Yanks most valuable in MLB at $5 billion, Forbes estimates
NEW YORK (AP) — Forbes estimates the New York Yankees are baseball’s most valuable franchise at $5 billion, up 9% over last year and 47% more than the No. 2 Los Angeles Dodgers at $3.4 billion.The Yankees are second among all sports in Forbes’ evaluations to the...
Lockdowns mean millions of women can’t reach birth control
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The callers were in tears. One by one, women in homes across rural Zimbabwe had a pleading question: When would family planning services return?Lockdowns imposed to curb the coronavirus’ spread have put millions of women in Africa, Latin America...
Panic grocery buying slows; iPhone sales plummeted in March
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.___________________GLOBAL SHOCK: There is no place on earth...
Rural Indiana virus worry: ‘What more could I have done?’
GREENSBURG, Ind. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic surged into Sean Durbin’s farm-speckled Indiana county much faster than most other parts of rural America, contributing to at least 10 deaths and dozens of serious illnesses.Decatur County and two other counties in...