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GOP lawmakers vote remotely more often after initial scorn 04/20/2022 02:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 50 Republicans who once joined a lawsuit claiming the House's pandemic-era proxy voting was unconstitutional have themselves voted by proxy this year, remotely without showing up. Across the aisle, Rep. Kai Kahele, a working Hawaiian Airlines pilot as well as a Hawaii c Miller, Quantrill, Castro on Guardians' COVID-19 list 04/20/2022 01:18pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians placed three players on the COVID-19 injured list Wednesday, including major league batting leader Owen Miller. Right-handed starter Cal Quantrill and righty reliever Anthony Castro also tested positive for the virus and were moved to the IL prior to Clevel Face of Sweden’s virus strategy doesn't get WHO job 04/20/2022 01:11pm • STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s former chief epidemiologist, considered the architect of the country's unconventional response to the coronavirus pandemic, isn’t going to work for the World Health Organization after all. Sweden's Public Health Agency reported Wednesday that WHO said “that an agree GOP lawmakers vote remotely more often after initial scorn 04/20/2022 12:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 50 Republicans who once joined a lawsuit claiming the House’s pandemic-era proxy voting was unconstitutional have themselves voted by proxy this year, remotely without showing up. Across the aisle, Rep. Kai Kahele, a Hawaiian Airlines pilot as well as a Hawaii congres Masks off: Spain relaxes face covering rules for indoors 04/20/2022 11:52am • MADRID (AP) — Spain took another step Wednesday toward a sense of normality amid the pandemic by partially ending the near two-year-long obligatory use of masks indoors. The government decree, passed Tuesday, keeps masks mandatory for visitors and staff in medical centers and nursing homes, althou Shanghai allows 4 million out of homes as virus rules ease 04/20/2022 07:58am • BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai allowed 4 million more people out of their homes Wednesday as anti-virus controls that shut down China's biggest city eased, while the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast of Chinese economic growth and warned the global flow of industrial goods might be disrupted. Cyprus to further ease use of COVID certificates, masks 04/20/2022 07:56am • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is further winding down the compulsory use of COVID-19 vaccination certificates and face masks as the country’s virus numbers continue to improve. Health Minister Michael Hadjipantela announced Wednesday that as of May 15, vaccination and recovery certificates will COVID-themed candles on sale in Greece for Orthodox Easter 04/20/2022 07:40am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Inside Greece’s Orthodox churches, candles are a symbol of faith and simplicity, slender and traditionally made of beeswax, and placed in large candleholders filled with sand. Outside, buyers are looking for a wow-factor to go with Easter gifts: They are sold with dolls, wa Robbie Ray backed by 3 homers as Mariners beat Rangers 6-2 04/20/2022 01:16am • SEATTLE (AP) — Robbie Ray pitched six strong innings to win his home debut for Seattle, Eugenio Suárez hit a three-run homer in the first and the Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 6-2 on Tuesday night. Ray, the reigning 2021 AL Cy Young Award winner, made his first two starts on the road and final Moving beyond masks: Biden toils to put pandemic behind him 04/20/2022 12:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has been working for months to prepare people to rethink their personal risk calculations as the nation gets used to the idea of living with an endemic COVID-19. But that measured approach disappeared abruptly when a federal judge on Monda Shanghai allows 4 million more people out of their homes as virus restrictions ease 04/19/2022 11:06pm • BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai allows 4 million more people out of their homes as virus restrictions ease. Feds will appeal mask ruling only if mandate still needed 04/19/2022 07:50pm • The Justice Department said Tuesday it will not appeal a federal district judge’s ruling that ended the nation’s federal mask mandate on public transit unless the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the requirement is still necessary. In a statement released a day after a Florida EXPLAINER: What happens in the post-mask world of travel? 04/19/2022 07:39pm • DALLAS (AP) — A ruling by a federal judge has ended — at least for now — the requirement that people wear masks on planes and public transportation, and there is plenty of confusion about the new, post-mask world of travel. The Justice Department left the door open Tuesday to a possible appeal Luis Torrens becomes 2nd Mariners player on COVID IL 04/19/2022 07:30pm • SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners placed catcher Luis Torrens on the COVID-19 injured list on Tuesday. Torrens is the second Seattle player to land on the virus list in recent days. Outfielder Mitch Hangier was placed on the COVID-19 list on Saturday after he tested positive. Torrens was place Red Sox add 2 more to COVID list ahead of Toronto series 04/19/2022 04:06pm • BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox catcher Christian Vázquez and infielder Jonathan Araúz have been added to the COVID-19 related injury list. The team announced their additions on Tuesday, a day after catcher Kevin Plawecki and two staffers tested positive for the virus. Right-handed pitcher Tyler Danish