MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – After a one-day respite, coronavirus cases in the Australian state of Victoria have increased again, prompting a move to make masks mandatory in the Melbourne metropolitan area and county Mitchell’s close. Health officials on Sunday registered 363 new cases in the last 24 hours. Two men …
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NEW YORK (AP) – Didi Gregorius peered over his face mask as his Washington ace puck Max Scherzer sailed to empty seats in the garden. False applause, meant to cheer on the hometown Nationals, accidentally passed through the stadium when the Philadelphia Phillies shortstop circled the bases. After touching the …
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A rising tide of new coronavirus cases is flooding emergency rooms in parts of the United States, with some patients being moved to the hallways and nurses working additional shifts to keep up with the increase. Patients struggling to breathe are being placed on ventilators in emergency rooms as intensive …
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TORONTO (AP) – The Blue Jays have been denied Canadian government approval to play in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced in a statement Saturday that the federal government had denied the request, confirming what an official familiar with the matter had told The Associated Press …
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SALEM, Oregon (AP) – Heather Griggs puts a phone to her ear in a makeshift office in the small courthouse that once served as a jail in rural Pendleton, a place best known for its annual rodeo. Her confident tone hides her tiredness when she tells the person on the …
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