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Sheriff: Maryland man’s party violated emergency order
LA PLATA, Md. — Authorities in Maryland charged a man with failing to comply with the state’s coronavirus emergency order after they found him with dozens of people around a bonfire. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that officers were called to a house in Hughesville...
Timmy Hill wins NASCAR iRacing event at virtual Texas Motor SpeedwayVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead sang the national anthem from a remote location. Troy Aikman, borrowing Matthew McConaughey’s trademark phrase “Alright, alright, alright,” commanded drivers to start their, uh, simulators. NASCAR’s new normal resumed Sunday with another virtual event, the second in an iRacing series thrown...
Signs suggest summer dates in 2021 for Tokyo OlympicsVideo
TOKYO — Tokyo Olympic organizers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in spring 2021. More and more signs point toward the summer of 2021. Organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori suggested there would be no major change from 2020. “The games are meant to be in summer,...
Tech boom, MLB programs helping women find jobs in baseballVideo
MESA, Ariz. — Rachel Folden figured something out early on during her first spring training with the Chicago Cubs — long before the coronavirus pandemic wiped out team activities. None of the players care much that one of their coaches is a woman. As for the girls she encounters, they...
Country singer Joe Diffie dies of coronavirus complicationsVideo
NEW YORK — Country singer Joe Diffie, who had a string of hits in the 1990s with chart-topping ballads and honky-tonk singles such as “Home” and “Pickup Man,” has died after testing positive for covid-19. He was 61. Diffie on Friday announced he had contracted the coronavirus, becoming the first...
Man dies in covid-19 outbreak at Maryland nursing homeVideo
MOUNT AIRY, Md. — A resident of a Maryland nursing home died after contracting covid-19 in an outbreak that has sickened dozens of the facility’s residents and strained a short-handed staff, health officials said Sunday. A man in his 90s who was a resident at the Pleasant View Nursing Home...
New Jersey pizzeria borrows to keep workers on job, spurs donationsVideo
BELMAR, N.J. — This is a story about bosses and their workers, in the dark days of covid-19. It’s also a story about how one good turn deserves another and yet another. And this being New Jersey, it’s also a story about pizza. Bryan Morin and his brother Michael operate...
Counties across U.S. without coronavirus are mostly rural, poor
SANTA FE, N.M. — As the coronavirus rages across the United States, mainly in large urban areas, more than a third of U.S. counties have yet to report a single positive test result for covid-19 infections, an analysis by The Associated Press shows. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows...
Chris Webber’s timeout vs. North Carolina among iconic March Madness momentsVideo
The most famous timeout called in the history of the NCAA Tournament has been variously called the biggest mistake, the biggest choke, the most embarrassing gaffe, all because that timeout didn’t actually exist. Eric Montross calls it a perfectly executed defensive strategy. It was the waning seconds of the 1993...
Singer-songwriter Jan Howard dies at 91
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Singer-songwriter Jan Howard, who had a No. 1 country hit “For Loving You” with Bill Anderson and wrote hits for others like Kitty Wells’ “It’s All Over But the Crying,” has died at age 91, according to the Grand Ole Opry. The Opry, of which she was...
Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood to perform requests on live special
LOS ANGELES — Garth Brooks and wife Trisha Yearwood will be taking viewer requests during a live prime-time show this week filmed at their home. CBS will air the special, “Garth and Trisha: Live!” on Wednesday at 9 p.m. Eastern. In an announcement Sunday, CBS says the country stars will...
Gov. Wolf orders Beaver, Centre, Washington County residents to stay home
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf has extended his order for residents to stay at home in most circumstances to almost one-third of Pennsylvania’s counties amid an increase in coronavirus cases and a dozen more deaths that brought the total to 34 for the outbreak. The governor on Saturday extended the...
Coronavirus makes it harder for political campaigns to ask for money
WASHINGTON — White House candidates aren’t usually bashful about asking supporters for money. But as the coronavirus upends everyday life, inundating hospitals, tanking financial markets and putting 3.3 million Americans out of work, President Donald Trump and his likely Democratic rival, Joe Biden, suddenly find themselves navigating perilous terrain. What...
Specter of 100K-plus virus deaths as Trump seeks reopening
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump looks for ways to restore normalcy in parts of the U.S., his foremost infection disease expert says the country could experience more than 100,000 deaths and millions of infections from the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union” on...
What’s essential? In France: pastry, wine. In U.S.: golf, guns
The coronavirus pandemic is defining for the globe what’s “essential” and what things we really can’t do without, even though we might not need them for survival. Attempting to slow the spread of the virus, authorities in many places are determining what shops and services can remain open. They’re also...
Knicks owner, MSG chairman James Dolan has coronavirusVideo
James Dolan, the executive chairman of Madison Square Garden Company and owner of the New York Knicks, has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Knicks announced Dolan’s diagnosis Saturday night. It is not clear when he was tested or when he received the diagnosis. Dolan is the first U.S. major...
U.S. coronavirus deaths double in 2 days, topping 2,000
Confirmed coronavirus-related deaths in the United States doubled in two days, surpassing 2,000 Saturday and highlighting how quickly the virus is spreading through the country. Johns Hopkins University reported that confirmed deaths rose to more than 30,000 around the world. The U.S. ranked sixth in deaths, after Italy, Spain, China,...
Tiz the Law wins a very unusual Florida Derby at GulfstreamVideo
MIAMI — If there is a Kentucky Derby this year, Tiz the Law will have a shot to be there. And if he runs the way he did in the Florida Derby, he very easily could be a contender. Tiz the Law ran away in the stretch Saturday to easily...
Crystal ball: Projecting the upcoming NFL scheduleVideo
Besides the draft, the other big event on April’s NFL calendar is the release of the regular-season schedule. Teams have known their opponents since late December, but Howard Katz and his scheduling department continue to parse through over 50,000 scenarios pumped out by nearly 1,500 computers across the world. Now...
Athletic trainers step up: App aids overworked hospitalsVideo
Athletic trainers across the country are changing their routines and joining the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The National Athletic Trainers Association put together an app aimed at helping trainers assist understaffed hospitals. The app was intended to give health care providers a database to look for help nationwide. More...
Runners find ways to push on amid coronavirus concernsVideo
Henry Ton was looking for a way to help himself and neighbors stay fit and active after his gym closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 46-year-old software engineer in suburban Phoenix organized a small running group he jokingly calls his “Social Distance Distance Running Club.” Runners across the country...
Celtics coach Brad Stevens adjusting to NBA’s virus-imposed stoppageVideo
BOSTON — Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens can remember leaving his home on only a few occasions over the past two weeks. It is part of the new status quo for coaches and players across the NBA since the coronavirus pandemic sparked a rolling shutdown of professional sports across the...
California lawmakers plead: Fight virus, don’t pack beaches
With cases of coronavirus surging and the death toll surpassing 100, lawmakers are pleading with cooped-up Californians to spend a second weekend at home to slow the spread of infection. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Saturday that the number of people hospitalized across the state spiked to more than 1,000, and...
‘Off the charts’: Virus hotspots grow in middle America
DETROIT — As the United States led the world with confirmed coronavirus cases, cities such as Detroit, Chicago and New Orleans grew as hotspots Saturday, while the virus continued to pummel New York City and made its way into rural America. Elsewhere, Russia said its borders would be fully closed...
Trump considering quarantine for N.Y., N.J. and Connecticut
NORFOLK, Va. — President Donald Trump said he was considering a quarantine as early as Saturday for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, though it wasn’t clear whether he had the power to order state residents to stay put. Trump told reporters that he had spoken with...
