TOKYO — Millions of people began holing up at home, stocking up on supplies and keeping a wary eye on how close they get to friends and neighbors as fear of the coronavirus spread to more places around the world Monday. Resorts closed on the Las Vegas strip. Many restaurants offered only takeout, if they […]
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“All my friends I hadn’t seen in a while, this is where they were,” he recalled after being shown his cell block. “I thought, ‘Wow, I didn’t know where you’d gone, and, well, this is where you’d been the whole time.’” He was released that year. But the arrest had led to his mother’s being
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Image caption “I want the right equipment to protect myself,” says Dr Jane Wheatley As coronavirus spreads widely across the UK, many of those who fall sick may seek treatment at their GP’s surgery. Are family doctors ready to deal with a wave of patients, prevent the spread of the disease and protect the most
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Image copyright Andy Manning The legendary piano teacher Dame Fanny Waterman says she was “hurt” to be asked to retire and has criticised the decision as “misguided”. She founded and ran the world-renowned Leeds International Piano Competition for more than half a century and stepped down five years ago, aged 95. Dame Fanny said in
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Veteran cornerback Chris Harris Jr. is about to test unfettered free agency for the first time in his nearly decade-long career By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer March 16, 2020, 6:09 AM 4 min read ENGLEWOOD, Colorado — Chris Harris Jr. has been looking forward to this week for what seems like forever. “Oh
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The coronavirus, “Medicare for all,” old Senate votes, the Iraq War, Social Security, gun control, immigration, visions of leadership: They were all on the table Sunday night in the first one-on-one debate between Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., a matchup that comes two days before four delegate-rich states hold
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China’s consumer spending and other business activity fell even more than expected in January and February due to its virus outbreak, adding to the ruling Communist Party’s challenges as it tries to revive the world’s second-largest economy March 16, 2020, 5:52 AM 2 min read BEIJING — China’s consumer spending and other business activity fell
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Turkey is closing bars and nightclubs to prevent the spread of the coronavirus March 16, 2020, 5:51 AM 2 min read The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 169,000 people and killed more than 6,500. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms but most people, but severe symptoms are more
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Twitter can’t tell us whether, or how, Sunday’s debate between Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Bernie Sanders might change voters’ minds. But it can give us the perspectives of some of the people with expertise on primary races: veteran campaign strategists, consultants and analysts. Here is a sampling of their reactions, both to the candidates’
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Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption The prime minister will host Monday’s press conference with UK chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty (L) and and Sir Patrick Vallance (R), the UK’s chief scientific adviser The government is to hold daily televised press conferences to update the public on the fight against coronavirus, Downing Street has
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