Murray Wood: Fall season is too brief to waste indoors
Today marks the first day of fall, as the equinox arrives. Murray Wood says that despite the fantastic temperatures we'v...
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Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021
TOKYO - The Tokyo Olympics were postponed until 2021 on Tuesday, ending weeks of speculation that the games could not go ahead as scheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The International Olymp...
Mar 24, 2020 (The Associated Press)
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of the virus continue to subside. People wit...
Mar 24, 2020 In this March 23, 2020 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers disinfect a subway train in preparation for the restoration of public transport in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province. China's health ministry says Wuhan has now gone several consecutive days without a new infection, showing the effectiveness of draconian travel restrictions that are slowly being relaxed around the country. (Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua via AP)
Over 1.5 billion globally asked to stay home to escape virus
PARIS - The hunt for masks, ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe, as more than 1.5 billion people - one-fifth of the world's population - were asked or ordered to stay h...
Mar 23, 2020
Singer, actor, ‘The Gambler’: Kenny Rogers dies at 81
Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as "Lucille," "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream" and embraced his persona as "The...
Mar 21, 2020
‘New football journey’: Tom Brady signs with Buccaneers
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A new look for the NFL: Tom Brady in Tampa Bay pewter and red rather than Patriots red, white and blue. The six-time Super Bowl champion quarterback signed a two-year, $60-million c...
Mar 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Italian death toll overtakes China’s as virus spreads
ROME (AP) - The death toll in Italy from the coronavirus overtook China's on Thursday, and infections in the United States climbed past 10,000, in a stark illustration of how the crisis has pivoted to...
Mar 19, 2020 A worker disinfects the street to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Barcelona, Spain on March 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
US-Canada border closing temporarily to non-essential travel
The United States and Canada have agreed to temporarily close their shared border to non-essential travel due to the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday, and his administr...
Mar 18, 2020
Brady leaving Patriots, says ‘football journey’ is elsewhere
Tom Brady, the centerpiece of the New England Patriots' championship dynasty over the past two decades, is poised to leave the only football home he has ever had. The 42-year-old six-time Super Bowl w...
Mar 17, 2020 In this Dec. 15, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) waves to the crowd after an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Frank Victores, File)
Global markets volatile after historic dive on Wall Street
BANGKOK (AP) - Global stock markets were volatile Tuesday after a brutal sell-off that gave the U.S. stock market its worst loss in over 30 years, with many economies grinding to a standstill in hopes...
Mar 17, 2020 Trader Peter Tuchman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, March 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Trump declares virus pandemic a national emergency
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is declaring the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, as Washington struggles with providing Americans with relief and officials...
Mar 13, 2020 President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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