White House officials plan to send Congress a supplemental spending request as soon as Wednesday to ensure that departments and agencies most affected by the coronavirus have enough money to help fight it in the coming months, according to two administration officials. The Office of Management and Budget, or OMB, […]
Daily Archives: March 17, 2020
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hard-line Shiite faithful in Iran pushed their way into the courtyards of two major shrines just closed over fears of the new coronavirus, Iranian state media reported Tuesday, as the Islamic Republic pressed on with its struggle to control the Mideast’s worst outbreak. Roughly […]
The Premiership has been suspended for five weeks, next month’s European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup quarter-finals have been postponed and the Rugby Football Union has suspended all rugby activity in England until 14 April. Premiership Rugby issued a statement on Monday evening that the suspension had been made because […]
Just days after the Modern Family cast and crew wrapped filming on their 11th and final season, they got some sad news. Beatrice, the French Bulldog who played Stella on the series, suddenly passed away. According to TMZ, Beatrice died about a week ago, but the cause of death is […]
One chart explains how the sacrifices we’re making and “social distancing” could be the most powerful solution we have in fighting epidemics. source: cnn.com
Want to see a cosmic magic trick? Look to the sky early on Tuesday, and the crescent moon will make Mars disappear. Then about an hour later, the red planet will return, as if nothing ever happened. This celestial event is known as a Moon-Mars occultation, and it occurs from […]
A woman has undergone brain surgery while playing the violin to ensure surgeons did not damage the part which controls the fine movement of her hands. Dagmar Turner, a 53-year-old management consultant and passionate violinist from the Isle of Wight, had a tumour removed at King’s College Hospital. She was […]