KEEPING 220 YARDS APART There was celebration today after Liverpool decided to furlough the idea of furloughing their employees, giving in to an outcry from fans, former players and over-opinionated media types with too many column inches to fill now there’s no sport on. There has been no word yet …
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Strategies to avoid rationing during the pandemic were published by the National Academy of Medicine. But hospitals across the country vary in their adherence to such steps. At the University of Miami’s flagship hospital, surgeons were told last Monday to cancel elective surgeries, but across the street at Jackson Memorial …
Read More »Internet Providers Won’t Cut Off Users Over Unpaid Bills for 60 Days
AT&T, Comcast and dozens of other telecommunications firms have committed to not disconnecting service to residential and small business customers who can’t pay their bills because of the coronavirus outbreak, the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday. The pledge the companies plan to implement also calls for them to open …
Read More »Sexism and arrogance at US Soccer: why Cordeiro’s exit won’t fix a thing | Football
How is US Soccer going to get itself out of this mess? While the new coronavirus is upending much of the sports world, US Soccer has been unraveled by its own sexism and arrogance, culminating Thursday in the sudden resignation of the federation’s president, Carlos Cordeiro. US Soccer’s latest misstep? …
Read More »Finances will be shattered by sports suspensions. But it won’t be the stars who suffer | Sport
On the surface, the Wednesday afternoon matinee between the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles back in April 2015 appears as nondescript as it gets. It was an early season contest between a pair of teams hurtling toward mediocrity. The Orioles won 8-2, powered by a six-run first inning – …
Read More »Elon Musk Worries SpaceX Won’t Get to Mars Before He Dies
While others worry about economies slipping into recession and markets melting down, Elon Musk’s biggest concern is that his rocket company SpaceX may fail to accomplish its foundational mission — getting to Mars — before he dies. “If we don’t improve our pace of progress, I’m definitely going to be …
Read More »Common Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Won’t Raise Blood Cancer Risk
By Carolyn ColwellHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 29 (HealthDay News)—Methotrexate, one of the most common drugs used to ease rheumatoid arthritis symptoms, will not raise a patient’s risk for blood cancer, a new study finds. But a lesser-used medicine, cyclophosphamide, was associated with a doubling in patients’ odds for lymphoma, the …
Read More »Amazon won’t dock warehouse workers’ pay, Iran cases surpass 7,100
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 111,300, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Global deaths: At least …
Read More »Coronavirus-stricken Grand Princess passengers docking Monday won’t be quarantined in Oakland
CLICK HERE if you’re having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device. Passengers who have tested positive for coronavirus or have been exposed to the virus on the Grand Princess cruise ship headed to the Port of Oakland on Monday won’t be quarantined in the city, Mayor Libby …
Read More »Mitt Romney won’t say if he voted for Trump in Utah presidential primary
Asked by CNN if he did not vote for Trump, Romney responded, “Not saying,” after he said that he had voted for “a Republican” in the Utah primary. Trump is expected to easily secure the Republican Party nomination in his 2020 reelection bid, but there are some long-shot GOP challengers …
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