Cycle power: Bikes emerge as a post-lockdown commuter option
MADRID (AP) — Halfway through his 30-minute bike ride to work, police ordered Juan Pasamar to dismount, accusing him of breaking Spain’s coronavirus lockdown rules by exercising in public. The officers were not buying his explanation he was commuting to his job...
Bird-watching soars amid COVID-19 as Americans head outdoors
Conner Brown, a 25-year-old law student at Stanford University, spent the early days of the pandemic following his brother as he spotted and collected characters in the Pokemon Go mobile game.Then, Brown noticed the birds.“I thought, ‘Why don’t I take up birding?’...
Farmers markets scaling down with eye on safety due to virus
DETROIT (AP) — Johnny Gyergyou has been selling his farm’s meat, poultry and eggs at a Detroit farmers market for more than a decade, but like many of his regular shoppers, he’s been staying home in recent weeks to wait out the coronavirus crisis.Gyergyou, 72, said...
Buffett remains optimistic about future despite coronavirus
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett doesn’t know how the economy will recover from the coronavirus outbreak shutdown, but he remains optimistic in the long-term future of the United States.Buffett said Saturday at Berkshire Hathaway’s...