Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled the moon alone while his two crewmates drove around in the first lunar rover, has died at age 88 By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer March 18, 2020, 8:28 PM 5 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled the moon alone in […]
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Free agent contracts and trades agreed upon in recent days or weeks won’t become official even as the NFL’s league year has begun By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer March 18, 2020, 7:56 PM 2 min read Free agent contracts and trades agreed upon in recent days or weeks won’t become official even as
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WASHINGTON — A day after President Trump officially racked up enough delegates to become the presumptive 2020 Republican nominee for president, former Gov. William F. Weld of Massachusetts, his last Republican challenger, ended his campaign. “The reason that people all over the world look to the United States for leadership, as they do, is our
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The Macy’s in Manhattan’s Herald Square opened its doors to customers at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, as planned. Dozens of employees staffed the cash registers, cosmetics counter and shoe department. Many were frightened. Three days before, the company said that a worker at the store had tested positive for the coronavirus. But other workers were
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TORONTO — The United States and Canada agreed Wednesday to temporarily close their shared border to nonessential travel to confront the coronavirus pandemic, bringing a halt to tourism and family visits but leaving the flow of trade intact. The announcement by President Donald Trump came as his administration prepared to immediately return to Mexico all
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Image copyright BBC/RTS/Getty Images Image caption Left-right: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Paul Merton and Stephen Graham Fleabag won two prizes at this year’s Royal Television Society Programme Awards, which were held behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Comic Paul Merton revealed the winners in a live stream on the RTS website. Phoebe Waller-Bridge was named
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers enter free agency with expectations of signing Tom Brady and bolstering a defense that will be one of the keys to helping the six-time Super Bowl champion quarterback be successful with his new team By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer March 18, 2020, 7:03 PM 1 min read TAMPA, Fla. —
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Jeremy Corbyn has told the prime minister that renters are “worried sick” about meeting their rent payments during the coronavirus outbreak. During Prime Minister’s Questions, the Labour leader claimed that the chancellor had offered “nothing to 20 million people living in rented homes”. Boris Johnson said the government will bring forward legislation “to protect private
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SALEM, Ore. — The U.S. government is rushing protective equipment to states, packing dozens of flights and hundreds of trucks with supplies for medical workers who will be on the front lines of the coronavirus fight. But the pandemic has exposed some of the stockpile’s shortcomings: The cache isn’t designed to be a long-term solution
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Image copyright Me and My MND Image caption Craig Ruston died on Monday morning A man in his 40s with motor neurone disease (MND) is thought to be the youngest person in the UK to have died having tested positive for coronavirus. Craig Ruston, died in Kettering, Northamptonshire, on Monday morning and his chest infection
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