The Drake Relays that had been scheduled for April in Des Moines have been indefinitely postponed because of the virus outbreak March 18, 2020, 10:48 PM 1 min read DES MOINES, Iowa — The Drake Relays that had been scheduled for April in Des Moines have been indefinitely postponed because of the virus outbreak. Drake […]
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After a tough few months for left-wing Democrats, a bright spot emerged in Tuesday night’s primary in Illinois. Marie Newman, a progressive challenger backed by activist groups, defeated Representative Dan Lipinski in a House primary, putting her on the path to be the latest “Justice Democrat” in Congress, along with household names like Representatives Alexandria
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The rapidly deteriorating health of the financial markets is being driven by a contagion of fear and uncertainty about a global pandemic that’s infecting the economy in ways that seemed unfathomable just a month ago By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer March 19, 2020, 4:18 AM 5 min read The rapidly deteriorating health of the
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Image copyright Charlotte Worthington Image caption Alice Bate graduated from Oxford University last year, and was looking forward to travelling Asia whilst teaching in South Korea A young English woman has described her “eerie” life living in a virtually deserted South Korean boarding school, after all the students were sent home because of coronavirus. Alice
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The show was scheduled to be filmed on Monday and Tuesday on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank, California, but those plans apparently were shelved as part of the nationwide social distancing caused by the pandemic. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that the taping has been delayed until at least May. HBO Max officials did not immediately
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Image copyright Scott Barbour Qantas has become the latest major airline to cancel international flights as it struggles during the coronavirus pandemic. The Australian flag carrier will send home two-thirds of its 30,000-strong workforce, it announced on Thursday. Qantas and its low-cost unit Jetstar will suspend all overseas flights from late March to at least
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — As a young boy growing up in Norway, Thomas Waerner spent idle hours thinking long and hard about two different kinds of iconic American modes of transportation: muscle cars and the sled dogs in the Iditarod. Waerner, 47, made one of those dreams reality on Wednesday, winning the nearly 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) Iditarod
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Of particular concern for districts is guidance from the Education Department informing districts that they do not have to provide special education services to students if they are not educating the general population. Advocates contend the department’s guidance is causing unnecessary tension in communities. “We’re already seeing people blaming special education kids for schools not
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In the midst of the chaos and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Bay Area mom channeled her anxiety into a series of relatable comics. Alison Wong has been drawing comics since she was a child, but when she became a mother, she created her own strip, New Mom Comics. Her latest installment finds levity
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Tony Award winners Neil Patrick Harris, Idina Menzel and Ben Platt are among those slated to join Rosie O’Donnell next week as the actor and comedian preps a one-night-only reboot of her talk show during the coronavirus pandemic. On Wednesday evening, O’Donnell announced plans for a brand-new episode of “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” the first in
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