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ASUNCION / SANTIAGO – Coronavirus cases in Latin America for the first time have overtaken combined infections in the United States and Canada, a Reuters count showed on Sunday, amid an increase in infections in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Argentina. The rapid growth in the number of cases makes …

Major League Baseball cardboard commissioner Rob Manfred has alienated his players, his union, and his lifelong fans, making it always unlikely that he would make peace with a virus. Manfred could be smart. He could work hard. You can surely speak intelligently on many baseball-related topics for hours. Well, many …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) – With eight successful landings on Mars, NASA is upping the ante with its new scout vehicle. The Perseverance spacecraft, scheduled for launch this week, is NASA’s largest and smartest Martian rover to date. It has the latest landing technology, plus most cameras and microphones ever …

Bans on international travel cannot remain in place indefinitely, and countries should do more to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus within their borders, the World Health Organization said. A wave of infections has led countries to reimpose some travel restrictions in recent days. Only with strict adherence to …

If you hold an internet fan convention and there’s no one there to talk about it, does it make a noise? That was the overwhelming experience with Comic-Con @ Home, the virtual fan convention that took place July 22-26. It was intended to replace San Diego Comic-Con, the massive annual …