Mar 12 MLB delays opening day by at least 2 weeks because of virus By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak. Opening day had been scheduled for March 26. MLB also has suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. Continue reading
Mar 12 Netanyahu calls for emergency Israel government with rival By Josef Federman, Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the formation of an emergency government with his chief rival to confront a growing crisis over the coronavirus. Continue reading
Mar 12 Fast and Furious film 'F9' pushed back a year due to virus By Associated Press It is the first major summer movie to be delayed because of the outbreak. It had been previously scheduled to open on May 22, 2020. Continue reading
Mar 12 Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall cancel performances By Associated Press Many of the Met's singers and conductors travel regularly from Europe. Among the 21 canceled performances is this Saturday's matinee of a new staging of Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" that was to have been televised to movie theaters around the… Continue reading
Mar 12 Broadway shuts its doors over ongoing virus concerns By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press The pressure on Broadway to go dark steadily increased as other entertainment hubs shuttered, including Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera, the NBA, NHL, CinemaCon, Coachella and Major League Soccer. Continue reading
Mar 12 WATCH: Biden, Sanders offer contrasts to Trump during outbreak By Bill Barrow, Randall Chase, Associated Press Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are to deliver separate addresses on the coronavirus, less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump spoke to the nation from the Oval Office. Continue reading
Mar 12 Democrats shift debate from Phoenix to D.C. due to virus concerns By Associated Press The party had already announced that the debate between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders would be held without a live audience. Now the location is changing due to concerns about cross-country travel. Continue reading
Mar 12 Most coronavirus patients recover. Anxiety and fear still loom By Carla K. Johnson, Victoria Milko, Associated Press Because the difference in impact can be so great, global health authorities have the difficult task of alerting the public to the virus' dangers without creating panic. Continue reading
Mar 12 EU condemns Trump travel ban from Europe as virus spreads By Lorne Cook, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press They rejected Trump's suggestion that Europe is not doing enough to combat COVID-19, saying that the 27-nation bloc “is taking strong action to limit the spread of the virus.”… Continue reading
Mar 12 U.S. Capitol closing to public until April amid virus outbreak By Associated Press Only lawmakers, staff, journalists and visitors with official business will be permitted to enter the buildings. Continue reading