Click here for updates on this story BENTONVILLE, AR (KFSM) — Every sport has an ultimate goal. Whether it’s the Super Bowl, the World Series, or the Olympics – there’s one major event everyone works towards. For the sport of running, it’s the Boston Marathon. “As a runner, it’s definitely the premiere marathon,” Drew Conner,
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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood performed in a Facebook Live concert Monday night that drew so many fans it crashed the site multiple times. The country couple drew 3.4 million viewers to the concert they called “Inside Studio G,” which fans were forced to reload when it was overwhelmed several times by the high traffic.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON, LA (WGNO) — On Monday, Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng issued a Proclamation of Additional Measures for State of Emergency in order to timely and effectively meet the needs of the Jefferson Parish community and Jefferson Parish employees during the current COVID-19 outbreak. As part of
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Moviefone, the once ubiquitous listings-by-telephone service, has been sold for just $1 million to an unknown buyer. It was most recently owned by Helios and Matheson, the troubled owner of MoviePass, which filed for bankruptcy in January. Moviefone was bought at auction last week by “Born In Cleveland LLC,” a company without a website, for
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Is the coronavirus pandemic more like Pearl Harbor or Hurricane Katrina? The answer could determine how the unprecedented challenge ripples through the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump is trying to redefine coronavirus as a foreign threat (“the Chinese virus”) and himself as a wartime president defending the nation against what amounts to an invasion. As
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International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound predicted the 2020 Games in Toyko will be postponed because of the coronavirus, which would make it the largest event yet halted or rescheduled by the global pandemic. The Games are scheduled to take place in Japan from July 24 to August 9, but there have been calls to
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One of the most famous stadiums in the world and a showpiece venue for the Rio Olympics is to be converted into a field hospital to treat patients infected with the novel coronavirus. The iconic Maracana in Rio de Janiero — host of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics and the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Continue Reading For the second time in two days, Democrats voted on Monday against advancing a $2 trillion package to mitigate the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Why? They want to avoid a replay of 2008. Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, argued Monday that the American people “don’t want another corporate bailout” that
Continue Reading A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. President Trump and some of the biggest voices on Fox News started to aggressively push the same message on Monday: That the strict measures currently in place to halt the spread of the coronavirus cannot
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Pressure has been intensifying for days on the Senate to pass a massive stimulus package to respond to the economic fallout of the coronavirus, but Monday came and went without much action. After four straight days of marathon negotiations, the Trump administration and senators again failed to secure an agreement on a roughly $2 trillion
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Pressure has been intensifying for days on the Senate to pass a massive stimulus package to respond to the economic fallout of the coronavirus, but Monday came and went without much action. After four straight days of marathon negotiations, the Trump administration and senators again failed to secure an agreement on a roughly $2 trillion
Continue Reading Corporate America, armed with the Trump tax cuts, lavished Wall Street with a multi-trillion dollar share buyback spree over the past two years. Now, some of the same companies that binged on buybacks are in line to receive taxpayer-funded bailouts to keep them alive. Boeing, for example, spent $11.7 billion over the past two years
Continue Reading A cruise ship with 42 sick people aboard is heading to Florida and is expected to dock next week. The people –13 guests and 29 crew members — aboard Holland America’s Zaandam are experiencing flu-like symptoms, a statement from the cruise line said. Initially, the ship was granted permission to disembark in Punta Arenas, Chile,
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(CNN) — Albert Uderzo, cocreador e ilustrador de la serie “Astérix y Óbelix” que se lee en todo el mundo, murió a la edad de 92 años, dijo un portavoz de su editor Ediciones Albert Rene. Albert Uderzo, ilustrador de “Astérix y Óbelix”, falleció. (PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP via Getty Images) Noticia en desarrollo
Continue Reading With football leagues around the world postponed for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus outbreak, players and managers have found themselves with plenty of free time on their hands. One man putting that time to good use is Jose Mourinho, who has been volunteering at a food bank in Enfield, North London. Wearing a
Continue Reading China is trying to jump-start its huge economy without triggering a second wave of coronavirus cases. It’s a high-stakes experiment that could provide clues for countries agonizing over how long to keep their shutdowns in place as a global recession begins and millions of jobs are lost. The country where the pandemic began was almost
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Crafty people are stepping up to create homemade masks for health care workers facing shortages amid the coronavirus pandemic. Volunteers across the nation have formed sewing groups, where they share patterns they think can best address the needs of medical workers. Using their sewing machines and piles of fabric, they work to make as many
Continue Reading The White House counsel’s office has been using the lessons learned from court battles over President Donald Trump’s various travel bans and immigration crackdowns to impose new travel restrictions aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus, according to an administration official. And with no end in sight to the current crisis, it remains to be
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Living through a pandemic is strange. Most of us have never been asked to make sacrifices like this before — staying home and limiting contact with others. All that disruption can make people anxious. And for some, that includes ignoring the novel coronavirus altogether and carrying on as though it’s business as usual. Despite repeated
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Living through a pandemic is strange. Most of us have never been asked to make sacrifices like this before — staying home and limiting contact with others. All that disruption can make people anxious. And for some, that includes ignoring the novel coronavirus altogether and carrying on as though it’s business as usual. Despite repeated
Continue Reading Aunque tengas los síntomas, podrían negarte la prueba del coronavirus. Los datos para entender el increíble sacrificio que está haciendo el personal médico. ¿Preocupado por tus facturas en medio de la pandemia? Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero, la verdad. 1 Trump evaluará “abrir el país” tras 15 días “Al
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Los hantavirus son una familia de virus diseminados principalmente por roedores que pueden causar diversas enfermedades en personas de todo el mundo, según los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). Los hantavirus en las Américas se conocen como hantavirus del “Nuevo
Continue Reading Rhode Island and Alaska are the latest states to alter their primary elections. Rhode Island’s will be postponed, and Alaska Democrats have nixed in-person voting. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox
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Rhode Island and Alaska are the latest states to alter their primary elections. Rhode Island’s will be postponed, and Alaska Democrats have nixed in-person voting. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox
Continue Reading (CNN) – Otra semana de aislamiento voluntario –o, para muchos estadounidenses, cierres obligatorios– le está planteando preguntas difíciles al presidente Donald Trump sobre cuánto durarán las medidas de mitigación contra el coronavirus que recomendó y si valen la pena las consecuencias económicas. Trump dijo el lunes que espera revaluar sus instrucciones para que las personas
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Federación de Fútbol de los Estados Unidos tiene un nuevo comandante en jefe. Will Wilson toma el mando de la Federación como director ejecutivo y secretario general, anunció USA Soccer en su página oficial. Wilson, de 52 años de edad, deja la vicepresidencia de Wasserman tras ocho años en la reconocida
Continue Reading Olympic teams and athletes have said that they want the 2020 Olympics to be postponed in light of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed thousands of people across the world. USA Gymnastics, USA Swimming, and USA Track and Field all issued statements saying the teams want to postpone the 2020 games and a majority of
Continue Reading Global stocks and US futures surged Tuesday as policymakers in major economies announce historic measures to blunt the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The promise of unlimited support for markets from the US Federal Reserve and hope that Congress is moving towards a huge fiscal stimulus package boosted US futures overnight as well as markets
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Global stocks and US futures surged Tuesday as policymakers in major economies announce historic measures to blunt the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The promise of unlimited support for markets from the US Federal Reserve and hope that Congress is moving towards a huge fiscal stimulus package boosted US futures overnight as well as markets
Continue Reading A small section of the Great Wall of China has reopened to visitors as of March 24, a sign that life in China is slowly returning to normal following the coronavirus epidemic. The Badaling section of the Great Wall, which stretches from Bei Liu Lou to Nan Wu Lou Ban, will be open daily from
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