PARIS (AP) — Weeks into France’s strict coronavirus lockdown, Mohammed, a 14-year-old with autism, took a pickax and started hitting the wall of his family’s house.His explanation: “Too long at home, too hard to wait.”The disruptions in daily life caused by the virus pandemic are a particularly trying ordeal for children with disabilities and the…
They are survivors of severe cases of the coronavirus, most of them had been hospitalized, some of them hooked up to ventilators for several days and none of them ever wanting to experience the misery, uncertainty and loneliness of the illness ever again.”It really makes you not take anything for granted anymore, even the small…
The latest: There have been more than 924,000 coronavirus cases in the United States, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. The U.S. death toll has surpassed 52,000 people, according to Hopkins. Globally, there have been more than 2.8 million cases with more than 200,000 deaths. Georgia state officials are moving ahead with plans to…
With no clues about when the pandemic might subside, short-term discomfort is becoming long-term despair: “I feel like I have accepted this, and given up.”April 25, 2020Image New York City’s sidewalks, like this one in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, have been empty for weeks.Credit…Juan Arredondo for The New York TimesA walk in the park…
El presidente Alberto Fernández anunciará en la tarde de este sábado 25 de abril la extensión de la cuarentena “focalizada” hasta el próximo 10 de mayo inclusive, mientras se analiza “exceptuar nuevas actividades regionales” en medio de la pandemia del coronavirus. Tras haber recibido los informes del Comité de Expertos y de haber analizado la…
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a scientific brief on Saturday recommending countries refrain from issuing certificates of immunity to people who have been infected with the novel coronavirus, warning there is “currently no evidence” that someone cannot be reinfected. Countries like Germany and Chile are looking into giving residents “immunity passports” that would allow…
CLOSE SportsPulse: While the Colts signed Philip Rivers to win now they may have found a QB for the future. Here’s what Indianapolis is getting in Jacob Eason. USA TODAYThe 2020 NFL draft is entering its final stretch.This year’s event will conclude Saturday with the final four rounds. Though almost all of the marquee names…
3:37 PM ETMarcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills may have found their backup quarterback of the future in Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm, who the team selected with the 167th overall pick of the NFL draft Saturday.Fromm is the first quarterback Buffalo has drafted since taking current starter Josh Allen in the first…
playTyler Biadasz’s NFL draft profile (0:36)Take a look at the best plays from former Wisconsin center Tyler Biadasz. (0:36)2:53 PM ETTodd ArcherESPN Staff Writer CloseCovered NFL since 1997, Cowboys since 2003 Previously covered Bengals and Dolphins Lives in Dallas area with his wife and two childrenThe Dallas Cowboys were somewhat surprised when Travis Frederick retired…
2:51 PM ETKevin SeifertESPN Staff Writer CloseESPN.com national NFL writer IzodNews.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008The Carolina Panthers drafted former XFL safety Kenny Robinson in the fifth round of the NFL draft Saturday, capping his unique path to the NFL.Robinson earned all-Big 12 honors at West Virginia in 2018,…
3:06 PM ETTim McManusESPN Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles are acquiring wide receiver Marquise Goodwin from the San Francisco 49ers, a source tells IzodNews’s Adam Schefter.The teams flipped sixth-round picks, with the Eagles also getting Goodwin, Schefter said.Goodwin has plenty of what the Eagles have prioritized this offseason — speed — boasting a…
11:48 AM ETESPNcricinfo staffTributes poured in from around the world as Sana Mir, the former Pakistan captain and one of the premier allrounders in women’s cricket, called time on her 15-year international career. Thank you Captain @mir_sana05 pic.twitter.com/QaibiZyHsl— Bismah Maroof (@maroof_bismah) April 25, 2020 Thank you @mir_sana05 . pic.twitter.com/0JMGS2qP8j— Javeria Khan (@ImJaveria) April 25, 2020…
Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author; view more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN)With the US surpassing the grim toll of 50,000 confirmed Covid-19 deaths, perhaps our nation will now properly address the epidemic. The…
WHO says no evidence shows that having coronavirus prevents a second infection
Russia’s top diplomat said Saturday that he raised concerns with his American counterpart about Moscow being accused once more of meddling in President Trump’s election campaign. “I bluntly said that we anticipate and are already feeling a new wave of accusa…
Aspiring U.S. Olympians rang in 1980 with high hopes for the upcoming Moscow Summer Games. But by late March, those athletes’ dreams smashed into the American government-steered boycott of the Games over the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. This year unfolded similarly for U.S. athletes. January’s ebullience evaporated on March 24 with the first-ever postponement…
2:37 PM ETESPN News Services The San Francisco 49ers traded Matt Breida to the Miami Dolphins on Saturday for a fifth-round pick, which they used to select West Virginia offensive tackle Colton McKivitz at No. 153 overall.Breida signed his restricted free-agent tender worth about $3.3 million last week. The Niners placed a tender on Breida…
2:16 PM ETESPN News Services When it comes to first impressions, Tampa didn’t exactly give the best of welcomes to one of its newest and most famous residents when NFL superstar Tom Brady was ejected from a downtown park while working out.Mayor Jane Castor tried to make amends by issuing a lighthearted apology to Brady…
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Updated 1:28 PM ET, Sat April 25, 2020 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds. (CNN)CNN partnered with Sesame Street for a special town hall about coronavirus to give kids the opportuni…
Biden’s accuser says mother called into ‘Larry King Live’ in 1993 for advice after alleged sexual assault
playWhat is the Colts’ plan with Eason and Brissett? (1:49)Louis Riddick details how Jacob Eason fits in with the Colts, and he breaks down what it means for Jacoby Brissett in Indianapolis. (1:49)1:21 PM ETMike WellsESPN Staff Writer Close Previously worked at Indianapolis Star, covering the Indiana Pacers for nine seasons Also covered Vikings for…