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Placido Domingo resigns from opera union, donates $500,000
SAN FRANCISCO - Superstar Plcido Domingo has resigned from the U.S. union that represents opera singers and will contribute $500,000 to sexual harassment eradication programs and a fund that helps ope...
Mar 20, 2020
Mississippi is latest state to delay elections amid pandemic
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced Friday that he is postponing the March 31 Republican primary runoff in the state's 2nd Congressional District because of the coronavirus. The ne...
Mar 20, 2020
Italy sees biggest day-to-day rise in coronavirus deaths
ROME - Italy has recorded its highest day-to-day-rise in the number of deaths of people infected with the new coronavirus. Civil Protection Chief Angelo Borrelli said Friday the country recorded 627 m...
Mar 20, 2020
Filthy lucre: Paper money shunned for fear of virus spread
NEW YORK - In a world suffering a pandemic, cash is no longer king. A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by ten...
Mar 20, 2020
US and Mexico to curb border travel to control coronavirus
SAN DIEGO - Mexico and the U.S. announced Friday that travel would be sharply restricted along their shared border as part of efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus. Mexico, the U.S. and Can...
Mar 20, 2020
Government announces change to childcare facilities in schools
The Government of Saskatchewan is making a notable change to childcare facilities in schools.According to a media release, starting on Monday the facilities will be repurposed to provide childcare ser...
Mar 20, 2020 St. Francis School. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Saskatoon store closes after encounter with traveller who didn’t self-isolate
A Sangster's health store in Saskatoon closed to customers on Thursday morning due to the COVID-19 outbreak and after staff interacted with a traveller who wasn't self-isolating.Owner Rheanne Haines t...
Mar 20, 2020 The Sangster's Lawson Heights location closed on March 19, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Sangster's/Facebook)
Bereavement workers, including embalmers, say they don't have access to enough masks
A group that represents the funeral industry is calling for greater access to masks and other protective gear as the COVID-19 pandemic marches onward. The vice-president of the Funeral Service Associa...
Mar 20, 2020
Johnny Depp's libel case against UK tabloid stalled by virus
LONDON - Johnny Depp's libel suit against British tabloid The Sun was put on hold Friday as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Depp is suing the newspaper's parent company, News Group Newspapers, a...
Mar 20, 2020
Without games, NBA players using their platforms in new way
Cleveland's Kevin Love did his best to reassure a skittish and scared public. Denver's Jamal Murray sat at his piano and played theme songs. Atlanta's Trae Young shot balled-up socks into a trash can....
Mar 20, 2020