Pandemic fallout: NCAA slashes distribution by $375 million

Pandemic fallout: NCAA slashes distribution by $375 million

Canceling March Madness because of the coronavirus pandemic will cost the NCAA about $375 million that it would have distributed to 350 schools across the nation.Some will be able to absorb the losses better than others. The NCAA announced Thursday it will distribute...
What’s in store: Groceries installing barriers amid outbreak

What’s in store: Groceries installing barriers amid outbreak

QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Grocery stores across the U.S. are installing protective plastic shields at checkouts to help keep cashiers and shoppers from infecting one another with the coronavirus.At a Stop & Shop supermarket Thursday in Quincy, just south of Boston,...
California man arrested in tout for coronavirus ‘cure’

California man arrested in tout for coronavirus ‘cure’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI has arrested a Southern California man who officials said falsely claimed to have developed a cure for the coronavirus and solicited investments in a company he said would market the medication, federal prosecutors said. Keith Lawrence...
Dreaming of lottery riches? Virus could cut jackpots

Dreaming of lottery riches? Virus could cut jackpots

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hoping to escape all the coronavirus-caused economic uncertainty by winning a giant lottery jackpot?Think again. Those jackpots are going to shrink as the pandemic tamps down lottery sales.The group that oversees the Powerball game announced...