Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Vital but vulnerable, cleaners hold the line against a virus
NEW YORK - When hospitals need to prep a room for the next coronavirus test, when jetliners discharge their passengers at the gate, when suburbanites start to take sanitary precautions more seriously,...
Mar 19, 2020
Iran furloughs imprisoned US Navy vet amid virus concerns
WASHINGTON - Iran has granted a medical furlough to a U.S. Navy veteran who has been imprisoned in for more than a year, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday. Michael White of Imperial Be...
Mar 19, 2020
Virus-shocked Hollywood gets break with streaming services
LOS ANGELES - Sports are on hold, theatres are closed and so are amusement parks, a disaster-movie scenario that has Hollywood reeling. But Americans held captive at home by the coronavirus can turn t...
Mar 19, 2020
Monaco's head of state Prince Albert II contracts new virus
PARIS - The palace of Monaco says its ruler, Prince Albert II, has tested positive for the new coronavirus but his health is not worrying. Albert, 62, appeared to be the first head of state who has pu...
Mar 19, 2020
Country singers to perform from home for ACM special
NASHVILLE - The Academy of Country Music had to postpone their upcoming awards show because of the spreading coronavirus, but CBS will air a new television special featuring country stars performing f...
Mar 19, 2020
Gabbard ends long-shot 2020 bid, throws support to Biden
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard suspended her presidential campaign on Thursday, ending a long-shot effort that saw her feuding with Hillary Clinton and raising fears among Democrats that s...
Mar 19, 2020
2 Americans imprisoned in Iran, Lebanon released
WASHINGTON - An American jailed for months in Lebanon was released from custody Thursday, while a Navy veteran was granted medical furlough from an Iran prison as the country struggles to curb the spr...
Mar 19, 2020
In response to virus, Bank of England cuts main rate to 0.1%
LONDON - The Bank of England slashed its main interest rate to 0.1%, the lowest level since its founding in 1694, and reactivated a bond-buying stimulus program to cushion against the economic shock o...
Mar 19, 2020
Flame arrival faces calls for Tokyo Olympics be delayed
TOKYO - The Olympic flame is set to arrive in Japan from Greece even as the opening of the Tokyo Games in four months is in doubt with more voices calling for the event to be postponed or cancelled be...
Mar 19, 2020
Flame arrival faces calls for Tokyo Olympics be delayed
TOKYO - The Olympic flame is set to arrive in Japan from Greece even as the opening of the Tokyo Games in four months is in doubt with more voices calling for the event to be postponed or cancelled be...
Mar 19, 2020
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