VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is celebrating Palm Sunday Mass without the public, since the traditional ceremony in St. Peter’s Square was scrapped because of the coronavirus pandemic. Normally, tens of thousands of Romans, tourists and pilgrims, clutching olive tree branches or palm fronds would have flocked to an outdoor Mass led by the pontiff. Instead, […]
This Day in History: April 5
On this day, April 5 … 2018: In a dramatic escalation of the trade dispute with China, President Trump tells the U.S. trade representative to consider slapping an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. Also on this day: 1614: Indian Chief Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas marries Englishman John Rolfe, a widower, in the Virginia […]
Keir Starmer elected leader of Britain’s Labour Party amid coronavirus crisis
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Lawyer and lawmaker Keir Starmer was elected leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party on Saturday by a decisive margin, after a contest thrown into turmoil by the coronavirus outbreak. A special conference to announce the winner was scrapped […]
Wisconsin doctor, husband slain; couple knew suspect, 18, police say
MADISON, Wis. — The 18-year-old man arrested in the slayings of a University of Wisconsin physician and her husband is known to the family, police said Friday. University of Wisconsin Police Chief Kristen Roman said in a statement Friday that Khari Sanford has been booked into the Dane County Jail on two counts of party […]
This Day in History: April 4
FILE – In this April 3, 1968 file photo, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place. (AP Photo, File) On this day, April 4 … 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. […]
EPL suspended indefinitely, players to be asked for wage cut
The English Premier League was suspended indefinitely on Friday following a meeting of its 20 clubs, who discussed financial painkiller measures including asking players to take a substantial pay cut during the coronavirus outbreak. Having previously given a tentative — and improbable — return date of April 30, the world’s richest league said the season […]
Athletes Village for Olympics could house virus patients
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The under-construction Athletes Village for the Tokyo Olympics could be used as a temporary hospital for coronavirus patients. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been talking about the possibility of occupying the massive development on Tokyo Bay, which is […]
The week in pictures, March 22 – April 3
Image 6 of 18 Portraits of Italian doctors and nurses taken during a break or at the end of their shifts in Rome, Bergamo, and Brescia, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, Antonio Calanni, Luca Bruno)
Detroit bus driver dies of coronavirus after posting video to take virus seriously
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A Detroit Department of Transportation bus driver died less than two weeks after he made a Facebook video encouraging people to take the new coronavirus seriously, a report said Thursday. GRAPHIC LANGUAGE WARNING Hargrove died Wednesday from COVID-19, Glenn Tolbert, […]
Nick Saban favors extra teaching time, not longer fall camp
Alabama coach Nick Saban doesn’t believe extending preseason camp for college football teams around the country is necessarily the best way to get them ready for the season. Saban said Thursday that he’d prefer some “teaching sessions on the field” over the summer to prepare for camp, even if it is in shorts and T-shirts. […]
