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Broadway stars stream, rock stars stay off road amid virus

NEW YORK - From helping others cope to sheltering in place to cancelling events, here's a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread of the coronavirus, which most p...

Mar 16, 2020

5 dead, including officer and gunman, in Missouri shooting

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A man fired randomly from his vehicle several times while driving through a southwest Missouri city before eventually crashing into a convenience store, where he walked inside, open...

Mar 16, 2020

Anna Wintour: Met Gala postponed due to the virus outbreak

NEW YORK - One of fashion's biggest nights, the Met Gala, has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, host Anna Wintour said Monday on Vogue's website. The magazine's editor-in-chief dropped t...

Mar 16, 2020

MLB delays opening day to mid-May at earliest due to virus

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball pushed back opening day until mid-May at the earliest on Monday because of the new coronavirus after the federal government recommended restricting events of more than...

Mar 16, 2020

Chinese company abandons $1.8B Arkansas paper mill plan

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A Chinese company has abandoned its plan to build a massive paper mill in southwestern Arkansas that had already been delayed by trade tensions. Sun Paper told Gov. Asa Hutchinson ...

Mar 16, 2020

US airlines seek billions in aid as outbreak cripples travel

U.S. airlines are asking the federal government for grants, loans and tax relief that could easily top $50 billion to help them recover from a sharp downturn in travel due to the new coronavirus. Airl...

Mar 16, 2020

Universal moves new releases to on-demand, AMC limits crowds

NEW YORK - The coronavirus pandemic has cracked Hollywood's traditional theatrical window. With theatres increasingly shuttering nationwide, Universal Pictures on Monday said it will make its current ...

Mar 16, 2020

7 Bay Area counties in California order shelter-in-place

LOS ANGELES - Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a shelter-in-place mandate on Monday affecting nearly 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself. The order says...

Mar 16, 2020

Noted musical trailblazer Doriot Anthony Dwyer dies at 98

BOSTON - A longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist and musical trailblazer has died, the orchestra said Monday. Doriot Anthony Dwyer was 98. Dwyer, the second woman ever to win a principal chair in...

Mar 16, 2020

Supreme Court postpones arguments because of virus outbreak

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court announced Monday that it is postponing arguments for late March and early April because of the coronavirus, including fights over subpoenas for President Donald Trump's ...

Mar 16, 2020