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Venezuelan high court orders DirecTV property seized

May 23, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s high court ordered the immediate seizure of all DirecTV property Friday, days after the U.S. company abandoned its services in the South American nation, citing U.S. sanctions. The Supreme Court ruling told the nation’s telecommunications agency to seize satellite dishes and office space at transmission centers. It also said DirecTV programming should immediately return to the airwaves, in an order that was not likely to be heeded. Dallas-based AT&T on Tuesday cut off pay...

Even where virus accelerates, lockdowns are cracking...

May 22, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

NEW DELHI (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic accelerated across Latin America, Russia and the Indian subcontinent on Friday even as infection curves flattened and reopening was underway in much of Europe, Asia and the United States. Many governments — even those where the virus is still on the rise — say they must shift their focus to saving jobs that are vanishing as quickly as the disease can spread. In the United States and China, the world’s two largest...

Cities find green ways to reduce storm...

May 21, 2020

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For more than a century, New Orleans has depended on canals and pumps to get rid of stormwater in a city where about half the land is below sea level. Now the bustling Mississippi River port that expanded by filling in wetlands is spending $270 million to create spaces for rainwater, such as the water garden planned on a 25-acre site provided by nuns who lived there before Hurricane Katrina. The city is also installing...

The Latest: Miami, Notre Dame optimistic for...

May 20, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The presidents of the University of Miami and Notre Dame say in separate interviews that they expect the football season to be played, though both raised the very real possibility of crowds being much smaller than usual or eliminated entirely. Appearing on CNN, Miami’s Dr. Julio Frenk says he hopes the Hurricanes can play this fall and that safety would be the top priority....

The Latest: Trump again mulls barring flights...

May 20, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. TOP OF THE HOUR: — Trump again says he is considering barring flights from hard-hit Brazil —WHO members OK evaluation of virus response. —Russian prime minister returns to work after bout with coronavirus. — As United States, Europe reopen more, big nations see...

Japan launches new unit to step up...

May 18, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

TOKYO (AP) — Japan launched its new space defense unit Monday to monitor and counter threats to the country’s satellites. The Space Operations Squadron, part of Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force, starts with 20 members and is expected to grow to about 100 members once the unit is fully operational in 2023. The role of the unit is mainly to monitor and protect Japanese satellites from enemy attacks or space debris. It will also conduct satellite-based navigation and communications for...

NASCAR fans outside Darlington: ‘Time to hear...

May 17, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Tammy Gandy grew up around Darlington Raceway, she remembers a time when the greats like Richard Petty would show up each year at her aunt’s house for some homemade biscuits. “He used to say there were none better,” Gandy said. And the sun-baked crowds, none bigger in these parts. So after of seeing the hubbub and hullabaloo that always led up to raceday, she laughed when asked to compare that to this year’s scene. “It’s...

US, European leaders weigh reopening risks without...

May 17, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

NEW YORK (AP) — On a weekend when many pandemic-weary people emerged from weeks of lockdown, leaders in the U.S. and Europe weighed the risks and rewards of lifting COVID-19 restrictions knowing that a vaccine could take years to develop. In separate stark warnings, two major European leaders bluntly told their citizens that the world needs to adapt to living with the coronavirus and cannot wait to be saved by a vaccine. “We are confronting this risk, and we...

Preschoolers and the pandemic: Practical ways to...

May 17, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

Three weeks into our extended coronavirus spring break at home, my husband wanted to discuss what we should be teaching our 4-year-old son. “Maybe we should be working on his math skills,” suggested his dad, who usually works outside the home. My eyes grew wide as I envisioned myself sitting down with a math workbook attempting to teach my super-energetic child. I appreciate my husband’s confidence in me, but let’s be real. There was no way that was happening....

Michael McCaskey, who succeeded Halas as Bears’...

May 17, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Michael McCaskey, who led the Chicago Bears for nearly three decades following the death of his grandfather George Halas, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with cancer, the team said. He was 76. A Yale graduate and the oldest of Ed and team matriarch Virginia McCaskey’s 11 children, Michael joined the family business in 1983 as president and CEO following the death of Halas, a founding father of the NFL and the franchise. He...

Italy seeks to boost tourism by opening...

May 16, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Italian government announced Saturday that it will throw open its borders next month, effectively ending Europe’s longest and strictest coronavirus lockdown just as the summer tourism season gets under way. Both regional and international borders will open June 3, with the government eliminating a 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving from abroad. Many hope the move will revive a decimated tourist industry, which is worth 13% of Italy’s gross domestic product. Such an opening is...

Group buys Alabama abortion clinic to keep...

May 16, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in Alabama last year tried to enact the nation’s most stringent abortion ban, but the attempt to outlaw the procedure may have had one ironic twist. An Alabama-based abortion rights group used a flood of donations that poured in from across the country after the ban to purchase the state’s busiest abortion clinic to ensure it stays open. Yellowhammer Fund — a group founded to help low-income women access abortion — announced the...

Most US states fall short of recommended...

May 16, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

WASHINGTON (AP) — As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press analysis. Rapid, widespread testing is considered essential to tracking and containing the coronavirus. But 41 of the nation’s 50 states fail to test widely enough to drive their infections below a...

Star-studded online party benefits charity that helps...

May 16, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

Young people participate in a training class before the pandemic at the CHGW Community Services Center in D.C. (Courtesy CHGW) A star-packed coronavirus concert Monday night, featuring music and celebrities, will raise money and awareness for an international organization that has helped D.C.-area youth for 25 years. Covenant House works in six countries to give housing, food and health care to children and youth facing homelessness in 31 cities now stressed by the pandemic. “This virus raged into our...

The Latest: Mexico reports largest 1-day rise...

May 15, 2020

| Entrepreneurship

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. TOP OF THE HOUR: — Mexico reports 2,409 new coronavirus cases, largest 1-day rise. — Colombia steps up measures to halt infections near Brazil border. — South Korea announces 27 additional cases. — China hits 1-month mark since last reported virus death. —...

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