Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is creating another way for people to help fight back against the coronavirus. Johannes Simon / Stringer/ Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. On Friday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social media site has established […]
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WASHINGTON — Many of the nation’s mayors and governors are ordering schools, courthouses and even large public gatherings shut down, but where do they get the power to do that? Every state in the U.S. — and virtually every country in the world — has laws conferring this legal authority. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inmates at all 122 federal correctional facilities across the country will no longer be allowed visits from family, friends or attorneys for the next 30 days, in response to the threat of the coronavirus, officials told The Associated Press on Friday. The restrictions, now in effect, were […]
Athletes hit a rubber ball with their hips in a version of Mesoamerica’s famous ball game, shown here in a colonial illustration. Wikimedia Commons, Christoph Weiditz, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg By Lizzie WadeMar. 13, 2020 , 2:00 PM In 2015, archaeologists Jeffrey Blomster and Víctor Salazar Chávez began excavating the Mexican […]
A Pennsylvania casino shut down temporarily, some Las Vegas casinos closed their buffets and the Hard Rock chain canceled live entertainment at all its U.S. properties for at least a month as the nation’s casinos grappled with the coronavirus outbreak By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press March 13, 2020, 5:04 PM […]
Argentina’s Sala and pilot David Ibbotson were flying from France to Wales when the aircraft crashed into the English Channel on January 21, 2019. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said “neither the pilot nor aircraft had the required licenses or permissions to operate commercially.” The report identified that the […]
PARIS (Reuters) – At lunchtime in a busy Paris restaurant area, hundreds of people are soaking up the sun, eating, chatting and smoking on cafe terraces and adamant that the coronavirus will not get in the way of their lives. A view shows open restaurants in the Old city of […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After all the rancor of the Democratic presidential race, front-runner Joe Biden has a chance in Sunday’s debate to extend an olive branch to Bernie Sanders and his fervent supporters in a bid for party unity before the general election fight. FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential […]