MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has suspended its season “until further notice” after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, a move that came only hours after the majority of the league’s owners were leaning toward playing games without fans in arenas.Now there will be no games at all, at least for the time being. A person…
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus, the actor said in a statement Wednesday. Hanks said the couple were in Australia and felt tired, with colds, body aches and slight fevers. The Oscar-winner said in a statement: “To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is suspending all travel between the U.S. and Europe for 30 days beginning Friday as he seeks to combat a viral pandemic. Trump made the announcement Wednesday in an Oval Office address to the nation, blaming the European Union for not acting quickly enough to address the novel coronavirus and saying U.S….
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ripple effect of the new coronavirus on the entertainment industry has reached late-night television and far beyond to the series “Survivor” in Fiji. “The Tonight Show” and other late-night talk shows in New York announced Wednesday they will tape without audiences, while CBS said that production on the next season of “Survivor” was being postponed….
NCAA President Mark Emmert says NCAA Division I basketball tournament games will not be open to the general public because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus. Emmert says he made the decision to conduct both the men’s and women’s tournaments with only essential staff and limited family in attendance. The decision comes after the NCAA’s COVID-19 advisory panel recommended…
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner War Emblem has died. He was 21. The colt had been at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center in Kentucky since 2015. Officials say the cause of death is believed to be a paddock accident but exact details aren’t known. A necropsy is pending. War Emblem was transferred to trainer Bob…
TAYLORSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky animal control director has resigned from his post amid accusations he shot and killed a family’s dog that was hit by a car. District 5 Magistrate Brett Beaverson confirmed David Wood stepped down Tuesday from his Spencer County post effective immediately. A county judge-executive said an animal control officer brought Wood a chihuahua this…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Federal officials have released emergency funds to help repair roads and bridges damaged by flooding last month in Kentucky. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced on Tuesday that $2 million is available to the state. Heavy rain fell across Kentucky beginning on Feb. 3 and caused flash flooding and landslides. The governor declared a state of emergency…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has urged churches across the state to cancel worship services to help prevent spread of the new coronavirus. It was among several steps announced Wednesday. Beshear acknowledges that recommending cancellation of church services is a “big step.” But he says it’s needed to help protect people. He also says state prisons are…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House has approved a proposed ballot measure dealing with abortion. The proposal would amend the state’s constitution to ensure it doesn’t offer protections for abortion rights. It was among two abortion-related measures that cleared the Republican-led House on Tuesday after emotional debates. The other bill would expand the state attorney general’s authority to enforce…
