Lionel Messi and the rest of the Barcelona squad will take a 70% pay reduction in order to help the club financially during the coronavirus pandemic. The Argentine posted the announcement on his personal Instagram account on Monday, adding players would be making further contributions so that every Barcelona employee would receive their full pay
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The postponed Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8 in 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed. An agreement was reached on Monday after a call between leaders from the IOC, Tokyo 2020 organizers, the Japanese government and the International Paralympic Committee. The Summer Games had been scheduled to run
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The postponed Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8 in 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed. An agreement was reached on Monday after a call between leaders from the IOC, Tokyo 2020 organizers, the Japanese government and the International Paralympic Committee. The Summer Games had been scheduled to run
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Amazon employees at the company’s Staten Island, New York, facility plan to walk off the job Monday amid allegations the online retail giant has mishandled its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Employees are protesting Amazon’s decision to keep the Staten Island warehouse open despite news of a confirmed case of the virus there last week,
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Musician John Prine is in a critical condition in hospital after a “sudden onset” of coronavirus symptoms, his family says. Prine, 73, was hospitalized on Thursday and intubated Saturday night and continues to receive care but “his situation is critical,” according to a family statement posted on his verified Twitter account. “This is hard news
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Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, LA (WGNO) — The NOPD moved in to break up a large gathering on Saturday afternoon, ordering about 100 people to disperse. Officers issued a ticket to the leader of a band that was playing at what the NOPD is describing as a funeral repast. An
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Portland, OR (KPTV) — It’s a magical, uplifting boost of hope nightly at 7:00 p.m. Cheers, hollering, banging and whistling echoes across Portland as people go to their balconies, yards and windows to cheer on hospital workers, first responders and other essential workers. Sunday night was no exception.
Continue Reading Football tournaments around the world have ground to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, but in one European league it’s business as usual. The Belarusian Premier League has seen its popularity soar among football fans these past two weeks, as it is now the only competition on the continent to continue amid the Covid-19
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CBS News producer and talent executive Maria Mercader died of Covid-19 in New York Sunday, CBS said. She was 54. Mercader worked at CBS for three decades, getting her start in the network’s page program, CBS said in a release. She most recently worked as a director of talent strategy. She had been on medical
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(CNN Español) — Bolivia reportó este domingo sus tres primeros decesos por coronavirus. Se trata de tres pacientes de 80, 71 y 88 años, dos de ellos de la Paz y uno de Santa Cruz, según informó el ministro de Salud, Aníbal Cruz. El funcionario también reportó 15 nuevos casos confirmados por laboratorio en esta
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, WA (KPTV) — The 3D printing community is coming together to print personal protective equipment for hospitals in desperate need. Professionals and hobbyists are also sharing ideas and resources, and one local college student is helping to organize the response. Connor Weller, an engineering student at Washington
Continue Reading Just last week the Zac Brown Band canceled their 2020 tour and laid off 90% of their staff due to the coronavirus. The Grammy Award winning frontman, Zac Brown, spoke to CNN in his first interview since his announcement last week. “It’s just the right thing to do. You know, keeping everybody safe is priority
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A Phoenix police commander was killed and two officers injured while responding to a domestic violence call Sunday night, the Phoenix Police Department said. The officers were dispatched to a north Phoenix home after a call about a “dispute between roommates,” police said. The officers entered the home and spoke with a man who did
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Autoridad del Canal de Panamá informó este domingo que transitó por la vía interoceánica el crucero Zaandam, el cual lleva a bordo más de 1.800 personas, entre ellas 179 con síntomas parecidos a la gripe. Además, transporta cuatro fallecidos. A través de un comunicado, el Canal dijo que el proceso se
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Hold onto your hats much the week looks to be windy. A Pacific storm moves to the area Wednesday and Thursday bringing gusty winds and blowing dust. Temperatures will run above normal in the low 80s for the rest of the week.
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President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States would not pay to protect Prince Harry and his wife Meghan if they move to the US, but the Duke and Duchess say they’re not asking for any help. “I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United Kingdom. It was reported
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EL PASO, Texas — Coronavirus restrictions may have shut a lot of operations down, but school is still is session — virtually. The El Paso Independent School District, Canutillo Independent School District, University of Texas at El Paso and New Mexico State University all began online instruction Monday. The Ysleta Independent School District transitions April
Continue Reading President Donald Trump said he will be speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. He said they are expected to talk about the oil fight between Russia and Saudi Arabia. “Right after this call, I’m speaking to a gentleman named Vladimir Putin,” Trump said on “Fox & Friends.” The two will be talking about
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Las autoridades del Sistema Nacional de Gestión de Riesgo de Honduras confirmaron este domingo 29 nuevos casos de coronavirus. Con estos nuevos positivos, el país centroamericano registra un total de 139 casos a nivel nacional, ubicados en su mayoría en los departamentos de Cortés, en la zona norte, y Francisco Morazán, en
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President Donald Trump “got it right away” when presented with data about the rise in coronavirus cases that influenced his decision on extending social distancing guidelines, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said Monday. “We showed him the data. He looked at the data and he got it right away,” Fauci told
Continue Reading Budget airline EasyJet has become the latest carrier to suspend operations entirely because of the coronavirus. In a statement on Monday, the airline said that it is grounding all 334 of its planes in Europe as a result of travel restrictions across the region, adding that it cannot be sure when flights will resume. The
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) declaró un cese al fuego unilateral desde el 1 al 30 de abril por la emergencia del coronavirus en Colombia. En un comunicado, el grupo armado dijo que el alto es “activo” porque se reservan el derecho a defenderse ante posibles ataques. Entre otras peticiones, convocaron
Continue Reading Plastic products made with polyurethane, a synthetic chemical compound, typically end up buried in a landfill. Now scientists discovered a strain of bacteria, the first of its kind, that can degrade the harmful compounds in polyurethane products — a positive step toward reducing the amount of plastic pollution in the environment. The findings were published
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When Donald Trump was growing up in the New York of the 1950s, Easter was a grand civic festival as well as a religious holiday. He was eight in 1955, when a balmy day brought out about two million people for the Easter Parade along and around Fifth Avenue. “Hats were large, small, sensible, silly,
Continue Reading Demi Lovato sang “Skyscraper” for fans during iHeart’s Living Room Concert for America on Sunday night. The lyrics felt uplifting during a time when most people are staying home during the coronavirus outbreak. “Go on and try to tear me down/ I will be rising from the ground, like a skyscraper,” Lovato sang. She played
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President Donald Trump has lashed out at several Democratic governors who are responding to the coronavirus crisis, but his harshest words have been reserved for Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer. Trump said Thursday he had a “big problem” with the “young, a woman governor” in Michigan, complaining that “all she does is sit there and blame the
Continue Reading President Donald Trump has lashed out at several Democratic governors who are responding to the coronavirus crisis, but his harshest words have been reserved for Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer. Trump said Thursday he had a “big problem” with the “young, a woman governor” in Michigan, complaining that “all she does is sit there and blame the
Continue Reading The wars, revolutions and fallen empires that transformed the world map in the 20th century have a surprising beneficiary: capital cities. Only around 40 nations had capital cities in 1900, writes professor David Gordon in an introduction to the book, “Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities.” By 2000, that number would grow to more than 200,
Continue Reading As unprecedented stimulus efforts move through markets, banks face growing pressure from clients to say when risky assets could reach their low point. But Wall Street’s top players can’t agree on an answer, with limited ability to predict the path of the virus and efforts to contain it. One view: Governments are unleashing trillions of
Continue Reading Sometimes crashing Facebook can be a good thing. That’s what Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood learned after their recent concert on Facebook did so well that it landed them a forthcoming special on CBS. The country artists who are married will star in a prime-time special on CBS, “Garth and Trisha Live!” It’s set to
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