Tag: Infectious diseases
AL Central teams at the start of spring training
A team-by-team look at the American League Central entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first...
Amid COVID shutdowns, GOP’s McCarthy attended son’s wedding
MORRO BAY, Calif. — At a time when California residents were being urged to avoid social gatherings because of the risk of spreading coronavirus,...
Human festivities scrapped, Rio’s Carnival goes to the dogs
RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival festivities may have been canceled, but nobody told the dogs.
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ECB’s Lagarde: Pandemic continues to threaten economy
<p>FRANKFURT, Germany — The head of the European Central Bank says the winter surge in COVID-19 cases and the emergence of mutated variants of...
Deer native to India starve to death amid drought in Hawaii
<p>HONOLULU — Axis deer, a species native to India presented as a gift from Hong Kong to the king of Hawaii in 1868, have...
NFL carousel will spin soon, and not just for quarterbacks
<p>The <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nfl-football-matthew-stafford-financial-markets-detroit-lions-47fb39405e049b4cbf0299c9beffde32">Matthew Stafford-Jared Goff trade</a> not only has whet fans' appetites for big deals, it's caused a social media frenzy about which quarterbacks...
Desperation grows in battered Honduras, fueling migration
<p>SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — Nory Yamileth Hernández and her three teenage children have been living in a battered tent under a bridge on...
Lasting legacy: Earnhardt’s death saved lives, forced change
<p>DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ryan Newman was lying in bed one morning, his two daughters still tucked in down the hall, when a YouTube...
Lobster biz braces for Chinese New Year impacted by pandemic
PORTLAND, Maine — America's lobster exporters recovered from the Trump-era trade war with China to have a good 2020. But the industry is approaching...
Indiana Senate votes to override local rental rules ban veto
INDIANAPOLIS — Republican lawmakers took the first step Monday toward overriding the Indiana governor’s veto of a bill blocking cities from regulating rental properties,...