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Nationals to unveil World Series rings in virtual ceremony 
WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals will unveil their World Series championship rings during a “virtual” ceremony shown on television and online Sunday — an unprecedented approach brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. With the start of the MLB season on hold because of the covid-19 outbreak, Nationals owner Mark Lerner...
Johnson & Johnson to stop selling talc-based baby powder in U.S., Canada
FAIRLESS HILLS — Johnson & Johnson is ending sales of its iconic talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, where demand has dwindled amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it has caused cancer. The world’s biggest maker of health care products said Tuesday the talc-based powder will still...
Battle over how quickly Kansas reopens increasingly bitter
TOPEKA — A battle in Kansas between the Democratic governor and Republican-controlled Legislature over reopening the economy has grown increasingly bitter, clouded by election year politics present and past. Gov. Laura Kelly has joined Democratic colleagues in other states including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in facing a GOP backlash over...
Live sports draw strong TV ratings over weekend
Fans who had been starving for live sporting events had their appetites sated last weekend. At least a little. Network executives knew the first weekend with multiple live events would draw good numbers, but, for the most part, they exceeded expectations. The Bundesliga’s return drew record numbers on Fox Sports...
Outbreak on edge of Navajo Nation overwhelms rural hospital 
GALLUP, N.M. — On the eve of New Mexico’s shutdown of bars and restaurants to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the city of Gallup came alive for one last night of revelry. Before the night was out in the desert oasis on the fringes of the Navajo Nation, 98...
Trump allies lining up doctors to prescribe rapid reopening
WASHINGTON — Republican political operatives are recruiting “pro-Trump” doctors to go on television to prescribe reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible, without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The plan was...
NFLPA president Tretter says 'hurdles' remain for NFL to get back 
CLEVELAND — Browns center JC Tretter is cautiously optimistic the NFL season — at least some version of it — will take place in 2020. He is just not certain when it will start. The newly elected president of the NFL Players Association, Tretter said Tuesday the covid-19 virus outbreak...
Steelers, other NFL teams reopen facilities with government OK 
A limited number of NFL teams reopened their training facilities Tuesday, while many are prohibited by government restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner Roger Goodell gave the 32 clubs the go-ahead for limited reopenings as long as state and local municipalities allow them. Coaching staffs and all players except those...
Tom Brady, small group of Buccaneers teammates work out in Tampa 
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady isn’t letting the coronavirus pandemic — or NFL rules against players working out at team facilities — keep him from preparing for a new season with his new Tampa Bay team. Brady gathered some of his Buccaneers teammates on a high school field early Tuesday...
Flooding hits parts of Midwest, with evacuations in Michigan 
EDENVILLE, Mich. — People living along two mid-Michigan lakes and parts of a river were evacuated Tuesday following several days of heavy rain that produced flooding and put pressure on dams in the area. Two Midland-area schools were opened for evacuees, and more than 50 roads have been closed. The...
States accused of fudging or bungling covid-19 testing data 
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — As large parts of the United States ease their lockdowns against coronavirus, public health officials in some states are being accused of bungling infection statistics or even deliberately using a little sleight of hand to make things look better than they are. The result is that politicians,...
Study: World carbon pollution falls 17% during pandemic peak
KENSINGTON, Md. — The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17% at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month, a new study found. But with life and heat-trapping gas levels inching back toward normal, the brief pollution break will likely be “a drop in the ocean” when...
Steven Mnuchin and Jerome Powell push differing priorities to aid economy 
WASHINGTON — Facing the gravest U.S. economic crisis in decades, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered Congress contrasting views Tuesday of what the government’s most urgent priority should be. Striking a theme frequently pushed by President Donald Trump, Mnuchin warned that prolonged business shutdowns would...
Boy Scout councils under pressure to share sex abuse costs
NEW YORK — Nine sex abuse lawsuits were filed Tuesday in New York against three Boy Scout local councils, signaling an escalation of efforts to pressure councils nationwide to pay a big share of an eventual settlement in the Scouts’ bankruptcy proceedings. The lawsuits were filed shortly after an easing...
Maryland to expand coronavirus testing to people without symptoms 
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced new steps Tuesday to expand testing for the coronavirus, including appointment-free testing at new sites for those showing no symptoms and authorizing licensed pharmacists to administer tests. The governor said drive-thru, appointment-free testing will begin Thursday at the Timonium Fairgrounds in Baltimore County....
Primetime: NASCAR set for first Wednesday start since 1984 
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Whenever Joey Logano doesn’t cross the finish line first at a NASCAR Cup Series race he says he tends to have the same thought: “Golly, I wish I could do that again.” The 2018 NASCAR champion and rest of the field will get to do it again:...
Belmont set for June 20 without fans, leads off Triple Crown 
The Belmont Stakes will be run June 20 in New York without fans and serve as the opening leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown for the first time in the sport’s history. The New York Racing Association on Tuesday unveiled the rescheduled date for the Belmont, which also will be...
Woman, 18, killed by train in northwestern Pennsylvania
GIRARD — A female pedestrian was struck and killed by a train in northwestern Pennsylvania, authorities said. Police in Girard said the 18-year-old woman was struck by an eastbound train shortly before 11 p.m. Monday at the railroad crossing on Mechanic Street. Emergency dispatchers said police found a bicycle at...
My 'decision to make': Trump defends criticized use of malaria drug 
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump emphatically defended himself Tuesday against criticism from medical experts that his announced use of a malaria drug against the coronavirus could spark wide misuse by Americans of the unproven treatment with potentially fatal side effects. Trump’s revelation a day earlier that he was taking hydroxychloroquine...
Turkey reports downward trend in virus deaths, infections
ISTANBUL — Turkey reported a continued downward trajectory in covid-19 deaths and confirmed infections Tuesday, with 28 new deaths and 1,022 infections over the past 24 hours. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted new figures showing a total of 4,199 deaths and 151,615 reported positive cases since March 11, when the...
Author urges gardeners to form 1 big 'national park’
Imagine if all the back and front yards — and even patio container plants — across the country were seen as one magnificent patchwork quilt, a “Homegrown National Park.” Home gardeners would join forces to bring back a variety of native plants to protect and nurture struggling birds, bees and...
Who got what? Details scant on small-business relief effort 
WASHINGTON — A small, overlooked federal agency is shouldering a massive relief effort for the nation’s small businesses and their workers left reeling by the pandemic. The Small Business Administration has committed to auditing every sizable emergency loan it approves. But six weeks after the $600 billion-plus program was launched,...
Judge: Salvage firm can recover Titanic's telegraph machine
NORFOLK, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that a salvage firm can retrieve the Marconi wireless telegraph machine that broadcast distress calls from the sinking Titanic ocean liner. In an order released Monday, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith agreed that the telegraph is historically and culturally...
Belgian police seize 11.5 tons of cannabis, arrest 6 people
BRUSSELS — Belgian police have seized 11.5 tons of cannabis with an estimated street value of $124.6 million and arrested six people during a drugs bust at Brussels’ main wholesale market, officials said Tuesday. The Belgian capital’s prosecution office said special federal police units found the drugs in a container...
Stocks open lower on Wall Street as gloom settles back in 
NEW YORK — Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street on Tuesday, a day after the market had its biggest jump in more than five weeks. Banks and health care companies were posting the biggest losses in the early going, while technology companies kept up their winning streak. Earnings reports...


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