As the IOC attempts to keep the 2020 Olympics on schedule, many of the events that determine who would compete in Tokyo have been postponed or canceled. Here is the status of U.S. or world qualifying in many of the Olympic disciplines: ATHLETICS The U.S. Olympic track and field trials are still scheduled for June […]
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WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr., seeking to shore up support among progressive voters, now backs making public colleges and universities tuition-free for many students, adopting a version of a plan Senator Bernie Sanders has championed, his campaign announced on Sunday. The policy shift, which came hours before Mr. Biden was set to debate Mr.
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NEW YORK — Overheard as the entertainment world stalled in response to the coronavirus outbreak: “What are we gonna do now, read books?” That’s exactly what Pamela Milam will be doing, and lots of them. Milam is a selection reader for the Women’s National Book Association, a nonprofit established in 1917 to support, well, reading.
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Streets are barren. Bars are largely devoid of patrons. And you’ll have no problem getting a reservation at that fancy restaurant ― unless, that is, it’s closed entirely. Welcome to the new normal in the time of the coronavirus outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday issued a recommendation urging people not
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Olga Kurylenko, who starred in the James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace,” announced Sunday she has contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. “Locked up at home after having tested positive for Coronavirus,” she wrote on Instagram with a photo looking out her window. “I’ve actually been ill for almost a week now,” she
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Image copyright Getty Images France’s competition authority has imposed a record €1.1bn (£1bn; $1.2bn) fine on US tech giant Apple for what it sees as anti-competitive practices. It is the biggest fine ever imposed by the French regulator. The firm and two of its wholesalers in France were found to have an unfair agreement to
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Global markets and businesses big and small opened the week to a landscape seemingly altered by the coronavirus pandemic. A host of retail chains have shut their doors or diminished hours of business. Banks are taking steps to keep cash on hand, lots of it. Markets in Asia, Europe and the U.S. are plunging. Following
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WASHINGTON — France’s antitrust regulator on Monday fined Apple 1.1 billion euros, or $1.2 billion, putting more pressure on the company as it grapples with the coronavirus outbreak that has threatened its supply chains and closed its retail stores. France’s competition regulator, which had been examining wholesalers who sell Apple’s products in the country, said
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Former Cleveland linebacker Christian Kirksey has agreed to terms on a deal with the Green Bay Packers less than a week after the Browns released him March 16, 2020, 3:00 PM 2 min read GREEN BAY, Wis. — Linebacker Christian Kirksey has agreed to terms on a deal with the Green Bay Packers less than
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“Senator McConnell knows he can’t achieve any of his extreme goals legislatively, so he continues to attempt to pull America to the far right by packing the courts,” Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, said in a statement. He predicted that his counterpart’s emphasis on the courts “will significantly hurt
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