Vice President Mike Pence is pledging that federal officials will “lean into” the fight against the new coronavirus By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press March 5, 2020, 7:39 PM 2 min read MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — Vice President Mike Pence pledged Thursday that federal officials would “lean into” the fight against the new coronavirus as he visited […]
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Image copyright Fiction Records Image caption The Big Moon have recorded a single live to vinyl to mark Record Store Day If you’ve ever wanted to own the theme tune to Paw Patrol on “bone-coloured vinyl”, now is your chance. The song is one of more than 550 rare and exclusive discs being released to
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Image copyright Getty Images The long-awaited National Infrastructure Strategy is to be further delayed, and not released next week as expected, the BBC understands. The detailed plan to invest £100bn by 2050 was to be published “alongside” the Budget, the government said at the Queen’s Speech in December. Three weeks ago, then chancellor Sajid Javid
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From Seattle to New York to London, companies of all sizes have spent the last week preparing for disruptions from the coronavirus outbreak that started in China. They have put employees through work-from-home drills, built up inventory to weather a possible shutdown and dusted off emergency-response plans. Now the emergency has begun. At Amazon’s sprawling
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Ivana Raca had 16 points and six rebounds, Gina Conti scored four of her 11 points in the final minute and Wake Forest beat Virginia Tech 58-55 in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament March 5, 2020, 6:38 PM 2 min read GREENSBORO, N.C. — Ivana Raca had 16 points and six
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BURLINGTON, Vt. — Senator Bernie Sanders has canceled a planned rally in Jackson, Miss., and will instead travel to Michigan on Friday, a striking indication that his presidential campaign is shifting its focus to the Midwest and largely ceding another Southern state to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., according to people familiar with
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BANGKOK — The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal Thursday from the World Health Organization for governments to pull out “all the stops” to slow the epidemic, as it drained color from India’s spring festivities, closed Bethlehem’s Nativity Church and blocked Italians from visiting elderly relatives in nursing homes. As China,
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption The patient had been in and out of the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading A patient with underlying health conditions has become the first person in the UK to die after testing positive for coronavirus. The Royal Berkshire NHS Trust said they were an “older patient” who had been
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“The Walking Dead” is out here to prove there’s nothing quite as sexy as an apocalypse-inducing zombie virus. Viewers are probably still recovering from the midseason premiere’s masks-on (socks-on too) sex scene between Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Alpha (Samantha Morton) that had many calling to “bleach their eyes.” Now, actor Lindsley Register, whose character,
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Image copyright Getty Images Dozens of routes serving the UK’s regions could be left without services after the collapse of Flybe. Scotland’s Loganair has committed to maintaining 16 routes, but many smaller airports still face gaping holes in their schedules. The carrier, Europe’s largest regional operator, went into administration early on Thursday, after a bid
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