The U.S. has overtaken Italy for the highest death toll in the world from the coronavirus April 12, 2020, 1:51 AM 6 min read 6 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy’s to become the highest in the world at more than 20,000, as […]
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OMAHA, Neb. — Rich Tokheim’s sports apparel shop is right across the street from TD Ameritrade Park. More than half his annual revenue comes in the 11 or 12 days of the College World Series each June. “We’re here,” he said, “because of the College World Series. It’s just so many people.” Those people won’t
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WASHINGTON — Top White House advisers as well as experts deep in the cabinet departments and intelligence agencies all sounded alarms and urged aggressive action to counter the threat from the coronavirus, but President Trump remained slow to respond, a detailed examination of the government’s response found. Mr. Trump’s views were colored by long-running disputes
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SINT-PIETERS BRUGGE, Belgium — Master chocolatier Dominique Persoone stood forlorn on his huge workfloor, a faint smell of cocoa lingering amid the idle machinery — in a mere memory of better times. Easter Sunday is normally the most important date on the chocolate makers’ calendar. But the coronavirus pandemic, with its lockdowns and social distancing,
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Image copyright Science Photo Library Some key medicines used in intensive care are “in relatively short supply”, the BBC has learned. Supply of anaesthetic medicines in some areas is “a bit stretched”, according to the Royal College of Anaesthetists. One consultant has told the BBC that supplies are “running low” and alternatives are already being
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Image copyright Lambert Jackson Image caption Marisha Wallace, whose stage work includes Dreamgirls, Aladdin and Waitress, is among the singers for Leave a Light On Since Covid-19 closed auditoriums worldwide, theatres have been picking tapes of shows from the library shelf to stream online for those feeling play-starved. But a few performers are attempting something
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Simon Pagenaud has won IndyCar’s first virtual race on an oval By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer April 11, 2020, 8:21 PM 5 min read IndyCar’s virtual return to Michigan International Speedway mimicked the U.S. 500 at the start, when the current open-wheel racing stars mismanaged the green flag and triggered a spectacular crash.
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WASHINGTON — As the coronavirus emerged and headed toward the United States, an extraordinary conversation was hatched among an elite group of infectious disease doctors and medical experts in the federal government and academic institutions around the nation. Red Dawn — a nod to the 1984 film with Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen — was
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sooryavanshi was all set to be a mega Bollywood hit – and then the lockdown happened With the world at a standstill because of Covid-19, India’s Hindi film industry is seeing abandoned film sets, closed cinemas and movie stars with empty diaries. BBC Asian Network’s Haroon Rashid reports on
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