An artist’s conception shows Boeing’s Starliner space taxi in orbit. (Boeing Illustration) Boeing says it will redo the uncrewed test flight of its Starliner space taxi to the International Space Station, after months of reviewing what went wrong during a flight that fell short of the mark. Last December’s Starliner […]
Daily Archives: April 6, 2020
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Three weeks after horse racing in Britain was stopped by the coronavirus, the authorities have confirmed that Brian Hughes is champion jockey for the season that was supposed to end at Sandown a fortnight on Saturday. Hughes got the news on Monday while celebrating the first birthday of his daughter, […]
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The decades-old drug that President Donald Trump has persistently promoted as a potential weapon against COVID-19 has within a matter of weeks become a standard of care in areas of the United States hit hard by the pandemic — though doctors prescribing it have no […]
NEW YORK — The steep rise in coronavirus deaths appeared to be leveling off Monday in hard-hit New York, echoing a trend underway in Italy and Spain, while the crisis escalated alarmingly in Britain, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care after his condition deteriorated. Johnson, 55, […]
Small business owners say they are frustrated with the rollout of coronavirus loan programs that promised quick cash but have become mired in technical and regulatory snafus. “It’s super confusing,” said Lance Lawson, co-owner of Space519, a clothing and retail boutique in Chicago. “We have real bills to pay and […]
Notable Influencers Mobilize Around #HopeFromHome, the World’s First Multi-platform Livestream Fundraising Event for COVID-19 Relief Efforts PR Newswire ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 6, 2020 United Way Worldwide, United Nations Foundation and Red Nose Day are teaming up on World Health Day, April 7, to raise funds to combat COVID-19 ALEXANDRIA, Va., […]
NASCAR driver Bubba WallacePhoto: Katelyn Mulcahy (Getty) The eNASCAR iRacing Pro invitational Series event, where NASCAR drivers are racing each other on the internet because they can’t currently do it in real life, is already giving us some spicy sports action. During Sunday’s race, which was televised, Bubba Wallace quit […]
LOS ANGELES — The group crying began after the final scene of the last episode of ABC’s “Modern Family” was taped — with the notable exception of Ed O’Neill, who plays patriarch Jay Pritchett. “I said, ‘No tears?’” recalled his co-star, Jesse Tyler Ferguson. “He said, you know what? Things […]