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Tech boom, MLB programs helping women find jobs in baseball
Rachel Folden was in the middle of her first spring training with the Chicago Cubs when the coronavirus pandemic wiped out the team schedule
Plane catches fire at Manila airport, killing all 8 aboard
A plane carrying eight people has caught fire while attempting to take off from Manila’s airport on a flight bound for Japan, killing all those on board Original Article
'Hard to know' if imperfect stimulus bill will help everybody: Larry Kudlow
National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said on ABC’s “This Week” that it is “hard to know” if the imperfect stimulus bill would help everybody. Original Article
US-led forces pull out of 3rd Iraqi base this month
U.S.-led coalition forces have pulled out of an Iraqi military base that nearly brought Washington into an open war with Iran Original Article
Riot breaks out at prison in northeast Thailand
Officials in Thailand say a riot at a prison in a northeastern province was set off when inmates plotting to escape spread false rumors that several prisoners were infected with the coronavirus Original Article
Iran defends virus response as Syria reports first death
Iran’s president has lashed out at criticism of authorities’ lagging response to the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East Original Article
Polish composer, conductor Krzysztof Penderecki dies at 86
Krzysztof Penderecki, an award-winning conductor and one of the world’s most popular contemporary classical music composers whose works have featured in Hollywood films like “The Shining” and “Shutter Island,” has died Original Article
5 essential Zoom hacks to make your virtual hangouts way better
Weird times call for weird measures, and that means thousands and thousands of people using a business video conferencing app to show off their cats to their friends during a nationwide quarantine. Zoom has gotten a bunch of interest in the past few weeks as Americans scramble to figure out the right video chat app […]
In Somalia, coronavirus goes from fairy tale to nightmare
Nearly three decades of conflict, extremist attacks, drought, disease and even a devastating new outbreak of locusts have strained Somalia Original Article
Indian PM apologizes for 21-day lockdown hardships
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has apologized for imposing a three-week national lockdown, calling it harsh but “needed to win” the battle against the coronavirus Original Article