CoronaVirus Pandemic
A look at what’s happening around the majors Wednesday: ___ VIRUS SCARE The Chicago Cubs hope to stay on schedule amid a coronavirus scare that’s landed four players on the COVID-19 injured list the...
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Daunte Wright was a family man, doting on his namesake 2-year-old son and always given to laughter. On Sunday, the 20-year-old’s laughter stopped, turning to community anger and disbelief after...
The claim: DMX received COVID-19 vaccine days before heart attack Many fans recently took to social media to pay tribute to iconic hip-hop artist DMX – real name Earl Simmons – who died April...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Chicago Cubs manager David Ross said Tuesday that none of his players have tested positive for COVID-19 as infielder Matt Duffy joined three teammates on the virus-related injured list. The Cubs...
The claim: Video shows DMX’s body leaving White Plains Hospital Following reports that rapper DMX, born Earl Simmons, died after suffering a heart attack, a video went viral on social media purporting to show...
AUSTIN FC 2020 Record: Expansion team for 2021 Coach: Josh Wolff New Faces: F Cecilio Rodriguez, MF Alex Ring, MF Tomás Pochettino Moved On: None Prospects: Sporting director Claudio Reyna has built a team...
The claim: Masks are no longer mandatory in Ohio As vaccine distribution builds across the country, some states are rolling back restrictions put in place to slow the spread of coronavirus. Last month, Gov....
Health officials are urging Americans not to panic over news the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a recommendation Tuesday for states to pause vaccinations with the...
The NFL has laid out team guidelines for COVID-19 vaccinations and is strongly urging franchises to have all employees vaccinated. Commissioner Roger Goodell told teams in a memo Tuesday to plan on using stadiums...
Allison Miller and her boyfriend enjoyed six months of normalcy before the pandemic hit. But their relationship quickly became “a lot more real” as they went from seeing each other on weekends to working...
Dow component Johnson & Johnson fell 2.1% after U.S. regulators recommended a pause in using its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of possibly dangerous blood clots. Stocks overall were choppy and mixed in...
Federal drug safety regulators recommend the U.S. pause use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after “extremely rare” reports of blood clots in people who get the vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration...
MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has tested positive for the coronavirus, the club said on Tuesday. Ramos had already been ruled out of Wednesday’s second leg against Liverpool in the Champions...
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – A 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, Police Department was identified late Monday as the officer who fatally shot a 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop in what...
MINNEAPOLIS — The prosecution rested it case Tuesday and the defense called its first witness to testify in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in George Floyd’s death. Scott...
NEW YORK (AP) — “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda joined New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday at the grand opening of a Times Square COVID-19 vaccination site intended to jump-start the city’s...
The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are recommending the U.S. pause on using the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after reports of blood clots in individuals who...
For most people, lockdown hasn’t been easy, but at least the choice to stay home was clear. But as people start thinking ahead to traveling again, deciding when and how to go back out...
Federal health agencies today will call for an immediate pause in use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine at federal vaccination sites, the New York Times reported. The Times said federal officials expect...
MONACO (AP) — Second-ranked Daniil Medvedev withdrew from the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday following a positive COVID-19 test. The ATP said Medvedev has been placed in isolation. His condition is being assessed by...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is poised for an extended period of strong growth and hiring, the chair of the Federal Reserve said in an interview broadcast Sunday, though the coronavirus still poses...
The three COVID-19 vaccines are available at no cost to consumers and the free shots can be the start of a freebie fest. Being vaccinated can get you free Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Samuel Adam’s...
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — The Twin Cities metro area was under a curfew and hundreds of Minnesota National Guard troops were in the streets to attempt to keep the peace on Monday night, a...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Chicago Cubs are concerned about a possible COVID-19 outbreak after two coaches tested positive for the virus and three relievers were placed on the COVID-19-related injured list. The team announced...
As we emerge from the pandemic, 10 million are still unemployed. The American Jobs Plan will create blue-collar jobs. For those who need training, President Biden’s plan will provide it.
The coronarvirus pandemic turned the usual large number of NHL trade deadline deals into a trickle on Monday. The moves that did take place under a flat salary cap, highlighted by Boston landing 2018...
A familiar face will fill in for Luke Bryan as judge on Monday’s “American Idol” (ABC, 8 EDT/PDT), this season’s first live episode of ABC’s singing competition. Paula Abdul, a longtime judge when Fox...
Mary Ann Steiner drove 2½ hours from her home in the St. Louis suburb of University City to the tiny Ozark town of Centerville, Missouri, to get vaccinated against COVID-19. After pulling into the...
DETROIT – With an eye on his father’s bloodied face, Barry Jensen began punching numbers into his cellphone from the hospital emergency room. His 90-year-old dad had fallen on a gravel driveway. His glasses...
HONOLULU – The governor of Hawaii has issued another emergency proclamation in response to the coronavirus pandemic that extends the statewide eviction moratorium for another two months and details plans for vaccinated travelers. Democratic...
The Met Gala is coming back. Actually, twice. The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Monday that the annual high-wattage celebration of both fashion and celebrity — held virtually last year because of the pandemic...
There have been more than 560,000 COVID-19 related deaths in the United States. To help those left behind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is paying a maximum of $9,000 per funeral and a maximum...
A curfew was lifted early Monday in a Minnesota city where protests erupted the night before after the family of a 20-year-old Black man said he was shot by police before getting back into...
With the majority of states having already lifted vaccine restrictions to all adults in recent weeks, the United States grows ever closer to President Joe Biden’s two vaccine goals. Three more will join them...
The family of a 20-year-old Minnesota man says he was shot and killed by police Sunday before reentering his car and crashing the vehicle several blocks away, further inflaming tensions over police violence across...
Virginia’s governor, attorney general, a congressman and the NAACP expressed outrage at the actions of Windsor police officers who pointed weapons, pepper-sprayed and threatened a Black and Latino military officer in December during a...
CHICAGO (AP) — More than 90% of the traveling party for the Chicago White Sox got the COVID-19 vaccine after their home opener, moving the team closer to meeting Major League Baseball’s threshold for...
On April 10, 2020, Paulo Santos staggered up the driveway of his Manalapan, New Jersey, home, leaning heavily on a walker. The distance was only a few feet. It felt like scaling Mount Everest....
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – Former House Speaker John Boehner no longer watches much cable TV news. Noise, he calls it. It was only when aide John Criscuolo texted him a tweet with some raw...
China’s failure to share information and provide access to international public health experts in the early stages of the pandemic fueled the global crisis, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday. “I think China...
Why should Mexico get our extra COVID-19 vaccine, when so many other countries desperately need it? Three words: fatalities, flows and friendship.
TOKYO (AP) — Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics who come down with minor symptoms of COVID-19 could be isolated in a hotel lined up by local organizers of the games. The Japanese news agency...
For those last-minute tax filers who were rushing to get their returns done, there’s good news: you’ve been given a one-month reprieve. Tax Day 2021 has been pushed back to May 17 from April...
A public health alert has been issued for approximately 211,406 pounds of raw ground turkey products potentially linked to salmonella hadar illness. The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the alert...
A U.S. Army officer is suing two Virginia police officers after a December traffic stop in which the officers drew and pointed their weapons, pepper-sprayed him and used a slang term to suggest he...
A North Carolina man who initially survived a mass shooting in rural York County, South Carolina, on Wednesday has now died, becoming the sixth person killed by former NFL player Phillip Adams, who later...
The NHL says the Vancouver Canucks will reopen team facilities Sunday and resume play Friday after a COVID-19 outbreak in which 21 players and four staff members tested positive for the virus. The Canucks’...
BALTIMORE (AP) — Boston Red Sox outfielder/designated hitter J.D. Martinez has cold symptoms and was placed on the COVID-19 injured list Saturday. Martinez underwent coronavirus testing and the team is awaiting the results. Going...
Nearly 40% of United States Marines who have been offered the COVID-19 vaccine have declined it, according to the Pentagon. Of the 123,500 Marines that have had access to the vaccine, 75,500 Marines are...
Evidence released this week from the investigation into why Tiger Woods crashed his car and nearly died in February continues to point to a simple cause that ties all the available clues together, forensic...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The coronavirus outbreak sent profits plunging at Atlantic City’s casinos by more than 80% last year, according to figures released Friday by New Jersey gambling regulators. But despite those dismal...
State lawmakers in Georgia overhauled its existing election protocol last month with the passage of a law that includes restrictions some activists say haven’t been seen since the Jim Crow era. Democrats and civil-rights...
I’ve wondered a lot about who will emerge when I leave quarantine. I’m getting my second vaccine dose on Tuesday, which is absolutely wonderful news and I couldn’t be more excited. More and more...
Reports of COVID-19 vaccine side effects support what many have anecdotally observed: women shoulder the bigger burden. Among nearly 7,000 reports processed through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is telling California that it can’t enforce coronavirus-related restrictions that have limited home-based religious worship including Bible studies and prayer meetings. The order from the court late Friday...
First it was Rutgers and Cornell. Then Notre Dame. Now Duke. The list of colleges and universities that will require COVID-19 vaccinations for new and returning students to attend in-person classes this fall grew...
WASHINGTON – The House Ethics Committee is investigating Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Tom Reed of New York. Reed is accused of inappropriately touching a woman at a bar four years ago,...
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have placed outfielder Teoscar Hernández on the injured list after he was exposed to someone with a positive coronavirus case outside of the team. Blue Jays...
The claim: Breastfeeding newborns are having reactions to vaccinated mothers In an effort to quell the pandemic and rest the country back to normal, President Joe Biden announced in March his plan to expand...
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan shared a touching tribute to Prince Philip, who died Friday at 99. Buckingham Palace said the Duke of Edinburgh “passed away peacefully” at Windsor Castle. The Duke and Duchess...
