What San Francisco looks like on the first day of sheltering in place
San Francisco was eerily quiet Tuesday after an order to shelter in place went into effect at midnight. Residents hunkered down and traffic was…
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Obama thanks health professionals combating coronavirus outbreak: ‘They’re giving everything’
Former President Barack Obama thanked the health care workers fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic, spotlighting the story of one family impacted…
Continue Reading Here’s what New York City is doing to try stop coronavirus from spreading
The City That Never Sleeps is taking some drastic steps to stop the spread of coronavirus. In addition to limiting social interactions and closing…
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MLB teams commit $30 million to support ballpark employees
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that all 30 major league teams have committed $1 million each to help assist…
Continue Reading The EU shuts its borders to slow the coronavirus crisis
The European Union has formally agreed to temporarily close its external borders to all “non-essential” travel from third nations, as the…
Continue Reading African artists are creating catchy songs to promote awareness about coronavirus
How do you get people to take personal hygiene seriously in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic? Music and dance. With the whole world almost at a…
Continue Reading St. Patrick’s Day parades are canceled, but here are alternative ways to celebrate
March 17 is normally a day to celebrate St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. However, as the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus…
Continue Reading Millions of wild animals are killed or injured unintentionally each year in the US and here’s how you can help
Just a couple of months after Neal Matthews and his wife moved to their home on a small lake in Tucker, Georgia – an injured goose showed up in…
Continue Reading Some of the last people on earth to hear about the coronavirus pandemic are going to be told on live TV
When 18 contestants entered the German “Big Brother” house on February 6, an outbreak of the novel coronavirus was just starting to seep…
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White House looking to send checks to Americans ‘immediately’ for coronavirus relief
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump wants the government to send checks to Americans in the next two weeks in an effort to curb the economic…
Continue Reading No, you can’t get free baby formula by calling a number on the can if stores are out
Despite what people are claiming on social media, companies say they aren’t shipping free baby formula to anyone. All the posts on social media…
Continue Reading Two siblings held a porch concert for a neighbor who is self-isolating
The coronavirus pandemic has bought out the worst in some people: Those who refuse to participate in social distancing or travel although they are at…
Continue Reading Queen Elizabeth cancels events due to coronavirus
Queen Elizabeth has canceled a number of diary events scheduled over the coming weeks “as a sensible precaution” in the midst of the…
Continue Reading Seattle offers $800 supermarket vouchers to families in need during coronavirus crisis
Seattle officials will provide more than 6,000 families with $800 each in grocery vouchers for Safeway stores as Washington state’s biggest…
Continue Reading This Tang Dynasty noblewoman loved playing polo so much, she was buried with her donkeys
Sometime before an Imperial Chinese noblewoman named Cui Shi died in 878 AD, she requested that her beloved donkeys be buried with her. Cui Shi…
Continue Reading What historians hear when Trump calls coronavirus ‘Chinese’ and ‘foreign’
For immigration historians and other scholars, the way US President Donald Trump is describing the coronavirus pandemic has a familiar ring. Trump…
Continue Reading Spain’s King Felipe VI renounces his inheritance from his father
King Felipe VI of Spain has renounced his personal inheritance from his father, Juan Carlos I, amid allegations of financial impropriety. Felipe also…
Continue Reading An Atlanta firm starts a toilet paper drive-thru to give away its stock for free
With the coronavirus outbreak prompting people to panic-buy enough toilet paper to last them for years, the shelves at stores across the nation have…
Continue Reading As testing ramps up, many doctors and patients are still experiencing problems
The head of the World Health Organization has a simple message for all countries about who should be tested for coronavirus: “Test, test, test.…
Continue Reading There’s an unlikely beneficiary of coronavirus: The planet
Factories were shuttered and streets were cleared across China’s Hubei province as authorities ordered residents to stay home to stop the…
Continue Reading Malaysia and the Philippines enact sweeping measures, as coronavirus cases jump in Southeast Asia
Tens of millions of people in Southeast Asia have had their movements, travel and daily life restricted as countries prepare for a surge in novel…
Continue Reading Almost 7 million California residents ordered to shelter in place
Nearly seven million people living in a wide swath of Northern California, including Silicon Valley, are being ordered to shelter in place starting…
Continue Reading African countries shut doors against Europe, America to combat coronavirus
Africa has so far recorded relatively few coronavirus cases compared to the rest of the world, but governments across the continent are taking no…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson ramps up UK’s coronavirus response after criticism
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson drastically ramped up the country’s response to coronavirus on Monday, after a weekend of confusing briefings.…
Continue Reading One dangerous coronavirus ‘self-check test’ is circulating on social media. Here’s why you should avoid it.
Contrary to what some may think, not everything on social media is rooted in fact. Case in point: A recent viral coronavirus “simple self-check…
Continue Reading Grand Central restaurateur and father of Lady Gaga to face court proceedings for more than $260,000 in unpaid restaurant rent
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority began proceedings to resolve a long clash with restaurateur and father of Lady Gaga Joe Germanotta over…
Continue Reading Lockdowns are being imposed around the world. China’s example highlights the costs
As Chinese President Xi Jinping passed an apartment complex last week during his tour of Wuhan, ground zero of the global coronavirus pandemic, he…
Continue Reading More sports events have been postponed amid coronavirus outbreaks
Since last week’s announcements that the NBA would suspend its season and the NCAA would cancel its annual men’s and women’s…
Continue Reading Kentucky Derby will be postponed until September, reports say
Fans of the “Fastest Two Minutes in Sports” are in for a long wait. Churchill Downs will be postponing the 146th Kentucky Derby until…
Continue Reading More coronavirus cases outside mainland China than inside as pandemic accelerates
For the first time since the novel coronavirus was first identified last year, there are now more reported cases outside of mainland China than…
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