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Apollo 13's most famous quotes originated in Hollywood
Even more artistic license was taken with NASA flight director Gene Kranz’ mobilizing speech to his team in Houston.
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Coronavirus | Lockdown in India means women in Uganda can't access birth control, face growing abuse
Lockdowns imposed to curb the coronavirus’ spread have put millions of women in Africa, Asia and elsewhere out of reach of birth control and other sexual and reproductive health needs. Confined to their homes with their husbands and others, they face unwanted pregnancies and little idea of when they can reach the outside world again.
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103-year-old Italian says 'courage, faith' helped beat coronavirus
What helped her get through the illness? “Courage and strength, faith," Zanusso said. It worked for her, so she advises others who fall ill to also “give yourself courage, have faith.”
BUSINESS
Countries start thinking about easing up on restrictions
“To end the confinement, we’re not going to go from black to white; we’re going to go from black to gray,” top French epidemiologist Jean-François Delfraissy said in a radio interview.
BUSINESS
Kobe Bryant’s latest book to debut atop best-seller list
The latest release from Bryant’s Granity Studios, “The Wizenard Series: Season One” will debut at No. 1 on The New York Times’ middle-grade hardcover list that will be published April 19. Earlier this week, it had already hit No. 1 on Amazon’s bestseller list for children’s basketball books.
BUSINESS
Virus outbreak delivers tech darlings a harsh reality check
Since the beginning of March, for instance, Uber shares have lost a quarter of their value. Rival Lyft is down 28 percent. Over the same period, the S&P 500 has fallen just 10 percent, even with wild swings along the way.
BUSINESS
Customers get some breathing room; layoffs keep coming
With thousands having lost jobs, JPMorgan Chase has done away with minimum payment requirements on credit cards and it's waiving late fees.
WORLD
When leaders are stricken in office, how do nations act?
Britain has no recent experience to call upon. Seven prime ministers have died in office, the last in the 19th century. Two of Johnson's Conservative predecessors in the premiership, his professed hero Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden, stepped down from the post in the 1950s while ailing.
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Hidden suffering of coronavirus: Stigma, blaming, shaming
Psychologists say the desire to identify and castigate those who are ill harkens to an age-old instinct to protect oneself and relatives from catching a potentially fatal disease — and a belief, however unfounded, that those who get it bear some responsibility.
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Trump sees limits of presidency in avoiding blame for coronavirus
Trump and those around him increasingly argue he is reaching the limits of his power to alter the trajectory of the outbreak and the economic fallout, according to White House officials and allies, many of whom were granted anonymity to discuss the situation candidly.
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German pub takes novel approach to keep hard cider flowing
Thomas Metzmacher was faced with the prospect of having to shut down his Frankfurt restaurant specializing in a traditional tart hard cider due to German regulations prohibiting groups of people from gathering amid the coronavirus pandemic. So he came up with a novel solution.
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US 'wasted' months before preparing for virus pandemic
More than three months after China revealed the first COVID-19 cases, Trump finally relented last week, saying he will order companies to ramp up production of critical supplies. By then, confirmed cases of COVID-19 within the United States had surged to the highest in the world. Now, the number of people infected in the U.S. has climbed to more than 300,000 and deaths have topped 8,400.
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A small trial finds that hydroxychloroquine is not effective for treating coronavirus
The idea that the combination of hydroxychloroquine with an antibiotic drug, azithromycin, was effective against COVID-19 gained more attention after a study published on March 17.
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Coronavirus pandemic | Outbreak's global cost may top $4 trillion; auto insurers get break
Following are developments on April 3 related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus.
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British man runs marathon in backyard during lockdown
By the time Campbell completed the marathon in just over five hours, he had raised more than 18,000 pounds ($22,000) for Britain’s National Health Service to help battle the coronavirus pandemic.
BUSINESS
A record 6.6 million seek US jobless aid as layoffs mount
Some of last week's jobless claims are likely delayed filings from the previous week, when state offices that handle unemployment benefits were overwhelmed by a surge of online and telephone claims.
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Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl
One of Saeed's lawyers, Khwaja Naveed, said Saeed could go free unless the government chooses to challenge the court decision. Faiz Shah, prosecutor general for southern Sindh province, said the government will appeal to the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
BUSINESS
Sprint and T-Mobile merge, creating new wireless giant
The companies announced the deal, valued at $31.6 billion based on T-Mobile's closing stock price Tuesday, two years ago. It has taken a long time to close because of pushback from state and federal regulators.
BUSINESS
Some employers to laid-off staffers: Let's stay in touch
Several large retail chains are furloughing workers — a form of temporary job cut that often maintains health insurance — rather than laying them off. And many small businesses, too, are keeping in touch with workers they've had to let go.
BUSINESS
Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne dies from coronavirus
Schlesinger died at a hospital in upstate New York, his longtime lawyer Josh Grier told The Associated Press. It is not clear where or how Schlesinger, a 51-year-old father of two daugthers, contracted the virus. He had been sedated and on a ventilator for several days.
BUSINESS
Rowling starts Harry Potter at Home for housebound families
Rowling’s British and American print publishers, Bloomsbury and Scholastic, will contribute materials to the Potter web site and to their own web sites.
BUSINESS
From Mumbai to Gaza: How do you socially distance in a crowd?
The 35-year-old, who occupies a single room with her 12-year-old son and earns $100 a month as a domestic worker, shares the single kitchen in the house with 22 other residents.
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British PM Johnson test positive for coronavirus
Johnson's office said he was tested on the advice of the chief medical officer after showing mild symptoms.
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India vs South Africa 1st Test, Day 3: de Kock, Elgar centuries eclipse Ashwin's 27th five-wicket haul
Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took his 27th five-wicket haul in tests to keep India in control of the series opener, however, with South Africa now only trailing by 117 runs.
