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I love Opening Day. There is something about the blank canvas. About possibility. All the spring training niceties — best shape of their lives and the injured who were way ahead of schedule — have folded into the reality of Game 1. Game 162 seems far away. Opening Day allows a return to familiar faces …
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Just one month ago, co-owner of Bendt Distilling Company Natasha DeHart was creating her unique blend of Texas whiskeys at her distillery in Lewisville. Now, she has shifted production entirely to combat the coronavirus and help Dallas County by producing and providing free hand sanitizer to local law enforcement, hospitals and first responders. “Daily, we …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during the coronavirus task force daily briefing in Washington, March 25, 2020. Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force, said Thursday that Italy has been impacted particularly badly by the coronavirus pandemic because the country …
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Andrew Cuomo speaks to the media in New York City, March 23, 2020. New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday that the state’s Wuhan coronavirus death toll had jumped by 100 over the past 24 hours, reaching a total of 385 victims. Cuomo warned that the death toll will rise as patients who remain …
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Ralph Lauren is joining fashion’s fight against coronavirus. The designer, 80, announced on Thursday that the Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation will donate $10 million to disease relief efforts, split across different causes including the Emergency Assistance Foundation, the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund and more. “Now more than ever, in this time of …
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Shared-office operator WeWork told investors on Thursday the $4.4 billion in cash and cash commitments it had at year-end 2019 is enough to execute its five-year plan and manage the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis. WeWork, whose losses more than doubled to $1.25 billion as of the third quarter of 2019, told bond investors …
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More boredom relief is on the way. Disney announced Thursday that it will release its new films “The Call of the Wild” and “Downhill” on paid streaming platforms starting Friday, March 27, just over a month after they first hit theaters. “The Call of the Wild” is a family drama starring Harrison Ford, based on …
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell arrives to speak to reporters after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates in an emergency move designed to shield the world’s largest economy from the impact of the coronavirus, in Washington, March 3, 2020. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell admitted Thursday that the U.S. economy may be slipping into a …
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The majority of rapid test coronavirus test kits supplied by China to Spain and the Czech Republic are faulty, local news outlets reported. Up to 80 percent of the 150,000 portable, quick coronavirus test kits China delivered to the Czech Republic earlier this month were faulty, according to local Czech news site Expats.cz. The tests can produce …
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Given that they were essentially isolated together on a fictitious mysterious island, it’s not surprising that Maggie Grace has come out against “Lost” co-star Evangeline Lilly’s anti-quarantine stance during the coronavirus pandemic. Grace, 36, commented on Lilly’s controversial post to say she found it “concerning” and urged the 40-year-old to show more “compassion” to those …
I love Opening Day. There is something about the blank canvas. About possibility. All the spring training niceties — best shape of their lives and the injured who were way ahead of schedule — have folded into the reality of Game 1. Game 162 seems far away. Opening Day allows a return to familiar faces …
