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Once booming concert industry goes quiet after coronavirus
Inside a warehouse for MooTV, a live video production company in Nashville, Tenn., the floor-to-ceiling shelves are lined with row after row of video screens, cables and rolling cases that normally would be out on the road with Brad Paisley, Chris Stapleton or Dierks Bentley. At one end of the...
Europe eyes smartphone location data to stem virus spread 
Several European nations are evaluating powerful but potentially intrusive tools for fighting the coronavirus pandemic, a move that could put public health at odds with individual privacy. The tools in question are apps that would use real-time phone-location data to track the movements of virus carriers and the people they...
Too close for comfort: Belgium agrees to shut hair salons 
BRUSSELS — When the Belgian government announced last week that hairdressers would still be able to operate during the coronavirus epidemics, many in the profession were dumbfounded and furious. Fearing for their health and bereft of the same financial benefits as other businesses which had been forced to close, angry...
Can blood from coronavirus survivors treat the newly ill?
Hospitals are gearing up to test if a century-old treatment used to fight off flu and measles outbreaks in the days before vaccines, and tried more recently against SARS and Ebola, just might work for COVID-19, too: using blood donated from patients who’ve recovered. Doctors in China attempted the first...
Corrections officers push Pennsylvania to stop inmate transfers
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s state corrections officers’ union wants the state prison system to stop all transfers of inmates as a preventative measure against potential spread of the new coronavirus from one institution to another. Meanwhile, more businesses are challenging Gov. Tom Wolf’s order closing the physical locations of businesses determined...
W.Va. stay-home order starts Tuesday amid virus concerns 
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Stay home, West Virginia. That’s the message from Gov. Jim Justice as his order for residents to stay inside and close all nonessential businesses takes effect Tuesday night to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The Republican’s executive order goes into effect at 8 p.m. It says...
India's prime minister decrees 21-day lockdown to curb virus 
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a “total lockdown” in the country of 1.3 billion people during a televised address Tuesday night, the most extensive stay-at-home order yet in the world’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The 21-day lockdown was set to begin at midnight. “To save...
Olympics to be postponed until 2021 
TOKYO — The IOC announced a first-of-its-kind postponement of the Summer Olympics on Tuesday, bowing to the realities of a coronavirus pandemic that is shutting down daily life around the globe and making planning for a massive worldwide gathering in July a virtual impossibility. The International Olympic Committee said the...
$2 trillion U.S. package may be at hand to ease economic pain of coronavirus 
WASHINGTON — Congressional and White House officials said Tuesday a deal appears to be at hand to provide sweeping aid to businesses and workers facing ruin from the coronavirus pandemic. Both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the top Democrat, Sen. Chuck Schumer, said agreement appeared close on the nearly...
Texas' lieutenant governor says U.S. should get 'back to work'
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ lieutenant governor said Monday night that the U.S. should get back to work in the face of the global pandemic and that people over the age of 70, who the Centers for Disease Control says are at higher risk for the coronavirus, will “take care of...
Egypt announces 2-week, night-time curfew to slow virus 
CAIRO — Egypt will impose a two-week, nightly curfew in the Arab world’s most-populous country in an effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, its prime minister announced Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund warned that a shortage of medical supplies could affect the Mideast’s poorest nations. There...
World covid-19 update: Vatican pressured, Czech Republic has experimental drug 
Here’s the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 383,000 people and killed over 16,500. The covid-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more likely in the elderly or those with existing health problems. More than 101,000 people have recovered...
Africa's jazz great Manu Dibango dies in France of virus 
PARIS — Renowned jazz man Manu Dibango, to many the beloved “Papy Groove” who served as an inspiration and pioneer in his art, died on Tuesday with the coronavirus, his official Facebook page announced. He was 86. The saxophonist who inspired what is known as “world music” was recently hospitalized...
Stocks jump 5% as hopes build for virus stimulus package 
NEW YORK — Stocks around the world rallied Tuesday amid expectations that Congress is nearing a deal to pump nearly $2 trillion of aid into the coronavirus-ravaged economy. Top congressional and White House officials said they expect to reach an agreement Tuesday, though some issues remain. Investors have been frustrated...
In the Pits: Virtual race a real success for bored NASCAR 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Seated inside a simulator in his living room, Denny Hamlin grew thirsty as he virtually raced some of his top rivals. He asked his one allowed crew member — his 7-year-old daughter — to get him a soda, and she handed him a bottle of slightly shaken...
Officials warn against self-medicating for coronavirus after man's death
PHOENIX — A Phoenix-area man has died and his wife was in critical condition after the couple took chloroquine phosphate, an additive used to clean fish tanks that is also found in an anti-malaria medication that’s been touted by President Donald Trump as a treatment for covid-19. Banner Health said...
Tom Brady to Tampa only tip of NFL's changing landscape 
Upheaval is everywhere in the NFL. It won’t likely end soon. A free agency frenzy that has seen steady player movement — yes, players beyond Tom Brady have changed addresses — has been the focal point. With little to nothing else going on in sports, the NFL has grabbed headlines...
Trump says he intends to reopen country in weeks, not months 
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he wants to reopen the country for business in weeks, not months, and he claimed, without evidence, that continued closures could result in more deaths than the coronavirus pandemic. “We can’t have the cure be worse than the problem,” Trump told reporters...
Survey: 7 in 10 U.S. Olympic hopefuls favor postponement 
DENVER — Nearly seven in 10 U.S. Olympic hopefuls say they don’t think the Tokyo Games will be fair if they are held in July, prompting leaders of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to conclude “it’s more clear than ever that the path toward postponement is the most promising.”...
Cowboys' Travis Frederick retires, cites play after nerve disorder 
Dallas Cowboys center Travis Frederick is retiring from the NFL at 29, the 2016 All-Pro saying he “could no longer perform at my highest level” after returning from a neurological disorder that sidelined him for a season. Frederick made the announcement on Twitter on Monday, a surprising development for a...
Blue and yellow again: LA Rams unveil logos, color scheme 
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams unveiled a brand-new logo and some familiar new colors ahead of a milestone season. The Rams’ primary colors are royal blue and yellow again after the franchise’s rebranding announcement, which was made Monday with rather less fanfare than the team originally hoped because...
Patriots release all-time leading scorer Stephen Gostkowski 
BOSTON — The New England Patriots said goodbye Monday to another longtime staple of their two-decade run of championships, releasing kicker and franchise leading scorer Stephen Gostkowski. The three-time Super Bowl champion has spent his entire 14-year career in New England. Drafted in 2006, Gostkowski long ago passed Adam Vinatieri...
Pitt product Dion Lewis agrees to terms with Giants 
The New York Giants reached agreements on one-year contracts with running back Dion Lewis (Pitt) and wide receiver Corey Coleman. Lewis spent the past two seasons with the Tennessee Titans. He was released earlier this month in a salary-cap move. Playing behind Derrick Henry, he carried 54 times for 209...
All signs point to Tokyo Olympics being postponed 
IOC members, national Olympic committees and athletes all were racing toward the same conclusion Monday: The Tokyo Olympics are not going to take place this summer. Craig Reedie, a longtime member of the International Olympic Committee, told the Associated Press everyone can see where things are headed, with the coronavirus...
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam cancels school year, orders some businesses closed
RICHMOND — Virginia public schools will remain closed for the rest of the current school year and certain types of businesses, like bowling alleys, salons, gyms and theaters, must close in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Ralph Northam said Monday. Northam’s order would not apply to businesses deemed essential,...


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