on how many
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It has been just one week. That’s all. Just one full week since Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19, just one full week since the NBA became the first of the North American pro sports leagues to suspend operations, one week since sports essentially stopped. The NHL quickly followed the NBA’s lead
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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that the White House wants to send $1,000 payments to every American adult and $500 per child within three weeks to prop up the United States economy as it has been rocked by the coronavirus pandemic. The proposal is part of a $1 trillion economic stabilization
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Help is on the way. A stimulus bill that President Trump signed into law on Wednesday provides $1 billion in emergency grants to states for unemployment insurance, and fully half could be immediately used to strengthen staffing, technology and other administrative costs. The need is urgent. In Colorado, the number of unemployment benefit claims went
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