Month: March 2020
Hospitality labor union projects up to 90% could lose jobs in coronavirus epidemic
webphotographeer/iStock(NEW YORK) — A leading labor union for hospitality workers said Wednesday that it expects 80% to 90% of its 300,000 members to be out of work due to the COVID-19 outbreak. “Workers face potential [Read More…]
The Latest: Weightlifting changes Olympic qualifying rules
The Latest: Weightlifting changes Olympic qualifying rules
Soccer’s paralysis sparks questions about player contracts
Hundreds of players across Europe’s soccer leagues have contracts which are due to expire at the end of this season
The Latest: Gladbach soccer players accept pay cuts
Players from German soccer club Borussia Mönchengladbach have accepted pay cuts during the coronavirus pandemic
Soccer’s paralysis sparks questions about player contracts
Hundreds of players across Europe’s soccer leagues have contracts which are due to expire at the end of this season
Major storm set to bring tornadoes, damaging winds and flash flooding
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Severe weather hit the southern Plains overnight with five reported tornadoes west of Dallas and numerous reports of damaging winds mostly in Texas and southern Oklahoma. Video and pictures Thursday morning [Read More…]
Major storm set to bring tornadoes, damaging winds and flash flooding
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Severe weather hit the southern Plains overnight with five reported tornadoes west of Dallas and numerous reports of damaging winds mostly in Texas and southern Oklahoma. Video and pictures Thursday morning [Read More…]
The Latest: Olympic flame handed over to Japanese delegation
The Olympic flame has been handed over to Tokyo organizers in Athens
‘It’s madness’: Coronavirus-clobbered workers grapple for lifeline
Gwengoat/iStock(NEW YORK) — On March 8, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the nation’s jobless rate had fallen to 3.5%, the lowest since 1969, and bartenders like 29-year-old Desirée Duff of New York [Read More…]
State governors taking lead on coronavirus precautions
RiverNorthPhotography/iStock(NEW YORK) — As the coronavirus outbreak continues and the federal government scrambles to come up with a national plan to keep people safe, governors are stepping up. And health experts have said that their [Read More…]
State governors taking lead on coronavirus precautions
RiverNorthPhotography/iStock(NEW YORK) — As the coronavirus outbreak continues and the federal government scrambles to come up with a national plan to keep people safe, governors are stepping up. And health experts have said that their [Read More…]
Soccer’s paralysis sparks questions about player contracts
Hundreds of players across Europe’s soccer leagues have contracts which are due to expire at the end of this season
140 dead in US, Italy coronavirus fatalities continue to soar
jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — An outbreak of the novel coronavirus that began in China about three months ago has now infected more than 9,345 people across all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The [Read More…]
Coronavirus live updates: China reports no new domestic cases for first time since outbreak started
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of a new respiratory virus that began in China just three months ago has tightened its grip around Europe and North America. The novel coronavirus, known officially as COVID-19, has [Read More…]
Police departments stress need for officers to get tested for COVID-19
dlewis33/iStock(NEW YORK) — As police departments pare down resources in response to the novel coronavirus, officers are not getting adequate testing, several departments stressed to ABC News, and the effects could be drastic. In one [Read More…]
Still in the saddle: Australian racing goes on amid pandemic
Still in the saddle: Australian racing goes on amid pandemic
Winter Weather Advisory issued March 19 at 2:28AM MDT until March 20 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT FRIDAY… * WHAT…Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of up to two inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. * [Read More…]
Sports looking to return in east Asia
Sports looking to return in east Asia
Baylor’s Cox still processing abrupt end to college career
Baylor star Lauren Cox has been trying to process that her college basketball career is over ever since she heard the NCAA Tournament was being canceled
The marquee NCAA Tournament matchups that could have been
The cancellation of the NCAA Tournament due to the coronavirus will deprive college basketball fans of what could have been some marquee matchups