A Norwegian musher has taken the lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press March 15, 2020, 8:31 PM 2 min read ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Deep snow is slowing down mushers in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, but the leader has a secret for dealing with the difficult conditions. […]
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Representative Devin Nunes, a California Republican, on Sunday encouraged healthy people to dine out at restaurants, contradicting public health advisories that strongly encouraged social distancing and discouraged Americans from attending mass gatherings. In an appearance on Fox News, Mr. Nunes said Americans should stop fighting over groceries and toilet paper. “There’s a lot of concerns
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Stock markets are set for another week of turbulent trading as U.S. index futures fell sharply after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates and more companies and governments took action over the weekend to shut down European and American society March 15, 2020, 11:57 PM 3 min read NEW YORK — Stock markets are set
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A clinical trial evaluating a vaccine designed to protect against the new coronavirus will begin Monday By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press March 15, 2020, 11:42 PM 2 min read WASHINGTON — A clinical trial evaluating a vaccine designed to protect against the new coronavirus will begin Monday, according to a government official. The first participant
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A Tennessee man who became a subject of national scorn after stockpiling 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer donated all of the supplies on Sunday just as the Tennessee attorney general’s office began investigating him for price gouging. On Sunday morning, Matt Colvin, an Amazon seller outside Chattanooga, Tenn., helped volunteers from a local church load
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PHOENIX — For most, the news was delivered via text message or email. “All minor league players and staff will be sent home over the next 24-48 hours. This is not to be repeated, but for your information to start preparing,” the Colorado Rockies told players in an email. “Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we
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As the coronavirus outbreak upends the presidential campaign, we’re keeping tabs on postponements and cancellations in the election calendar and on major changes for voting. The upheaval began Tuesday, March 10 as the Biden, Sanders and Trump campaigns started canceling rallies and converting forums and fund-raising events into online meetups. Louisiana then became the first
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WASHINGTON — With the fast-spreading coronavirus posing a dire threat to economic growth, the Federal Reserve on Sunday night took the dramatic step of slashing interest rates to near-zero and unveiled a sweeping set of programs in an effort to backstop the United States economy. In addition to cutting its benchmark interest rate by a
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New York City is closing the nation’s largest public school system, sending over 1.1 million children home in hopes of curbing the spread of coronavirus By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press March 15, 2020, 10:29 PM 4 min read NEW YORK — New York City will close the nation’s largest public school system
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Orlando Bloom revealed he met future fiancée Katy Perry coming off a six-month period of celibacy. The “Lord of the Rings” star is getting candid about intimacy for a new interview with Britain’s The Sunday Times, in which he reveals that he did “completely nothing” sexually for half a year. Bloom, 43, explained that after admitting
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