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Mets get All-Star righty Bassitt from A's for minor leaguers 03/12/2022 09:06pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — All-Star righty Chris Bassitt, who made a remarkable recovery from a frightening line drive to the head last year, was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Mets on Saturday for a pair of minor league pitchers. The Mets sent right-handers J.T. Ginn and Adam Oller t China tightens controls as more virus cases reported 03/12/2022 10:52am • BEIJING (AP) — China instituted new COVID-19 restrictions Saturday that included urging the public not to leave Beijing and closing schools in Shanghai while the leader of Hong Kong warned that its coronavirus outbreak has yet to reach its peak. In Beijing, where five new cases were reported, part Cashless and flightless, Russian tourists stuck in Thailand 03/12/2022 09:07am • BANGKOK (AP) — Thousands of Russian tourists are stranded in Thailand's beach resorts because of the war in Ukraine, many unable to pay their bills or return home because of sanctions and canceled flights. The crisis in Europe also put a crimp in recovery plans for the Southeast Asian nation’s AP Was There: The surreal first day of the pandemic 03/11/2022 07:09pm • On the day the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, Koloud “Kay” Tarapolsi reflected the views of many people when she told an Associated Press reporter: “If we avoid each other and listen to the scientists, maybe in a few weeks it will be better.” If only she knew. Cherry Blossom Festival marks DC's pandemic comeback 03/11/2022 05:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Cherry Blossom Festival is returning with all its pageantry, Washington's unofficial re-emergence from two years of pandemic limits and closures. “This year, more than ever, you really understand why the festival is so important,” said Festival President Diana Ma Delaware DPH launches text alerts for COVID-positive people 03/11/2022 04:44pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Delaware Division of Public Health has launched a text messaging initiative to let people know when they’ve tested positive for COVID-19. The division said Friday that virus-positive individuals will get a text and be provided with initial isolation recommendations onli 2 years into pandemic, world takes cautious steps forward 03/11/2022 03:49pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — With COVID-19 case numbers plummeting, Emily Safrin did something she hadn’t done since the pandemic began two years ago: She put her fears aside and went to a concert. The fully vaccinated and boosted restaurant server planned to keep her mask on, but as the reggaeton sta Biden relief plan: Major victory gets mixed one-year reviews 03/11/2022 02:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not often that a president gets everything he asks for, but that’s what happened. President Joe Biden wanted $1.9 trillion to help the country climb out of the coronavirus crisis last year, and Democrats in Congress delivered. The American Rescue Plan was stuffed with r China amplifies unsupported Russian claim of Ukraine biolabs 03/11/2022 08:41am • BANGKOK (AP) — As Russia intensifies its assault on Ukraine, it is getting a helping hand from China in spreading inflammatory and unsubstantiated claims that the U.S. is financing biological weapons labs in Ukraine. The U.S. has been quick to refute Russia’s conspiracy theory, and the United Na China faces multiple challenges amid 'rising uncertainties' 03/11/2022 05:53am • BEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese leader warned Friday of “rising uncertainties” and pledged tax cuts to shore up growth as the potential economic and geopolitical fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine loomed over an annual meeting of China's ceremonial legislature. Premier Li Keqiang described German health minister still sees 'critical' COVID situation 03/11/2022 05:00am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health minister pleaded with his compatriots Friday not to assume that the coronavirus pandemic is over as the country sees a steady rise in new cases, warning that it is still in a “critical” situation. Germany had seen COVID-19 cases decline last month, but official f China imposes lockdown on 9 million residents in northeastern industrial center of Changchun amid new virus outbreak 03/11/2022 04:31am • BEIJING (AP) — China imposes lockdown on 9 million residents in northeastern industrial center of Changchun amid new virus outbreak. Today in History 03/11/2022 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, March 11, the 70th day of 2022. There are 295 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 11, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Bill, providing war supplies to countries fighting the Axis. On this date: In 1862, dur AP PHOTOS: 2 years of images tell the story of the pandemic 03/10/2022 11:23pm • It has been two years since families who were happily planning futures or settling into their golden years had everything cruelly yanked away by an enemy they could not prepare for: COVID-19. A 24-year-old first-time mother in Lima, Peru, sobbing because the baby girl she just delivered would never NYC revival plan includes tourism, clean streets, pot sales 03/10/2022 09:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — After two years of the pandemic battering New York City, Mayor Eric Adams is hoping to steer his city toward an economic revival by luring tourists back, beautifying the streets and embracing New York’s looming legal pot industry. Adams, a Democrat who was elected last year on