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Travel is back: Dubai airport logs busiest quarter in years
05/12/2022 06:38am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, reported on Thursday it handled over 13.6 million passengers in the first three months of 2022 — more than double last year's number in a clear sign that a long-awaited travel revival ha
EU Commission to end relaxed COVID-19 state aid scheme
05/12/2022 05:01am • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission said on Thursday it will gradually put an end to the temporary rules that allowed the 27 EU member countries to benefit from extra public support during the corona
virus
pandemic. Adopted in March 2020, the so-called State Aid COVID Temporary Framework relaxe
LEADING OFF: Francona, Guardians hit with
virus
outbreak
05/12/2022 03:18am • A look at what's happening around the majors today: ___ ON GUARD The Cleveland Guardians are dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that has sidelined manager Terry Francona and several of the team’s coaches, prompting the first corona
virus
-related postponement in Major League Baseball this season. Clev
China fights economic slump, sticks to costly 'zero COVID'
05/12/2022 12:52am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders are struggling to reverse an economic slump without giving up anti-
virus
tactics that shut down Shanghai and other cities, adding to challenges for President Xi Jinping as he tries to extend his time in power. The ruling Communist Party has declared its “zero-COV
Creeping COVID-19 cases result in few schools mask mandates
05/11/2022 11:46pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — U.S. COVID-19 cases are up, leading a smattering of school districts, particularly in the Northeast, to bring back mask mandates and recommendations for the first time since the omicron winter surge ended and as the country approaches 1 million deaths in the pandemic. The r
Astros lead Twins 5-1 with game suspended after 3 innings
05/11/2022 11:21pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Houston and Minnesota had their game suspended Wednesday night when a severe thunderstorm rolled through and halted play in the top of the fourth inning, with the Astros leading the Twins 5-1 on Jeremy Peña's three RBIs and Jose Altuve’s home run. The teams will pick up Thurs
LEADING OFF: Francona, Guardians hit with
virus
outbreak
05/11/2022 09:22pm • A look at what's happening around the majors on Thursday: ___ ON GUARD The Cleveland Guardians are dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that has sidelined manager Terry Francona and several of the team’s coaches, prompting the first corona
virus
-related postponement in Major League Baseball this season
Guardians hit with COVID-19 outbreak, manager Francona out
05/11/2022 06:55pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians are dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that has sidelined manager Terry Francona and several of the team's coaches, leading to the postponement of Wednesday's game against the Chicago White Sox. Shortly after Francona's positive test became known, Major League
Kentucky attorney general files for 2023 governor's race
05/11/2022 06:02pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed paperwork Wednesday to enter the state's 2023 governor’s race, hoping to ride his fights against abortion and the Democratic incumbent's corona
virus
restrictions into the governor’s office. Cameron, flagged by GOP
Montgomery Co.'s latest COVID wave lasting longer than originally thought
05/11/2022 03:59pm • An uptick in COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County, Maryland, is lasting longer than health officials initially thought it would. COVID-19 cases in Maryland's most populous county have been on the rise since late March. But while officials once described the uptick as a "wavelet," it's proving to b
Likely Senate contest in Kentucky pits ideological opposites
05/11/2022 12:37pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul rarely targets his likely Democratic challenger by name, but the Republican's campaign attacks in Kentucky are unmistakably aimed at Charles Booker's agenda — in what's shaping up as a populist-themed battle featuring starkly different ideas to win the
China labels WHO remarks on 'zero-COVID' 'irresponsible'
05/11/2022 05:38am • BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday defended sticking to its strict “zero-COVID” approach, calling critical remarks from the head of the World Health Organization “irresponsible.” The response from the Foreign Ministry came after WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he had b
New Zealand to fully reopen borders, welcome skilled workers
05/11/2022 01:35am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand will reopen its borders to tourists from all countries by July, allow back cruise ships and make it easier for skilled workers to immigrate as it looks outward to the world again following the COVID-19 pandemic, the government said Wednesday. New Zeala
GOP fears far-right candidate will be PA governor nominee
05/10/2022 08:02pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With six days until Pennsylvania's primary, Republicans are openly worrying that a leading candidate in the crowded GOP field for governor is unelectable in the fall general election and will fumble away an opportunity for the party to take over the battleground state's exec
When Are Corona
virus
Symptoms Bad Enough to Warrant Going to the Hospital?
05/10/2022 08:00pm • If you have a dry cough and fever, and it's getting harder to breathe, this is not a time to delay seeking treatment. Shortness of breath is a hallmark COVID-19 symptom. Although most patients infected with the corona
virus
will have milder symptoms and not experience difficulty breathing, those who
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