All Stories from May 8, 2020 (Change date)
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Troubled Zimbabwe hopes for some relief in tobacco salesMay 08, 2020 7:01 am - HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Adjust Saidi, a foreman at a farm outside Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, paced through rows of tobacco plants. Desperate to complete the harvest and...
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Ex-ABA commish Mike Storen, dad of Hannah Storm, dies at 84May 08, 2020 1:05 am - Mike Storen, a former ABA commissioner and multisport marketing whiz and the father of ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm, died Thursday. He was 84. Storm said her father die...
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Virus-hit Chicago jail runs out of home confinement gearMay 08, 2020 11:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The effort to reduce the population at Cook County Jail to slow the spread of the coronavirus hit another snag when the sheriff announced that he has run ...
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Study: WeChat content outside China used for censorshipMay 08, 2020 10:01 am - BOSTON (AP) - Documents and images shared by users outside China on WeChat, the country's most popular social media platform, are being monitored and cataloged for use i...
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Emmert: Unlikely all schools will start seasons at same timeMay 08, 2020 9:00 pm - NCAA President Mark Emmert says the coronavirus is making it unlikely all schools will be ready to begin competing in college sports at the same time. The goal, he said ...
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VIRUS DIARY: Searching for sanity in tiny moments of joyMay 08, 2020 3:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - We meet for a memorial service by video conference because that's how it must be done these days. It feels strange, but there also is comfort as I scan th...
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Indiana shootings strain relationship between police, blacksMay 08, 2020 5:01 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis police Chief Randal Taylor solemnly promised thoroughness and transparency as his department investigates the fatal shootings of two bla...
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Colombian company creates bed that can double as coffinMay 08, 2020 5:01 pm - BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A Colombian advertising company is pitching a novel if morbid solution to shortages of hospital beds and coffins during the coronavirus pandemic:...
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Browns re-sign WR Higgins after stunted 2019 seasonMay 08, 2020 11:50 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - Rashard Higgins is back on Cleveland's roster. It remains to be seen if he's back in the game plan. Higgins' signing to a one-year, $910,000 contract wa...
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US, China trade envoys promise 'favorable conditions'May 09, 2020 8:50 am - BEIJING (AP) - U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators promised to create 'œfavorable conditions'ť for carrying out a truce in their governments' tariff war during a phone ca...