To bridge that digital gap, families are finding new apps and gadgets that are easy for older relatives to use. Companies and community members are setting up phone calls and, in areas where lockdowns are not yet in place, in-person workshops to help those uncomfortable with tech walk through the basics. Officials are also calling […]
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Canceling March Madness because of the coronavirus pandemic will cost the NCAA about $375 million that it would have distributed to 350 schools across the nation. Some will be able to absorb the losses better than others. The NCAA announced Thursday it will distribute $225 million to its Division I member schools in June, nearly
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With business sinking under coronavirus outbreak restrictions, restaurants are transforming operations and menus to try to stay afloat By DAN SEWELL Associated Press March 27, 2020, 2:36 PM 4 min read CINCINNATI — In the battle to keep their New York City restaurant going despite sharp restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak, the owners of Il
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, while the number of infections in the United States surged to the most in the world and Spain announced a record number of virus deaths overnight. Johnson’s office said the prime minister was tested after showing mild symptoms for
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Image copyright Getty Images In light of our current predicament, UK broadcasters have been hastily coming up with ideas for new TV shows to make life indoors a bit more bearable. After some lengthy Zoom brainstorms, TV executives have dreamed up new formats (or rehashed those already in the pipeline) to respond to the coronavirus
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Commissioner Roger Goodell told NFL teams the draft will go on as originally scheduled for next month By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer March 27, 2020, 12:44 AM 2 min read NEW YORK — Commissioner Roger Goodell told NFL teams on Thursday that the draft will go on as originally scheduled for next month.
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Emptying those funds is an immediate, easy way to create a lot of change. And donors seem to being doing just that: Schwab Charitable said its clients had increased giving from their funds 31 percent from mid-February until Thursday, compared with the same time last year, with some 3,400 grants going to coronavirus-related charities. Be
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Image copyright Getty Images Remember a time – just a few weeks ago – when a trip to the supermarket wasn’t restricted to the “basic necessities” to be done “as infrequently as possible”? Those were the words Boris Johnson used about the new approach to shopping as he outlined the government’s curbs on daily life,
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Joe Biden said Thursday that Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic shows that the president “hasn’t done what’s rational to do.” Appearing via video chat on a home version of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the former vice president, who’s the Democratic front-runner to oppose Trump in November, ripped the president for his slow response to COVID-19.
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Many shops and services are shut, affecting millions of sole traders The 10-week wait for rescue grants for the self-employed whose work has dried up amid the coronavirus crisis has been defended by the government. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined plans for the self-employed to receive a taxable grant
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