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MLB delays opening day to mid-May at earliest due to virus

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball pushed back opening day until mid-May at the earliest on Monday because of the new coronavirus after the federal government recommended restricting events of more than...

Mar 16, 2020

Chinese company abandons $1.8B Arkansas paper mill plan

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A Chinese company has abandoned its plan to build a massive paper mill in southwestern Arkansas that had already been delayed by trade tensions. Sun Paper told Gov. Asa Hutchinson ...

Mar 16, 2020

US airlines seek billions in aid as outbreak cripples travel

U.S. airlines are asking the federal government for grants, loans and tax relief that could easily top $50 billion to help them recover from a sharp downturn in travel due to the new coronavirus. Airl...

Mar 16, 2020

Universal moves new releases to on-demand, AMC limits crowds

NEW YORK - The coronavirus pandemic has cracked Hollywood's traditional theatrical window. With theatres increasingly shuttering nationwide, Universal Pictures on Monday said it will make its current ...

Mar 16, 2020

7 Bay Area counties in California order shelter-in-place

LOS ANGELES - Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a shelter-in-place mandate on Monday affecting nearly 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself. The order says...

Mar 16, 2020

Noted musical trailblazer Doriot Anthony Dwyer dies at 98

BOSTON - A longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist and musical trailblazer has died, the orchestra said Monday. Doriot Anthony Dwyer was 98. Dwyer, the second woman ever to win a principal chair in...

Mar 16, 2020

Supreme Court postpones arguments because of virus outbreak

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court announced Monday that it is postponing arguments for late March and early April because of the coronavirus, including fights over subpoenas for President Donald Trump's ...

Mar 16, 2020

NY, NJ, Connecticut to close bars, eateries to fight virus

NEW YORK - Bars, restaurants and movie theatres are being shuttered at 8 p.m. Monday throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut because of the coronavirus, the states' governors said. The governo...

Mar 16, 2020

Millions holed up at home as U.S. routines shift profoundly

CHICAGO - Millions of Americans began their work week holed up at home against the coronavirus Monday as the escalating outbreak shifted the nation's daily routines in ways never before seen in U.S. h...

Mar 16, 2020

Show goes on: DiDonato, Beczala sing opera from apartment

NEW YORK - Joyce DiDonato and Piotr Beczala made sure the show went on, albeit in an unusual format and venue - from the living room of DiDonato's New York City apartment. The American mezzo-soprano a...

Mar 16, 2020