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U.S. stocks fell Wednesday amid reports on job losses and the potential for as many as 200,000 deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 973.65 points, or 4.44 percent, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both closed down 4.41 percent. Boeing stock fell 12.35 percent, American Express stock slid …
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Major League Baseball on Wednesday canceled 2020 London series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs, which had been scheduled for June. The Cubs and Cardinals were scheduled to play June 13 and 14 at West Ham United’s London Stadium. “We are facing an unprecedented situation and nothing is more important than the health …
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The Wimbledon championships were cancelled for the first time since World War Two, as the coronavirus pandemic wiped out the entire tennis grasscourt season. Wimbledon had been one of the few events not to have been officially cancelled or postponed. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) announced that it was impossible for the grasscourt …
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Christopher Meloni will be reprising his role as the iconic Law & Order: Special Victims Units detective for a new NBC spinoff series. The still untitled show has already received a 13-episode order. Dick Wolf, Law & Order mastermind, is behind the show and will executive produce. This will be the first time Meloni will …
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Coronavirus Task Force response coordinator Deborah Birx said during a Coronavirus Task Force Briefing that the White House projects 100,000 to 240,000 Americans will die from coronavirus if “full mitigation” measures are taken. Without social distancing, deaths could be much higher, the White House projects. On Tuesday, President Trump said the next two weeks, Mr. …
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New York City’s efforts are continuing to find places to build medical facilities in order to ease the burden on hospitals caused by coronavirus. The city is set to lease thousands of hotel rooms, and in some cases, entire hotels. Mayor Bill de Blasio said that federal authorities are working to rent hotel rooms to …
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MLB’s top surgeon, James Andrews, will not be performing Tommy John surgeries at his Florida office during the coronavirus pandemic.A spokesperson for the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Florida confirmed his decision in a statement. “We are not performing any non-urgent or non-emergent procedures, including Tommy John surgery, in compliance with the …
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NFL league owners on Tuesday voted to expand the playoff field from 12 teams to 14, making official a move that had been expected since the approval of the new collective bargaining agreement. The vote took place as a conference call after the league meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, was canceled due to the coronavirus …
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CNN’s Chris Cuomo has tested positive for COVID-19. Cuomo shared the news on Twitter writing, “Sooooo in these difficult times that seem to get more difficult and complicated by the day, I just found out that I am positive for coronavirus. I have been exposed to people in recent days who have subsequently tested positive …
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Sony Pictures announced that it has moved several of its upcoming movies to later dates as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which stars Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, McKenna Grace, and Finn Wolfhard, has been pushed back to March 5, 2021, from its original release date of July 10 of this year. Morbius, …
