CHICAGO — Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy’s Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that his friend sews into face masks. Fashion designer Briana Danyele left Italy last month to return to her mother’s Greer, South Carolina, […]
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has sounded his most dire warning yet about the coronavirus pandemic By JOHN MINCHILLO and MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press March 24, 2020, 6:31 PM 3 min read NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo sounded his most dire warning yet about the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, saying the infection rate in New York is
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Image caption Max McGerry, played by Jo Martin, in a surgical mask on Holby City BBC medical dramas Casualty and Holby City will donate protective equipment and other kit from their sets to the NHS as the UK battles coronavirus. Producers are in discussions with local NHS services to give personal protective equipment [PPE] “and
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Image copyright Getty Images The chancellor has promised help for the self-employed in “the coming days” after coming under repeated pressure to do “whatever it takes” to help them. Rishi Sunak, however, repeatedly spelt out difficulties in applying the same terms as his recent bailout for staff. He refused to commit to a precise date
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Airline service in the United States is teetering on the brink of collapse, with near-empty planes and coronavirus outbreaks that have left some air traffic control towers empty. Even with sharply reduced schedules, airlines are consolidating some of the remaining flights because passengers aren’t showing up. An official of one major U.S. airline, who asked
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In the fight against the spreading coronavirus, countless businesses, restaurants and bars have temporarily shuttered to stop people from congregating. But WeWork, which operates shared work spaces, has kept most of its locations open. As of Tuesday, WeWork’s website said only two of its co-working offices in North America were closed and none were closed
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March 29 1973 — Orange baseballs are used in an exhibition game by Oakland owner Charlie Finley. The A’s suffered 11-5 exhibition loss to Cleveland. George Hendrick of the Indians hit three home runs in the game. 2000 — The Chicago Cubs open the major league season at the Tokyo Dome in Japan by defeating
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WASHINGTON — Top Democrats and Trump administration officials said they were optimistic about finalizing an agreement on Tuesday on a roughly $2 trillion economic stabilization plan to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, after striking a tentative deal to add oversight requirements for a $500 billion government bailout fund for distressed companies. “We’re looking forward to closing
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A top House Republican is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s apparent willingness to defy medical experts and prematurely urge businesses to reopen, even as the coronavirus pandemic escalates in the United States. “There will be no normally functioning economy if our hospitals are overwhelmed and thousands of Americans of all ages, including our doctors
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Image copyright Getty Images The NHS will treat coronavirus patients in a makeshift field hospital in the ExCeL Centre in East London. The exhibition space, which has been used in the past for Crufts and Comic Con, will hold up to 4,000 patients. Dubbed the NHS Nightingale Centre, the temporary base will be staffed by
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