One of Miami-Dade's leading builders, Sergio Pino, issued a public plea Tuesday for the construction industry to shutdown construction sites and prevent an outbreak of coronavirus among their workers. “The...
March 31, 2020
New Zealand – the “land of the long white cloud” – has evolved into a police state overnight amid the fallout of Covid-19, with people now being encouraged to dob...
March 31, 2020
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Georgia exceeded 3,800 on Tuesday, with more than 100 people dead, as mayors pressed for Gov. Brian Kemp to impose greater restrictions statewide...
March 31, 2020
NFL team owners voted Tuesday to expand the playoffs by one team in each conference for next season. During a conference call to discuss league business after the annual meetings...
March 31, 2020
As a Miami real estate agent working in “the new normal” of our lives and this market, I have been gratified to hear from current and former clients who tell...
March 31, 2020
A federal judge has blocked the city of Dallas from enforcing an ordinance requiring private businesses to offer paid sick leave, but activists contend employees need those benefits more than...
March 31, 2020
Just last year, the US topped a list of the countries best equipped to deal with a pandemic. But the experts have egg on their face as America spirals into...
March 31, 2020
Gov. Tom Wolf added seven more counties Tuesday to his order to stay at home as the new virus expanded its reach and Pennsylvania reported another big jump in confirmed...
March 31, 2020
Publix employees can now wear gloves and masks during the coronavirus pandemic after the company changed its policy, a spokeswoman for the supermarket chain said Tuesday. Publix director of media...
March 31, 2020
Marriott says guests' names, loyalty account information and other personal details may have been accessed in the second major data breach to hit the company in less than two years....
March 31, 2020
At a time when America is trying to cope with the financial fallout created by the deadly coronavirus, the renewal of NFL season tickets is not exactly a high priority....
March 31, 2020
In Sandwich, New Hampshire, a town of 1,200 best known as the setting for the movie “On Golden Pond," broadband is scarce. Forget streaming Netflix, much less working or studying...
March 31, 2020
A California woman was sentenced Tuesday to seven months in prison for paying bribes to rig her two daughters' college admissions exams and get one of them into Georgetown University...
March 31, 2020
Students, parents and staff of New York City's Magen David Yeshivah day school had planned a grand Passover holiday at the iconic Eden Roc hotel in South Beach. They'd rented...
March 31, 2020
Restaurants and farmers in a North Carolina town known for arts and cuisine are joining forces to offer residents safe and healthy dishes while also supporting food-service jobs threatened by...
March 31, 2020
Almost half of the foreign-born who moved to the U.S. in the past decade were college-educated, a level of education greatly exceeding immigrants from previous decades, as the arrival of...
March 31, 2020
WrestleMania 36 is the only “live” major sporting event still going ahead — but it will set a dangerous precedent that may never be undone. Sports junkies across the globe...
March 31, 2020
The red carpets are rolled up in storage, the A-listers holed up in mansions, multiplex doors are closed. For now, at least, the coronavirus has shut down much of Hollywood....
March 31, 2020
The Treasury Department wants airlines to say how they will compensate the government for $25 billion in grants used to keep employees on the payroll during the coronavirus outbreak. The...
March 31, 2020
A Canadian company said Tuesday it plans to start construction of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline through the U.S. Midwest in April, after lining up customers and money...
March 31, 2020
After just over a week of the official order for UK families to stay indoors, nine people have been killed at home in Britain. Sadly, the death toll will not...
March 31, 2020
One by one, elderly residents of French nursing homes are going into forced isolation into their rooms. Their caregivers are walling themselves in as well, against both the known and...
March 31, 2020
U.S. consumer confidence tumbled this month to its lowest level in nearly three years as the impact of the coronavirus on the economy began to be felt. The Conference Board...
March 31, 2020
Scotland and Wales became the latest rugby unions to take drastic cost-saving measures on Tuesday as the sport plunges into financial turmoil during the coronavirus pandemic. In announcing its review...
March 31, 2020
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Soccer players in Germany could be tested for the coronavirus before games if the season...
March 31, 2020
Soccer superstar David Beckham has a new sky pad atop the Zaha Hadid-designed One Thousand Museum in downtown Miami. Beckham's partnership and licensing company closed Tuesday on five-bedroom, six-and-a-half bath...
March 31, 2020
Shell has pulled out of a multibillion-dollar deal to renovate a liquified natural gas terminal in Louisiana in order to preserve cash during the coronavirus pandemic. The company's Dallas-based partner,...
March 31, 2020
Boris Johnson's idea of sending 30 million letters to all British households with envelopes and stamps would be a peculiarly 20th century one, even if the sender wasn't licking them...
March 31, 2020
In a story March 30, 2020, about small businesses awaiting financial help from the government, The Associated Press misspelled the name of Katie Vlietstra, an executive with the National Association...
March 31, 2020
NFL vice president Troy Vincent has sent a letter to several prospects inviting them to participate “live” in the NFL draft in three weeks. The Associated Press on Tuesday obtained...
March 31, 2020
Major League Baseball is extending its financial support to minor league players through May while suspending their contracts because of the new coronavirus pandemic. Minor league contracts have a provision...
March 31, 2020
Alabama's official death toll from the coronavirus rose Tuesday as the total number of confirmed cases neared 1,000. Total COVID-19 infections in Alabama stood near 950 on Tuesday morning, the...
March 31, 2020
Barcelona had been on track for a record season in revenues, set to surpass 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) for the first time in club history. A month later, the...
March 31, 2020
The reappearance of Wuhan's favorite breakfast noodles is a tasty sign that life is slowly getting back to normal in the Chinese city at the epicenter of the global cornavirus...
March 31, 2020
A staff member for the Kentucky legislature has tested positive for the new coronavirus, according to an email sent to Legislative Research Commission employees. The Monday announcement by LRC director...
March 31, 2020
Essentia Health has placed 500 employees on unpaid leave as it deals with the financial impact of canceled surgeries and appointments because of the coronavirus pandemic. The move affects about...
March 31, 2020
This pandemic may be Donald Trump's chance to fulfill his promise to rebuild US infrastructure, while also leveling the energy field for renewables. Trillions are needed but nothing as far-reaching...
March 31, 2020
A Mississippi lawmaker is resigning as of Tuesday because he will not be able to collect his state government pension while serving in the state House. Republican Rep. Billy Andrews...
March 31, 2020
The Federal Reserve is intervening once again to try to smooth out the world's lending markets, this time by lending dollars to other central banks in exchange for Treasurys. The...
March 31, 2020
FIFA is looking to tap into its vast financial reserves to assist a football industry ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic wiping out games and creating unexpected economic hardship in the...
