Новости за 23.04.2020

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The governor of North Carolina said Thursday that NASCAR teams can work in their race shops if they maintain social distancing guidelines, clearing a potential hurdle to resuming the season in coming weeks. Gov. Roy Cooper extended the state’s stay-at-home order through May 8 on Thursday and said he would gradually open

Wall Street wrapped another turbulent day for stocks Thursday with indexes ending more or less where they started after an early rally got washed away. The S&P 500 ended with a tiny loss after giving up an early gain of 1.6%. Technology stocks accounted for a big slice of the selling, which accelerated following news

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Thursday: Target Corp., down $2.98 to $103.86. The retailer warned that costs to support employees and a sales shift to lower margin items will hurt its quarterly profits. The Hershey Co., down $6.37 to $136.91. The chocolate maker reported weak first-quarter earnings and pulled

CHICAGO — Conspiracy theorists are twisting facts online about country singer Joe Diffie’s death from COVID-19 complications in order to promote their claims that health officials are exaggerating the coronavirus pandemic’s threat. Diffie, who topped the charts in the 1990s with honky-tonk singles like “Home” and “Pickup Man,” died on March 29 due to complications

KOKOMO, Ind. — The widow of a Florida physician who died in an October plane crash is suing a central Indiana city, its airport and an airport employee, alleging that the worker put the wrong fuel in her late husband’s aircraft shortly before it crashed. Dr. Daniel P. Greenwald, a plastic surgeon from Tampa, died

Here was Billie Jean King’s initial reaction when she saw Roger Federer’s tweets suggesting that the men’s and women’s professional tennis tours unify: “I went, ‘This can happen! This can happen!’” she said by telephone. “The time’s right.” And then what came to mind for King? “I know not to get too excited, though,” cautioned

ATLANTA — Democratic Party chairman Tom Perez said Thursday that he expects to hold an “in-person convention” in Milwaukee to nominate Joe Biden for president, though he didn’t rule out the potential that portions of the event would be conducted virtually. The convention is slated for the week of Aug. 17, but precise dates remain

NEW YORK — Big public companies that received loans under a government program intended to help small businesses devastated by the coronavirus outbreak could be forced to return it. The Small Business Administration issued an advisory Thursday clearly aimed at companies like restaurant chains Ruths’ Chris Steak House and Potbelly that received loans under the

KENSINGTON, Maryland — The world has lost more than one quarter of its land-dwelling insects in the past 30 years, according to researchers whose big picture study of global bug decline paints a disturbing but more nuanced problem than earlier research. From bees and other pollinators crucial to the world’s food supply to butterflies that

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In a story April 20, 2020, about Florida’s unemployment claims, The Associated Press incorrectly said that Luis Perulero was furloughed by Delta Air Lines from his job as a ramp supervisor at Palm Beach International Airport. Until his employment was suspended, Perulero worked for airline service provider Delta Global Services, or DGS,

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s practice of keeping asylum seekers in a closed transit zone on the border with Serbia qualifies as “unlawful detention,” according to an nonbinding opinion issued Thursday by a senior official at the European Union’s highest court. Over the past few years, Hungary has introduced increasingly tough anti-immigration measures and built transit

Beyoncé is focusing her coronavirus relief efforts on organizations that are helping communities of color that have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The superstar announced on Thursday that her BEYGood charity will partner with Twitter’s Jack Dorsey’s Start Small campaign to provide $6 million in relief funds a variety of groups working to

Despite canceled tour dates and a delayed album release, Rufus Wainwright is still working hard in lockdown. Every morning, he takes to his piano at home in Los Angeles for what he has coined his “Robe Recitals,” or “Quarantunes,” where he performs a track from his extensive back catalogue — in a bathrobe — on

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Activists said Thursday that the two bodies found inside a charred car in southeast Puerto Rico were of transgender women, marking four such deaths in the past two months. The women were identified as 21-year-old Layla Peláez and 32-year-old Serena Angelique Velázquez, according to the Broad Committee for the Search

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump’s blunt disapproval of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to let certain businesses reopen in limited ways is only complicating the decisions of many owners, workers and customers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Hair stylist Shannon Stafford said Thursday that she was having second thoughts about reopening her Savannah salon Friday as

NEW YORK — The Rolling Stones have unveiled a new song the band thinks is perfect for these coronavirus times. The legendary band released the four-minute slow-burning bluesy and harmonica-driven “ Living in a Ghost Town ” on Thursday. “I’m a ghost/Living in a ghost town/You can look for me/But I can’t be found,” sings

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a northwestern Indiana man’s 120-year sentence in the slaying of a gang rival, finding that evidence in the case supported a criminal gang enhancement that doubled his sentence. Angel Garcia-Berrios, 26, was convicted of murder last year in the January 2016 fatal East Chicago shooting of

INDIANAPOLIS — More than half a million people in Indiana have applied for unemployment benefits over the past five weeks as job losses mounted because of the coronavirus pandemic, and state officials are working to possibly ease some business restrictions meant to slow the spread of the disease. The state’s COVID-19 death toll topped 700

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Thursday related to the global economy, the work place and the spread of the virus. ________________________ ALTERED STATE OF RETAIL: Retail stores are largely closed across the country and most of the people who worked in

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — About 51,000 K-12 public school students in Detroit will receive computer tablets and high-speed internet to help transition from classroom to virtual learning during the coronavirus pandemic in one of the nation’s poorest big cities. Schools across Michigan closed in March as part of the state’s stay home order to slow

Joe Burrow has a chance to join some very exclusive company if the LSU quarterback winds up going No. 1 overall to Cincinnati. Not only could he become the ninth quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy and then be the first overall selection in the NFL draft since 1967, that also would mark the first

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The deaths of a woman and a toddler found dead inside a southwestern Indiana home were being investigated as a possible double homicide, police said. Vanderburgh County sheriff’s deputies found the bodies Wednesday night in a home on Evansville’s north side after a concerned relative called 911, the Evansville Courier & Press

MADRID — The Spanish league wants all players and coaches tested daily for the coronavirus when trainings resume. The information is on a league protocol to which The Associated Press gained access after it was sent to Spanish clubs and other European leagues last week. The 23-page protocol was prepared in a partnership with the

OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific’s first-quarter profit improved 6%, but the railroad expects shipping volume to plummet 25% in the second quarter because of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The railroad said Thursday it earned $1.47 billion, or $2.15 per share, in the first quarter. That’s up from $1.39 billion, or $1.93 per share, a year

NYON, Switzerland — The Women’s European Championship in 2021 was postponed by one year on Thursday, moving out of a direct clash with the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics. UEFA’s executive committee agreed that the 16-nation tournament in England will now be played from July 6-31 in 2022. The switch was inevitable after the IOC decided last