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MLB Delays Opening Day to Mid-May at Earliest Due to Virus
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball has pushed back an opening day until mid-May at the earliest because of the coronavirus. The move came Monday after the federal government recommended restricting events of more than 50 people for the…
Trump Calls on Americans to Cease Hoarding Food, Supplies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Americans to cease hoarding groceries and other supplies, while one of the nation’s most senior public health officials called on the nation to act with more urgency to safeguard their…
Live at 2:00 p.m.: Trump Preparing to Invoke Emergency Powers Over Coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is preparing to invoke emergency powers as the country struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak. This is according to two people familiar with the planning who spoke on condition of anonymity. It is still…
Disneyland to Close Amid Coronavirus Concerns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Disneyland announced that it’s shutting down its California theme parks on Saturday over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak. Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park will be closed through the end of the month though there…
March Madness: Conferences Scrap Tourneys; NCAAs in Doubt
(AP) - The NCAA has canceled its men's and women's basketball tournaments because of the spread of coronavirus. The move puts an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned. The decision comes…
NHL 'Pausing' Season Amid Coronavirus Concerns
(AP) - The NHL is following the NBA’s lead and suspending its season amid the coronavirus outbreak. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the league is “pausing” its season. The move comes a day after the NBA suspended play following a…
US Capitol Closing to Public Until April Amid Virus Outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus. The House and Senate sergeants at arms said in a statement that…
Stocks Remain Lower After Trading Resumes; Dow Down 1,800
NEW YORK (AP) - An early plunge of 7% on Wall Street has triggered a trading halt as a sell-off slamming global markets continued. The Dow Jones industrials dropped more than 1,600 points or 7%, the S&P 500 fell a…
WHO Declares That Virus Crisis is Now a Pandemic
ROME (AP) - The World Health Organization is declaring that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic. The assessment comes as Italy is weighing even tighter restrictions on daily life and has announced billions in financial relief to cushion…
Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years for Sexual Assaults
NEW YORK (AP) - Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. It's a sight the Hollywood mogul's multitude of accusers thought they would never see. Weinstein was convicted last month of raping a…
Curling Considers New Rules to Speed up the Sport
(AP) - The 500-year-old sport of curling is looking for ways to shorten games and keep fans engaged. The sport's governing body is considering radical rule changes as it tries to…
Thousands Prepare to Get Off Ship Hit by Virus in California
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal and state officials in California are preparing to receive thousands of people from a cruise ship that has been idling off the coast of San Francisco with at least 21 people aboard infected with the…
Dow Drops 1,500 Points as Oil Price Plunge Shocks Markets
NEW YORK (AP) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 1,500 points, or 6%, following similar drops in Europe after a fight among major crude-producing countries jolted investors already on edge about the widening fallout from the outbreak of the…
Warren Ends 2020 Presidential Bid After Super Tuesday Rout
WASHINGTON (AP) - Elizabeth Warren has ended her Democratic presidential bid after a disappointing finish in Super Tuesday states. That's according to a person familiar with her plans. The Massachusetts senator's campaign had the markers of success: robust poll numbers,…
FOX NEWS HEADLINES
- Hungary’s parliament approves giving PM Orban new powers in coronavirus battle
- Mexico's López Obrador shakes hands with mother of 'El Chapo' despite coronavirus warnings, video shows
- Rome cardinal tests positive for coronavirus, Vatican announces
- 17 members of British family catch coronavirus after attending funeral
- Submariners at sea likely shielded from knowledge of coronavirus pandemic
- Spain becomes third-most coronavirus-infected country as restrictions tighten
- Driver disregards coronavirus lockdown in UK, takes 224-mile trip to pick up windows bought online
- South African workers locked in factory, forced to make medical masks for coronavirus outbreak, official says
- Coronavirus forces Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre to close its doors for first time since 1349: 'Very sad'
- Australian astrophysicist sent to the hospital after coronavirus invention goes horribly wrong
CNN HEADLINES
- Social distancing is a privilege of the middle class. For India's slum dwellers, it will be impossible
- Fresh out of medical school, young Italian doctors are being fast-tracked to the coronavirus frontline
- Italy's coronavirus patients are dying alone
- Ken Shimura, famed Japanese comedian, dead at 70 after contracting coronavirus
- Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus squad give up $100 million in wages amid coronavirus outbreak
- McDonald's and other brands make 'social distancing' logos
- From the brink of bankruptcy to a 1,300% stock gain: How this CEO turned around her company
- James Dyson designed a new ventilator in 10 days
- Startups were already going through a 'capital winter.' Then the coronavirus hit
- Tiny islands become unlikely pioneer in hydrogen power
