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Our World in Data researchers announced this week that they had stopped relying on World Health Organization data for their models. Our World in Data, an online publication based at the University of Oxford, announced on Tuesday that it had stopped relying onO World Health Organization (WHO) data for its models, citing errors and other …

Tom Brady Sr. may have predicted his son’s unceremonious ending with the Patriots before anyone else, but now he is downplaying the drama that reportedly led to the quarterback’s departure. Brady left the Patriots after 20 years to sign with the Buccaneers last week. While multiple reports have indicated that a growing rift between Brady …

Jacob deGrom would have thrown one of the first pitches of the 2020 season, shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday. Perhaps 20 minutes later and 205 miles to the south of Citi Field, Gerrit Cole would have unleashed the first pitch of the rest of his life. So much is being lost to the coronavirus pandemic. …

In 1665, “social distancing” orders emptied campuses throughout England, as the bubonic plague raged, killing 100,000 people. Isaac Newton, a 24-year-old student from Cambridge, was among those forced to leave campus and return indefinitely to his childhood home. College students around the world left campus this month, unsure when they would return and what daily …

Angeline Jolie and Brad Pitt‘s eldest son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, has moved back in with his mom and siblings amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 18-year-old’s freshman year at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea was cut short — like it was for many students around the globe — as world governments work to stop the spread …

President Trump tweeted early Friday morning that he had “a very good” phone call about coronavirus with Chinese President Xi Jinping, signaling a more conciliatory tone between the two countries despite heightened tensions arising from competing accusations of culpability for the onset of the virus. “China has been through much & has developed a strong …

A traveler from Australia is tested for coronavirus after arriving in Shanghai, China, March 21, 2020. China is temporarily closing its borders to all foreigners in an attempt to prevent the resurgence of coronavirus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Thursday. “The suspension is a temporary measure that China is compelled to take in light …

After two months of being shut down due to the rapid spread of coronavirus, Chinese officials announced Thursday that they are planning to reopen 205 cinemas on Saturday. The teeming metropolis of more than 24 million people is one of the first major cities to reopen multiplexes to the public after many of the outlying …

R. Kelly has joined the growing crowd of celebrity defendants asking to get out of jail to dodge the spread of coronavirus. The “I Believe I Can Fly” crooner’s attorney filed papers with federal judges in Chicago and Brooklyn asking if he can be sprung from the Windy City’s Metropolitan Correctional Center while awaiting trial …

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have fled coronavirus in Canada to set up a permanent home in California, taking a private jet to Los Angeles, a source confirmed to Page Six. The couple, with their 10-month-old baby Archie, took a secret flight to the L.A. area, leaving their recent bolthole on Vancouver Island after Canadian …