Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) -- While we all wish we could make COVID-19 disappear, J.K. Rowling has conjured up Harry Potter at Home, a digital destination she designed for kids who are being kept away from school by the pandemic. "Parents, teachers and carers working to keep children amused and interested while we’re on lockdown might need a bit of […]
Universal Pictures(LOS ANGELES) -- Universal Studios, among the first to move its newer films to streaming in the wake of coronavirus-related closures, has announced the pandemic has caused the delay of three more of its projects. The Hollywood Reporter notes that Minions: The Rise of Gru will now be moved a year from its original release date, and […]
Photo: Sonic Highlark(NEW YORK) -- Sure, we all know the rules about washing your hands and keeping social distances around strangers, but if you find yourself stuck in your apartment with your significant other during the COVID-19 pandemic, binging Tiger King can only get you so far. Since we can all use a laugh, ABC Audio reached out […]
John P. Johnson/courtesy of HBO(LOS ANGELES) -- If you're familiar with Larry David from Seinfeld or Curb Your Enthusiasm, you'll know he's been advocating social distancing even before it became potentially lifesaving defense against the COVID-19 pandemic. With that in mind, he took to social media from an easy chair to admonish "idiots" who were violating the rules that can keep […]
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Schools across America had to make the difficult decision to cancel important school dances and graduations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As expected, teenagers took to social media and lamented that they were robbed of experiencing some of high school's most memorable moments. While most understood why such a call had to be made, they still found […]
Ryan Pierse/Getty Images(LONDON) -- You can add Wimbledon to the list of major sporting events that have been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "It is with great regret that the Main Board of the All England Club (AELTC) and the Committee of Management of The Championships have today decided that The Championships 2020 will […]
A Pakistani court has overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl
Australia's highest court will rule next week on whether to overturn the convictions of Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse
Agua Dulce beach is usually a sea of humanity, packed with as many as 40,000 people a day at the height of Peru's Southern Hemisphere summer, which runs from December to March. The new coronavirus pandemic has changed all that. Peru's President Martín Vizcarra declared a state of emergency as deaths began to mount and […]
A Guatemalan migrant is dead following a riot at an immigration detention center in Mexico where detainees burned mattresses to protest conditions that they say could expose them to the new coronavirus
Rukmani Sharma, 71, fears getting sick from the coronavirus but as a devout Hindu, she also fears for her soul because she won't be allowed to go to temple in Lucknow, India April 2 to celebrate the birthday of the Hindu god Ram
Puerto Rico's newest health secretary has acknowledged a series of mistakes the government has committed as the U.S. territory prepares for a peak in coronavirus cases
The Santa Teresa distillery in Venezuela has lifted spirits for generations with its amber-red rum, famous around the world for being slowly sipped over ice or mixed into cocktails like the Cuba Libre
Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. has called off its offering of up to $3 billion worth of shares in office-space rental venture WeWork, citing factors related to the coronavirus crisis and other reasons
Asian stocks are mixed after a White House warning that as many as 240,000 Americans might die of the coronavirus sent Wall Street tumbling and signs of the outbreak's global economic cost increased
Residents are snitching on businesses and neighbors as authorities worldwide work to enforce business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders meant to limit person-to-person contact amid the coronavirus pandemic
Residents are snitching on businesses and neighbors as authorities worldwide work to enforce business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders meant to limit person-to-person contact amid the coronavirus pandemic
President Donald Trump wants to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure projects to create jobs and help the collapsing economy rebuild from the coronavirus' stunning blows
Asian stocks are mixed after a White House warning that as many as 240,000 Americans might die of the coronavirus sent Wall Street tumbling and signs of the outbreak's global economic cost increased
The damage from the coronavirus is being revealed daily in the number of in infections, fatalities reported, and also in economic data that has begun to reveal its spread
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