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Great Theater, Dance and Classical Music to Tune Into While Stuck at Home
The New York Times - 25 Mar 2020 16:13
Jordan Grubb and other actors created a lip sync video of "One Day More" and the Royal Danish Ballet is streaming. Here is a list of digital content.
Animal Crossing New Horizons is Japan's best Switch release of all time
GamesRadar - 25 Mar 2020 17:19
That's a lot of bells, baby
Tokyo 2020 postponed as Japan's Abe bows to pressure over virus
Al Jazeera English - 25 Mar 2020 04:39
Japan has maintained an infection rate lower than many other countries but was forced to bow to the inevitable.
The Postal Service's Surprising Role in Surviving Doomsday
Wired - 25 Mar 2020 16:00
The little-known Postal Plan, which dates back to the Clinton era, charges mail carriers with delivering critical supplies--like vaccines--as a last resort.
Inside New York ERs: "Like sending a soldier into war"
CBSNews - 25 Mar 2020 14:43
New York City's hospitals have become the war-zone-like epicenter of the nation's coronavirus crisis.
Libya Reports First Coronavirus Case as the Pandemic Sweeps Across the Middle East
Time - 25 Mar 2020 04:12
There are over 31,000 cases of the virus across the Mideast, the vast majority in the hard-hit nation of Iran
Steve Ballmer Buys The Forum For $400 Million, Clearing Path For New LA Clippers Arena
Forbes - 25 Mar 2020 23:35
MSG had lodged legal challenges to both Ballmer and Inglewood looking to stop the development of a new arena, claiming that the construction of a new arena would compete --on the concert front -- with The Forum, which MS...
Vladimir Putin wears hazmat suit to visit coronavirus patients in Russia
New York Post - 25 Mar 2020 16:16
Russia's President Vladimir Putin sported a hazmat suit and breathing mask to visit coronavirus patients in Moscow.
No, PlayStation has not leaked its own God of War PC announcement
GamesRadar - 25 Mar 2020 12:51
God of War fans think they've found evidence of a PC port, but it's a myth
'RuPaul's Drag Race' Fans Gather Virtually For Highest-Rated Episode In Two Years
Deadline - 25 Mar 2020 01:30
For many RuPaul’s Drag Race fans, watching episodes are a very eventized and communal activity. Before social distancing, fans sashayed their way to bars and each other’s houses to watch queens compete, throw shade a...
Philippine Rebels Declare Ceasefire to Heed U.N. Chief's Call
Time - 25 Mar 2020 04:55
The Communist guerrillas said the ceasefire is a "direct response to the call of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a global ceasefire"
Los Angeles County backtracks on teen's possible coronavirus death
Boston - 25 Mar 2020 04:54
"Though early tests indicated a positive result for COVID-19, the case is complex and there may be an alternate explanation for this fatality."
YouTube, Netflix Begin Slowing Services to Handle Coronavirus Strain
Motherboard - 25 Mar 2020 20:20
The internet should generally hold up under the load of a pandemic. But content providers say they're taking extra precautions just to make sure.
Jodi Arias won't get new trial, despite prosecutor Juan Martinez's 'egregious' court behavior
USA Today - 25 Mar 2020 16:37
The court ruled that Jodi Arias will stay in prison for the 2008 first-degree murder of her sometime-boyfriend Travis Alexander.
'An unprecedented situation': Coronavirus clamps down on statehouses as legislatures scramble to adapt
USA Today - 25 Mar 2020 16:34Man reportedly dies from coronavirus after relatives ignored pandemic
New York Post - 25 Mar 2020 16:33
A diabetic father in Illinois died from coronavirus after relatives downplayed his risk of contracting the deadly bug, according to a report. Luis Juarez, 54, of Romeoville, died March 18, just three days after his relat...
Joe Biden makes series of gaffes in long day of cable news appearances
New York Post - 25 Mar 2020 16:31
Joe Biden spent Tuesday conducting blunder-filled interviews on MSNBC, CNN and ABC as he remains under quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Anyone who left N.Y. should self-quarantine for 14 days, says Dr. Birx
CBSNews - 25 Mar 2020 16:29
"To everyone who has left New York over the last few days: Because of the rate of the number of cases, you may have been exposed before you left New York," said Dr. Deborah Birx.
Rwandan man who breached coronavirus lockdown killed by alligator
New York Post - 25 Mar 2020 16:28
A man in Rwanda violated lockdown orders amid the coronavirus outbreak to go fishing - but was killed and eaten by an alligator, according to a report. “He had broken the stay-home rule, he's among very few people here...
Spain reports more than 700 new coronavirus fatalities as death toll surpasses China
The Week - 25 Mar 2020 16:28
Spain is now the country with the second highest number of deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus, surpassing China. After a spike of more than 700 fatalities from the novel coronavirus, Spain's death toll on Wednesday sur...
Surgeon uses his musical talents to lift spirits amid pandemic
CBSNews - 25 Mar 2020 16:23
A Minnesota orthopedic surgeon is using his voice in addition to his medical skills to help patients and tired hospital staff. Videos of his performances with colleagues have gone viral online with millions of views. Vla...
Newborn in isolation at Alabama hospital after nurse tests positive for coronavirus
New York Post - 25 Mar 2020 16:22
A newborn baby girl was placed in isolation at an Alabama hospital -- because one of the nurses there tested positive for COVID-19, her concerned dad said this week. Mississippi dad Brandon Waltman told CNN that his daug...