CLEVELAND (AP) – After hearing Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac explain their actions, the Cleveland Indians sent the pitchers to their alternative training site on Friday after the two broken team rules and Major League Baseball coronavirus protocol last weekend in Chicago. Clevinger and Plesac traveled separately to Detroit on …
Read More »Paris, Marseille declared risk zones
PARIS – The head of France’s national health service says Paris and Marseille are zones of risk declared for the coronavirus if authorities observe a sharp increase in infections. Jerome Salomon, speaking on French radio, warned “the situation is getting worse week by week” in the country. He says that …
Read More »NCAA cancels championships as major football markets
The NCAA called off events for fall championships – a move Thursday that does not affect major college football – because not enough schools will compete in sports such as men’s and women’s football and women’s volleyball in the first semester. NCAA President Mark Emmert made the announcement in a …
Read More »AMC is offering 15-cent cards on the first day of opening again
NEW YORK (AP) – AMC Theaters, the nation’s largest movie theater cinema, will reopen in the US on August 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per film. AMC Entertainment, which owns the chain, said Thursday it expects to open its doors to more than 100 cinemas – or …
Read More »Thai scientists catch bats to detect virus origins
KANCHANABURI, Thailand (AP) – Researchers in Thailand have already moved through the countryside to catch flags in their caves in an attempt to track down the costly origin of the coronavirus. Early research has already pointed to bats as the source of the virus that has affected more than 20.5 …
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