The NFL will proceed with its draft but without public events next month in Las Vegas By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer March 16, 2020, 11:56 PM 3 min read NEW YORK — The NFL will proceed with its draft but without public events next month in Las Vegas. It’s not yet clear, however, […]
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Shortly after 8 p.m. Monday, the House approved the legislation with its technical changes, using a procedural maneuver that allowed — without the entire chamber present — for the legislation to head to the Senate. Earlier in the day, Representative Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican with a knack for courting controversy, indicated that he might
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Schools are closed in West Virginia but bars in Charleston, the capital, are still open. In Sun Prairie, Wis., Sunday services were held as usual at one church, even though three members of another church two miles away tested positive for the coronavirus last week. “In case you’re wondering, we’re still on this morning,” Focus
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Image copyright LAWRENCE LUSTIG/PDC When sports broadcaster Dave Clark was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at the same age as his father – 44 – he knew he couldn’t keep it a secret. His dad, Alan, had been so worried about the stigma around it at the time that he didn’t tell anyone and eventually took his
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How do soaps like Holby City keep up to date when fast-moving developments like coronavirus need to be incorporated into storylines at the last minute? Holby City is using a technique called the ‘topical drop-in’ for the first time. But it’s a device that’s been employed for decades in other productions like EastEnders. You can
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Image copyright Stich Fix Image caption Katrina Lake and her son, with Adena Friedman, the chief executive of the Nasdaq The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Katrina Lake, founder of online fashion business Stitch Fix. For the first six years running Stitch
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With each day that the coronavirus outbreak spreads and claims more lives, the damage to global airlines rises too. U.S. carriers on Monday put a price tag on their pain: They asked the federal government for more than $50 billion in rescue aid. It is a staggering request for an industry that has chalked up
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The NHL is pushing back the possibility of resuming its season by several weeks, if not a month or more By STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writers March 17, 2020, 12:26 AM 5 min read Don’t count on hockey being played any time soon. The NHL significantly pushed back its timeline of when
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department moved on Monday to drop charges against two Russian shell companies accused of financing schemes to interfere in the 2016 election, saying that they were exploiting the case to gain access to delicate information that Russia could weaponize. The companies, Concord Management and Concord Consulting, were charged in 2018 in
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Just as grocery stores have been stripped bare by Americans panicked by coronavirus, guns and ammo have been flying off the shelves too By LISA MARIE PANE Associated Press March 17, 2020, 12:02 AM 5 min read BOISE, Idaho — The world’s largest gun store, in metro Atlanta, has had lines that are six and
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