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[Kiro 7, Getty Images] NEW YORK — A temporary field hospital built for $21 million as the coronavirus outbreak threatened to overrun medical facilities in New York has closed without ever seeing a patient. Plans to transform the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal into a temporary 670-bed hospital were announced March 31, a […]
[CBS News] The unofficial start of summer looks a lot different in the middle of a pandemic — at least in Illinois. Across the border in Indiana is a different story. More than 2 million people visited the Indiana Dunes National Park in 2019. Judging by the size of the […]
[CNN] With restaurants closed or open with limited capacity due to the coronavirus pandemic, a certain subset of those establishments’ “patrons” is struggling. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning that certain areas across the country are reporting “an increase in rodent activity,” as rats search for sources of […]
[Forbes, Getty Images] Last month, the Italian island of Sicily announced that it will pay a portion of travelers’ post-coronavirus trip costs by covering half of airline tickets plus one out of every three hotel nights. Now Japan is also looking for similarly creative ways to fill its currently empty ryokans, bullet trains […]
[CNBC] KEY POINTS In a statement released on Saturday, the NBA says it wants to start the season in late July at Disney’s ESPN complex in Orlando. The league said the location will serve as “single site for an NBA campus for games, practices, and housing.” The NBA Playoffs logo […]
[Deadline, ShutterStock] Los Angeles County reported 1,032 new COVID-19 cases and 41 new deaths today in the daily total released by the Health Dept. That brings the LA County total to date to 44,055 cases and 2,090 deaths in the pandemic. The County crossed the 2,000 deaths total on Thursday. […]
[CNN] Basketball Hall of Famer and Georgetown men’s basketball coach Patrick Ewing said Friday he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19. Ewing, 57, tweeted, “This virus is serious and should not be taken lightly. I want to encourage everyone to stay safe and take care of yourselves and your […]
[Politico] The remarks from the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee came during an interview on “The Breakfast Club” radio show. Former Vice President Joe Biden told a popular black radio personality Thursday that he “ain’t black” if he was still weighing whether to support President Donald Trump in November’s general election […]
[CNN] New York University marketing professor Scott Galloway joined CNN’s global coronavirus town hall tonight to explain the difficult position college students find themselves in as the US economy limps along during the pandemic. “We have raised tuition rates 1,400% over the last 40 years. This is a time of year that’s […]
[ESPN] Jerry Sloan, a player known as “The Original Bull” in Chicago before becoming a legendary head coach of the Utah Jazz, died Friday. He was 78. Many in the NBA community took to social media to pay tribute to Sloan, who retired in 2011 as the longest-tenured head coach with one […]